Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30
The Fence (El Cerco)
Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)
Frog
Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)
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Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)
Miracle Mile
Paycheck (Prva Plata)
Little Terrorist
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 12′
Category: Documentary
Director: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Cinematographer: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Sound: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Producer: Héctor Fáver, Joan Gonzalez
Synopsis: It’s the same gory ritual, every summer. Thousands of migrating tuna fish crowd into the Mediterranean on their way through the Strait of Gibraltar. In a centuries-old tradition, Spanish fishing boats await the arrival of the fish in this narrow channel, armed with a veritable wall of nets to block their path. “La Almadraba” is the name of the original Moorish ritual, during which knives and harpoons are also used.
Festivals & Awards: Berlinale Panorama 2006 (Prix UIP), Internacional Festival del Cine de San Roque 2006 (Best Documentary), Festival de cine español de Málaga, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, Documenta Madrid 2006, PLAY-DOC Festival Internacional de Documentais de Tui, CIEMCINE Festival Nacional de Cine de Ciempozuelos
Weblink: www.cecc.es
German Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 4′
Category: Animation
Director: Christopher Conforti
Screenplay: Christopher Conforti
Animation: Christopher Conforti
Cast: Marc Tatti, Garrett Koeppicus, Melissa Jordan, Christopher Conforti
Synopsis: In an attempt to escape the heat of the sun, a frog get himself in even more trouble.
Festivals & Awards: Student Academy Awards (2nd place), Television Academy Student Competition (2nd Place), ASIFA East Animation Awards (Best Student Film), Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival (1st Place Student), Marco Island Film Festival (Best Student Film), World Fest Houston (Platnium Remmi Award), Kalamazoon Animation Festival (Bronze), Brooklyn International Film Festival (Audience Award), Texas Film Festival (Audience Award), Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, Annecy (Avoid Eye Contact), Cannes (Kodak Student Filmaker Showcase), Los Angeles Film Festival, KROK, Woodstock Film Festival
German Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction
Director: Claudio Cupellini
Screenplay: Claudio Cupellini, Michele Pellegrini
Cinematographer: Rocco Marra
Editor: Domenico Martoccia
Music: Alessandro Linzitto, Marco Fasolo
Cast: Roberto Citran, Maurizio Donadoni, Ana Caterina Morariu
Synopsis: Silvano lives in Sottomarina, nearby Venice. He’s forty years old, he’s got a young and beautiful wife, a very nice child, a comfortable house. He’s a car thief. A late summer day, Mario, a friend of the childhood, comes to see him after many, many years…
Festivals & Awards: Tel Aviv Intl. Student Film Festival 2004, Mostra Internazionale Del Cortometraggio Montecatini 2004 (Jameson Award), Cinema Student Festival Spoleto 2004, Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Festival 2004, China International Student Film Festival Beijing 2004, Turchia Intl. Short Film Festival Izmir 2004
German Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 18’30“
Category: Fiction
Director: Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Screenplay: Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Cinematographer: Peter Mishara
Editor: Dong Hyuek Hwang, Raymond Park
Music: Gascia Ouzounian
Producer: Christina Piovesan
Cast: Karl Hahn, Hana Kim
Synopsis: MIRACLE MILE is a neon sign that stands on a strip of road separating Koreatown from Beverly Hills. For JAMES and JIYOUNG, it represents a potential for hope in the lonely desolate city of Los Angeles. When James happens to meet Jiyoung at the airport, she enlists his help to find her brother, who was sent to America 20 years earlier for adoption. As they search, James remembers his own childhood as an adopted child. He begins to hope and believe that he is the one she is looking for. Through their journey, the two strangers realize that they’ve discovered a sense of family in each other.
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI); Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 18:00 (BEST OF 2006)
Country of Origin: India
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Director: Ashvin Kumar
Screenplay: Ashvin Kumar
Cinematographer: Markus Huersch
Editor: Ashvin Kumar
Sound: Roland Heap
Music: Nainita Desai feat. Kohinoor Langa & Party
Producer: Ashvin Kumar
Cast: Salim Ali Khan, Sushil Sharma, Meghnaa Mehtta
Synopsis: Jamal, a 12 year old Muslim Pakistani mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan, finding an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola’s village searching for the ‚terrorist‘ who crossed over. His neice Rani, insists they can’t let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal’s only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago. Based on a TRUE STORY: In early 2003 – a twelve year old Pakistani boy crossed the Indo Pak border by mistake. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bhihari Vajpaee, amidst PR fanfare, restored the boy to his family in Pakistan, kicking off the thaw in tensions between these two nuclear countries who came so close to war less than a year earlier.
Festivals & Awards: Montreal World Film Festival 2004 (Winner First Prize), Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival 2004 (Audience Favourite), Palm Springs Int. Short Film Festival 2004, Telluride Film Festival 2004, Manhattan Short Film Festival 2004 (Winner Best Film), Flanders Film Festival 2004 (Winner Best Film), Cork Film Festival 2004, London International Film Festival 2004, Tehran Film Festival 2004 (Winner Grand Prize), Bangkok Film Festival 2005, Rotterdam Film Festival 2005, Academy Awards 2005 (Nomination Live Action Short), European Academy Awards 2005 (Nomination), Kinofilm Film Festival Manchester 2005, Cinequest Film Festival 2005, Tampere Film Festival 2005, Aspen Short Film Festival 2005 (Honorable Mention), Reelworld Film Festival 2005 (Winner Bell Expressvu Award), Washington DC International Film Festival 2005, Newport Beach Film Festival 2005, Tribeca Film Festival 2005, San Francisco Int. Film Festival 2005, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2005, Almeria en Corto 2005 (Winner), Sydney Film Festival 2005, Bollywood and Beyond Stuttgart 2005, Sarajevo Film Festival 2005, Salento International Film Festival 2005 (Winner), Interfilm Berlin 2005, Mumbai Int. Film Festival 2006 (Winner)
Weblink: www.little-terrorist.com
German Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 11′
Category: Animation
Director: Shane Acker
Screenplay: Shane Acker
Animation: Shane Acker
Sound Design: Dave Steinwedel
Music: Earganic
Synopsis: In the shadow of urban desolation, a rag doll must face a monster that is hunting his brethren and stealing their souls.
Festivals & Awards: Ion International Short Film Festival 2004, Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film 2004, Sundance Film Festival 2005, Animex International Festival of Animation 2005 (3D CHARACTER ANIMATION AWARD – 1st Prize), Anima International Animation Festival 2005, Cinequest Film Festival 2005, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation College Awards 2005 (1st Place NON-TRADITIONAL ANIMATION), Philadelphia Film Festival 2005 (2nd Place – FESTIVAL FAVORITE), Florida Film Festival 2005 (Grand Jury Award for BEST ANIMATED SHORT), Indianapolis International Film Festival 2005 (Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Animation ), Newport Beach Film Festival 2005 (Best Animated Short Film), Coachella Independent Film Festival 2005, Maryland Film Festival 2005, Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2005 (Junior Jury Award for Best Student Animation), Student Academy Awards 2005 (Gold Medal), Short Shorts Film Festival Burma 2005, Melbourne International Animation Festival MIAF 2005 (Best CGI and Audience award for best CGI), SIGGRAPH 2005 (Best of Show), George Lindsey UNA Film Festival 2005 (Best College Animation / Student Best of Show), BENDFilm 2005 (Best Animated Short), Next Reel Film Festival 2005 (Best Animation), ArtFutura 2005 (First Prize), Beijing Film Academy International Student Film Festival 2005 (Gold Award), Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Short 2006
Weblink: www.shaneacker.com