Sunday, June 19, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00
No Sleep Won’t Kill You (Nespavanje Ne Ubija)
For Cultural Purposes Only
Clown’s Revolution
The Masters of the Media
White Crow (Le Corbeau Blanc)
Formol
Stardust
Archiv des Autors: Lia Ekizoglou
No Sleep Won’t Kill You (Nespavanje Ne Ubija)
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Sunday, June 19, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: Croatia
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 9′
Category: Fiction
Director: Marko Mestrovic
Screenplay: Marko Mestrovic
Cinematographer: Marko Mestrovic
Music: Jessica Lurie, Abraham Gomez-Delgado
Producer: Igor Grubic
Synopsis: What happens when dream takes control over reality? No sleep won’t kill you (or at least not for three or four years), but it will make it increasingly difficult for you to determine what’s real.
Inhalt: Was passiert, wenn der Traum Kontrolle über die Realität erlangt? Schlaflosigkeit wird dich nicht umbringen (oder zumindest nicht für zwei oder drei Jahre), aber sie wird es dir zunehmend schwer machen, zu bestimmen, was noch real ist und was nicht.
Festivals: Expresion En Corto, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2010; Magma – Mostra Di Cinema Breve, Acireale, Italy, 2010; Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2010; I’ve Seen Films 2010, Milan, Italy; 16. Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010; FICAM 2010 Meknes, Marocco; Dani Hrvatskog Filma, Zagreb, Croatia, 2010; Ljubljana Int’l Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2010; ANIMAFEST 2010, Zagreb, Croatia; 64th Edinburgh Int’l Film Festival; Annecy 2010, France
Weblink: markomestrovic.net
Last Exit Weiden-East (Letzte Ausfahrt Weiden-Ost)
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 23:00 and Wednesday, June 22, 19:00 (FRIENDS & FAMILY)
Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 26′
Category: Fiction
Director: Kathrin Anna Stahl
Screenplay: Kathrin Anna Stahl
Cinematographer: Johannes Kirchlechner
Editor: Uwe Wrobel
Music: Jan Faszbender
Producer: Larissa Görner
Cast: Monika Manz, Gerd Lohmeyer, Cathrin Kagermaier, Stefan Murr, Miroslav Nemec, Cathlen Gawlich, Ferenc Barbay, Anton Leiss-Huber, Margarete Miller
Synopsis: Heavy early-morning deer traffic dictates the daily routine in this Bavarian border town close to the Czech Republic. Gisela and Bertl are in such turmoil that they forget their Holy Sunday family duties. The deer in Alfons‘ boot keeps his 40-year-old marriage crisis at full steam. Such stories tie together the people of a no-man’s land at the heart of Europe. In ‚Last Exit Weiden East‘ the yapping Oberpfälzer accent propels us headfirst into a tragicomic provincial merry-go-round.
Inhalt: Starker Wildwechsel am Morgen bestimmt den Tag in dieser bayerischen Grenzstadt zu Tschechien. Gisela und Bertl vergessen vor Aufregung die familiären Pflichten am heiligen Sonntag. Und das Reh in Alfons Kofferraum provoziert Ehekrisen wie schon vor 40 Jahren. Solche Geschichten knüpfen täglich Bänder zwischen Menschen eines Niemandslandes im Herzen Europas. In Letzte Ausfahrt Weiden Ost verdichtet sich der bellende Klang der Oberpfälzer zu einem tragikomischen Provinzreigen.
Festivals & Awards: 5. BauernHofKino Kleinlosnitz, 34. Grenzlandfilmtage Selb (Nachwuchsförderpreis)
Weblink: www.stahlallueren.de
The Birthday (Aniversarea)
German Premiere
Screenings: Monday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 21, 21:00 (BITTER)
Country of Origin: Romania
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 16′
Category: Fiction
Director: Luiza Parvu
Screenplay: Luiza Parvu, Toma Peiu
Cinematographer: Andrei Goaga
Editor: Letitia Stefanescu
Producer: Sorin Botoseneanu
Synopsis: Adina tries to make a birthday for herself, but this is not an easy job for a lonely bus ticket saleswoman, living alone in the old apartment of her late parents. She eventually finds an unusual way of spending the day, when she decides to call a professional party entertainer.
Inhalt: Die Protagonistin des rumänischen Films „The Birthday“ Adina möchte sich selbst zu ihrem Geburtstag eine Freude machen – keine einfache Sache für eine einsame Busticketverkäuferin, die allein lebt. Doch Adina hat eine besondere Idee: sie engagiert einen professionellen Partyunterhalter.
Festivals: NexT International Film Festival, Romania, 2010; Timishort International Film Festival, Romania, 2010; Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania, 2010
Awards: Best Short Film shot in digital, Cinemaiubit ISFF (work-in-progress screening), 2009; Jury Special Mention, 7a Mostra Internacional de Escolas de Escolas de Cinema ESAP, Portugal, 2010; Black Pearl Award 2nd Prize, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, 2010; Best Foreign Film, Early Bird ISFF, Bulgaria, 2010
Weblink: www.facebook.com
Films by Director
Abdullah, Sinan Najm / Hassan, Yahya T / Shibab, Baan S / Haddad, Rania Okla Yacoub: My Name is Mohammed
Barkakadze, George: Via Gori
Bødker, Andreas: Clean Carousel
Bohrer, Robert: Manolo
Bongaerts, Wouter : Mouse for Sale
Bonnavent, Jacques: The Goldmine (La Mina de Oro)
Burton, Kerri Davenport: That Thing you Drew
Carter, Sean: Culebra
Dassios, Christos / Grohs, Uli / Nacken, Robert: Underground Odyssey
Deza, Noelia Rodríguez: Formol
Dijk, Nova van: Cat and Mice (Kattenkwaad)
Florêncio, Daniel: Awfully Deep
Flores, Iván Ruiz: Sweet (Dulce)
Hooft, Albert ‚t / Vink, Paco: Little Quentin
Hykade, Andreas: Love & Theft
Julien, Jean-Luc: Drive
Klomp, Rogier: The Masters of the Media
Krawczyk, Marcin Janos: Six Weeks (Szesc Tygodni)
Lavrenishyn, Anatoliy: White Crow (Le Corbeau Blanc)
Lazarescu, Anca Miruna: Silent River (Apele Tac)
Lianos, Nicky: Dead Happy
Links, Josephine: After the years (Nach Den Jahren)
Lozano, Mabel: Listen to Me (Escuchame)
Mestrovic, Marko: No Sleep Won’t Kill You (Nespavanje Ne Ubija)
Nagypal, Orsi: Cold Shower (Hidegzuhany)
Parvu, Luiza: The Birthday (Aniversarea)
Pening, Jean-Luc / Goldschmidt, Ivan: You Too (Na Wewe)
Petruzzellis, Giuseppe: Industrial Bay
Polak, Kamil: The Lost Town of Switez
Provost, Nicolas: Stardust
Räsänen, Juuso: The Scoop (Skuuppi)
Riazi, Saba: The Wind is Blowing on my Street (Dar Kouche baad miayad)
Riegel, Florian: Holding Still
Rocha, Nuno: Vicky & Sam
Schmidt-Hambrock, Jochen: Too Many Muses (Zu Viele Musen)
Shepherd, Chris: Bad Night for the Blues
Spreng, Tim: Inside Out
Stahl, Kathrin Anna: Last Exit Weiden-East (Letzte Ausfahrt Weiden-Ost)
Steiner, Nicolas: It’s Me. Helmut (Ich Bin’s Helmut)
Thamm, Corinna: Strange Love
Vuorinen, Elli: The Tongueling (Kielitiettyni)
Wolkstein, Lauren: Cigarette Candy
Wood, Sarah: For Cultural Purposes Only
Xun, Sun: Clown’s Revolution
Young, Ben: Something Fishy
Zois, Yorgos: Casus Belli
Cigarette Candy
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 19:00 (SALTY)
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
Clown’s Revolution
German Premiere
Screenings: Sunday, June 19, 19:00 and Monday, June 20, 21:00 (UMAMI)
Country of Origin: China
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction
Director: Sun Xun
Screenplay: Sun Xun
Editor: Sun Xun
Music: Jin Shan
Producer: Gerben Schermer
Synopsis: „Clown’s Revolution“ is about a real island where a group of poets live. It’s a small and completely utopian society, and a dream we have been pursuing; it is a utopian reality, which exists in a life pursued by art. The English title is more like a process we are seeking, which is full of absurdity and metempsychosis.
Inhalt: Unter dem Titel „Clown’s Revolution“ erwartet die Zuschauer eine surreale Bilderwelt: Ein Gruppe von Dichtern hat sich auf einer Insel eine utopische Gesellschaftsform erschaffen, die nur durch ein Leben für die Kunst existiert.
Festivals: Holland Animation Film Festival
Weblink: www.vanguardgallery.com
FRIENDS & FAMILY
Friday, June 17, 23:00 and Wednesday, June 22, 19:00
Strange Love
Too many Muses (Zu viele Musen)
Drive
Silent River
Last Exit Weiden-East (Letzte Ausfahrt Weiden-Ost)
SWEET
Thursday, June 16, 19:00 and Saturday, June 18, 21:00
Mouse for Sale
Dead Happy
Vicky & Sam
The Wind is Blowing on my Street (Dar Kouche baad miayad)
Sweet (Dulce)
The Lost Town of Switez
The Tongueling (Kielitiettyni)
Six Weeks (Szesc Tygodni)
Bavarian Premiere
Screenings: Monday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 21, 21:00 (BITTER)
Country of Origin: Poland
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 18′
Category: Documentary
Director: Marcin Janos Krawczyk
Screenplay: Marcin Janos Krawczyk
Cinematographer: Wojciech Staron
Editor: Agnieszka Glinska
Producer: Malgorzata Staron
Synopsis: Due to different life situations there are mothers who do not want or those who cannot bring up their children. They have the right to give the child away just after delivery. During the first six weeks of the newborn’s life the mother has to make the decision about the definit resignation of her parental rights. She is free in making her decision however the decision she makes cannot be changed afterwards. A biological mother loses any contact with her child. She can only write a final letter to the child. The film shows in a poetical way the first six weeks of the small human being who was given up.
Inhalt: Der polnische Regisseur Marcin Janos Krawczyk zeigt in seiner ergreifenden Dokumentation „Six Weeks“ die ersten Wochen eines Babys, das zur Adoption freigegeben wird. Er vernachlässigt auch nicht den Blick auf die leibliche Mutter und die wahrscheinlich schwerste Entscheidung in ihrem Leben – denn sie hat nur sechs Wochen Zeit, ihre Entscheidung rückgängig zu machen.
Festivals: Dox Box, Syria; Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Greece; Curtocurcuito, Spain; Doc a Tunis, Tunisia; Hot Docs, Canada; It’s All True – International Documentary FF, Brasil; Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia; Documentarist, Turkey; Message to Man International FF, Russia; Palm Springs International Short FF, USA; Curt.Doc ISFF, Spain; Lemesos International Documentary Festival, Cyprus; Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal; DokumentArt, Germany; DokuFest, Kosovo; CNEX Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan; 12th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil; International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana, Russia; Al cine, Spain; REC Film Festival, Mexico; Norwegian documentary film festival Eurodok, Norway
Awards: Best Short Film Award, IDFA 2009, The Netherlands; Silver Eye Award, East Silver, Czech Republic; Best Short Documentary Award, Monterrey Film Festival, Mexico.
Weblink: www.idfa.nl