Schlagwort-Archive: Fiction

Toy Car

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German Premiere

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

toy-car

Countries of Origin: USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 17’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Muamer Celik
Cinematographer: Ross Heran
Music: Valentina Ignjic
Editor: Patrick Wimp
Producer: Hamzah Jamjoom, Muamer Celik

Synopsis: After moving to Chicago in hopes for a better life, a family from Bosnia is on the verge of collapse.

Festivals & Awards:
Sarajevo Film Festival / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina / August 2014
Dallas VideoFest / Dallas, USA / October 2014
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival / November 2014 – Won an Audience Award for Best Film
Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey / April 2015
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival / New York City, USA / May 2015

Weblink youtu.be/OZO_cKFSU6Q

Thicker Than Water (물보다 진한)

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European Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

thicker-than-water

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Seung Yeob Lee
Screenplay: Seung Yeob Lee
Cinematographer: J.R. Kim
Music: Louis Jang
Editor: Seung Yeob Lee, Woosuk Kim
Producer: Seung Yeob Lee

Synopsis: A mother with a vampire son tries to get him fresh blood everyday. One day, there’s no blood to be found…

Festival & Awards:
Florida Film Festival 2015
Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival 2015
Sarasota Film Festival 2015
Rochester International Film Festiva 2015: Honorable Mention
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival 2015: Special Jury Mention

Lothar

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Screening: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 19:00 (OUT OF COMPETITION)

lothar

Country of Origin: Switzerland
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 13’20“
Category: Fiction

Director: Luca Zuberbühler
Screenplay: Luca Zuberbühler
Cinematographer: Valentino Vigniti
Music: Martin Skalsky, Michael Duss, Christian Schlumpf
Editor: Aurora Vögeli
Producer: Rajko Jazbec

Synopsis: Whenever Lothar sneezes, nearby objects explode. To protect mankind, he locks himself away from the world. Until one day he decides to venture outside…

Festivals & Awards:
Zurich Film Festival 2013, Switzerland
7th Swikos Kurzfilmfestival 2013, Switzerland: Best Director
1st Hollywood Shorts Reel 2014, India
35th Max-Ophüls-Preis Saarbrücken 2014, Germany
50th Solothurner Filmtage 2014, Switzerland
Los Angeles Movie Awards 2014, USA: Best Student Film
Cinetour – Swiss Life 2014, Switzerland
Berlin Independent Film Festival 2014, Germany: Winner
10th DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL New York (United States) 2014-02
OX.I – FESTIVAL DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE EN LA CIUDAD Juarez (Mexico) 2014-02
CURTMIRATGES – FESTIVAL DE CURTS — (Spain) 2014-03
9th ATHENS ANIMFEST Athen (Greece) 2014-03
CANADA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (Canada) 2014-03 Best Experimental Film
38th SCHWEIZER JUGENDFILMTAGE — (Switzerland) 2014-04
15th BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM, AR — (United States) 2014-04
SCHWEIZER JUGENDFILMTAGE – FESTIVAL CINÉ JEUNESSE — (Switzerland) 2014-04
6th INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL — (India) 2014-04
DAWSON CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Dawson City (Canada) 2014-04
DIRECTORS LOUNGE BERLIN Berlin (Germany) 2014-04
CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM F — (Belarus) 2014-04
5th BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL Bangkok (Thailand) 2014-05
AVIFF CANNES – ART FILM FESTIVAL Cannes (France) 2014-05
NEW VISION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (Ukraine) 2014-05
HIGH DESSERT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (United States) 2014-05
NOMINATION STUDIO HAMBURG NACHWUCHSPREIS Hamburg (Germany) 2014-06
7th CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL — (Poland) 2014-06
1a MUESTRA CORTOMETRAJES CORTOMATÓN — (Spain) 2014-09
47th HOF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Hof (Germany) 2014-10
HIGH DESSERT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — (United States) 2014-05 BEST CINEMATHOGRAPHY
3rd DUHOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Duhok (Iraq) 2014-09
32nd CARROUSEL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM – RIMOUSKI 20 — (Canada) 2014-09
NEUCHÂTEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL — (Switzerland) 2014-07 *H. R. Giger „Narcisse“ Award
BYRON BAY INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Sitges (Spain) 2014-10
9th SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & MA Sapporo (Japan) 2014-10 BEST STUDENTS DIRECTOR
19th SCHLINGEL – INTERNATIONALES FILMFESTIVAL FÜR Chemnitz (Germany) 2014-10
31st TEHRAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Tehran (Iran) 2014-10
11th KONSTANZER KURZ.FILM.SPIELE ( Konstanz (Germany) 2014-10
28th LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Leeds (United Kingdom) 2014-11
28th INTERNATIONALES FILMFEST BRAUNSCHWEIG Braunschweig (Germany) 2014-11
30th INTERFILM – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Berlin (Germany) 2014-11
11th FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES FENAC Cusco (Peru) 2014-11
14th SLEEPWALKERS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVA Tallin (Estonia) 2014-11
KYOTO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVA Kyoto (Japan) 2014-11
6th WORDLESS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL — (Australia) 2014-11
3rd DUHOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Duhok (Iraq) 2014-12
14th NONSTOPKURZFILM-FESTIVAL Nürnberg (Germany) 2014-12
5th BELOIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Beloit (United States) 2015-02
16th BAYREUTHER FILMFEST “KONTRAST” Bayreuth (Germany) 2015-02
25th BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE Bamberg (Germany) 2015-02
WATERSPRITE 2015 – THE CAMBRIDGE INT’L STUDENT FIL Cambridge (United Kingdom) 2015-03
BYRON BAY INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2015 — (Australia) 2015-03
TAOS SHORTZ FILM FEST New Mexico (United States) 2015-03
CLUJ SHORTS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL — (Romania) 2015-03
3rd INTERNATIONAL MOTION FESTIVAL – IMF 2015 — (Cyprus) 2015-03

Weblink: www.lothar-movie.com

Registered (Das Mädchen von Kasse 2)

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Screening: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 19:00 (OUT OF COMPETITION)

registered

Countries of Origin: Germany
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 17’46“
Category: Fiction

Director: Sebastian Jansen
Screenplay: Sebastian Jansen
Cinematographer: Sascha Heyden
Music: Ben Hansen
Editor: Sebastian Jansen, Sebastian Schnabel
Producer: Daniel Seideneder, Wolf-Tassilo Sack

Synopsis: To convince her professor to give her an extension on her psychology paprer, Nike lies about a customer she’s been observing. Now she has a week to make the lie come true…

Festivals & Awards:
Backup Festival Weimar 2014, Germany
In the Palace International Short Film Festival Sofia 2014, Bulgaria
Shorts at moonlight Mainz 2014, Germany
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2014, Germany
Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis 2014, USA
Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück 2014, Germany
FILMZ Festival des deutschen Films Mainz 2014, Germany: Audience Award
Reggio Emilia Film Festiva 2014, Italy
Exground Film Festival Wiesbaden 2014, Germany: Winner Wiesbaden Special
kontrast Filmfest Bayreuth 2015, Germany: 3rd in the Audience Award
ClujShorts 2015, Romania

Weblink: youtu.be/kHTs2tM7Gkc

The Dancing

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

the-dancing

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 16’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Edith Depaule
Screenplay: Edith Depaule
Cinematographer: Vincent Van Gelder
Editor: Damien Keyeux
Producer: François-Xavier Willems

Synopsis: Twelve beautiful women turn up to a dance. When the men fail to arrive, the women must make their own entertainment…

Festivals & Awards:
Festival ‘Le court en dit long’, Paris
Brussels Film Festival: Special Mention
Festival CourtsCourts, France: Jury Award
Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto, Colombia: Best International Short Film
Shortini International Short Film Festival, Italy
International Kansk Video Festival, Russia
Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival, China
international dancefilmfestival brussels „l’art difficile de filmer la danse“ Bruxelles
Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland
16:th Norrköping Film Festival Flimmer, Sweden
Festival BRNO16, Czech Republic: Special Mention for Performance
Festival du film francophone de Namur, Belgium
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece
Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS
IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland
Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany
Magma International Short Film Festival Acireale, Italy
Festival Courts Devant Paris, France
SCENECS International Debut Film Festival Amersfoort, Netherlands
Linea d’Ombra Festival Salerno, Italy
Parentesi Cinema Bergamo, Italy
Amarcort Film Festival 7th Edition, Italy
L’ombre d’un court“ de Jouy-en-Josas
International Shortfilm Festival “Piélagos en Corto”, Spain
REGARD sur le court métrage
Skepto International Film Festival
Short Short Film Festival & Asia, Japan

Weblink: www.nextdayfilms.com

After School (Après Les Cours)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

after-school

Country of Origin: France
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Guillaume Renusson
Screenplay: Clément Peny, Guillaume Renusson
Cinematographer: Noé Bach
Music: Olivier Militon
Editor: Joseph Comar
Producer: Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Benjamin Bonnet

Synopsis: Gerald, a shy and asthmatic teenager, follows his roommate Theo and his gang one night to try the game they secretly play…

Festivals & Awards:
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Berlin Short Film festival
Singapore International Film Festival
Kolkata Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Tournez court St. Etienne
Ciné Banlieue

Weblink: vimeo.com/105971788

09:55 – 11:05, Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B

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

Countries of Origin: Sweden
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 14’41“
Category: Fiction

Director: Cristine Berglund, Sophie Vukovic
Screenplay: Cristine Berglund, Sophie Vukovic
Cinematographer: Josua Enblom
Music: Niklas Aldén
Producer: Jessica Liander

Synopsis: 67 year old Ingrid ignores her cancer treatment and refuses to leave her apartment. One day home care employee, Frida, knocks on her door and awakens feelings that Ingrid can’t shut out.

Festivals & Awards:
Slamdance 2015, Park City, USA

Millionaires (Millionnaires)

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Bavarian Premiere

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

millionaires

Countries of Origin: Belgium
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Stéphane Bergmans
Producer: Isabelle Truc

Synopsis: Keeping up their mother’s tradition of choosing the same numbers each week, Christian and Ludo play the lottery. One day their mother’s numbers are announced…

Weblink: vimeo.com/85744932

Still Got Lives_ (Ich hab noch Auferstehung_)

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Screening: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 19:00 (OUT OF COMPETITION)

still-got-lives

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 23’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Jan-Gerrit Seyler
Screenplay: Katarina Kokstein
Cinematographer: Jürgen Kemmer
Music: Stefan Paul Goetsch, Vincent Kokot
Producer: Thorsten Heger
Cast: Swantje Kohlhof, Bazon Rosengarth, Jochen Nickel, Tina Eschmann, Pia Fischer

Synopsis: Marco and Lisa are in love. Online, they fight dreadful monsters side by side, but in real life Lisa refuses to meet up. When Lisa stops playing one day, Marco decides to go searching for her. However, he is unprepared for what he discovers…

Festivals & Awards:
★ THE PRESS AWARD | ClujShorts International Short Film Festival 2015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014
★ WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMINATION | 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece 2014
★ SPECIAL MENTION | Salento Finibus Terrae Festival, Alto Salento, Italy 2014
★ OVER ALL FESTIVAL WINNER | Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria 2014
★ LENZING AWARD IN GOLD | Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria 2014
★ CINÉMASTER LYCÉE | Festival CineClass 2014, Tournan-en-Brie, France
★ SPECIAL JURY MENTION | ÉCU – The Européan Independent Film Festival 2014, Paris, France
★ BEST SHORT FILM | 35th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2013, Germany
★ GRAND PRIX – Award of Václav Krška | 13th International Student Film Festival Písek 2013, Czech Republic
★ BROZNE BUSHO MAIN PRIZE | BuSho – The Budapest International Short Film Festival 2013, Hungary
♥ SHORT PLUS AWARD/AUDIENCE AWARD | Fünf Seen Film Festival 2013, Germany
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Shorts on the rock 2013, Burg Alzenau, Germany
★ MASTERS OF SHORT FILM | Golden Anteaters 2013, Lublin, Poland
☆ NOMINATION AUDIENCE AWARD | Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis 2013, Germany
★ GRAND PRIX AWARD | International Studenten Film Festival 2013, Belgrade, Serbia
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival 2013, Germany
☆ NOMINATION BEST SHORT FICTION & AUDIENCE AWARD | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013 , Saarbrücken, Germany
NOMINATIONS:
☆ EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2014, Riga, Latvia
☆ Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award 2013, Germany (Audience Award)
☆ Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Saarbrücken, Germany (Best Short Fiction and Audience Award)
• ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2015 (★ THE PRESS AWARD)
• Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014
• Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK 2014
• Fenêtres Sur Courts, Dijon, France 2014
• filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany 2014
• 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece 2014 (★ WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMINATION)
• Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014 (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Naperville Independent Film Festival, Naperville, IL, USA 2014
• Short Shorts Film Festival, México City, México 2014
• Festival of Nations, Austria 2014 (★ LENZING AWARD IN GOLD; ★ OVER ALL FESTIVAL WINNER)
• 14th Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA 2014
• Salento Finibus Terrae Festival, Alto Salento, Italy 2014
• Nashville Film Festival, Tennessee, USA, 2014
• Deutsche Kinder-Medien-Festival GOLDENER SPATZ, Gera/Erfurt, Germany
• Festival International du Film Scolaire et Universitaire, Tournan-en-Brie, France (★ CINÉMASTER LYCÉE)
• ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France (★ SPECIAL JURY MENTION)
• European Cinema Festival of Lille, France
• 27th Festival de Cine de Medina del Campo, Spain
• Geneva Film Festival, Illinois, USA 2014
• Kontrast – Das Bayreuther Filmfest, 2014
• Cinemagic Film Festival 2013, Belfast, United Kingdom
• 24th Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2013, Germany
• „“Toamna de Aur““ Film Festival Chisinau 2013, Moldawien
• Rencontres Henri Langlois – International Film Schools Festival 2013, Poitiers, France
• Internationales Filmfestival FRONTALE 2013, Vienna, Austria
• 35th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2013, Germany (★ Film BEST SHORT FILM)
• 30th video/film tage 2013, Koblenz, Germany
• 55th Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2013,
• Konstanzer Kurzspielfilme 2013, Germany
• 11th Annual International Student Film Festival HOLLYWOOD 2013, North Hollywood, USA
• 22nd Annual Heartland Film Festival 2013, Indianapolis, USA
• Festival de Cine de Pamplona-Iruñeko Zinemaldia 2013, Mutilva Baja, Spain
• Filmfestival Münster 2013, Germany
• International Student Film Festival Písek 2013, Písek, Czech Republic (★ GRAND PRIX – AWARD OF VÀCLAV KRŠKA)
• Naoussa International Film Festival 2013, Greece
• BUSHO_The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2013, Budapest, Hungary (★ BRONZE BUSHO MAIN PRIZE)
• ECU Escuela de Cine del Uruguay 2013 (13th edition of the International Film Schools Festival), Montevideo, Uruguay
• Fünf Seen Film Festival 2013, Germany (♥ SHORT PLUS AWARD/AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Shorts at Moonlight Kurzfilmfestival_Open Air 2013, Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany
• Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival 2013, Salderatzen, Germany
• Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award 2013, Germany (☆ NOMINATION AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Shorts on the rock 2013, Burg Alzenau, Germany (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• International Studenten Film Festival 2013, Belgrade, Serbia (★ GRAND PRIX AWARD)
• 2nd New York International Short Film Festival 2013, USA
• Almaty International Film FF_“Shaken’s Stars 2013″“, Kazakhstan
• International Student Film Festival „“AMIRANI““ 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Golden Anteaters 2013, Lublin, Poland (★ MASTERS OF SHORT FILM)
• Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival 2013, Germany (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Saarbrücken, Germany (☆ NOMINATION BEST SHORT FICTION AND AUDIENCE AWARD)

Weblink: facebook.com/ichhabnochauferstehung

Good Hands (Buenas Manos)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

good-hands

Countries of Origin: Argentina
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 5’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Francisco Bendomir
Screenplay: Francisco Bendomir
Cinematographer: Pedro Álvarez
Editor: Francisco Bendomir
Producer: Luis Montoya

Synopsis: A young couple makes the unfortunate mistake of leaving their baby in the wrong hands…

Festivals & Awards:
Depth of Field International Film Festival (USA) – Exceptional Merit
San Francisco Film Awards (USA) – Award of Excellence
The Buenos Aires Film Festival of New Cinema (Argentina)
Festival Copa dos Curtas (Brazil)
MIA Film Festival (Brazil)
Shock Stock (Canada)
A Night of Short Films (USA)
Big as Texas Short Film Festival (USA)
Chattanooga Film Fest (USA)
Depth of Field International Film Festival (USA)
Equinox Film Fest (USA)
Fantastic Cinema (USA)
International Shorts (USA)
Sanford International Film Festival (USA)
San Francisco Film Awards (USA)
Tally Shorts Film Festival (USA)
The BoneBat ‚Comedy of Horrors‘ Film Fest (USA)
Three Cities Film Festival (Dominican Republic)
Fanter Film Festival (Spain)
Festival de Cine de Alicante (Spain)
Skepto International Film Festival (Italy)
Taglia Corti (Italy)
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (UK)
Plymouth Film Festival (UK)
Golden Palmera (UAE)

Weblink: vimeo.com/105627495