Archiv des Autors: Lia Ekizoglou

Cigaretta Mon Amour – The Portrait Of My Father (Cigaratta Mon Amour – Portrait Meines Vaters)

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Screening: Saturday, June 14, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 7′
Category: Experimental

Director: Rosa Hannah Ziegler
Screenplay: Rosa Hannah Ziegler
Cinematographer: Michel Unger
Editor: Rosa Hannah Ziegler, Michel Unger
Producer: Rosa Hannah Ziegler

Synopsis: Rosa H. Ziegler shows a portrait of her father who lives isolated in his room. He spends all his time there, inside, with no contact to other people and uncompromisingly following his addiction – smoking. His room becomes a cave, a retreat, where rules or something similar do not exist anymore. The film shows in a dark, dreamy and wistful atmosphere the life of an old man who is addicted to nicotine and who lives in his own “dream world”.

Festivals & Awards: Best German Short Film 2007, Max-Ophuels-Prize Saarbruecken Germany 2008, International Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2008, 4. Festival der visuellen Kunst ambulart 2007, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2007, European Media Art Festival Osnabrueck Germany 2007, Documenta Madrid Spain 2007, IDFA Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The Netherlands 2006, doclisboa Portugal 2006, „Zinebi 48“ International Festival of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao Spain 2006, Dokumentar- und Videofest Kassel Germany 2006

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/Cigaretta-mon-amour

Hirsute

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German Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: A.J. Bond
Screenplay: A.J. Bond
Cinematographer: Amy Belling
Editor: Adam Locke-Norton
Music: Yota Kobayashi
Producer: A.J. Bond, Amy Belling
Cast: A.J. Bond

Synopsis: Kyle, a young scientist, is struggling to build a time machine when he is confronted by an arrogant future version of himself. Shocked to discover that his future holds a preoccupation with body hair removal and boiled eggs, Kyle vows to change the course of his life.

Festivals & Awards: Victoria Film Festival Canada 2008, Cinequest Film Festival USA 2008, Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2008, Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, East Lansing Film Festival USA 2008, Festival de Cinema des Trois Ameriques Canada 2008, Method Fest Independent Film Festival USA 2008, Florida Film Festival USA 2008, Philadelphia Film Festival USA 2008, Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival USA 2008, Atlanta Film Festival USA 2008, Toronto International Film Festival Canada 2007, Vancouver International Film Festival 2007, Atlantic Film Festival Canada 2007, Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival UK 2007, Calgary International Film Festival Canada 2007, Edmonton International Film Festival Canada 2007, Image+Nation Montreal International LGBT Film Festival Canada 2007

Weblink: www.thesiblings.ca

2 Or 3 Things I Knew About Her

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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: 2006
Duration: 13′
Category: Experimental

Director: Eli Cortinas Hidalgo
Screenplay: Eli Cortinas Hidalgo
Cinematographer: Eli Cortinas Hidalgo
Editor: Eli Cortinas Hidalgo
Music: Nico Hofmann, Ben Hertel

Synopsis: „That sunday morning she went out without hair on her head. I was wondering if she wouldn’t freeze.“ This is how the jigsaw portrait 2 Or 3 things I Knew About Her< begins, a psycho gram of several women and their roles with an attempt to combine them into one single person in the course of the film.

Festivals & Awards: OPEN CINEMA International Short & Animation Film Festival St. Petersburg Russia 2008, „Luegen. nirgends.“ Between Reality and Fiction Muenster Germany 2008, „Family Matters“ Galery NB8 Norway 2008, „Zur Zeit“ Groupexhibiton Bregenz Austria 2008, Ambulart Festival of Visual Art Quito Ecuador 2008, International Women Film Festival Dortmund Germany 2008, „LUX“ Max-Ophüls-Prize Germany 2008, L´Alternativa Barcelona Spain 2008, Short Cuts Cologne Germany 2008, LOOP Barcelona Spain 2007, International Short Film Days Oberhausen Germany 2007, European Media Art Festival Osnabrueck Germany 2007, XXX Forum Museum Ludwig Cologne 2007

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/2-or-3-things

Violin Solo (Geigensolo)

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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: 21′
Category: Fiction

Director: Karin Malwitz
Screenplay: Karin Malwitz, Philipp Batereau
Cinematographer: Volker Langhoff
Editors: Karin Malwitz, Philipp Batereau
Music: Philip Kirt Kressin
Producer: Karin Malwitz
Cast: Juergen Holtz

Synopsis: Old Theo is deaf. It is New Year’s Eve, time to finally end everything. But a new hope is awoken unexpectedly when three young Chinese women wave to him. Did he imagine it? Suddenly he has lots to do.

Festivals & Awards: Nominee for Best German Short Film Potsdam Germany 2007

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/violin-solo

Rotten Apple

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Bavarian Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Ralitza Petrova
Screenplay: Ralitza Petrova
Cinematographer: Nemone Mercer
Editor: Ralitza Petrova
Music: Birger Clausen
Producer: Paul Zabihi, Zara Balfour
Cast: Nathaniel Gleed, Glenn Conroy, Tania Kereishi, Gregg Sulkin

Synopsis: Growing up on a deserted farm a precocious boy spends his days contemplating the ironies of his austere life with his father. Lost in despair and frustration his father has no time for affection and the two hardly ever speak. One day a mysterious woman visits the farm and the men’s estrangement spirals into a rivalry for mother’s love. Her transient passing makes them realize something about themselves.

Festivals & Awards: 57th Berlin International Film Festival Germany 2007 (Prix UIP, Nominee for Best European Short Film), Telluride Film Festival USA 2007, London International Film Festival UK 2007, Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia 2007, Flanders International Film Festival Belgium 2007, Seville International Film Festival Spain 2007, Barcelona International Film Festival Spain 2007, Sao Paulo International Film Festival Brazil 2007, Ofensiva International Film Festival Poland 2007, Femina International Women Film Festival Brazil 2007, Molodist International Film Festival Ukraine 2007

Weblink: https://vimeo.com/rotten-apple

Just

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German Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 14’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Jesse Wheeler
Screenplay: Jesse Wheeler
Cinematographer: Pyongson Yim
Editor: Jessica Katzenstein, Merva Faddoul
Music: Eric Santiestevan
Producer: Chloe Aftel, Stephanie Kwong, Jesse Wheeler
Cast: Brendan Hines, Paul Dillon, William Windom, Diane Sellers, Patrick Rafferty, Robert Amico, Christian Reeve, Jeff Blagg

Synopsis: Idealistic attorney Eddie Winkle only wants to do what’s right. So much so that he convinces himself that his scumbag clients are actually innocent. But even Eddie can’t deceive himself about his newest client, Lou Tanner, an aging lowlife facing murder one for beating a crossing guard to death. When the truth finally catches up to him, Eddie must find a way to do what’s right – even if it means doing a lot of wrong along the way.

Festivals & Awards: Nominated for the 2006 Student Academy Award for Best Narrative Film, Savannah Film Festival USA 2006 (Runner-Up Student Competition), Tiburon Film Festival USA 2007, Washington, D.C. Independent Film Festival USA 2007, Buffalo Niagara Film Festival USA 2007, Vail Film Festival USA 2007, Longbaugh Film Festival USA 2007, Delray Beach Film Festival USA 2007, California Independent Film Festival 2007, Swansea Bay Film Festival UK 2007, Palm Beach International Film Festival USA 2007, Malibu International Film Festival USA 2007, Rainier Independent Film Festival USA 2007, NYC PictureStart USA 2007, Winnipeg International Film Festival Canada 2007, Montclair International Film Festival USA 2007, Dragon*Con Film Festival USA 2006, BendFilm Festival USA 2006

Weblink: www.whatsjust.com

For The Love Of God

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Bavarian Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 11’11“
Category: Animation

Director: Joe Tucker
Screenplay: Joe Tucker, Raphael Warner
Cinematographer: Liam Landoli
Editor: Miikka Leskinen
Music: Miguel D’Oliveira
Producer: Raphael Warner

Synopsis: Graham lives with his overbearing Mother and their pet Jackdaw in a Christian bookshop, trapped in the seedy outskirts of a decaying nowhere town. He and his Mother both love God… but in very different ways. Will Graham consummate his unholy fantasy and can it live up to his expectations?

Festivals & Awards: Santa Barbara International Film Festival USA 2008 (Best Animation), Chicago International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Animation), Rhode Island International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Animation), Festival de Cannes France 2007, Sundance Film Festival USA 2008, Cinequest Film Festival USA 2008, Florida Film Festival USA 2008, Indianapolis International Film Festival USA 2008, International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Germany 2008, Telluride Film Festival USA 2007, London International Animation Film Festival UK 2007, Ottawa International Animation Festival Canada 2007, Austin Film Festival USA 2007, Cinanima – Espinho International Animation Film Festival Porutgal 2007, Bristol International Short Film Festival UK 2007, St. Louis Film Festival USA 2007

Weblink: www.colonelblimp.com/directors/joetucker/

Tanghi Argentini

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

Director: Guido Thys
Screenplay: Geert Verbanck
Cinematographer: Frank van den Eeden
Editor: Alain Desauvage
Music: Allan Muller
Producer: Anja Daelemans, Dries Phlypo
Cast: Dirk van Dijck, Koen van Impe, Hilde Norga, Mathias Sercu, Wannes Cappelle

Synopsis: Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy. Instead of the classical cliche Christmas gifts, he wants to give his colleagues something real and precious. Tanghi Arghentini is a modern fairy tale.

Festivals & Awards: Academy Awards in Los Angeles USA 2008 (Oscar Nominee for category Live Action Short), Boulder International Film Festival USA 2008 (Best Short Film), Byron Bay Film Festival Australia 2008 (Best Cinematography Award, Best Short Film), European Short Film Festival FEC Cambrils-Reus France 2008 (First Award of the European Competition), Florida Film Festival USA 2008 (Audience Award for Best International Short), European Festival of Shorts of Bordeaux France 2008 (Jury Award), International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2007 (Audience Award, Mediatheques Award, Best Comedy „Fernand Raynaud“ Award), Aspen Shortsfest USA 2007 (Audience Award, The Ellen Award Certificate of Distinctive Achievement, BAFTA LA Award for Excellence, Special Jury Recognition), Brussels Short Film Festival Belgium 2007 (Best Actor Award: Dirk van Dijck, Best Cinematography Award), International Short Film Festival „Almeria en Corto“ Spain 2007 (Audience Award), La Cittadella del Corto Rome Italy 2007, (Award for Best Film of the Festival), Tabor Film Festival Croatia 2007 (Audience Award), Rhode Island International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Short Film), Seattle’s 1 Reel Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Narrative Short Film), LA Shorts Fest USA 2007 (Best Foreign Film Award), Moondance International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Foreign Short Film Award), Milwaukee International Film Festival Canada 2007 (Audience Award for Best in Show Short Film), Middle East International Film Festival United Arab Emirates 2007 (Audience Award for Best Short Film), International Film Festival Cine-Jeune de l’Aisne France 2007 (Best Short Film), New York City Short Film Festival USA 2007 (Best Comedy Award), Festival Cinema Tout Ecran Geneva Switzerland 2007 (Audience Award for Best Short Film), International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin Germany 2007 (Best Fiction Award), St. Louis International Film Festival USA 2007 (Best International Short), „Cinessonne“ European Film Festival France 2007 (Audience Award), Festinval de Cine de Alcala de Henares Madrid Spain 2007 (Audience Award), Prague Short Film Festival Czech Republic 2007 (Special Honourable Jury Mention), International Filmets Festival Badalona Barcelona 2007 (Best Actor Award: Dirl von Dijck), Festival Tous Courts d’Aix en Provence France 2007 (Special Jury Mention), Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Belgium 2006 (Best Belgian Short), Atlanta Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Australia 2008, Portland International Film Festival USA 2008, Minimalen Short Film Festival Norway 2008, Cleveland International Film Festival USA 2008, Regard sur le court metrage au Saguenay Quebec Canada 2008, International Film Festival USA 2008, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee International Film Festival USA 2008, RiverRun International Film Festival USA 2008, International Film Festival Berlin 2007, Bermuda International Film Festival 2007, NexT International Short and Medium Length Film Festival Romania 2007, Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival Spain 2007, Nashville Film Festival USA 2007, Shadowline SalernoFilmFest Italy 2007, International Film Festival Cannes France 2007, Newport International Film Festival USA 2007, Jackson Hole Film Festival USA 2007, Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto Canada 2007, Mise-en-Scene’s Genres Film Festival Korea 2007, Brindisi International Film Festival Italy 2007, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival-PiFan Korea 2007, Melbourne International Film Festival Australia 2007, Espoo Cine International Film Festival Spain 2007, Montreal World Film Festival Canada 2007, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Brazil 2007, Palm Springs Intl ShortFest USA 2007, Toofy Film Fest Boulder USA 2007, Fantastisk Film Festival Lund Sweden 2007, Mecal International Short Film Festival Spain 2007, Athens International Film Festival Greece 2007, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival UK 2007, Nederlands Film Festival The Netherlands 2007, Filmfest Hamburg Germany 2007, Mill Valley Film Festival USA 2007, Curtocircuito 07 Spain 2007, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival UK 2007, Aarhus Film Festival Denmark 2007, Festival du cinema international en Abitibi-Temiscamingue Canada 2007, Festival of European Films on Wheels Turkey 2007, Brest European Short Film Festival France 2007, Festival du court Metrage Media 10-10 Belgium 2007, Short Film Festival of Lyon France 2007, San Luis International Film Festival Argentina 2007, Evora International Short Film Festival – FIKE Portugal 2007, Short Film Festival Sequence Toulouse France 2007, Festival du Film de Vendome France 2007, International Short Film Festival Leuven Belgium 2007

Weblink: www.anotherdimension.be/detail.php?id=tanghi&p=syn

Sibling’s Love (Geschwisterliebe)

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Screening: Saturday, June 14, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

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

Director: Jan-Marcel Kuehn, Matthias Scharfi
Screenplay: Jan-Marcel Kuehn, Matthias Scharfi
Animation: Jan-Marcel Kuehn, Matthias Scharfi
Music: Matthias Scharfi
Producer: Benjamin Munz

Synopsis: 11-years-old Lorenz lives next to his annoying younger sister Sophie. Some day, when Sophie disturbs his peace again, Lorenz discovers accidentally that he is up to manipulate time. He enjoys that circumstance and starts fooling around with his sister.

Festivals & Awards: Short Tiger Berlin 2007, Next Generation Cannes Film Festival France 2008, Animated Film Festival South Korea 2008, Plein la Bobine Sancy Film Festival for Young People France 2008, International Cartoon & Animation Festival Seoul South Korea 2006

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/siblings-love

Even Pigeons Go To Heaven (Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis)

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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: France
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 8’30“
Category: Animation

Director: Samuel Tourneux
Screenplay: Karine Binaux, Olivier Gilbert, Samuel Tourneux
Animation: Alexis Bonnet , Lucie Hlawka , Catherine Lee, Frederic Mace, Emmanuel Margoux, Mathias Ninot, Yoane Pavade, Michel Samreth, Lise Vautrin
Editor: Aurelie Speranza
Music: Regis Santaniello
Producer: Simon Vanesse

Synopsis: A priest and a mysterious motorcyclist engage in a fierce chase to save the endangered soul of Monsieur Moulin. The priest’s heroic behavior turns out to be not so selfless. Using a long list of unforgivable sins, the priest convinces Monsieur Moulin to reserve his spot in heaven to ensure his post-mortem comfort. The ticket: investing in a strange machine…

Festivals & Awards: Acadamy Award in Los Angeles 2008 (Oscar Nominee), Short Film Festival of Velizy France 2008 (First Jury Award), International Animated Film Festival Annecy France 2007 (Junior Prize for Best Short Film), Siena International Short Film Festival Italy 2007 (Audience Award), Courtmetrange – Rennes France 2007 (Prize for Animation, Grand Prix, Prix Ecole et Cinema), San Sebastian Horror Film Festival Spain 2007 (Audience Award), Festival du film de Saint Paul Trois Chateaux France 2007 (Special Prize for Animation), Ars Electronica Festival Linz Germany 2007 (Honorary Mention), Short Cuts Cologne Germany 2007 (2nd Jury Award), The International Festival of Short Films of Evreux Franve 2007 (Special Prize), Vail Film Festival USA 2008, Cleveland Film Festival USA 2008, Paris tout court France 2008, Granada Festival Spain 2008, „AnimaBasauri“ International Aniamated Film Festival Spain 2008, International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Germany 2008, International Film Festival Bratislava Slovakia 2008, lutin du court metrage France 2008, International Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2007, Anima Film Festival Bruxelles Belgium 2007, Festival international du court metrage de Lille France 2007, Imagina Monaco France 2007, Festival europeen de court metrage de Bordeaux France 2007, Cote court Pantin France 2007, Festival du film francais Richmond USA 2007, Festival „City of Lights, City of Angels“ Los Angeles USA 2007, 16eme festival sequence court metrage Toulouse France 2007, Short Film Festival Altkirtch France 2007, Bruxelles „Oh ce court“ Belgium 2007, Prix Gras Savoye France 2007, Festival de Six Fours France 2007, „Arcipelago“ International Festival of Short Film and New Images Italy 2007, court18 Festival de Court-metrages France 2007, Anima Mundi International Animation Festival of Brasil 2007, Fantasia International Film Festival Canada 2007, Prades Film Festival France 2007, BAM New York USA 2007, Lama Film Festival France 2007, Edinburgh International Film Festival UK 2007, Ismaila International Film Festival Egypt 2007, „Silhouette“ Paris France 2007, „Cartoon d’or“ Bruxelle Belgium 2007, Jaja Festival Spain 2007, International Drama Film Festival Greece 2007, Krok International Animated Film Festival Ukraine 2007, „Festival Courts-Bouillon“ Rousset France 2007, festival d’humour de Meudon France 2007, „Animatu“ International Digital Animation Festival Portugal 2007, Festival de Wissembourg France 2007, Festival of European Films on Wheels Ankara Turkey 2007, Braunschweig Film Festival Germany 2007

Weblink: www.samueltourneux.com