Schlagwort-Archive: USA

Little Horses

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German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 21, 19:00 (film.coop) and Saturday, June 23, 21:00 (City Kinos)
SWEET

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Fiction

Director: Levi Abrino
Screenplay: Levi Abrino, Luke Matheny
Cinematographer: Kai Orion
Music: Sasha Gordon
Editor: Levi Abrino, Doug Lenox
Producer: Mollye Asher, Meredith Kaulfers
Cast: Patch Darragh, Rebecca Henderson, William Peden, Ryker Bullis

Synopsis: A divorced small town postal worker tries to win his family back by getting his son a pony for his 8th birthday. The only pony he can afford though is blind and deaf.
Inhalt: Ein geschiedener Postbeamter versucht seine Familie zurück zu gewinnen, indem er seinem Sohn zum 8. Geburtstag ein Pony schenkt. Das einzige Pony, das er sich jedoch leisten kann, ist blind und taub.

Festivals: Slamdance Film Festival, USA; CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto, Canada; Austin Film Festival, USA; San Francisco Independent Film Festival, USA; NYU First Run Film Festival, USA
Awards: Best Student Short at Austin Film Festival; Audience Award at San Francisco Independent Film Festival; 3rd Prize King Award, National Board of Review Award and Audience Award at NYU First Run Film Festival

Weblink: www.imdb.com/name/nm1583966

The Miami Dentist

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World Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 9′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: David Baeumler
Screenplay: David Baeumler
Music: David Baeumler, Chris O´Neil
Editor: David Baeumler
Producer: David Baeumler
Cast: David Baumler, Kevin Silva (Narrator)

Synopsis: You’re safe, warm and beautiful. You’re not surrounded by Chinese troops in the sub-zero battle of the Chosin Reservoir. So why not take a moment to learn some facts about the Miami Dentist?
Inhalt: Du bist in Sicherheit, es geht dir gut. Du bist nicht von chinesischen Truppen bei Minusgraden in der Schlacht um den Changjin-Stausee umgeben. Warum sich also nicht einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um einige Fakten über den Miami-Zahnarzt zu lernen?

Weblink: www.sometimesonsundays.com

The Wind is Blowing on My Street (Dar Kouche baad miayad)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 16, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 21:00 (SWEET)

the-wind

Country of Origin: Iran, USA
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 16′
Category: Fiction

Director: Saba Riazi
Screenplay: Saba Riazi
Cinematographer: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Saba Riazi
Music: Lhasa de Sela, Mohsen Namjoo
Producer: Mohammad Hosseini

Synopsis: A young girl in Tehran accidentally gets left on the street with no head scarf. She is forced to interact with who keeps her company in an environment where her mishap could equal trouble.
Inhalt: In einem langen ruhigen Fluss erzählt die Iranerin Saba Riazi die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die durch einen Windstoß ausgesperrt wird und so ohne Kopftuch auf der Straße steht. Sie kommt mit einem jungen Mann ins Gespräch, der ihre Gesellschaft nicht meidet, obwohl ihr Missgeschick ihr viel Ärger einbringen kann.

Festivals: Filmcaravan Festival, Italy; Los Angeles Film Festival, California; Block Cinema Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Northwestern University; Brussels short Film Festival; Herning Film Festival, Denmark; Athens short Film Festival, Ohio; Middle East Now, Milano, Italy; Washington West Film Festival; Aspen Film Festival, Colorado; Breda Film Festival, Netherlands, Sundance Film Festival
Awards: Best Student Film Award, Aspen short film festival, Colorado; Semifinalist for Student Academy Awards 2011; Sound Design, Screenwriting and Original Score Award and in First Run Film Festival; National Board of Review motion pictures (NBR) grant; Special Jury Mention at Clermont Film Festival, France

Weblink: sabariazi.com

Cigarette Candy

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)

cigarette-candy

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction

Director: Lauren Wolkstein
Screenplay: Jeff Sousa
Cinematographer: Bill Winters
Editor: Lauren Wolkstein, David Andalman, Jeff Sousa
Music: Ryan Shore
Producer: Michael Fiore

Synopsis: Eddie Van Buren, a traumatized teenage Marine, is forced to play the role of „the hero“ at his homecoming party. In pursuing a rebellious, precocious sixteen-year-old girl, Candy, he sees an opportunity to numb his pain and connect to a fellow lost soul.
Inhalt: Eddie Van Buren, ein traumatisierter Marinesoldat in den Teenagerjahren, ist gezwungen, auf der Familienparty zu Ehren seiner Heimkehr die Rolle „des Helden“ zu spielen. In der ebenfalls anwesenden frühreifen Candy erkennt er eine Seelengefährtin und die Möglichkeit seinen Schmerz zu betäuben… bis das Ventil schließlich dem inneren Druck nachgibt.

Awards: Winner of the Short Film Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, 2010 SXSW Film Festival; Best Student Film, 2010 Williamsburg International Film Festival; Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance, 2010 Florida Film Festival; Best Student Short Film, 2010 Cleveland International Film Festival, Best Cinematography, 2010 Short Film Festival La Fila (Valladolid, Spain), Red Citation – Humanitarian Award, Best Screenplay, 2009 24fps International Short Film Festival; Best Live Action Student Short Under 15 Minutes, Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmaker, Special Mention,2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest; Adrienne Shelly Foundation: Best Female Director, Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award, Independent Film Project Audience Award, Student Choice Award: Best Direction, Entertainment Partners Best Producing, Honorable Mention, 2009 Columbia University Film Festival; Fall 2009 Grant Recipient, 2009 The Caucus for Producers, Writers, & Directors Foundation

Weblink: www.cigarettecandy.com

Culebra

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)

culebra

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Sean Carter
Screenplay: Sean Carter
Cinematographer: Bill Winters
Editor: Sean Carter
Music: Ryan Shore
Producer: Michael Fiore

Synopsis: A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry.
Inhalt: Eine hochschwangere Mexikanerin lässt sich auf zwielichtige Menschenschmuggler ein, um die Grenze zur USA unterirdisch zu durchqueren. Als sie in einem Tunnel steckenbleibt, wird sie von den Männern allein zurückgelassen.

Festivals: Slamdance Flim Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Methodfest
Awards: Best Student Film Award, Aspen short film festival, Colorado; semifinalist for Student Academy Awards 2011; Sound Design, Screenwriting and Original Score Award and in First Run Film Festival; National Board of Review motion pictures (NBR) grant; Special Jury Mention at Clermont Film Festival, France

Weblink: www.culebramovie.com

She’s a Blur

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European Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 18, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 22, 19:00 (SOUR)

shes-a-blur

Country of Origin / Land: Brazil, USA / Brasilien, USA
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 19’00“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction

Director / Regie: Gandja Monteiro
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Gandja Monteiro, Hannah B. Schick
Cinematographer / Kamera: Doug Emmett
Editor / Schnitt: Gandja Monteiro, Brandon Harris, Nick Kaye, Veronique Doumbe
Music / Musik: The Books, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Joanna Newsom, Blind Willie Johnson
Producer / Produktion: Gandja Monteiro, Melonie Diaz
Cast / Darsteller: Hannah B. Schick, Jason Catalano, Stas May, Sky Koltun, Jose Estevez, Gandja Monteiro

Synopsis: Barely an adult, 21 year-old Jack moves from her small town in North Dakota to New York City. Finding herself swept up into the beautiful chaos of the city, of youth, of womanhood, of becoming an artist – she loses herself. In an attempt to break into something new and to escape the routine, to perhaps uncover a new self or maybe to simply feel beautiful – she agrees to sit for an established painter. When she realizes his intentions are more then she expected, she feels violated and crushed. Disappointed and disgusted, Jack plunges into an even deeper depression. A seemingly unshakeable feeling that life is quickly loosing its substance takes hold. So she sets to the streets, riding her bicycle through Manhattan, through the crowds, through the fog, through it all. She struggles to keep her job at a print shop job and her own inspiration as a writer suffers greatly. Gradually a new form of focus and expression forms and she finds herself biking through the streets of New York with a big bag of chalk stopping every now and again to write an old quote on the concrete. This simple communion of words that were said before but are again being written provides Jack with the inspiration to get over it and get on with it.
Inhalt: Die gerade erwachsene Jack verlässt ihre dörfliche Heimat für die grosse Stadt New York City. Da wird sie in das schöne Chaos der Stadt hineingezogen. Die Entwicklung ihrer Kunst und ihre Reifung als Frau prägen sich in ihrer einzigartigen Beziehung mit New York City aus.

Festivals & Awards: Fusion Film Festival USA 2009 (Winner, Best Undergraduate Director Award), NYU First Run Film Festival USA 2009

Weblink: www.gandjamonteiro.com/shesablur

Martha

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Screening: Sunday, June 20, 19:00 and Wednesday, June 23, 19:00 (FRIENDS AND FAMILY)

martha

Country of Origin / Land: USA
Year of Production / Jahr: 2008
Duration / Länge: 14’30“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction

Director / Regie: Katja Straub
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Katja Straub
Cinematographer / Kamera: Naiti Gamez
Editor / Schnitt: Johanna Witherby
Music / Musik: Bill Baird, Otiskuri
Producer / Produktion: Ajae Clearway, Charles Mulford
Cast / Darsteller: Christine Cheney, Ken Bradley, Cindy Williams, James Maybury, Amy McAndrews, Tom Chamberlain, Cambell Westmoreland

Synopsis: 12-year old Martha is convinced that her family is the most embarrassing family in the world. Is it maybe true, that she fell off a gypsy wagon as a baby?
Inhalt: Die elfjährige Martha glaubt, die peinlichste Familie aller Zeiten zu haben. Ihr Vater hat ihr immer erzählt, dass sie als Baby aus einem Zigeunerwagen gefallen ist. Was wäre, wenn die Zigeuner wieder kämen, um sie zu holen?

Festivals & Awards: Austin Film Festival USA 2008, Dallas Videofest USA 2008, Student Academy Awards USA 2009 (Semi-finalist), Berlin Talent Campus Germany 2009, Saddle Up New York City USA 2009, Carolina Film & Video Festival USA 2009, Gate City Women’s Film Festival USA 2009 (Best Narrative), DC Independent Film Festival USA 2009, Austin Film Society SXSW Showcase USA 2009, Sehsüchte Filmfestival Germany 2009, Gone With Te Film Festival USA 2009, Hollywood Showcase USA 2009, Sidewalk Film Festival USA 2009, Victoria Film Festival Canada 2010, Wisconsin Film Festival USA 2010, Reno Film Festival USA 2010

Weblink: www.rocketfilm.de

The New Tenants

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European Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 21, 21:00 (SALTY)

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Country of Origin / Land: Denmark, USA / Dänemark, USA
Year of Production / Jahr: 2010
Duration / Länge: 21’00“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction

Director / Regie: Joachim Back
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Anders Thomas Jensen, David Rakoff
Cinematographer / Kamera: Pawel Edelman
Editor / Schnitt: Russel Icke
Music / Musik: Laurent Parisi
Producer / Produktion: Tivi Magnusson, Sam Bisbee, Erika Hampson, Christian Potalivo, Johanne Stryhn Hørby
Cast / Darsteller: Liane Balaban, Kevin Corrigan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Helen Hanft, Jamie Harrold, David Rakoff

Synopsis: A prying neighbor, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Set amidst the as-yet-unopened boxes and the hopes for a fresh start of two men on what might just be the worst moving day ever. Their new apartment reveals its terrifying history in a film that is by turns funny, frightening, and unexpectedly romantic.
Inhalt: Zwei Männer einen unglaublichen Tag erleben, in dem auch Mord eine Rolle spielt.

Festivals & Awards: Los Angeles Reel Film Festival USA 2009 (Honorable Mention), Oscar Academy USA 2010 (Best Short Film, Live Action), Florida Film Festival USA 2010, Tribeca Film Festival USA 2010, Pheonix Film Festival USA 2010, Vail Film Festival USA 2010, Sydney Film Festival Australia 2010, Mexico International Film Festival Mexico 2010, Frame Line Film Festival USA 2010, Short Shorts Film Festival Japan 2010

Weblink: www.thenewtenantsfilm.com

The Godmother

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 18, 19:00 and Monday, June 21, 21:00 (SALTY)

the-god-mother

Country of Origin / Land: USA, Israel
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 15’00“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction

Director / Regie: Lior Chefetz
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Lior Chefetz, Ben Fast
Cinematographer / Kamera: Rob Connolly
Editor / Schnitt: Jon Bernbaum
Music / Musik: Austin Wintory
Producer / Produktion: Ian Dickinson, Andres Rodriguez Franco
Cast / Darsteller: Ron Yuan, Elizabeth Bond, Camden Toy, Geroja Umano

Synopsis: In this quick paced romantic-action-comedy, Rosella Wu (Elizabeth Bond, Nip/Tuck, CSI: Miami), a fickle, capricious but heartful young wife is convinced by her overbearing mother to kill her no-good mobster husband, Danny (Ron Yuan, Fast & Furious, Prison Break, Pushing Daisies, Entourage). But when Danny quits the mob and cleans up his act, she tries to cancel the hit. Except she’s too late – the hitman (Camden Toy, Buffy the vampire slayer) crashes into the house, guns blazing! Now Rosella must stop the hitman, prevent Danny from finding out it was her, and stand up to her dictatorial mother (Georja Umano) who still wants Danny dead!
Inhalt: In dieser rasch entwickelnden romantic-action-comedy wird Rosella Wu von ihrer herrischen Mutter davon überzeugt, einen Profikiller zu engagieren. Er soll sich um Rosellas Gangster-Ehemann Danny kümmern.

Festivals & Awards: Freshly Squeezed Shorts USA 2009, 9. Oldenburger Kurzfilmtage Zwergwerk Germany 2009, 3rd Eye International Film Festival India 2009, Filmwinter Stuttgart Film Festival Germany 2010, Maverik Film Awards USA 2010 (Nominated for Best Director, Best Student Short and Best Stunts), Soho International Film Festival USA 2010 (Best Short Film Award), MPSE Golden Reel Awards USA 2010, Festivus Film Festival USA 2010 (Best Narrative Short), “MethodFest“ Film Festival USA 2010 (Best Student Film), Edgemar Short Film Festival USA 2010, 11th annual On Location: Memphis International Film and Music Festival USA 2010, West Chester Film Festival USA 2010, Hill Country Film Festival USA 2010, Boston International Film Festival USA 2010, Geneva Film Festival USA 2010 (Student Visionary Award), Atlantic City Film Festival USA 2010, First Look Film Festival USA 2010 (Audience Award, USC Faculty Award), Ivy Film Festival USA 2010, Tallahassee Film Festival USA 2010, „First Glance“ Film

Weblink: www.thegodmothermovie.com

Here’s Herbie

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German Premiere

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

heres-herbie

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

Director: Mary Wickliffe
Screenplay: Mary Wickliffe (Short Story by Mike Feder)
Cinematographer: Kenneth Stipe
Editor: David Sams
Music: David Raiklen
Producer: Michael Silverman
Cast: Kenny Baumann, Katy Selverstone, Chris Coppola

Synopsis: A teenager, trapped in the web of his mother“s depression, finds inspiration in an encounter with a stranger on a New York subway.
Festivals & Awards: CineRail, Paris, France 2009 (Winner of the Prix Shorts TV Numericable), Washington DC Independent Film Festival 2009, Garden State Film Festival 2009, Newport Beach Film Festival 2009