Miracle

Bavarian Premiere

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

miracle

Country of Origin: Lebanon
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 25′
Category: Fiction

Director: Georges Homsy
Screenplay: Georges Homsy
Cinematographer: Toufic Tabbal
Editor: Leila Kanaan, Riad Chebli
Music: Bassem Rizk
Producer: Dima El Joundi
Cast: Carmen Lebbos, Carlos Azar, Raymonde Gelalian, Joelle Homsy, Mona Chahine, Roland Tomb

Synopsis: The story sheds light on the life of the Lebanese applying for visas at the American Embassy in Cyprus. The main role centers around Jad’s personality, a 27 years old man, and his interaction with other applicants at the embassy. 8h05, the hall is full. At 8h10, Jad is called by the employee who conducts the interviews at the embassy to translate for the Lebanese… The story starts from there…

Festivals & Awards: Festival du Film Européen Beirut 2003, Sehsuechte Potsdam 2004 (Best Original Idea), Next Frame Film Festival 2004 (Best Writing / Best Director), Festival des Jeunes Cinéastes Budapest 2004 (Best International Short Film), FIKE Portugal 2004, MedFilm Festival Rome 2004, Curta Cinema 2004, International Student Short Film Festival Beirut 2004, Cinestud 2005, Festival de Cannes 2005 (Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase), Internationall Student Film & TV Festival Beijing Film Academy 2005

Weblink: www.iesav.usj.edu.lb

Protection (Prostasia)

German Premiere

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

protection

Country of Origin: Greece
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 15’20“
Category: Fiction

Director: Christos Nikoleris
Screenplay: Panayotis Iosifelis
Cinematographer: Dimitris Stmabolis
Editor: Christos Nikoleris
Music: CMYK
Producer: Yannis Exintaris, Dionisa Dimitrakellou
Cast: Michaelis Iatrooulos, Toni Souli

Synopsis: The “Venetian”, a known felon, has taken out the “Eskimo” and the market is now his. He’s afraid of no one – or is he?

Weblink: www.n-orasis.gr

Films by Director

Acker, Shane: 9
Andersson, Jan: Hankerchifs For Sale (Nenäliinoja myytävänä)
Ayguavives, Isabel: Brave Girl (La Valiente)
Behar, Suny: Chaos Theory
Bosch, Adrian: Marco Solo
Brereton, Ole: Sign Of The Times
Cakó, Ferenc: Rendezvous (Randevú)
Conforti, Christopher: Frog
Corkery, Margaret: Killing The Afternoon
Cupellini, Claudio: Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)
Drljevic, Alen: Paycheck (Prva Plata)
Etcheverry, Juan Pablo: Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)
Helminen, Suvi Andrea: Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)
Homsy, Georges: Miracle
Hwang, Dong Hyeuk: Miracle Mile
Íscar, Ricardo and Nacho Martín: The Fence (El Cerco)
Jacoby, Max: Butterflies
Jordan, Richard: Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)
Kapetanovic, Goran: Echo (Eko)
Kattman, Stacey: Love Thy Neighbor
Koutský, Pavel and others: Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)
Kumar, Ashvin: Little Terrorist
Liberge, Joke: Meander
Ly, Vanessa: Mekong Interior
Monroy, Gabriela: A Trip (Un Viaje)
Munch-Petersen, Laurits: Between Us (Mellem Os)
Nikoleris, Christos: Protection (Prostasia)
Nunes, Afonso: The Age Of Men (A Idade Do Homem)
Östlund, Ruben: Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (Scen Nr 6882 Ur Mitt Liv)
Papadoulakis, Theo: Pilala
Park, Keun-Pyo: Wake
Runarsson, Runar: The Last Farm In The Valley (Síðasti Bærinn Í Dalnum)
Sholev, Dragomir: Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)
Snelling, Catherine: Susie
Szabolcs, Pálfi: The Bus – The Yellow Bus (A Busz – A Sárgabusz)
Thompson, Garrett: Hope’s Choice
Wallentin, Daniel: Mebana
Woo, Alexander: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher

Veröffentlicht unter 2006

Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

whollstopusnow

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Claudio Cupellini
Screenplay: Claudio Cupellini, Michele Pellegrini
Cinematographer: Rocco Marra
Editor: Domenico Martoccia
Music: Alessandro Linzitto, Marco Fasolo
Cast: Roberto Citran, Maurizio Donadoni, Ana Caterina Morariu

Synopsis: Silvano lives in Sottomarina, nearby Venice. He’s forty years old, he’s got a young and beautiful wife, a very nice child, a comfortable house. He’s a car thief. A late summer day, Mario, a friend of the childhood, comes to see him after many, many years…

Festivals & Awards: Tel Aviv Intl. Student Film Festival 2004, Mostra Internazionale Del Cortometraggio Montecatini 2004 (Jameson Award), Cinema Student Festival Spoleto 2004, Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Festival 2004, China International Student Film Festival Beijing 2004, Turchia Intl. Short Film Festival Izmir 2004

Frog

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

frog

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 4′
Category: Animation

Director: Christopher Conforti
Screenplay: Christopher Conforti
Animation: Christopher Conforti
Cast: Marc Tatti, Garrett Koeppicus, Melissa Jordan, Christopher Conforti

Synopsis: In an attempt to escape the heat of the sun, a frog get himself in even more trouble.

Festivals & Awards: Student Academy Awards (2nd place), Television Academy Student Competition (2nd Place), ASIFA East Animation Awards (Best Student Film), Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival (1st Place Student), Marco Island Film Festival (Best Student Film), World Fest Houston (Platnium Remmi Award), Kalamazoon Animation Festival (Bronze), Brooklyn International Film Festival (Audience Award), Texas Film Festival (Audience Award), Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, Annecy (Avoid Eye Contact), Cannes (Kodak Student Filmaker Showcase), Los Angeles Film Festival, KROK, Woodstock Film Festival

Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher

German Premiere

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

rexsteelenazismasher

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 10’30“
Category: Animation

Director: Alexander Woo
Story: Bill Presing, Matt Peters
Screenplay: Alexander Woo, Matt Peters, Dan Blank
Editor: Alexander Woo
Music: Ryan Shore
Producer: Alexander Woo
Cast: Dan Blank, Nicola Russell, Lolita Shawany

Synopsis: It is the height of World War II, and the United States is at war with Nazi Germany. The U.S. Government has just been informed that Eval Schnitzler has occupied a remote location near the mysterious source of the Amazon River. Convinced that his motives are more than leisurely, the United States sends Rex Steele, Nazi smasher extraordinaire, to find and foil Eval’s evil plans. Rex flies into the Amazon with his sidekick, Miss Penny Thimble, and the two embark on a journey full of action, adventure, and of course, Nazi smashing galore!.

Festivals & Awards: Student Academy Award 2004 (Gold in the Animation Category), Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award (1st Prize), Student Emmy Award (Third Place Animation Traditional Category), CINEME 2004 (GRAND PRIZE Best of the Fest Award), HDFEST 2004 (Winner Best Animation), Savannah Film Festival 2004 (Winner Best Animation), Hollywood International Student Film Festival 2004 (Winner Best Animation), Hamptons International Film Festival 2004 (Best Student Animated Short), Motor City Internaional Film Festival 2004 (Winner Best Animation), Forest Film Fest 2004 (Winner Best Animation), First Look Student Film Festival 2004 (1st Place Animated Short), Westchester Film Festival 2004 (Best Student Film), Zoie Film Festival 2004 (Best Student Animation), Worldfest Houston 2004 (Platinum Award for Best College Production), NYU First Run Film Festival 2004 (Craft Award for Original Score), Internaional Family Film Festival 2004 (Best Student Animation Classic), 35th Annual ASIFA EAST Awards (1st Honorable Mention – Student Films Category), Angelus Awards 2004, USA Film Festival, HDFEST 2004

Weblink: www.woohoopictures.com

Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)

German Premiere

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

landofmist

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 26’21“
Category: Documentary

Director: Suvi Andrea Helminen
Cinematographer: Lars Bonde
Editor: Catherine Ambus
Sound: Allan Holmberg, Thomas Jæger
Musik: Nana la Cour Jacobi, Johan Segerberg
Producer: Katrine Vogelsang

Synopsis: Mariglen and his father have fled from Albania. They have sought asylum in Denmark. While their case is judged, they stay in asylum centers. The authorities always have to know where they are. They await an answer. Mariglen and his father have been waiting for 4 years.

Festivals & Awards: Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona 2003, Salaam DK Flerkulturel Filmfestival 2004, Krakow Filmfestival 2004, Odense Filmfestival 2004 (Jameson Award), ARF Malmø 2004, Tehran International Film Festival 2004

Weblink: www.suvi.dk

The Age Of Men (A Idade Do Homem)

Bavarian Premiere

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

theageofmen

Country of Origin: Brazil
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Afonso Nunes
Screenplay: Afonso Nunes
Cinematographer: Luis Abramo
Editor: Clarissa Campolina, Sergio Borges
Production Designer: Marney Heitmann
Producer: Márcia Valadares
Cast: Adílson Maghá, Zezé Motta, Jai Baptista, Camilo Lélis, Luciane Oliveira

Synopsis: A man, a room, a bathroom and a time that won’t be over. The short film is about the life of an absolutely unconventional couple. The characters have no name, and could be any of countless people lost within themselves around the world. Through sound research and image experimentation, the director tries to establish a link between time and madness, in a frenetic search for the characters’ break of paradigms. What is the difference between death and the past? Life and loneliness? The Age of Man brings to light the fragments and textures of vague images in time. An intellectual immersed in his own private universe. Aggressive and selfish, he has no plans in life, and is only led by his basic needs: sleeping, waking up, getting up, going to the bathroom, shaving, thinking, not thinking, getting old, getting young and having sex. He shares the most morbid disappointments and reflections with his female partner. It is not clear whether this woman is real or just imaginary. She could be either his own divan or alter ego. It seems that this feminine “creation” has never disagreed or disapproved of any of his ideas. “She is aware of the lack of affection in which he tries to hide himself and, therefore, does not consider him rational, just limited in his innate selfishness”, explains Afonso Nunes. Free of Manichaeism and propagandism, The Age of Man is about the territory of those excluded from themselves, of those who cannot adapt to their natural habitat, their persona. A short film that brings to light the fragments and textures of vague images in an indefinite time, where a couple represents the chrononogical alienation of age.

Festivals & Awards: Festival de Gramado 2004 (Best Art Direction), Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo 2004 (Jameson Short Film Award), Vitória cine Vídeo 2004, Festival do Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira 2004, Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro 2004, Mostra de Tiradentes 2005, Mostra do Filme Livre 2005, Cine PE-Pernambuco 2005, FAM – Florianópolis 2005, Festival de Inverno de Ouro Preto 2005, Brazilian Film Festival of Miami 2005, NY Brazilian Film Festival (Best Short Film), Sofia International Film Festival 2005, Tampere Film Festival 2005, Festival Côté Court Pantin 2005, Festival InCurt Barcelona 2005, Festival du court métrage de Bruxelles 2005, Anifest Trebon 2005, Kortfilmfestival Grimstad 2005, Message To Man St. Petersburg 2005, Festival de Curtas Metragens de Vila do Conde 2005, Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica Venezia 2005, Drama International Short Film Festival 2005, Cork Film Festival 2005, Stockholm International Film Festival 2005, Brief Encounters Bristol 2005, Short Cuts Cologne 2005

Miracle Mile

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

miraclemile

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 18’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Screenplay: Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Cinematographer: Peter Mishara
Editor: Dong Hyuek Hwang, Raymond Park
Music: Gascia Ouzounian
Producer: Christina Piovesan
Cast: Karl Hahn, Hana Kim

Synopsis: MIRACLE MILE is a neon sign that stands on a strip of road separating Koreatown from Beverly Hills. For JAMES and JIYOUNG, it represents a potential for hope in the lonely desolate city of Los Angeles. When James happens to meet Jiyoung at the airport, she enlists his help to find her brother, who was sent to America 20 years earlier for adoption. As they search, James remembers his own childhood as an adopted child. He begins to hope and believe that he is the one she is looking for. Through their journey, the two strangers realize that they’ve discovered a sense of family in each other.