Schlagwort-Archive: Canada

Transit Game

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

transit-game

Countries of Origin: Canada, USA, Lebanon
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’00“
Category: Fiction

Synopsis:In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man encounters two Palestinian children on the side of the road. Their moving stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.

Director: Anna Fahr
Screenplay: Anna Fahr
Cinematograper: Bassem Fayad
Editor: Anna Fahr
Producer: Anna Fahr, Habib Battah, Niam Itani, Idil Ibrahim

Festivals & Awards:
Middle East Now Festival 2015 (WINNER: Critic’s Jury Prize) – Italy
Yorkton Film Festival 2015 (NOMINATED: Best Drama) – Canada
CourToujours Short Film Festival Geneva 2015 – Switzerland
SPE Women’s Film Festival 2015 – USA
Aan Arbor Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève 2015 – Switzerland
Houston Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Sofia Menar Film Festival 2015 – Bulgaria
Cinetopia International Film Festival 2015 – USA
Interfilm Berlin 2014 (WINNER: 2nd Prize, Confrontations Competition) – Germany
Arab Film Festival 2014 (WINNER: Best Short Film) – USA
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2014 – Canada
BBC Arabic Film Festival 2014 – UK
International Diaspora Film Festival 2014 – Canada
Boston Palestine Film Festival 2014 – USA
London Palestine Film Festival 2014 – UK
Mostra Cinema: Oriente Medio 2014 – Brazil

Weblink: sepasifilms.com/transit-game.html

In Guns We Trust

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 20, 21:00 and Monday, June 23, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SALTY

in-guns-we-trust

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 12′
Category: Documentary
Language: English without subtitles

Director: Nicolas Lévesque
Screenplay: Nicolas Lévesque
Cinematographer: Nicolas Lévesque
Editor: Guillaume Langlois
Producer: Nicolas Lévesque
Cast: Robert Jones, Dent Myers, James Amica, Dania Gallaway, Josh Lavallette

Synopsis: In Kennesaw, a small American town in the state of Georgia, a good citizen is an armed citizen. By law, since 1982, each head of household must own at least one working firearm with ammunition.
Inhalt: In Kennesaw, einer kleinen amerikanischen Stadt im Bundesstaat Georgia, ist ein guter Bürger ein bewaffneter Bürger. Seit 1982 ist es gesetzlich geregelt, dass jeder Haushaltsvorstand eine funktionierende und geladene Schusswaffe besitzen muss.

Festivals: Regard sur le court métrage (Canada, 2013), Indie Lisboa (Portugal, 2013), Talent tout Court à Cannes (France, 2013), Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia, 2013), Toronto International Film Festival (Canada, 2013), OFF-Court Trouville (France, 2013), Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec (Canada, 2013), Cinéma Vérité (Iran, 2013), Festival Images en Vues (Canada, 2013), Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Canada, 2013), Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Festival de Arles et les nuits photographiques de Paris (France, 2013), Belfast Photographic Film Festival (Irlande, 2013), Victoria Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival (Canada, 2014), Tribeca Film Festival (United States, 2014)

Weblinks:
www.vimeo.com

Tala

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 20, 21:00 and Monday, June 23, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SALTY

tala

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction
Language: French with English subtitles

Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Screenplay: Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Felix Hamel Lucas
Cinematographer: Felix Hamel Lucas
Editor: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Producer: Genevieve Gosselin-G.
Cast: Alice Tran, Danny Gilmore, Genevieve Rochette, Eloise Bisson

Synopsis: Tala is a young Filipino domestic worker living with a bourgeois family on the North Shore of Montreal. As she runs through her daily chores, dealing with the eccentricities of her employers, an unexpected phone call puts her at great risk of getting fired.
Inhalt: Tala ist eine junge philippinische Hausangestellte, die mit einer spießbürgerlichen Familie in Montreal lebt. Während sie ihren täglichen Aufgaben nachgeht, gegen die Exzentrik ihrer Arbeitgeber kämpfend, bringt sie ein unerwarteter Anruf in die riskante Situation, gefeuert zu werden.

Festivals: Praxis Film Festival (USA, 2013), Lone Star Film Festival (USA, 2013), Saint-Sauveur International Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Canada, 2014), Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival (Canada, 2014), DAU’FILM Festival (France, 2014), Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival (India, 2014), Workers Unite Film Festival (USA, 2014), Rated SR – Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (USA, 2014), Show me Justice Film Festival (USA, 2014), Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival (Canada, 2014), Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival (Serbia, 2014), Skepto International Film Festival (Italy, 2014)
Awards: Jury Award and Public Award at Saint-Sauveur International Film Festival, Best Student Short at the Rendez-vous du Cinéma québécois, Deluxe Award to the Best Short Film at Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival, Jury Award at DAU’FILM Festival, Special Jury Mention at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.filmssix.com
www.vimeo.com
www.facebook.com

Tengri

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German Premiere

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

tengri

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

Director / Regie: Alisi Telengut
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Alisi Telengut
Cinematographer / Kamera: Alisi Telengut
Music / Musik: David Fiorentino, Huun Huur Tu, Carmen Rizzo
Editor / Schnitt: Alisi Telengut
Producer / Produktion: Alisi Telengut, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

Synopsis: Wind burial, influenced by Shamanism, is an old Mongolian tradition. When someone dies, the corpse is carried on a cart until a bump causes the body to fall. The place where the body lands becomes a simple tomb.
Inhalt: Vom Schamanismus beeinflusste Windbestattungen sind eine alte mongolische Tradition. Wenn Jemand stirbt, wird der Leichnam auf einem Wagen transportiert, bis eine Unebenheit des Bodens den Körper zu Fall bringt. An dieser Stelle wird ein einfaches Grab errichtet.

Festivals: 2013 Melbourne International Animation Festival, International Competition category Melbourne, Australia, 2013 Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2013 Australian International Animation Festival, International Program #3 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 2013 1st Cinema Turbulent International Film Festival at the Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, 2013 Festival Golden Anteaters, Animation Contest category Lublin, Poland, 2013 Festival l’Inconnu Paris, France, 2013 Canada International Film Festival, Animation Competition, Vancouver, Canada Award: Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, 2013 2nd International Motion Festival Cyprus, Take It to The Limit program Cyprus, Greece, 2013 Festival du Film Ethnographique du Que´bec, Experimental Bloc Montreal and Quebec city, 2013 Le11eFestivalduFilmE´tudiantdeQue´bec Quebec city, 2012 Les 11es Sommets du Cine´ma d’Animation a` Montre´al, Student International Selection Category, Montreal, Canada, 2012 19th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, International Competition Category Krakow, Poland, 2012 Animpact Animation Festival Max 2012, International Competition Category Seoul, South Korea, 2012 54th ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, International Competition Category, Bilbao, Spain, 2012 16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, It’s Not What You Think Program, Toronto, Canada, 2012 Youngcuts Film Festival 2012, Animation and Music Screening, Montreal, Canada, 2012 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canadian Student Show Case, Ottawa, Canada, 2012 19th KROK International Animated Film Festival, International Competition Category, Kiev, Ukraine, 2012 Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Canadian Student Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2012 16th Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
Awards: 2012 Best Animated Film, Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Student Festival Montreal, Canada 2012 Honorable Mention of Best Canadian Student Animation, 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2013 Meilleur Film d’Animation, 11e Festival du Film E´tudiant de Que´bec, Que´bec city, Canada 2013 Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, Canada International Film Festival 2013 Vancouver, Canada

Weblinks:
www.vimeo.com

Freewind

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International Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 23, 19:00 (Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor) and Tuesday, June 25, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

freewind

Country of Origin / Land: Canada
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 11′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: English without subtitles

Director / Regie: Dejan Pavlovic
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Dejan Pavlovic
Cinematographer / Kamera: Isabelle Stachtchenko Sirois
Editor / Schnitt: Guillaume Collin
Producer / Produktion: Guillaume Collin, Dejan Pavlovic
Main Cast / Darsteller: Nastassia Markiewicz, Matea Mpabonimana, Brian Wright, Maxine Dumont

Synopsis: During the 70s, an epileptic single mother joins a new religious movement together with her young daughter.
Inhalt: In den 70ern tritt eine alleinerziehende Epileptikerin gemeinsam mit ihrer jungen Tochter einer neuen religiösen Bewegung bei.

Weblinks:
www.arpentfilms.com

Little Miss Jihad

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German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 20, 19:00 and Saturday, June 22, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET

little-miss-jihad

Country of Origin / Land: Canada
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 13′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: English without subtitles

Directors / Regie: Stephanie Law, Jessica Wu
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Stephanie Law
Cinematographer / Kamera: Adam Crosby
Music / Musik: Maria Molinari
Editor / Schnitt: Stephanie Law, Jessica Wu
Producer / Produktion: Stephanie Law, Jessica Wu
Cast / Darsteller: Jasmine Chan (as Sally Khan), Melanie Leon (as Farah Khan), Davis Ryan (as Daniel), Rahim Hajee (as Agent Finch), Karen Kwong-Chip (as Nell)

Synopsis: When 10-year-old Afghani-American Sally Khan discovers that the father she never knew disappeared on September 11 2001, she becomes convinced that he is a terrorist. Now if she could only figure out what that means!
Inhalt: Als die 10jährige Sally Khan erfährt, dass ihr Vater, den sie nie kennengelernt hat, am 11.09.2001 verschwunden ist, ist sie der Überzeugung, er war ein Terrorist. Wenn sie nur herausfinden könnte, was das bedeutet!

Festivals: 2012 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Canada), 2012 Seven Islands International Film Festival (Chennai, India), 2013 Festival iShorts (Czech Republic), 2013 Breakthroughs Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (U.S.A.)

Weblink: www.littlemissjihadfilm.com

First Snow (Première neige)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 25, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

first-snow

Country of Origin / Land: Canada
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 13′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: French with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Michaël Lalancette
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Yan Binsse, Guillaume Girard
Cinematographer / Kamera: Ronald Plante
Music / Musik: The Barr Brothers
Editor / Scnitt: Elisabeth Olga Tremblay
Producer / Produktion: Michaël Lalancette
Main Cast / Darsteller: Paul: BENOIT GOUIN, Mathias: DAVID BOUTIN, Monique: LOUISE LATRAVERSE, Caro: MARIE-LAURENCE MOREAU, Karl: FRANÇOIS BERNIER, Médecin: LARINE GONTHIER-HYNDMAN, Déborah: NOÉMIE YELLE

Synopsis: A disconnected family find themselves at a hospital. The father is in urgent need of a kidney transplant and all of the family members are compatible donners. This situation brings back old conflicts between them, all to settle with an odd reconciliation.
Inhalt: Eine zerrüttelte Familie kommt im Krankenhaus zusammen, als der Vater dringend eine Nierentransplantation benötigt. Jedes der Familienmitglieder eignet sich als Spender. Diese Situation ruft alte Konflikte zwischen ihnen wach, die auf eine sonderbare Aussöhnung hinauslaufen.

Festivals: Regard sur le Court Métrage, 2012, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2012, OFF-Court de Trouville, 2012, Milano International Film Festival, 2012, Mostra de Cinema Quebecois à Barcelone, 2012, Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, 2012, Festival Images en vue, 2012, FICFA, 2012, Festival du Film Francophone de Stuttgart, 2012, Filmets Badalona Film Festival, 2012, Kyiv Int. Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2013, Les Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois, 2013
Awards: OFF-Court de Trouville, 2012, Prix du Public, Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, 2012, Prix du Public, Filmets Badalona Film Festival, 2012, Gagnat Prix du Jury

Weblinks:
www.travellingdistribution.com

It is nothing (Ce n´est rien)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Nicolas Roy
Screenplay: Nicolas Roy
Cinematographer: Mathieu Laverdière
Music: Thomas Augustin
Editor: Nicolas Roy
Producer: Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, Ménaïc Raoul
Cast: Martin Dubreuil, Éloise Bisson, Jean-Joseph Tremblay, Danielle Fichaud

Synopsis: Michel lives alone with his daughter Marie. Today, their monotonous life turns to drama.
Inhalt: Michel lebt alleine mit seiner Tochter Marie. Ihr monotones Leben verändert sich heute dramatisch.
Festivals: Festival de Cannes, France, 2011; Palmspring Shortfest; Worldwide Short Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma; Vladivostoc International Film Festival, Russia; Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia; Cinéfest Sudbury, Canada; Trouville, France; Message to Man, Russia; Festival Images en vue, Canada; Encounter Film Festival, UK; Festival du Film de la Ville de Québec, Canada; FICFA, Canada; Tournée Wiz-Art, Ukraine; Ciné-Tapis Rouge; Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Canada; Regard sur le Court Métrage; Les Prix Jutras, 2012; Mecal Int. Short film Festival |2012| En compétition

Weblink: www.cenestrien.com

Late

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 19:00 (film.coop)
SOUR

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 8′
Category: Fiction

Director: Jason R. Goode
Screenplay: Sarah Deakins
Cinematographer: Chris Dalton
Editor: Greg Ng
Producer: Dylan Jenkinson
Cast: Sarah Deakins, Ben Cotton, Lucia Frangione

Synopsis: Two strangers struggle for a completely honest connection in a chance, and brief, encounter at a cafe.
Inhalt: Zwei Fremde bemühen sich um einen Moment des ehrlichen Kennenlernens während ihrer zufälligen und kurzen Begegnung in einem Café.

Festivals: Perspectives Canada Program, Cannes 2012, France; Beloit International Film Festival, USA; Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, USA

Weblinks:
www.jenkinson-goode.com
www.twitter.com/#!/JasonRGoode
www.vimeo.com/jasonrgoode

The Lost Town of Switez

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 16, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 21:00 (SWEET)

the-lost-town-of-switez

Country of Origin: Poland, France, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 20′
Category: Animation

Director: Kamil Polak
Screenplay: Kamil Polak
Cinematographer: Kamil Polak
Editor: Kamil Polak
Music: Irina Bogdanovich
Producer: Stanislaw Dziedzic

Synopsis: The animated film The Lost Town of Switez is based on the 19th-century epic poem by Poland’s greatest writer, Adam Mickiewicz, about a ghostly town deluged after a bloody massacre in medieval times, which now lies at the bottom of a remote lake. It is an apocalyptic tale of destruction, religious miracles and spectral visitations.
Inhalt: Ein bildgewaltiges, apokalyptisches Märchen, angesiedelt im Polen des 19. Jahrhunderts: Eine Pferdekutsche verunglückt im Wald, ein junger Reisender steigt aus dem Wrack und findet Kutscher und Pferde tief schlafend vor. Verwirrt stolpert er in den Wald, als aus der Dunkelheit kriegerische Schatten auf dunklen Rössern auftauchen. Als sie mit brennenden Pfeilen schießen, rennt er um sein Leben bis zu einem See. Er fällt hinein und landet in einer mittelalterlichen Stadt, die am Grunde des Sees liegt – und von den unheimlichen Kriegern bedroht wird.

Festivals: 61. Berlin International Film Festival
Awards: Best Short Film, Las Palmas IFF 2011; Best Short Film, Cartoons at the Bay 2011.

Weblink: www.switez.com