Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 21:00 (UMAMI)
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.
Morgenrot Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction
European Premiere
Screenings: Sunday, June 21., 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 19:00 (BITTER)
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/
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.
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (SOUR)
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (SOUR)
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction
Screening: Sunday, June 15, 19:00 (GIRLFRIENDS)
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
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Sunday, June 15, 21:00 and Monday, June 16, 19:00 (BITTER)
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)
German Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 13, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 19:00 (SOUR)
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
Screening: Sunday, June 15, 19:00 (GIRLFRIENDS)
Country of Origin: France/Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 10’19“
Category: Fiction
Director: Corinna Thamm
Screenplay: Corinna Thamm
Cinematographer: Sonia Charoki, Jeremy Forni
Editor: Corinna Thamm
Music: Michael Bunn
Cast: Martin Boulou, Alexandra Boye, Chantal Dehaene, Laure Hunot, Francois Mueller, Philippe Vidal
Synopsis: After his father’s death, Tristan returns to his parental house. Back in the place, where his father once sexually abused his sister, he understands that the time has come to break the silence.
Festivals & Awards: „La corrida audiovisuelle“ Toulouse France 2007