Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
5 Pounds (Khamsa Geneh)
Adieu, N
Brazil by Pero Vaz de Caminha
Bye (Dag)
Crosshairs
Girl A
Masi´s Law
Archiv der Kategorie: SALTY
Listen to Me (Escuchame)
German Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 5′
Category: Fiction
Director : Mabel Lozano
Screenplay: Mabel Lozano
Cinematographer: Rafa Roche
Editor: Ismael Álvarez
Music: Jose Ignacio Arrufat
Producer: Mabel Lozano
Synopsis: Trafficking in women and girls for sexual exploitation is partly generated by the demand for „customer“, this one turns into accomplice of the dealers of persons.
Inhalt: Der spanische Beitrag „Escuchame/Listen to me“ bringt das Thema Zwangsprostitution kurz und knapp auf den Punkt. Das Besondere: Die Kameraperspektive zeigt nur die Füße der beiden Protagonisten, als Zuschauer fühlt man sich daher wie ein Komplize der Menschenhändler, der unter dem Bett sitzt.
Festivals: CORTADA 2010 (Vitoria-Gasteiz); VII National Festival of shorts „Redondela en Curto“, VII National Festival of shorts „Redondela en Curto“, Spain, 2011; 1st „Festival de Cortometrajes y Videocreación de Almagro“.
Awards: Against Gender Violence Award, Comunidad de Castilla la Mancha, 2010; Best Short Award, „Sal a Escena“ Festival against discrimination, 2010; 1st Jury Prize, DONAMCINE, Barcelona, 2011.
Weblink: vimeo.com/24383180
Industrial Bay
German Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 6′
Category: Documentary
Director: Giuseppe Petruzzellis
Screenplay: Giuseppe Petruzzellis
Cinematographer: Giuseppe Petruzzellis, Ameleto Cascio
Editor: Giuseppe Petruzzellis
Music: Johan Grill (WAKO)
Producer: Giuseppe Petruzzellis
Synopsis: Termini Imerese (Sicily). A beach covered of waste, surrounded by industrial chimneys, crowded by a great number of bathers. A disturbing picture, symbol of a paradoxal relationship between man and natural environment.
Inhalt: Termini Imerese auf Sizilien: Ein Strand der einer Müllhalde gleicht: von Industrietürmen umgeben, aber dennoch von einer beträchtlichen Anzahl an Badegästen bevölkert. Ein verstörendes Bild und zugleich ein Symbol der paradoxen Beziehung des Menschen zu seiner natürlichen Umgebung.
Festivals: Sedicicorto Forli‘ International Film Festival, 2010; Bolzano Short Film Festival, 2010; Film Festival sul Paesaggio, 2010; Kef’Art Festival, 2010;
Awards: „FAI il tuo Film“ AWARD, Milano Film Festival, 2009; Hors Pistes AWARD, Circuito Off Venice, 2010; Visual Park Bologna (screening), 2010; Centre Pompidou Paris (special screening), 2011; Hors Pistes, 2011
Weblink: industrialbay.aplysia.net
SALTY
Friday, June 17, 21:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00
Culebra
Listen to Me (Escuchame)
You Too (Na Wewe)
Via Gori
Cigarette Candy
Cold Shower
Industrial Bay
Via Gori
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: Australia, Georgia
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction
Director: George Barkakadze
Screenplay: George Barbakadze
Cinematographer: Goga Devdariani
Editor: Adrian Rostirolla
Music: Giya Kancheli
Producer: Scott Gustetter, Lazaro Hernandez
Synopsis: Russian planes start bombing the Georgian town of Gori when a Russian woman has to travel inconspicuously on a minibus with Georgian evacuees. A single Russian word uttered by her or her young daughter could make them the enemy of everyone around. Will they pass unnoticed or will they be discovered?
Inhalt: Ein packendes Drama vor dem Hintergrund des Kaukasus-Konflikts: Eine Russin flieht mit ihrer kleinen Tochter vor dem Krieg – in einem Minibus mit georgischen Flüchtlingen. Ein einziges russisches Wort könnten sie verraten, deshalb stellen sie sich stumm. Rettendes Ziel scheint die georgische Stadt Gori zu sein. Doch dann beginnt ein Bombenangriff russischer Flugzeuge auf Gori.
Festivals: St. Kilda Film Festival, Australia; Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain; Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy; Tampere International Film Festival, Finland; Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia; CAMBOFEST, Film and Video Film Festival of Cambodia; Adelaide Film Festival, Australia; Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia; London International Film Festival, United Kingdom; Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia; Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
Awards: Best Human Rights Film, Honolulu Film Awards, USA; Best Film, Margaret River Shorts Festival, Australia; Best of Australian Programme and Best Direction in an Australian Short Film, Flickerfest International Film Festival, Australia; Winner Best Short Film, Whistler Film Festival, Canada; Best Foreign Short Film Nominee, Orlando Film Festival, Orlando, USA.
Weblink: www.illuminar.net
Cold Shower (Hidegzuhany)
German Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: Hungary
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction
Director: Orsi Nagypal
Screenplay: Orsi Nagypal
Cinematographer: Mate Herbai
Editor: Thomas Ernst
Music: DAvid Szesztay
Producer: Karoly Feher
Synopsis: During a warm summer night, Robert, a naive 17 year old and Feri, the roma member of the high school drama group, are forced to deal with prejudices, that have existed longer than themselves.
Inhalt: Während einer warmen Sommernacht werden Robert, ein naiver 17-jähriger Teenager und Feri, ein Romajunge und neues Mitglied der Schultheatergruppe gezwungen, sich mit Vorurteilen auseinanderzusetzen, die schon länger existieren als sie selbst…
Festivals: Hungarian Filmweek, 2010; Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida, 2010; Clermont Ferrand 2011; CortoSonici Varese Festival, Italy
Weblink: www.orsinagypal.hu
You Too (Na Wewe)
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 19′
Category: Fiction
Director: Jean-Luc Pening, Ivan Goldschmidt
Screenplay: Ivan Goldschmidt
Cinematographer: Guy Maezelle
Editor: Ivan Goldschmidt
Music: Jérémie Hakéshimana
Producer: Ivan Goldschmidt
Synopsis: 1994. There is a civil war in Burundi, we are witnessing the attack of a minibus. A Kalashnikov bursts. The bus stops, the passengers get off. There follows the „selection“ between the Hutus and the Tutsis. The groups are separated, the questioning begins. But who’s a Hutu, who’s a Tutsi?
Inhalt: 1994 in Burundi an der Grenze zu Ruanda: Schon der Schauplatz deutet eine dramatische Geschichte im Schatten des Genozids an. Und Regisseur Ivan Goldschmidt enttäuscht die Erwartungen des Zuschauers nicht. Ein Bus wird von der örtlichen Miliz gestoppt, die Passagiere sollen in Hutus und Tutsi aufgeteilt werden – augenscheinlich, um die Tutsi zu töten. Doch wer ist Hutu und wer Tutsi?
Awards: 2011 Oscars®, short Live Action nominee, Los Angeles, USA; Nomination Best Short Film Award – 2011 Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia; Best Narrative Award – 2011 Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia; Grand Prix of the Short Film, Tübingen Festival, Germany; The Public’s Prize, Brussels Festival, Belgium; The Authors‘ Prize, Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium; 2nd Prize – Confrontations – at the Berlin Interfilm Festival, Germany; Prize of the Press and B-TV Prize, The Media Festival 10/10, Namur, Belgium; Ciné-courts Prize, Le Court en Dit Long Festival, Paris, France; Honourable Mention, Flickerfest, Australia; The Clover and Maggie Award, Cleveland, USA; Best film in independent film Best of Fest 2010, USA.
Weblink: www.na-wewe.com
Cigarette Candy
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction
Director: Lauren Wolkstein
Screenplay: Jeff Sousa
Cinematographer: Bill Winters
Editor: Lauren Wolkstein, David Andalman, Jeff Sousa
Music: Ryan Shore
Producer: Michael Fiore
Synopsis: Eddie Van Buren, a traumatized teenage Marine, is forced to play the role of „the hero“ at his homecoming party. In pursuing a rebellious, precocious sixteen-year-old girl, Candy, he sees an opportunity to numb his pain and connect to a fellow lost soul.
Inhalt: Eddie Van Buren, ein traumatisierter Marinesoldat in den Teenagerjahren, ist gezwungen, auf der Familienparty zu Ehren seiner Heimkehr die Rolle „des Helden“ zu spielen. In der ebenfalls anwesenden frühreifen Candy erkennt er eine Seelengefährtin und die Möglichkeit seinen Schmerz zu betäuben… bis das Ventil schließlich dem inneren Druck nachgibt.
Awards: Winner of the Short Film Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, 2010 SXSW Film Festival; Best Student Film, 2010 Williamsburg International Film Festival; Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance, 2010 Florida Film Festival; Best Student Short Film, 2010 Cleveland International Film Festival, Best Cinematography, 2010 Short Film Festival La Fila (Valladolid, Spain), Red Citation – Humanitarian Award, Best Screenplay, 2009 24fps International Short Film Festival; Best Live Action Student Short Under 15 Minutes, Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmaker, Special Mention,2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest; Adrienne Shelly Foundation: Best Female Director, Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award, Independent Film Project Audience Award, Student Choice Award: Best Direction, Entertainment Partners Best Producing, Honorable Mention, 2009 Columbia University Film Festival; Fall 2009 Grant Recipient, 2009 The Caucus for Producers, Writers, & Directors Foundation
Weblink: www.cigarettecandy.com
Culebra
German Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Director: Sean Carter
Screenplay: Sean Carter
Cinematographer: Bill Winters
Editor: Sean Carter
Music: Ryan Shore
Producer: Michael Fiore
Synopsis: A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry.
Inhalt: Eine hochschwangere Mexikanerin lässt sich auf zwielichtige Menschenschmuggler ein, um die Grenze zur USA unterirdisch zu durchqueren. Als sie in einem Tunnel steckenbleibt, wird sie von den Männern allein zurückgelassen.
Festivals: Slamdance Flim Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Methodfest
Awards: Best Student Film Award, Aspen short film festival, Colorado; semifinalist for Student Academy Awards 2011; Sound Design, Screenwriting and Original Score Award and in First Run Film Festival; National Board of Review motion pictures (NBR) grant; Special Jury Mention at Clermont Film Festival, France
Weblink: www.culebramovie.com
The Six Dollar Fifty Man
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 18, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 22, 19:00 (SALTY)
Country of Origin / Land: New Zealand / Neuseeland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 15’00“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Director / Regie: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Cinematographer / Kamera: Simon Baumfield
Editor / Schnitt: Mike Bridgman
Music / Musik: Connan Hosford
Producer / Produktion: Wendy Cuthbert
Cast / Darsteller: Oscar Vandy-Connor, Celina Russo-Bewick
Synopsis: Things are by no means easy at school in New Zealand in the seventies, especially if you’re a bit different from everyone else. At least this is what a fearless eight-year-old named Andy thinks. In his imagination, Andy lives the life of a superhero; he believes he has the power to show all the teen- age playground hooligans who’s boss. But one day, Andy gets into trouble with the school’s head. He realises that he must face up to reality if he is going to save not just his own skin, but that of his friend, Mary.
Inhalt: Auch im Neuseeland der 70er Jahre hat man es in der Schule nicht gerade leicht, wenn man anders ist als die andern. Das muss auch Andy erfahren, ein furchtloser Achtjähriger, der in seiner Fantasie das Leben eines Super- helden führt und über Superkräfte zu verfügen glaubt, die es ihm erlauben, all die halbstarken Spielplatzrowdys in ihre Grenzen zu verweisen. Doch als Andy Ärger mit dem Schulleiter kriegt, stellt er fest, dass er sich der Wirklich- keit wohl stellen muss, wenn er nicht nur seine eigene Haut, sondern auch seine Freundin Mary retten will.
Festivals & Awards: 62nd Festival De Cannes France 2009 (Special Distinction), New Zealand International Film Festival New Zealand 2009, Melbourne International Film Festival Australia 2009, Expresion en Corto Mexico 2009 (Best International Short Film Fiction), Middle East International Film Festival United Arab Emirates 2009 (Black Pearl 09 for Best Narrative Short), BFI 53rd London Film Festival UK 2009, St Tropez Antipodes International Film Festival France 2009, Stockholm International Film Festival Sweden 2009, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Taiwan 2009, 55th Valladolid International Film Festival Spain 2009 (Silver Spike), International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao Spain 2009 (Zinebi 51), Flickerfest Australia 2010 (Coopers Award for Best Short Film), Sundance Film Festival USA 2010 (Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking), 32nd Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival France 2010 (Special Mention), 60th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Germany 2010 (Generation Kplus), 20th Annual Cinequest Film Festival USA 2010, 20th Annual Cinequest Film Festival USA 2010 (Best Narrative Short), 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival China 2010, New York International Children’s Film Festival USA 2010, NYCIFF Special Jury Award USA 2010, Minimalen Short Film Festival Norway 2010, Filmfest DC USA 2010, International Film Festival, Breda The Netherlands 2010, Aspen Shortsfest USA 2010, Aspen Shortsfest USA 2010 (Best Drama), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) USA 2010, Aspen Shortsfest, USA 2010 (Prize for Excellence), Nashville Film Festival USA 2010, IndieLisboa Portugal 2010
Weblink: www.stickypictures.co.nz