A Trip (Un Viaje)

Bavarian Premiere

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

atrip

Country of Origin:Mexico
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction

Director: Gabriela Monroy
Screenplay: Gabriela Monroy
Cinematographer: Emiliano Villanueva
Editor: Roberto Bolado, Gabriela Monroy
Music: Daniel Hidalgo
Producer: Mariana Chenillo
Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mauricio Bueno

Synopsis: One trip taken by a father and his autistic son in the subway of Mexico City.

Festivals & Awards: International Film Festival Guadalajara (Honorific Mention), Huesca Film Festival (Casa de América Award / Best Novel Director), Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Expresión en corto Film Festival 2004 (Journalist Award / Jury Mention), Internatinal Shortfilm Festival of Sao Paulo (Audience Award), International School Film Festival of Buenos Aires 2004 (Best Film), Shortfilm Festival La Boca de Lobo (Best international shortfilm), International Student Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (Audience Award), Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival (Best Visual Interpretation), International School Shortfilm Festival of Uruguay (Best Film), International Student Short Film Festival Beirut ISAV (Best Image / Best Actor), KODAK Emerging Filmmaker Showcase 2004 (Best Photography), Ariel Best Shortfilm Mexican Academy of Cinematography, Cine Las Americas Film Festival Austin (Best fiction), International Student Filmfestival Sehsuchte (Best Film), Cuadro Shortfilm Festival 2006 (Best Film)

Partners

The festival is presented by the

Münchner Filmwerkstatt Munich Filmwerkstatt is an association of young directors, producers and other members of the filmmaking community, supporting each other’s films and careers. Some of the members‘ films, in addition to those outside the organization, are produced and/or distributed by Munich Filmwerkstatt.
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in cooperation with Munich’s largest movie theatre

Mathaeser

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and with the support of

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Toytown Munich - Munich's English-language community website

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Mediencampus Bayern

Media Campus Bavaria

Italienisches Kulturinstitut

Italian Cultural Institute

Earlybird

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and

Michael Dorka

Michael Dorka

The festival is operated under the patronage of

Union Internationale du Cinéma

UNICA

which bestows the most innovative film with an award endowed by

Sponsored by Kodak

Kodak

with film material for the filmmaker’s next project.

Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)

German Premiere

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

minotauromaquia

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Juan Pablo Etcheverry
Animation: Juan Pablo Etcheverry, SAM, Pablo Pellicer
Music: Xurxo Varela, Pablo Perez
Producer: Xose Zapata, Ignacio Benedeti

Synopsis: Inspired in Pablo Picasso’s work and the Myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, a journey to the ins and outs of artistic creation.

Festivals & Awards: Goya Animated Shorts Award 2005 (Nomination), 19. Anchorage International Film Festival (Golden Oossik in Animation), Washington DC Independent Film Festival, Sonar International Short Film Festival 2005

Weblink: www.minotauromaquia.com

Susie

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 18:00 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:30 (SWEET)

susie

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 4’2″
Category: Animation

Director: Cathy Snelling
Screenplay: Cathy Snelling
Cinematographer: Christine Vestergaard
Editor: Stuart Bruce
Music: Gustavo Arteaga
Producer: Robin Lyons
Cast: Rhian Blythe

Synopsis: A woman’s masturbatory fantasy becomes a bizarre folk tale of a voracious vagina that cannot be silenced. ‚Susie‘ is a frank celebration of female sexuality written and directed by Cathy Snelling.

Festivals & Awards: Brief Encounter Film Festival Bristol 2005 (Jameson Award)

Films by Title

9
The Age Of Men (A Idade Do Homem)
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (Scen Nr 6882 Ur Mitt Liv)
Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)
Between Us (Mellem Os)
Brave Girl (La Valiente)
Butterflies
Chaos Theory
Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)
Echo (Eko)
The Fence (El Cerco)
Frog
Hankerchifs For Sale (Nenäliinoja myytävänä)
Hope’s Choice
Killing The Afternoon
Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)
The Last Farm In The Valley (Síðasti Bærinn Í Dalnum)
Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)
Little Terrorist
Love Thy Neighbor
Marco Solo
Meander
Mebana
Mekong Interior
Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)
Miracle
Miracle Mile
Paycheck (Prva Plata)
Pilala
Protection (Prostasia)
Rendezvous (Randevú)
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
Sign Of The Times
Susie
A Trip (Un Viaje)
Wake
Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)
The Bus – The Yellow Bus (A Busz – A Sárgabusz)

Veröffentlicht unter 2006

Love Thy Neighbor

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 18:00 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:30 (SWEET)

lovethyneighbor

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 25’47“
Category: Fiction

Director: Stacey Kattman
Screenplay: Stacey Kattman
Cinematographer: Jeff Dolen
Editor: Ryan Fenton-Strauss
Music: Mike Patti
Producer: Hillary Cook
Cast: Sunny Doench, Erick Holloway, Graham Sibley, Charlene Modeste

Synopsis: Shelley, a hopeless romantic, is devastated when her next-door neighbor, Byron, dumps her and then flaunts his new relationship in her face. Shelley retreats into her work but when Kevin, the boy in the next cubicle, shows interest in her, she must decide whether to risk her only sanctuary.

Festivals & Awards: DGA Student Film Award 2004, Los Angeles Int’l Short Film Festival 2004, Hollywood Int’l Student Festival 2005 (Best Comedy), Kodak Showcase in Cannes Film Market 2005, Houston Worldfest 2005 (Best Romantic Comedy), Sedona Film Festival 2005, Asheville Film Festival 2005, Newport Beach Film Festival 2005, San Diego Girl Film Festival 2005, DC Independent Film Festival 2006, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2006, Method Fest 2006

Weblink: www.staceyfilms.com

Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)

German Premiere

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

lettersfromtheczecho

Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Screenplay: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Cinematographer: Martin Procházka, Stanislav Slušný, Zdeněk Pospišil, Jan Malíř
Production Designer: Pavel Koutský, Michaela Pavlátová, Jiři Barta
Music: Petr Skoumal, Michael Vích, Zdeněk Zdeněk
Producer: Dagmar Juráková

Synopsis: This animated film has been inspired by three letters of Japanese children from the Czech Republic.

Festivals & Awards: Anifest 2005 (Jameson Award)

Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)

German Premiere

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

beforelifeafterdeath

Country of Origin: Bulgaria
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Dragomir Sholev
Screenplay: Dragomir Sholev
Cinematographer: Krum Rodriguez
Music: Ani Manazian
Art Direction: Iva Petrova, George Iakimov
Producer: Lachezar Velinov
Cast: Valentin Ganev, Dani Rashev, Ilia Bekirov, Teodor Borisov-Teo, Svezjen Mladenov, Dimitur Sardzjev

Synopsis: End of war. An army officer is executing the last prisoners-of-war in front of his own troop. Their only chance for survival is playing Beethoven’s symphony on the violin. To him this mortal ritual costs more than the lives of his soldiers, and his own.

Festivals & Awards: Lozd 2005 (Golden Tadpode), Next Reel Film Fest New York 2005 (Best Cinematography), Sofia Film Fest 2005, Sarajevo Film Fest 2005 (Jameson Award)

Hankerchifs For Sale (Nenäliinoja myytävänä)

German Premiere

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

hankerchifsforsale

Country of Origin: Finland
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 17′
Category: Animation

Director: Jan Andersson
Screenplay: Jan Andersson
Cinematographer: Anna Cadia
Editor: Jan Andersson
Sound: Pirkko Tiitinen
Music: Cleaning Women
Producer: Tomi Riionheimo

Synopsis: Paavo is forced to sell handkerchiefs on the street to get money for his bitter and tired father. At home Paavo escapes his harsh reality by drawing pictures of happier times and thoughts. One day three old ladies with runny noses give Paavo crayons instead of money for his handkerchiefs…..and Dad gets mad. Jan Anderssons urban fairy-tale is a combination of puppet-, drawn-, and 3D-animation

Festivals & Awards: Tampere Film Festival 2004 (Jameson Award), Binini Riga 2004, Anifest Trebon 2004, Tough Eye Days Turku 2004, Indielisboa 2004, Espoo Cine 2004, Nordisk Panorama Reykjavik 2004, Hiroshima 2004, Bangkok 2004, Seoul 2004

Weblink: www.indiefilms.fi