Schlagwort-Archive: Fiction

Violin Solo (Geigensolo)

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Screening: Friday, June 13, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

violin-solo

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 21′
Category: Fiction

Director: Karin Malwitz
Screenplay: Karin Malwitz, Philipp Batereau
Cinematographer: Volker Langhoff
Editors: Karin Malwitz, Philipp Batereau
Music: Philip Kirt Kressin
Producer: Karin Malwitz
Cast: Juergen Holtz

Synopsis: Old Theo is deaf. It is New Year’s Eve, time to finally end everything. But a new hope is awoken unexpectedly when three young Chinese women wave to him. Did he imagine it? Suddenly he has lots to do.

Festivals & Awards: Nominee for Best German Short Film Potsdam Germany 2007

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/violin-solo

Tanghi Argentini

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 12, 19:00 and Saturday, June 14, 21:00 (SWEET)

Tanghi Argentini

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 13’13“
Category: Fiction

Director: Guido Thys
Screenplay: Geert Verbanck
Cinematographer: Frank van den Eeden
Editor: Alain Desauvage
Music: Allan Muller
Producer: Anja Daelemans, Dries Phlypo
Cast: Dirk van Dijck, Koen van Impe, Hilde Norga, Mathias Sercu, Wannes Cappelle

Synopsis: Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy. Instead of the classical cliche Christmas gifts, he wants to give his colleagues something real and precious. Tanghi Arghentini is a modern fairy tale.

Festivals & Awards: Academy Awards in Los Angeles USA 2008 (Oscar Nominee for category Live Action Short), Boulder International Film Festival USA 2008 (Best Short Film), Byron Bay Film Festival Australia 2008 (Best Cinematography Award, Best Short Film), European Short Film Festival FEC Cambrils-Reus France 2008 (First Award of the European Competition), Florida Film Festival USA 2008 (Audience Award for Best International Short), European Festival of Shorts of Bordeaux France 2008 (Jury Award), International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2007 (Audience Award, Mediatheques Award, Best Comedy „Fernand Raynaud“ Award), Aspen Shortsfest USA 2007 (Audience Award, The Ellen Award Certificate of Distinctive Achievement, BAFTA LA Award for Excellence, Special Jury Recognition), Brussels Short Film Festival Belgium 2007 (Best Actor Award: Dirk van Dijck, Best Cinematography Award), International Short Film Festival „Almeria en Corto“ Spain 2007 (Audience Award), La Cittadella del Corto Rome Italy 2007, (Award for Best Film of the Festival), Tabor Film Festival Croatia 2007 (Audience Award), Rhode Island International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Short Film), Seattle’s 1 Reel Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Narrative Short Film), LA Shorts Fest USA 2007 (Best Foreign Film Award), Moondance International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Foreign Short Film Award), Milwaukee International Film Festival Canada 2007 (Audience Award for Best in Show Short Film), Middle East International Film Festival United Arab Emirates 2007 (Audience Award for Best Short Film), International Film Festival Cine-Jeune de l’Aisne France 2007 (Best Short Film), New York City Short Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Comedy Award), Festival Cinema Tout Ecran Geneva Switzerland 2007 (Audience Award for Best Short Film), International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin Germany 2007 (Best Fiction Award), St. Louis International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best International Short), „Cinessonne“ European Film Festival France 2007 (Audience Award), Festinval de Cine de Alcala de Henares Madrid Spain 2007 (Audience Award), Prague Short Film Festival Czech Republic 2007 (Special Honourable Jury Mention), International Filmets Festival Badalona Barcelona 2007 (Best Actor Award: Dirl von Dijck), Festival Tous Courts d’Aix en Provence France 2007 (Special Jury Mention), Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Belgium 2006 (Best Belgian Short), Atlanta Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Australia 2008, Portland International Film Festival USA 2008, Minimalen Short Film Festival Norway 2008, Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, Regard sur le court metrage au Saguenay Quebec Canada 2008, International Film Festival USA 2008, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee International Film Festival USA 2008, RiverRun International Film Festival USA 2008, International Film Festival Berlin 2007, Bermuda International Film Festival 2007, NexT International Short and Medium Length Film Festival Romania 2007, Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival Spain 2007, Nashville Film Festival USA 2007, Shadowline SalernoFilmFest Italy 2007, International Film Festival Cannes France 2007, Newport International Film Festival USA 2007, Jackson Hole Film Festival USA 2007, Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto Canada 2007, Mise-en-Scene’s Genres Film Festival Korea 2007, Brindisi International Film Festival Italy 2007, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival-PiFan Korea 2007, Melbourne International Film Festival Australia 2007, Espoo Cine International Film Festival Spain 2007, Montreal World Film Festival Canada 2007, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Brazil 2007, Palm Springs Intl ShortFest USA 2007, Toofy Film Fest Boulder USA 2007, Fantastisk Film Festival Lund Sweden 2007, Mecal International Short Film Festival Spain 2007, Athens International Film Festival Greece 2007, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival UK 2007, Nederlands Film Festival The Netherlands 2007, Filmfest Hamburg Germany 2007, Mill Valley Film Festival USA 2007, Curtocircuito 07 Spain 2007, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival UK 2007, Aarhus Film Festival Denmark 2007, Festival du cinema international en Abitibi-Temiscamingue Canada 2007, Festival of European Films on Wheels Turkey 2007, Brest European Short Film Festival France 2007, Festival du court Metrage Media 10-10 Belgium 2007, Short Film Festival of Lyon France 2007, San Luis International Film Festival Argentina 2007, Evora International Short Film Festival – FIKE Portugal 2007, Short Film Festival Sequence Toulouse France 2007, Festival du Film de Vendome France 2007, International Short Film Festival Leuven Belgium 2007

Weblink: www.anotherdimension.be/detail.php?id=tanghi&p=syn

Heart’s Beating (Herz Sticht)

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Screening: Wednesday, June 18, 19:00 (BOYFRIENDS)

hearts-beating

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 22′
Category: Fiction

Director: Mario Wimmer
Screenplay: Mario Wimmer
Cinematographer: Christian Schraml
Editor: Mario Wimmer, Christian Schraml, Stefan Lülf, Julia Goltsche
Cast: Andreas Speth, Antonia Goltsche, Stefan Lülf, Dominik Sennes, Benjamin Driller, Maximilian Poidinger

Synopsis: In a small Bavarian village a catastrophy has to be avoided: the innkeeper’s daughter wants to marry a Prussian boy, who just moved into the town. The mayor’s son doesn’t want to marry at all and the group of regulars, as always, wants the opposite. What a relief to know that the mayor is the one who makes the decisions. Everything is clear now, isn’t it?

Festivals & Awards: „Jugend filmt“ Landshut Gemany 2007 (Best Screenplay), Jufinale Oberbayern Germany 2007 (Young Filmmaker Award), Bavarian Film Festival Of Amateurs Falkenstein Germany 2008 (Bavarian Lion), Bavarian Jufinale Germany 2008

Weblink: www.vagenwood.de

Lea

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

lea

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 43′
Category: Fiction

Director: Steffi Niederzoll
Screenplay: Steffi Niederzoll
Cinematographer: Steph Ketelhut
Editor: Rita Schwarze
Music: Herwig Zamernik
Producer: Tobias Horn, Christian Mueller
Cast: Alma Leiberg, Martin Kliefer

Synopsis: Lea is in her mid-twenties. Her parents finance her student life, which is colored by boredom and affluence. With no foothold and no direction Lea is letting herself drift. To escape the emptiness of her life she is continually testing the limits. A brief meeting with Lukas results in a closeness that is new for Lea. At first Lukas is prepared to follow Lea unquestioningly and they go to the deserted house of Lea’s grandfather. Here, time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by memories of a bygone time Lea and Lukas try to find a way to connect with each other.

Festivals & Awards: 58. International Film Festival Berlin Germany 2008

Weblink: https://vimeo.com/lea

The Object

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 14, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 21:00 (UMAMI)

the-object

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 7′
Category: Experimental/Fiction

Director: Leslie Ali
Screenplay: Leslie Ali
Cinematographer: Ben Moulden
Editor: Alaster Jordan
Music: Eric Neveux
Producer: Isibeal Ballance
Cast: Morgan James, Ken Collard, Victoria Wicks, Geraldine O’Reilly

Synopsis: This is a story about a bunch of stupid greedy people in a parallel universe, not too dissimilar to ours. We open on two men hunting. Suddenly, they spot a beautiful object flying in the sky; one of the men is struck by it as it falls to earth. It’s a small shiny cube that makes really nice sounds. This sets off a very particular chain of events, which ultimately reveal the true nature of the people who live there.

Festivals & Awards: Sundance Film Festival USA 2008

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/the-object

Coons

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International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 13, 19:00 and Monday, June 16, 21:00 (SALTY)

coons

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 14’55“
Category: Fiction

Director: Chris Cloyd
Screenplay: Chris Cloyd
Cinematographer: Rob Connolly
Editor: Edward Osei-Gyimah, Jay Visit
Music: Gad Zeitune
Producer: Sean-Michael Smith
Cast: Devin Leigh, Joseph Bisoglio, Clara Couturier, R.J. Jones, Jonny Irons

Synopsis: An innocent joyride is not all it seems when Rich discovers that his brother and a friend have kidnapped a black teen and thrown him in the back of their truck. Trapped with his brother’s girlfriend, it becomes clear that the humiliation and cruelty are but a prelude of the true purpose of the drive: a lynching.

Festivals & Awards: Honorable Mention – DGA Student Filmmaker Awards, Big Muddy Film Festival USA, The Method Fest USA 2008, First Look 2.0 USA 2008, Hollywood Black Film Festival Los Angeles USA 2008

Weblink: www.coonsmovie.com

Tommy

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 13, 19:00 and Monday, June 16, 21:00 (SALTY)

tommy

Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 12’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Ole Giaever
Screenplay: Ole Giaever
Cinematographer: John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen
Editor: John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen
Music: Erlend Nielsen, Andreas Revheim
Producer: Ole Giaever
Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Bjorn Sundquist

Synopsis: Arild runs into Kjell by accident, the father of a former class mate. They haven’t met in twenty years and now they’re alone in the mountains. Controversies surface as Kjell confronts Arild with issues from the past.

Festivals & Awards: Tromso International Film Festival Norway 2007 (Tromsopalmen for Best Short Film), Norwegian Short Film Festival 2007 (Nordisk Film Talent Award), Norwegian Short Film Festival 2007 (Prix UIP Grimstad), Milano International Film Festival Italy 2007 (Special Mention), Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Australia 2008, Minimalen Short Film Festival Norway 2007, Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia 2007, Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Belgium 2007, Cork International Film Festival Ireland 2007, Uppsala International Short Film Festival Sweden 2007, Nordische Filmtage Luebeck Germany 2007, Festival de Cine Sevilla Spain 2007, Interfilm Berlin Germany 2007, Festival du Vendome France 2007

Weblink: http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/show.html?id=831

A Trip (Un Viaje)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 20:00 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 15:00 (BITTER)

atrip

Country of Origin:Mexico
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction

Director: Gabriela Monroy
Screenplay: Gabriela Monroy
Cinematographer: Emiliano Villanueva
Editor: Roberto Bolado, Gabriela Monroy
Music: Daniel Hidalgo
Producer: Mariana Chenillo
Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mauricio Bueno

Synopsis: One trip taken by a father and his autistic son in the subway of Mexico City.

Festivals & Awards: International Film Festival Guadalajara (Honorific Mention), Huesca Film Festival (Casa de América Award / Best Novel Director), Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Expresión en corto Film Festival 2004 (Journalist Award / Jury Mention), Internatinal Shortfilm Festival of Sao Paulo (Audience Award), International School Film Festival of Buenos Aires 2004 (Best Film), Shortfilm Festival La Boca de Lobo (Best international shortfilm), International Student Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (Audience Award), Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival (Best Visual Interpretation), International School Shortfilm Festival of Uruguay (Best Film), International Student Short Film Festival Beirut ISAV (Best Image / Best Actor), KODAK Emerging Filmmaker Showcase 2004 (Best Photography), Ariel Best Shortfilm Mexican Academy of Cinematography, Cine Las Americas Film Festival Austin (Best fiction), International Student Filmfestival Sehsuchte (Best Film), Cuadro Shortfilm Festival 2006 (Best Film)

Love Thy Neighbor

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 18:00 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:30 (SWEET)

lovethyneighbor

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 25’47“
Category: Fiction

Director: Stacey Kattman
Screenplay: Stacey Kattman
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
Editor: Ryan Fenton-Strauss
Music: Mike Patti
Producer: Hillary Cook
Cast: Sunny Doench, Erick Holloway, Graham Sibley, Charlene Modeste

Synopsis: Shelley, a hopeless romantic, is devastated when her next-door neighbor, Byron, dumps her and then flaunts his new relationship in her face. Shelley retreats into her work but when Kevin, the boy in the next cubicle, shows interest in her, she must decide whether to risk her only sanctuary.

Festivals & Awards: DGA Student Film Award 2004, Los Angeles Int’l Short Film Festival 2004, Hollywood Int’l Student Festival 2005 (Best Comedy), Kodak Showcase in Cannes Film Market 2005, Houston Worldfest 2005 (Best Romantic Comedy), Sedona Film Festival 2005, Asheville Film Festival 2005, Newport Beach Film Festival 2005, San Diego Girl Film Festival 2005, DC Independent Film Festival 2006, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2006, Method Fest 2006

Weblink: www.staceyfilms.com

Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 20:30 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 15:00 (SALTY)

beforelifeafterdeath

Country of Origin: Bulgaria
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Dragomir Sholev
Screenplay: Dragomir Sholev
Cinematographer: Krum Rodriguez
Music: Ani Manazian
Art Direction: Iva Petrova, George Iakimov
Producer: Lachezar Velinov
Cast: Valentin Ganev, Dani Rashev, Ilia Bekirov, Teodor Borisov-Teo, Svezjen Mladenov, Dimitur Sardzjev

Synopsis: End of war. An army officer is executing the last prisoners-of-war in front of his own troop. Their only chance for survival is playing Beethoven’s symphony on the violin. To him this mortal ritual costs more than the lives of his soldiers, and his own.

Festivals & Awards: Lozd 2005 (Golden Tadpode), Next Reel Film Fest New York 2005 (Best Cinematography), Sofia Film Fest 2005, Sarajevo Film Fest 2005 (Jameson Award)