Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00
The Man Who Knew A Lot (L’Homme Qui En Connaissait Un Rayon)
The Gold Watch (Guldklockan)
Impromptu
Jukebox Records
Triangles Of Happiness (Trekanter Af Lykke)
Go Daan Go! (Daan Durft)
My Stuffed Granny
International Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction
Director: Lena Sunnby
Screenplay: Lena Sunnby
Cinematographer: Ingvill Sunnby
Music: Weld, Dollsquad, Bullbose Noses, The Joyful Tears
Editor: Lena Sunnby
Producer: Lena Sunnby, Amalie Sunnby
Synopsis: To escape her troubled home, 17 year old Ida seeks refuge at the local record store. There she befriends the owner Edvin and meets the handsome lead singer from the rock band Safari Cookies. Everything is going well untill Ida finds out that the store is under threat of closing.
Weblink: vimeo.com/89692560
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: France
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 20′
Category: Fiction
Director: Alice Vial
Screenplay: Alice Vial
Cinematographer: Brice Pancot
Music: Emmanuel D’Orlando
Editor: Gregoire Pontecaille
Producer: Marc-Benoit Crenacier
Synopsis: Mister Beranger works at Paradesign, a big furniture store, where employees live in the mock-up rooms. Beranger himself resides in the cottage deparment and excels at promoting his „footrest dachshund“. His life seems perfectly settled until he gets promoted to the mysterious thirteenth floor…
Festivals & Awards:
The 8th Annual Red Rock Film Festibal 2014, USA
Festival International du film d’Afrique et des Iles 2014, Reunion
Yofi Film Festival 2014, USA
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2014, UK
Kaoshiung Film Festival 2014, Taiwan
23 ème Festival International Séquence court métrage 2014, France
Festival Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2014, France
Festival européen du Film Court de Brest 2014, France
German Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: Sweden
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 7’00“
Category: Fiction
Director: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning
Screenplay: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning
Cinematographer: Maja Dennhag
Music: Arthur Onion, Per-Arvid Lennart Widlund
Editor: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning, Emma Ringqvist, Joel Lindgren
Producer: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning
Synopsis: Whilst completing his daily shopping round, a man finds a magical pocket watch. With it he has the power to stop time. However, chaos ensues…
Festivals & Awards:
St. Louis Film Festival
XV Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Cine a la calle, Taglia Corti
Short Shorts Film Festival
Asia & Palm Springs International Short Fest
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 13’50“
Category: Fiction
Director: Jannik Dahl Pedersen
Cinematographer: Loui Ladegaard
Music: Simon Reinke Oxholm, Mathias Bjørnskov
Editor: Sebastian Gerdes
Producer: Annette Averhoff, Annette Averhoff
Synopsis: In the face of the financial crisis, Hanne and Carsten are desperately trying to keep up the illusion of a perfect family life in suburbia. However, the pressure of their nosy neighbours gets too much and the family resorts to extreme measures to fit in.
Festivals & Awards:
8th Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art Lviv (Ukraine) 2014-05
27th Rakkautta & Anarkiaa Helsinki (Finland) 2014-09
OkseØ Film Festival 2014 Okseø (Denmark) 2014-08
Bornshorts Film Festival 2014 Svaneke (Denmark) 2014-09 Best Student Film
Aarhus Independent Pixels 2014 Aarhus (Denmark) 2014-10
No Gloss Film Festival Leeds (United Kingdom) 2014-10
OFFline Film Festival Birr (Ireland) 2014-10
Fenêtres dur Courts 2014 Dijon (France) 2014-11
Nordischen Film Tage Lübeck 2014 Lübeck (Germany) 2014-10
Flensburger Kurzfilm Tage 2014 Flensburg (Germany) 2014-11
Odense International Film Festival Odense (Denmark) 2014-08
CPH:PIX Copenhagen (Denmark) 2014-04
Sandfly Film Festival 2014 Sydney (Australia) 2014-11
La Semaine du court-métrage de Rueil-Malmaison 201 Rueil-Malmaison (France) 2014-11
Weblink: vimeo.com/96336221
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction
Director: Mari Sanders
Screenplay: Lianne Damen
Cinematographer: Sal Kroonenberg
Music: Bart Westerlaken
Editor: Stanley Kolk
Producer: Marc Bary
Synopsis: Daan dreams of becoming a competitive swimmer when he finds his Mother’s old medals. However, worried Daan may suffer the same heart condition as she did, his Mother bans him from swimming. Will Daan listen to his Mother or will he chase his dream?
Festivals & Awards:
Cinekid Festival 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Film Festival 2014, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Bridge Film Fest, Mitrovica, Kosovo, 2014
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2015 (FIFA), Aubagne, France
TIFF Kids International Film Festival Toronto, Canada, 2015
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, 2015 (school program)
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage: Rolle Vorwärts, Flensburg (Germany) 2015 (school program)
Overtime Film Festival de Temática Deportiva, Mexico 2015.
International Festival of Sport Movies Krasnogorski, Russia 2015
Barcelona Sports Film Festival, Spain 2015
IndieLisboa, International Film Festival of Independent Films, Portugal 2015
Children’s International Film Festival, Dubai 2015
The Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2015
International Film Festival for Children and Youth Kinolub, Polen 2015
17th Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea, 2015.
XPO North, Scotland, 2015
Weblink: ijswater.nl
German Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: Finland
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 4’40“
Category: Animation
Director: Sirpa Loivarinne, Claudia Hidvegi, Kalle Rantakallio, Tuuli Sihvonen, Juulia Valkola
Screenplay: Claudia Hidvegi
Music: Toni Ilo, Perttu Koho, Arttu Aarnio
Editor: Kalle Rantakallio
Producer: Eija Saarinen
Synopsis: A lonley bartender dreams about becoming a skilled jazz musician.
Festivals & Awards:
Animatricks Helsinki (Finland) 2014-04
Priit Pärna Animafestival Tallinn (Estonia) 2013-10
Upload-festival Kemiö (Finland) 2014-01
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 9’33“
Category: Animation
Director: Effie Pappa
Producer: Miranda Ballesteros, Hemant Sharda
Synopsis: Little Sofía loves her grumpy Granny, even though she is always hungry and eats up what little food they can buy. Granny’s pension is the only thing keeping Sofia and her Father alive. To what extremes will they go to once Granny is no more?
Festivals & Awards:
Annecy Annecy (France) 2014-06
Edinburgh SCOTLAND (United Kingdom) 2014-06 Best British Animation, Mc Lar
Rhode Island Rhode Island (United States) 2014-08
Animasyros Syros (Greece) 2014-10 BEST STUDENT ANIMATION AWARD
Montreal Film Festival Du Monde Montreal (Canada) 2014-10 BEST STUDENT ANIMATION AWARD
BE THERE! CORFU (Greece) 2014-11 BEST STUDENT ANIMATION AWARD
FOYLE IRELAND (Ireland) 2014-11
Anima Mund Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) 2014-08
Weblink: vimeo.com/95953874
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 19, 19:00 and Saturday, June 21, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET
Country of Origin: United Kingdom, USA
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 13′
Category: Animation
Language: English without subtitles
Director: Kristina Yee
Screenplay: Frances Poletti, Kristina Yee
Cinematographer: Nick Cooke
Editor: Michele Chiappa
Music: Matt Kelly
Producer: Suzanne Mayger
Cast: Lucie Jones, Tristan Chenais, Peter Marinker, Joy McBrinn
Synopsis: It’s 1909, and the whole world is waking to the possibilities of flight. Miss Todd dreams of flying, but she’s got more than gravity holding her down. This is the story of her determination, her perseverance, and her passion.
Inhalt: Es ist 1909 und die ganze Welt ist sich der Möglichkeiten des Fliegens bewusst. Miss Todd träumt vom Fliegen, aber es ist mehr als die Schwerkraft, die sie zurückhält. Dies ist die Geschichte ihrer Entschlossenheit, ihrer Ausdauer und ihrer Leidenschaft.
Festivals: Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France, 2013), Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (USA, 2013), Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (South Korea, 2013), Traverse City Film Festival (USA, 2013), Anima Mundi (Brazil, 2013), Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA, 2013), LA Shorts Fest (USA, 2013), Raindance Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2013), Hamptons International Film Festival (USA, 2013), Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland, 2013), Blackrock Animation Film Festival (Ireland, 2013) Vermont International Film Festival (USA, 2013), Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (USA, 2013), Heartlands Film Festival (USA, 2013), St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Austin Film Festival (USA, 2013), Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (USA, 2013), Bradford Animation Festival (United Kingdom, 2013), Leeds International Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2013), Northern Lights Film Festival (USA, 2013), St. Louis International Film Festival (USA, 2013), Puchon International Student Animation Festival (South Korea, 2013), Poitiers International Film School Festival (France, 2013), British Shorts in Berlin (Germany, 2014), Athena Film Festival (USA, 2014), Beloit International Film Festival (USA, 2014), Anima Brussels (Belgium, 2014), Boomtown Film Festival (USA, 2014), MECAL Barcelona (Spain, 2014), Tricky Women Animation Festival (Austria, 2014), San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival (USA, 2014), Women+Film VOICES Film Festival (USA, 2014), Stuttgart International Animation Festival (Germany, 2014), Sarasota Film Festival – Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival (USA, 2014), Nashville Film Festival (USA, 2014)
Awards: 2013 Student Academy Award for Foreign Film (Gold Medal), Best International Student Film at Blackrock Animation Film Festival
Weblinks:
www.misstoddfilm.com
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www.vimeo.com
www.twitter.com
World Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 19, 19:00 and Saturday, June 21, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET
Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 18′
Category: Documentary
Language: French with English subtitles
Director: Valérie Osouf
Screenplay: Valérie Osouf
Cinematographer: Valérie Osouf
Editor: Valérie Pico
Producer: Jean-François Fernandez, Vincent Trintignant
Cast: Sylvia Haki
Synopsis: A very old woman tries to remember his past. Alzheimer allows her to hide and reinvent swathes of her existence. She remembered the Foxtrot dance and her Jewishness but forgot her own name, or rather her two names: Sylvia Lignon and Messaouada Haki.
Inhalt: Eine sehr alte Dame versucht sich an ihre Vergangenheit zu erinnern. Der Alzheimer erlaubt es ihr, weite Teile ihrer Existenz zu verstecken und neu zu erfinden. Sie erinnert sich an den Foxtrott und ihr Judentum, aber sie hat ihren eigenen Namen vergessen, oder eher ihre zwei Namen: Sylvia Lignon und Messaouada Haki.
Weblinks:
www.granitfilms.com
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