Archiv der Kategorie: UMAMI

Black Cabinet

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

black-cabinet

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 5’00“
Category: Animation

Directing and Animation: Christine Rebet
Screenplay: Christine Rebet
Cinematographer: Larry Quartararo
Editor: Jennifer Basnyat
Music: George Philip
Producer: Kamel Mennour

Synopsis: The Black Cabinet is inspired by the techniques of “Spirit Painting” performed at the end of XIX century. Introduced by mediums during the heydays of spiritualism, these works, usually painted in oil, were portraits of deceased from a distant past. However, unlike the “Spirit Paintings” process, the apparition in The Black Cabinet is a prediction of what is to come, a vision of the 1920s.

Festivals & Awards: 58th Berlin International Film Festival Germany 2008

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/black-cabinet

Mur

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

mur

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 10’25“
Category: Experimental

Director: Benjamin d’Aoust
Screenplay: Benjamin d’Aoust
Editor: Cedric Zoenen
Music: Aline Huber
Producer: Laurent Hanon
Cast:

Synopsis: A lonely child plays with his small ball against a huge wall. The rhythm that he produces takes him away from his loneliness. Suddenly, a deaf rhythm emerges in constant displacement and perturbs the child. The child searches and experiments to understand from where come theses echoes…

Festivals & Awards: Le court en dit long Paris France 2007 (Grand Prix), Asiana International Short Film Festival Seoul South Korea 2007 (New Film Maker Award), Festival film court de Villeurbanne France 2007 (Prix Mozaic de l’Innovation), 4eme Concours de courts de Toulouse France 2007-05 (Third Prize), Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Belgium 2007 (Award of RTBF), 7eme Festival du court-metrage de Nice France 2007 (Audience Award), 8th International Film Festival Aubagna Belgium 2007, Independent International Film Festival Lisboa Portugal 2007, 2nd Montreal Underground Film Festival Montreal Canada 2007, 35th Algarve International Film Festival Portimao Portugal 2007, 35th International Film Festival Huesca Spain 2007, 22nd Cinema Jove International Film Festival Valencia Spain 2007, Festival Cine Fleuve – La Grande Region France 2007, Festival Nouveau Cinema de Montreal Canada 2007, Festival du film d’Amiens France 2007, Imago International Young Film Festival Portugal 2007, Odense Film Festival Denmark 2007, Sao Paolo Short Film Festival Brazil 2007, 22nd Braunschweig International Film Festival Germany 2007, Festival Alcine Madrid Spain 2007, Festival de court metrage de Bruxelles Belgium 2006, International Festival for Art & Theatre Lovers Dubrovnik Croatia 2006, Festival Silhouette Paris France 2006, Tinkai International Short Film Festival Vilnius Lithuania 2006, Festival International du Film Francophone Namur Belgium 2006, Scrittura e Immagine Pescara International Film Festival Italy 2006

Weblink: www.akas.imdb.com/mur

Found Objects

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

found-objects

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: David Birnbaum
Screenplay: David Birnbaum
Cinematographer: Adam Marsden
Editor: Ross Birchall
Music: Michael-Paul Ella
Producer: David Birnbaum, Chris Cunningham
Cast: D.B. Mickelson, Kristina Vasiljevic, Sophia Zoe, Helen Barber, Emanuele Galea

Synopsis: In a future-past world crumbling and wracked by perpetual war, frantic preparations for a music recital are underway in a disintegrating theatre. With the spectators oblivious to the imminent danger, the children are lined up and forced to perform. As the bombings become increasingly more frequent, only one thing holds the structure together – the unwavering determination of a forgotten old man in the cellar beneath the janitor’s apartment. Will this be enough to protect them from catastrophe?

Festivals & Awards: Florida Film Festival Maitland Florida USA 2008, Fantasporto Film Festival Porto Portugal 2008, Toronto International Film Festival Toronto Canada 2007, Montreal World Film Festival Montreal Canada 2007, Sao Paulo International Film Festival Sao Paulo Brazil 2007

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/found-objects

War Party (Taua)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

war-party

Country of Origin: New Zealand
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Tearepa Kahi
Screenplay: Tearepa Kahi
Cinematographer: Rhys Duncan
Editor: Tearepa Kahi
Music: John Boswell
Producer: Quinton Hita
Cast: Graham Hohapata, Vaughn Ahchee Ti Tore, Reweti Te Mete, Antonio Te Maioha, Fred Te Kani Dargaville Koro

Synopsis: A war party has abducted an enemy leader and bound him to the bow of their war canoe. The canoe is being towed through the forest, driven by a merciless chief in a bid to escape pursuers and return home safely with their trophy. Two young boys sit at the stern. They serve as bailers of the water to the men. On the desperate and gruelling journey, every man is in need of water, even the unknown prisoner…

Festivals & Awards: Telecom New Zealand International Film Festival 2007 (Best Short Film), National Geographic All Roads Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Short Film), imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Canada 2007 (Honourable Mention), MIC Homegrown New Zealand 2007, 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival Scotland 2007, Louis Vuitton International Film Festival Hawaii 2007, 21st International Festival of Audiovisual Programs France 2008, 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, 30th Internatinonal Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2008, 58th Berlin International Film Festival 2008, Seattle International Film Festival 2008, 17th Aspen Shortsfest USA 2008, Rome Independent Film Festival 2008

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/war-party

Hirsute

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

hirsute

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: A.J. Bond
Screenplay: A.J. Bond
Cinematographer: Amy Belling
Editor: Adam Locke-Norton
Music: Yota Kobayashi
Producer: A.J. Bond, Amy Belling
Cast: A.J. Bond

Synopsis: Kyle, a young scientist, is struggling to build a time machine when he is confronted by an arrogant future version of himself. Shocked to discover that his future holds a preoccupation with body hair removal and boiled eggs, Kyle vows to change the course of his life.

Festivals & Awards: Victoria Film Festival Canada 2008, Cinequest Film Festival USA 2008, Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2008, Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, East Lansing Film Festival USA 2008, Festival de Cinema des Trois Ameriques Canada 2008, Method Fest Independent Film Festival USA 2008, Florida Film Festival USA 2008, Philadelphia Film Festival USA 2008, Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival USA 2008, Atlanta Film Festival USA 2008, Toronto International Film Festival Canada 2007, Vancouver International Film Festival 2007, Atlantic Film Festival Canada 2007, Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival UK 2007, Calgary International Film Festival Canada 2007, Edmonton International Film Festival Canada 2007, Image+Nation Montreal International LGBT Film Festival Canada 2007

Weblink: www.thesiblings.ca

The Object

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

the-object

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 7′
Category: Experimental/Fiction

Director: Leslie Ali
Screenplay: Leslie Ali
Cinematographer: Ben Moulden
Editor: Alaster Jordan
Music: Eric Neveux
Producer: Isibeal Ballance
Cast: Morgan James, Ken Collard, Victoria Wicks, Geraldine O’Reilly

Synopsis: This is a story about a bunch of stupid greedy people in a parallel universe, not too dissimilar to ours. We open on two men hunting. Suddenly, they spot a beautiful object flying in the sky; one of the men is struck by it as it falls to earth. It’s a small shiny cube that makes really nice sounds. This sets off a very particular chain of events, which ultimately reveal the true nature of the people who live there.

Festivals & Awards: Sundance Film Festival USA 2008

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/the-object

Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

minotauromaquia

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Juan Pablo Etcheverry
Animation: Juan Pablo Etcheverry, SAM, Pablo Pellicer
Music: Xurxo Varela, Pablo Perez
Producer: Xose Zapata, Ignacio Benedeti

Synopsis: Inspired in Pablo Picasso’s work and the Myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, a journey to the ins and outs of artistic creation.

Festivals & Awards: Goya Animated Shorts Award 2005 (Nomination), 19. Anchorage International Film Festival (Golden Oossik in Animation), Washington DC Independent Film Festival, Sonar International Short Film Festival 2005

Weblink: www.minotauromaquia.com

Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

lettersfromtheczecho

Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Screenplay: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Cinematographer: Martin Procházka, Stanislav Slušný, Zdeněk Pospišil, Jan Malíř
Production Designer: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Music: Petr Skoumal, Michael Vích, Zdeněk Zdeněk
Producer: Dagmar Juráková

Synopsis: This animated film has been inspired by three letters of Japanese children from the Czech Republic.

Festivals & Awards: Anifest 2005 (Jameson Award)

Paycheck (Prva Plata)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

paycheck

Country of Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year of Production:
Duration: 13’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Alen Drljevic
Screenplay: Alen Drljevic
Cinematographer: Milenko Uherka
Editor: Almir Kenovic, Aida Huseinovic
Music: Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Vuneny, Saša Lošic
Producer: Ademir Kenovic, Pjer Žalica, Srdan Vuletic
Cast:

Synopsis: Bosnia and Herzegovina today, eight years after the war. Not far from Sarajevo, which, on the surface, got back to its normal everyday life only, an illegal bet shop has been organized – people bet on riding a motorbike through the minefield. Those who got rich overnight are betting on life or death of the drivers – the Russian roulette on Bosnian way. In a country where majority of people live below the poverty line, it is really easy to find „a death driver“. Sakal, the organizer of this brutal spectacle makes money on the misfortune of these desperate men. Muris, one of those desperate men, comes out of his deadly ride alive. His hungry family celebrates his „first paycheck“, not knowing the truth of how he earned it.

Festivals & Awards: PRIX UIP SARAJEVO / Nomination for the European Film Academy Award (EFA) / Sarajevo Film Festival 2005 (Special Mention)

Weblink: www.refresh.ba