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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 7′
Category: Fiction

Director: Edouard Salier
Producer: Nicolas Schmerkin
Cast: Thomas Winter, Sarah Hilker, Vi Sapyyapy

Synopsis: Four letters. 400 000 possibilities. Only one is real.

 

Let Us Go

European Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21., 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 19:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Korea
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction

Director: Ri-woong PARK
Screenplay: Ri-woong PARK
Cinematographer: Um Tae-sik
Editor: Ri-woong PARK
Music: Ho-jung YOU
Producer: Gi-jung JUNG
Cast: Tae-il HAN, Jung-sun SUNG

Synopsis: One village has just ended the forced movement. One final house is about to leave. Han(65 years old) wants to pay his last respects to his father and scatter his ashes, but there are allready construction vehicles everywhere. Returning to his house he finds his wife arguing with some construction workers.

Festivals & Awards: Green Film Festival in Seoul 2008, Seoul international Film festival 2008, New York Korean Film Festival, USA 2008, Korea Youth Film Festival 2008.

Weblink: http://roadtotelaviv.com/

Monsters and Rabbits

German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (SWEET)

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction

Director: Nicky Lianos
Screenplay: David Lemon
Cinematographer: Annemarie Lean-Vercoe
Editor: Rachel Tunnard
Music: Tom Marsh
Producer: Nicky Moss
Cast: James Bachman, Alice Lowe, Tyler Kennington,Sophie Hattersley

Synopsis: A story about monsters, rabbits and what happens to your imaginary friend when you make your first real one.

 

Honey Trap (Honigfalle)

Screening: Sunday, June 15, 19:00 (GIRLFRIENDS)

Honigfalle

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 16’21“
Category: Fiction

Director: Kim Neumann
Screenplay: Kim Neumann, Ulrich Jaschek
Cinematographer: Roland Fritzenschaft
Editor: Heike M. Stumm
Music: Ossy Pfeiffer
Producer: Kim Neumann
Cast: Wolf Bachofner, Moritz Duerr, Marcel Metten, Yvonne Werner-Mees

Synopsis: Guenter Frentzke is in imprisonment on remand for some weeks now. He is accused to have brutally killed a child. The police don’t have any precise evidence and so the justice’ hands are tied. In a few days they will have to free him…

Festivals & Awards: Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney Germany 2007, Shortmoves Festival Halle/Saale Germany 2007, Biberacher Filmfestspiele Germany 2007

A Good Day For A Swim (O Zi Buna De Plaja)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 15, 21:00 and Monday, June 16, 19:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Romania
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 9’24“
Category: Fiction

Director: Bogdan Mustata
Screenplay: Catalin Mitulescu
Cinematographer: Barbu Balasoiu
Editor: Letitia Stefanescu, Bogdan Mustata
Music: Dragos Stanomir
Producer: Catalin Mitulescu
Cast: Florin Sinescu, Okan Kaya, George Hoffman, Cerasela Iosifescu, Marian Ghenea

Synopsis: Early in the morning Lili, a 36 year old prostitute is waiting at a deserted crossroad for the next client. Suddenly a van stops. When Lili looks inside she gets scared and tries to run away, but the van, driven by Blondu (14), who just escaped together with the other boys from a prison for minors, is faster and she is pulled inside. Arrived at a beach the wild boys like to play with Lili and the driver Miki (40) who are their victims for today.

Festivals & Awards: 58th Berlin International Film Festival (Golden Bear for Best Short Film)

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/a-good-day-for-a-swim

Retreating (La Ritirata)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 13, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 19:00 (SOUR)

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Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Elisabetta Bernardini
Screenplay: Elisabetta Bernardini
Cinematographer: Luca Coassin
Editor: Roberto Trapanese
Music: Massimiliano Faraci
Producer: Elisabetta Bernardini, Ines Vasiljevic
Cast: Valery Usai, Julian Siravo, Romano Talevi, Leonardo Caneva, Ludovica Dezi, Elvis Pasqual, Luca Coassin, Luciano Roffi, Maria Dolores Genolini, Patrizio Cigliano, Gabriele Tuccimei

Synopsis: World War II. Rosa, Lucia, and the younger brother, Dumi have been left by their parents at the grandparents. Rosa has a big, special and dangerous love that she has to take care of, being the only one to know about it. His survival depends on her. But someone has been spying on her and she is forced to commit an extreme gesture to save her love.

Festivals & Awards: 38th Film Festival Giffoni Valle Chiara Italy 2008, Tiburon International Film Festival USA 2008

Weblink: www.elisabettabernardini.com

Personal Spectator

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 13, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 19:00 (SOUR)

personal-spectator

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 14’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Emmanuel Jespers
Screenplay: Emmanuel Jespers
Cinematographer: Glynn Speeckaert
Editor: Emmanuel Jespers
Music: Marc Engels, Carine Zimmerlin
Producer: Emmanuel Jespers
Cast: Emily Hamilton, Tom Harper

Synopsis: In an almost deserted self-service a woman is accosted by a guy offering her a brand new and quick therapy to cure her seemingly bland existence: looking at her for 5 minutes, until she starts feeling that she exists. The woman thinks of a joke… It isn’t. And it has unpredictable consequences.

Festivals & Awards: Ghent International Film Festival Belgium (Best Film), Heart of Gold International Film Fest Australia 2007 (Nominee – Best Foreign Film), WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Comedy/Adaptation), Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons Belgium 2007 (Arte Belgium Award), International Film Festival of Drama Greece 2007 (Best Actress: Emily Hamilton), Capalbio International Short Film Festival Italy 2007 (Best Subject), Festival Internacional de Filmets Badalona Spain 2007 (Best European Film, Best Actress: Emily Hamilton), Miami International Short Film Festival USA 2007 (Opening Ceremony, Nominee – Best Narrative Film), Interfilm Berlin Germany 2007 (Special Mention of Jury Award), Rhode Island International Film Festival USA 2007 (Opening Ceremony, Best Screenplay), Media 10-10 Belgium 2006 (Press Jury Award, BeTV Award), International Short Film Festival Detmold Germany 2007, Avignon International Film Festival 2007, Festival Le Court en Dit Long France 2007, Festival International du Film Independant Belgium 2007, International Short Film Festival Bristol UK 2007, Short Cuts Cologne Germany 2007, Festival International du Film d’Amiens France 2007, DC Shorts Int Short Film Fest USA 2007, Los Angeles Int Short Film Fest USA 2007, Woods Hole Int Film Fest USA 2007

Weblink: www.imdb.com/personal-spectator