The Bear Family Secret (O Segredo Da Família Urso)

European Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 19:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 21:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Brazil
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 20’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Screenplay: Will Martins, Cíntia Domit Bittar
Cinematographer: Marx Vamerlatti
Music: Mateus Mira
Editor: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Producer: Ana Paula Mendes, Carol Gesser, Cíntia Domit Bittar, Will Martins

Synopsis: During the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, an eight year-old girl suddenly finds her playroom locked. When her parents aren’t looking, she steals the key off the hook…

Festivals & Awards:
10º Fantaspoa Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico de Porto Alegre, Brazil 2014: Best Short Film (Jury Award)
21º Festival Latinoamericano de Vídeo e Artes Audiovisuales, Argentina 2014: Best Actor
8º Buried Alive – Atlanta Independent Horror Film Festival, USA 2014: Best Short Film
Morbido Film Fest, México 2014
Zinema Zombie, Colombia 2014
19º CINE-PE Festival Audiovisual, Brazil 2015: Best Director, Actress, Art Direction and Sound Editing
Rio de Janeiro Intl Short Film Festival, Brazil 2014
Janela Internacional de Recife, Brazil 2104

Weblink: novelofilmes.com.br/osegredodafamiliaurso

Which cheese do you want? (Qual queijo você quer?)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 19:00 (film.coop)
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Country of Origin: Brazil
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction

Director: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Screenplay: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Cinematographer: Denny Sach
Music: Mateus Mira
Editor: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Producer: Cíntia Domit Bittar, Ana Paula Mendes, Carol Gesser
Cast: Amélia Bittencourt Henrique César

Synopsis: A simple request – Could you bring me some cheese from the store? – triggers a relationship discussion between an old couple, in this amusing dramatic comedy.
Inhalt: Die einfache Frage „Kannst du mir etwas Käse vom Einkaufen mitbringen?“ wird in dieser lustigen und gleichzeitig dramatischen Komödie zum Auslöser des Streits eines älteren Paares.

Festivals:15º Festival du Court-Métrage de Brusells, Belgium; 8º International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany; 4º Paulínia Festival de Cinema 2011, Brazil, 39º Festival de Cinema de Gramado 2011; 22º Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de São Paulo, Brazil; 11º Goiânia Mostra Curtas, Brazil; 13º Festival do Rio, Brazil; 21º Curta Cinema – Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 8º Amazonas Film Festival, Brazil; 3º Amazonia DOC 2011, Brazil; 7º Mostra da Conquista, Brazil; 8ª Mostra Competitiva Audiovisual de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; Mostra Audiovisual Campinas, Brazil; 3º Festival Audiovisual Manuel Padeiro de Cinema e Animação, Brazil; 10º Primeiro Plano Festival de Cinema de Juiz de Fora, Brazil; 3º Festival de Cinema de Montes Claros, Brazil; 1º FAÇA – Festival do Audiovisual Catarinense, Brazil; 2º CineramaBC – Festival Internacional de Balneáario Camboriú, Brazil; 16º Cine PE Festival do Audiovisual, Brazil; 2º Festival LUME de Cinema, Brazil; 6º FAIA – Festival de Atibaia Internacional do Audiovisual, Brazil
Awards: Best Movie at Rio Int’l Film Festival 2011, Brazil; Best Actress at Amazonas Film Festival 2011, Brazil; Best Actress, Best Actor, Best soundtrack at Primeiro Plano Juiz de Fora 2011, Brazil; Best Film for Reflection at Cine PE Recife 2012, Brazil; Juri Prize at Festival do Audiovisual Catarinense Florianópolis 2012, Brazil

Weblink:
www.novelofilmes.com.br/site/queijo