Feral Painter

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

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Country of Origin / Land: France
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 4′
Category / Kategorie: Experimental
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Frank Vroegop
Producer / Produktion: Pascal Chinarro

Synopsis: A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed.
Inhalt: Ein barbarisches Lebewesen ist eines, das von einem gezähmten zu einem ungezügelten und wilden wurde.

Festivals: Let’s All Be Free Festival 2012

One, Two, Three, Volcano! (Um, dois, três, vulcão!)

International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

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Country of Origin / Land: Brazil
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 19′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: Portuguese with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Miguel Ramos
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Miguel Ramos, Rafael Nantes
Cinematographer / Kamera: Alexandre Wahrhaftig, Cauê Laratta
Music / Musik: Luís Labaki
Editor / Schnitt: Rafael Nantes
Producer / Produktion: Catarina Bassoti, Julia Alves de Oliveira
Cast / Darsteller: Gabriel Nascimento, Thaís Medeiros

Synopsis: Young engineer, Cristóvão meet Joana, a image technician. Together, they walk through their spaces, trying to share experiences and testing limits. But despair round, silent.
Inhalt: Der junge Ingenieur Cristóvão trifft die Industriedesignerin Joana. Gemeinsam laufen sie durch ihre konstruierten Welten, teilen Erfahrungen, testen Grenzen aus. Aber ringsherum herrscht Hoffnungslosigkeit und Schweigen.

Festivals: Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário
Awards: Prize for Artistic Contribution, Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário

And Death Will Be Alright

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

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Country of Origin / Land: France
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 7′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Wearetresgentil
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Wearetresgentil
Cinematographer / Kamera: Sebastien Gonon
Music / Musik: Les Caleson
Editor / Schnitt: Manuel Coutant
Producer / Produktion: Affreux, Sales & Méchants
Cast / Darsteller: Guillaume Garnaud, Cecile Lancia, Mister Puma

Synopsis: A visual experience in three parts. Three sequences describe a world turning inside out, where laws change and man’s fate is to disappear.
Inhalt: Ein visuelles Experiment in drei Teilen. Die Abläufe beschreiben eine Welt, die sich von innen nach außen dreht, in der sich die Gesetzgebung ändert und das menschliche Schicksal in Frage gestellt wird.

Festivals: AUBAGNE, FENETRES SUR COURTS, FESTA’FILM, L’ECRAN S’ECRIT, MEDIAWAVE FESTIVAL, REGGIO FILM, TOURNEZ COURT

Weblinks:
www.wearetresgentil.com
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The Dance of the Little Spider (La danza del piccolo ragno)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

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Country of Origin / Land: Italy
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 5′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Giacinto Compagnone, Aurora Febo, Lucia Rotelli, Emma Vasile
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Lucia Rotelli
Music / Musik: Officina Zoè
Producer / Produktion: Tutors: Flavia Confaloni, Chiara Magri CSC Animation director: Seregio Toffetti

Synopsis: The Dance of the Taranta is part of an ancient ritual of southern Italy, particularly Apulia. The belief is that only that ritual of music and dance will heal the victims of the Taranta spider’s bite.
Inhalt: Die Taranta ist Teil eines sehr alten Rituals in Süditalien, besonders in Apulien. Es herrscht der Glaube, dass die Opfer eines Tarantelbisses allein durch diese Zeremonie aus Musik und Tanz geheilt werden können.

Festivals: Cartoon Club Rimini 2012, Int. Animation Festival Vilnius, Lituania 2012, Int. Animation Festival Animateka Lubliana 2012, Festival international du court-métrage Clermont-Ferrand 2013, CortoinBra 2012, Future Film Festival 2013, Festival international du court-métrage Brest 2012, Arcipelago Festival Internazionale Roma 2012, Molise Cinema 2012, Giffoni Film Festival 2012, Sottodiciotto film festival Torino 2012
Awards:Cartoon Club Rimini 2012: award Signor Rossi

Ursus

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Latvia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Reinis Petersons
Screenplay: Reinis Petersons
Music: Jekabs Nimanis
Editor: Davis Simanis
Producer: Sabine Andersone
Animator: Martins Dumins

Synopsis: A story about an anthropomorphic bear who works as an acrobat-motorcyclist in a circus during the day but yearns for wildlife and forest where his true happiness seems to dwell at night. One day, the bear decides to leave everything and takes off to the forest to pursue his happiness.
Inhalt: Die Geschichte eines anthropomorphen Bären, der tagsüber als Motorrad-Akrobat in einem Zirkus arbeitet. Nachts jedoch sehnt er sich nach dem Wald und der Wildnis, wo er seine Erfüllung findet. Eines Tages beschließt der Bär, alles hinter sich zu lassen und macht sich auf die Suche nach seinem Glück.

Festivals: 34th International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, France; Aspen Shortfest 2012, USA; 9th International Independent Film Festival IndieLisboa, Portugal; International Short Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Awards: National Film Contest „Lielais Kristaps“, Latvia as Debut Film 2012

Weblinks:
www.atomart.lv/ursus
www.reinispetersons.com

Could see a puma (Pude ver un puma)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Argentina
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Eduardo Williams
Cinematographer: Manuel Bascoy
Screenplay: Eduardo Williams
Music: Alex Del Río, Eduardo Williams
Editor: Eduardo Williams
Producer: Alexan Sarikamichian
Cast: Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Fernando Contigani García, Juan Manuel Soler, Felipe Villanueva, Jerónimo Quevedo

Synopsis: The accident leads a group of young boys from the high roofs of their neighborhood, passing through its destruction, to the deepest of the earth.
Inhalt: Der Unfall führt eine Gruppe Jungs von den hohen Dächern ihrer Nachbarschaft durch ihre zerstörte Umwelt zum Mittelpunkt der Erde.

Festivals: SHNIT Bern, Switzerland; International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Curta Cinema Río de Janeiro, Brazil; International Film Festival Guadalajara, Mexico; 3rd Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctica; BAFICI Buenos Aires International Independent Filmfestival, Argentina; Cannes Cinéfondation, France; Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria; Award from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires, for 35 mm print.
Awards: Award for Best Short at BAFICI Buenos Aires, Argentina; Honorary Mention at International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Award for 35 mm print from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires

Weblink: www.vimeo.com

Dolls vs dictators

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 11′
Category: Short Fiction, Experimental

Director: Martha Colburn
Screenplay: Martha Colburn
Cinematographer: Martha Colburn
Editor: Martha Colburn
Producer: Martha Colburn

Synopsis: Puppets use their powers to rid the world of the last remaining dictators. A LOUD statement.
Inhalt: Puppen machen sich ihre Kräfte zu Nutze, um die Welt von den letzten verbliebenen Diktatoren zu befreien. In einer bunten Science-Fiction-Landschaft treffen Charlie Chaplin und Lieutenant Uhura auf Kim Jong II, Robert Mugabe und Co. Ein lautes Statement.

Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011, Festival Oddstream Nijmegen 2011, Galerie Diana Stigter Amsterdam 2011, Impakt Utrecht 2011, Alternativa Barcelona, Filmhuis Cavia – Martha Colburn Program, Bosch Art Film Festival

Weblink: www.marthacolburn.com

Body Memory (Keha mälu)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Estonia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 9′
Category: Short Fiction, Animation

Director: Ülo Pikkov
Screenplay: Ülo Pikkov
Cinematographer: Raivo Möllits
Music: Mirjam Tally
Editor: Ülo Pikkov
Producer: Arvo Nuut

Synopsis: Our body remembers more than we can expect and imagine, our body remembers also the sorrow and pain of the predecessors. Our body sustains the stories of our parents and grandparents as well as their ancestors. But, how far back is it possible to go in your bodily memory?
Inhalt: Unser Körper erinnert sich an mehr als wir uns vorstellen oder erwarten könnten. Unser Körper erinnert sich auch an die Trauer und die Schmerzen unserer Vorgänger. Unser Körper trägt die Geschichten unserer Eltern und Großeltern, wie auch unserer Vorfahren in sich. Doch wie weit kann man in seinem körperlichen Gedächtnis zurückgehen?

Festivals: Viennashorts 2012, Austria; Art Film Fest IFF Trencianske Teplice Bratislava, Slovakia; PAZZ Oldenburg, Germany; New Horizons Int´l Film Festival 2012, Poland; Incubate Festival Tilburg 2012, Netherlands; 14th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany; Rooftop Films Brooklyn 2012, USA; CFC Worldwide Short film Festival Toronto 2012, Canada; 38th Seattle International Film Festival USA; Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine; The Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 22nd Animafest Zagreb, Croatia; Animated Film Festival Lille, France; Tampere Film Festival, Finland; The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Kowloon, Hong Kong; Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands; International Festival of Animated Films AniFest Praha, Chech Republic; CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz, Austria; ANIRMAU`12 Animation Film Festival Lalin, Spain; ANIMA 2012 Brussells, Belgium; 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Laputa Animation Festival, Japan; Animpact Animation Festival Seoul, Korea; 26th Brest European Short Film Festival, France; Montreal Animated Film Summit Quebeck, Canada; 31st International Film Festival Amiens, France; 7th Istanbul Animation Festival, Turkey; Petaluma International Film Festival, USA; Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway; 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden; ALCINE – The European Short Film Competition Madrid, Spain; 8th European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA Belgrade Serbia; International Animated Film Festival CINANIMA Espinho, Portugal; 11th Cortopotere Shortfilmfestival Bergamo,Italy; European Short Film Festival Cologne UNLIMITED,Germany; OSLOANIMA International Independent Animation Film Day Oslo, Norway; International Animation Film Festival& Forum Hermoupolis,Syros Island,Greece; 13th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brasil; Budapest Short Film Festival BUSHON, Hungary; Shnit International Shortfilmfestival Berne, Switzwerlnd; XXI “Message to Man”International Documentary ,Short and Animated Film Festival St.Petersburg; Russia; 8th SEDICICORTO International Film Festival Forli, Italy; 18th Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival, Spain; China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF) Bejing; 18th KROK International Animated Film Festival Kiev, Ukraine; The Ourense International Film Festival, Spain; The 4th International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR Poznan, Poland; 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi), South Korea; Supertoon International Animation Festival Zagreb, Croatia; International Film Festival TOFIFEST Torun, Poland…
Awards: Best director at Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Avant-garde and Experimental Special Award at 3rd Skepto Internatinaol Film Festival Cagliari,Italy; Experimental Jury Grand Prix at 3rd Roanne Animation Short Film Festival, Roanne; Best Film at 11th edition of Monstra Lisbon Animation Film Festival,Portugal; Best Animation Film Award at 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Best Story Award at Animated Dreams Tallinn, Estonia; Best Experimental Animated Film Award at 2nd International Animation Film Festival “Golden Kuker” Sofia, Bulgaria; Best Photography Prize at ANIMAGE III International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Best Animation at Se-ma -for Film Festival Lodz, Poland and Lugano, Switzerland; Honourable Mention at Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada…

Weblink: www.nukufilm.ee

The Miami Dentist

World Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 9′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: David Baeumler
Screenplay: David Baeumler
Music: David Baeumler, Chris O´Neil
Editor: David Baeumler
Producer: David Baeumler
Cast: David Baumler, Kevin Silva (Narrator)

Synopsis: You’re safe, warm and beautiful. You’re not surrounded by Chinese troops in the sub-zero battle of the Chosin Reservoir. So why not take a moment to learn some facts about the Miami Dentist?
Inhalt: Du bist in Sicherheit, es geht dir gut. Du bist nicht von chinesischen Truppen bei Minusgraden in der Schlacht um den Changjin-Stausee umgeben. Warum sich also nicht einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um einige Fakten über den Miami-Zahnarzt zu lernen?

Weblink: www.sometimesonsundays.com

Oh Willy…

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Animation

Director: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Cinematographer: Marc James Roels
Screenplay: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Music: Bram Meindersma
Editor: Dieter Diependaele
Producer: Ben Tesseur

Synopsis: Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery, where he finds the protection of a hairy beast.
Inhalt: Gezwungen, in das Naturisten-Camp, in dem er aufwuchs, zurückzukehren, verwildert Willy zunehmends und findet den Schutz eines haarigen Monsters.

Festivals: Indielisboa, Portugal; Brussels Film Festival, Belgium; International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand 2012, France, Holland Animation Film Festival 2012, Netherlands, Anifilm Trebon, Czech Republic
Awards: Award for Best Short at Anifilm Trebon, Czech Republic; Jury Prize at Brussels Film Festival, Belgium; Grand Prix at Holland Animation Film Festival 2012, Netherlands

Weblinks:
www.emmadeswaef.be
www.beastanimation.be
Trailer:
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