Archiv des Autors: Lia Ekizoglou

Looking Glass (Spegelbarn)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 15, 21:00 and Monday, June 16, 19:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Sweden
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 5′
Category: Animation

A Film By: Erik Rosenlund
Animation: Erik Rosenlund, Susanne Sturesson

Synopsis: A dark stormy night. A little girl is home alone, but is she really?

Festivals & Awards: Molise Cinema Film Festival Italy 2007 (Special Mention), Sarasota Film Festival USA 2008, Aubagne International Film Festival France 2008, Rennes Film Festival for Children France 2008, East Lansing Children’s Film Festival USA 2008, International Youth Film Festival Ale Kino! Poland 2007, „Les Nuits Magiques“ Festival international du Film d’Animation France 2007, „Anilogue“ Budapest Animation Film Festival Hungary 2007, International Animated Film Festival „I Castelli Animati“ Italy 2007, Short Cuts Cologne Germany 2007, Foyle Film Festival Ireland 2007, Exground Filmfest Germany 2007, Oslo International Film Festival Norway 2007, Rencontres Internationales du Cinema d’Animation de Wissembourg France 2007, Cinessonne European Film Festival France 2007, International Week of Fantastic Film Spain 2007, „CINANIMA“ International Animated Film Festival of Espinho Portugal 2007, Nordic Film Days Luebeck Germany 2007, Swedish Film Week St. Petersburg Russia 2007, Animatricks Animated Film Festival Finland 2007, „Screamfest“ Horror Film Festival USA 2007, Austin Film Festival USA 2007, Chicago International Film Festival USA 2007, Zurich Film Festival Switzerland 2007, Swedish Film Week Moscow Russia 2007, Istanbul International Children Film Festival Turkey 2007, Calgary International Film Festival Canada 2007, Milwaukee International Film Festival USA 2007, Drama International Short Film Festival Greece 2007, North Cape Film Festival Norway 2007, „Circuito Off“ Venice International Short Film Festival Italy 2007, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Brazil 2007, Busan International Kids‘ Film Festival Korea 2007, Monterrey International Film Festival Mexico 2007, InDPanda International Short Film Festival Hong Kong 2007, „Avanca“ International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video and Multimedia Portugal 2007, Westside Short Film Festival Malta 2007, „ANIMA MUNDI“ International Animation Festival of Brazil 2007, Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival Italy 2007, 47th International Film Festival for Children and Youth Zlin Czech Republic 2007, International Film Festival Cannes France 2007

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/looking-glass

Mur

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Bavarian Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 10’25“
Category: Experimental

Director: Benjamin d’Aoust
Screenplay: Benjamin d’Aoust
Editor: Cedric Zoenen
Music: Aline Huber
Producer: Laurent Hanon
Cast:

Synopsis: A lonely child plays with his small ball against a huge wall. The rhythm that he produces takes him away from his loneliness. Suddenly, a deaf rhythm emerges in constant displacement and perturbs the child. The child searches and experiments to understand from where come theses echoes…

Festivals & Awards: Le court en dit long Paris France 2007 (Grand Prix), Asiana International Short Film Festival Seoul South Korea 2007 (New Film Maker Award), Festival film court de Villeurbanne France 2007 (Prix Mozaic de l’Innovation), 4eme Concours de courts de Toulouse France 2007-05 (Third Prize), Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Belgium 2007 (Award of RTBF), 7eme Festival du court-metrage de Nice France 2007 (Audience Award), 8th International Film Festival Aubagna Belgium 2007, Independent International Film Festival Lisboa Portugal 2007, 2nd Montreal Underground Film Festival Montreal Canada 2007, 35th Algarve International Film Festival Portimao Portugal 2007, 35th International Film Festival Huesca Spain 2007, 22nd Cinema Jove International Film Festival Valencia Spain 2007, Festival Cine Fleuve – La Grande Region France 2007, Festival Nouveau Cinema de Montreal Canada 2007, Festival du film d’Amiens France 2007, Imago International Young Film Festival Portugal 2007, Odense Film Festival Denmark 2007, Sao Paolo Short Film Festival Brazil 2007, 22nd Braunschweig International Film Festival Germany 2007, Festival Alcine Madrid Spain 2007, Festival de court metrage de Bruxelles Belgium 2006, International Festival for Art & Theatre Lovers Dubrovnik Croatia 2006, Festival Silhouette Paris France 2006, Tinkai International Short Film Festival Vilnius Lithuania 2006, Festival International du Film Francophone Namur Belgium 2006, Scrittura e Immagine Pescara International Film Festival Italy 2006

Weblink: www.akas.imdb.com/mur

Ruin

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German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 15, 21:00 and Monday, June 16, 19:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 13’50“
Category: Fiction

Director: Chloe Cramer
Screenplay: Chloe Cramer
Cinematographer: Florent Bagard
Editor: Nicolas Rumpl
Music: Boris Kish
Producer: Rodolphe de Callatay, Samuel Henry, Catherine Lemarchand
Cast: Yasko Sakaedani, Jean-Michel Vovk, Takano, Cyril Briant, Ives Swennen, Kunbo Meng

Synopsis: A video-surveillance evidence seems to prove that she had an affair with an employee of the hotel where the Japanese stay. The employee is fired and leaves the hotel. The Japanese girl follows him, the employee sends her packing. She drifts into the city, until their road cross again. The employee takes her to an abandoned house. He deflowers her. That marks the end of their relationship. She leaves the house and meets her father in the night.

Festivals & Awards: Bologna European School Festival Bologna Italy 2006, International Festival for Cinema School Huy Belgium 2006, Het groote Ongeduld Brussels Belgium 2006

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/ruin

I Met The Walrus

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Bavarian Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 5’10“
Category: Animation

Director: Josh Raskin
Screenplay: Josh Raskin
Animation: Josh Raskin
Pen Illustrator: James Braithwaite
Computer Illustrator: Alex Kurina
Producer: Jerry Levitan

Synopsis: In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck and a head full of questions, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon’s „bed-in“ phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.

Festivals & Awards: San Francisco Shorts USA 2007 (Director’s Special Recognition), Platform International Animation Festival USA 2007 (Best Sound Design), Middle East International Film Festival Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2007 (Best Animation), Brooklyn International Fim Festival USA 2007 (Spirit Award), Winnipeg International Film Festival Canada 2007 (Outstanding Animation), Odense Film Festival Denmark 2007 (International Special Mention), 10 Or Less Film Festival Oregon USA 2007 (Best Animation), AFI Fest Los Angeles Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Animated Short), NYC Shorts USA 2007 (Best Animtion), Ottawa International Animation Festival Canada 2007(Best Canadian Animation, Honorary Mention, Best Animation), Los Angeles International Short Film Festival USA 2008, True False Film Festival USA 2008, NEMO Film Festival Paris France 2008, Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, Quebec Festival de Cinema des Trois Ameriques Canada 2008, Sundance Film Festival 2008, International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2008, Hawaii International Film Festival 2008, Manhattan Short Film Festival USA 2008, AFFest Cleveland USA 2008, Red Rope Screening USA 2008, Red Stick International Animation Festival USA 2008, Nashville Film Festival USA 2008, Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival UK 2008, Ashland Independent Film Festival USA 2008, Cinematheque Quebecoise USA 2008, Viewfinders International Film Festival for Youth USA 2008, Vail Film Festival USA 2008, Rooftop Film Festival Brooklyn USA 2008, „ANIMA 07“ Argentina 2008, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Brazil 2008, CFC Worlwide Short Film Festival Toronto Canada 2008, Ann Arbour Film Festival USA 2008, Starz Denver Film Festival USA 2007, Swerve Festival USA 2007, International Kortfimfestival Lueven Belgium 2007, Asiana International Short Film Festival Korea 2007, Interfilm Berlin Germany 2007, International Film Festival Cannes France 2007, Etiuda & Anima Poland 2007, International Animation Festival Ottawa USA 2007, Vancouver International Film Festival Canada 2007, Marfa Film Festival USA 2007, Atlantic Film Festival Canada 2007, Calgary International Film Festival Canada 2007, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona Spain 2007, Tallgrass Film Festival USA 2007, LA Shorts Fest USA 2007, Quickdraw Animation Society GIRAF3 Toronto Canada 2007, New York United Film Festival USA 2007, Austin Film Festival USA 2007, Philadelphia Film Festival USA 2007, IndieLisboa Portugal 2007, Best of Fest Indie Express USA 2007, Tabacalera Film Festival Spain 2007, !fistanbul Turkey 2007

Weblink: www.imetthewalrus.com

The Secret Adventures Of The Projectionist

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

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 3’15“
Category: Fiction

Director: Max Sacker
Screenplay: Max Sacker, Heleen Gerritsen
Cinematographer: Dustin Wallrap
Editor: Max Sacker
Music: Dmitri Petrovski
Cast: Nikolai Kinski, Senta Dorothea Kirschner, Mark Gisbourne

Synopsis: The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist starring Nikolai Kinski and Senta Dorothea Kirschner, tells the (very short) story of a cinema projectionist (Kinski) who becomes entangled in a dangerous liaison with a silver screen femme fatale (Kirschner). Spanning several cinema styles from silent movie to sword and scandals Technicolor to Film Noir, the film was shot on 16mm film in under four days in Berlin, Germany using old cameras from the Soviet Union.

Weblink: www.maxsacker.com/projectionist_about.html

Keychild (Schluesselkind)

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

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 5′
Category: Animation

Director: Meike Fehre
Screenplay: Claire Doutriaux
Producer: Meike Fehre

Synopsis: Mit einem Augenzwinkern erklärt der Film das Wort „Schlüsselkind“ als deutsche Eigenart.

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/keychild

Sky

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International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 13, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 17, 19:00 (SOUR)

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Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction

Director: Marc Daniel
Screenplay: Marc Daniel
Cinematographer: Chad Michael Cohlmia
Editor: John Watson
Music: Waymon Boone
Producer: Debora Parks
Cast: Vanessa Born, Dwight Bacquie

Synopsis: A street-wise Latina comes home to find an intruder in her house. The confrontation that ensues proves that people are not always what they seem.

Festivals & Awards: Method Fest Film Festival USA 2008 (Best Actress – Vanessa Born), Accolade Competition USA 2008 (Honorable Mention), San Francisco Independent Film Festival USA 2008, 32nd Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, Newport Beach Film Festival USA 2008, Riverside International Film Festival USA 2008

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/sky

One Day Trip (El Viaje)

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German Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: Peru
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 17’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Cady Abarca
Screenplay: Cady Abarca
Cinematographer: Frank Barrera
Music: Irene Vivanco
Producer: Cady Abarca
Cast: Eugenio Do Nascimento, Pablo Ucanay, Monica Rossi, Magali Bolivar

Synopsis: Gonzalo, a young 13 year-old boy, embarks on a journey with his best friend Tito to one of the most sordid and sleaziest places in Lima, Peru, where one of the boys’ devastating secret is revealed. This event will mark the end of their innocence.

Festivals & Awards: Student Acadamy Award 2006, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures U.S.A, Sao Paulo Film Festival Brazil (Premio Cervantes), Columbia University Film Festival New York USA (New York State Council of Arts), Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival USA (Special Jury Recognition), Tampere International Film Festival Finland, Asiana International Film Festival Korea, Latin American Film Festival Peru, New York Latino Film Festival USA, Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival Brazil, Bilbao International Film Festival Spain

Weblink: www.imdb.com/title/tt1034468/