Pierrick

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 24, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

pierrick

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction
Language: French with English subtitles

Director: Clément Abbey, Arthur Lecouturier
Screenplay: Clément Abbey, Arthur Lecouturier
Cinematographer: Clémence Warnier
Editor: Cyril Delannoy
Music: Adrien Navez
Producer: Véronique Duys
Cast: Cédric Eeckhout, Vincent Grass

Synopsis: Pierrick and his father, farmers, come to collect the plow that a few days ago accidentally killed their brother and son.
Inhalt: Pierrick und sein Vater, Bauern, holen den Pflug, der einige Tage zuvor versehentlich ihren Bruder und Sohn umgebracht hat.

Festivals: Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain, 2013), Cork Film Festival (Ireland, 2013), kurzundschön (Germany, 2013), Le court en dit long (France, 2013)
Awards: Best Short Film at kurzundschön

Wolf’s Milk

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 21, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

wolfs-milk

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Language: Dutch with English subtitles

Director: Hans Vercauter
Screenplay: Hans Vercauter
Cinematographer: Brecht Goyvaerts
Editor: Koen Timmerman
Music: Raf Keunen
Producer: Eva Van Riet
Cast: Wouter Hendrickx, Ben Segers, Marijke Pinoy, Wine Dierickx, Oliver Pintens, Johan van Assche

Synopsis: After being imprisoned for several years, Marcus is determined to settle a score with his brother Simon. „Wolf’s Milk“ is a story about brotherly love, a family’s struggling decomposition, and a white lie with dire consequences.
Inhalt:
Nachdem er einige Jahr im Gefängnis saß, ist Marcus fest entschlossen, mit seinem Bruder Simon ein Hühnchen zu rupfen. „Wolf’s Milk“ ist eine Geschichte über Bruderliebe, den quälenden Verfall einer Familie und eine Notlüge mit fatalen Folgen.

Festivals: The Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Quebec City Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Raindance Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2013), shnit international shortfilmfestival (Switzerland, 2013), Leeds International Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2013), Leuven International Film Festival (Belgium, 2013), Miami Short Film Festival (USA, 2013), ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (France, 2014), Vlaamse Film Festival (Netherlands, 2014), Shanghai International Film Festival (China, 2014)
Awards: Jury Award at the Montreal World Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.vimeo.com
www.facebook.com

Films by English title

45 Degrees
97%
A Brief Moment of Joy (Ein kleiner Augenblick des Glücks)
A Tropical Sunday
A Visit (Odwiedziny)
Abalone
Afterwards (Je te le Rappelle, Tu t’en Souviens)
Coda
Coffee with Jam (Kava sa džemom)
Damage (נזק)
Dino
E
Father
Fix
Gypsy (Cigano)
Heir to the Evangelical Revival
In Guns We Trust
Ismael
Karaoke
Kotobuki/To Us (寿)
La femme de Rio
Love. Love. Love.
Miss Todd
Mobile Homes
Money Back, Please
My Guide (Újratervezés)
Pierrick
Portrait of a Fair
Reality 2.0
Recycled
Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn im Galopp)
Safe (세이프)
Serori
Short Film
Silvio – Here I Am
Sunday 3 (Sonntag 3)
Tala
The Noble Stud (Adelshingst)
The Society (Elkartea)
Twitcher
Wolf’s Milk (Wolfsmelk)

Veröffentlicht unter 2014

45 Degrees

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 21:00 and Monday, June 23, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SALTY

45degrees

Country of Origin: Greece
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Language: Greek with English subtitles

Director: Georgis Grigorakis
Screenplay: Georgis Grigorakis
Cinematographer: Claudio Bolivar
Editor: Thodoris Armaos
Producer: Georgis Grigorakis
Cast: Stelios Ksanthoudakis, Yiannis Tsortekis, Eleutheria Komi

Synopsis: Athens, August 2012. 45 degrees. The fridge is empty. The situation is very tense. A father changes under the burden of the economic crisis. It’s getting dark and it’s still boiling hot. A capital on the verge of exploding.
Inhalt: Athen, August 2012. 45 Grad. Der Kühlschrank ist leer, die Situation angespannt. Ein Vater verändert sich unter der Last der Wirtschaftskrise. Es wird dunkel und es ist immer noch kochend heiß. Eine Hauptstadt, die kurz davor ist zu explodieren.

Festivals: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France, 2013), Festival de Tetouan (Marocco), Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium), Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine), Human Rights Film Festival of Donostia (Spain), The Norwegian International Short Film Festival (Norway), International Short Film Festival Cinefiesta (Puerto Rico), Greek Film Festival (USA), Maryland Film Festival (USA), Costa Rica International Film Festival (Costa Rica), MedFilm Festival (Italy), Linea D’ombre Fest (Italy), Psarokokalo Film Festival (Greece), International Sequence Short-Film Festival (France), Telluride Film Festival (USA), Odense International Film Festival (Denmark), Ljubljana International Film Festival (Slovenia), Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival (Italy), Universo Corto Elba Film Festival (Italy), Festival Ciné-Rencontre (France), Brest European Short Film Festival (France), Festival International du Film Independant de Bordeaux (France), shnit international shortfilmfestival (Switzerland), Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (Japan), Jameson CineFest International Film Festival (Hungary), International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (Turkey), Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada), International Short Film Festival Winterthur (Germany), Other movie‘-Festival (Switzerland), St. Louis International Film Festival (USA), International Festival Signes de Nuit (France, 2013), Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany), Alcine – Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid Film (Spain), Festival du Film Court de Villeurbnne (France), Festical Tous Courts (France), Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium), XXI Short Film Festival (Indonesia), FEC – European Short Film Festival (Spain), Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Awards: Special Mention at Festival de Tetouan

Weblinks:
www.georgisgrigorakis.com

Damage

World Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 24, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

damage

Country of Origin: Israel
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Director: Maya Meiri
Screenplay: Maya Meiri
Cinematographer: Roee Keren
Editor: Or li-tal
Producer: Mati Hanya, Lidor Leibovich
Cast: Salwa Nakra, Istabrak, Ayelet Robinson, Neta Orbach

Synopsis: Hanin and her mother Suad work together in a butchery. There are many things they leave aside, things they do not dare to talk about.
Inhalt: Hanin und ihre Mutter Suad arbeiten gemeinsam in einer Metzgerei. Es gibt viele Dinge, die sie beiseite lassen. Dinge, über die sie nicht zu sprechen wagen.

Weblinks:
www.facebook.com

Films by director

Abbéy, Clement: Pierrick
Bobrik, Matej: A Visit (Odwiedziny)
Bogdanov, Ivan: Father
Bonneville, David: Gypsy (Cigano)
Brand, Ben: 97%
Camacho, Kote: The Society (Elkartea)
Chevigny, Pier-Philippe: Tala
Cho, John W. J.: Fix
Coletti, Mattia: Silvio – Here I Am
Collantes, Pedro: Serori
de Fontenay, Vladimir: Mobile Homes
Grigorakis, Georgis: 45 Degrees
Gull, Jane: Twitcher
Gunawan, Edward: Dino
Hafnor, Even: Money Back, Please
Hartin, Linus: The Noble Stud (Adelshingst)
Held, Olaf: Short Film
Helm, Thomas Moritz: A Brief Moment of Joy (Ein kleiner Augenblick des Glücks)
Hofmann, Sebastián: Ismael
Holly, Alan: Coda
Hudecek, Ondrej: Karaoke
Khan, Mustaqeem: Portrait of a Fair
Kuhn, Jochen: Sunday 3 (Sonntag 3)
Lecouturier, Arthur: Pierrick
Lei, Lei: Recycled
Lévesque, Nicolas: In Guns We Trust
Luchini, Emma: La femme de Rio
Mayerhofer, Moritz: Father
Meiri, Maya: Damage (נזק)
Migotto, Carlo: Silvio – Here I Am
Moon, Byoung-gon: Safe (세이프)
Morris, Wendy: Heir to the Evangelical Revival
Osouf, Valérie: Afterwards (Je te le Rappelle, Tu t’en Souviens)
Peruzovic, Filip: Coffee with Jam (Kava sa džemom)
Petrov, Asparuh: Father
Popovic, Veljko: Father
Priftis, Sofia: The Noble Stud (Adelshingst)
Raleva, Rosita: Father
Ramirez, Victor Orozco: Reality 2.0
Ramos, Miguel Antunes: E
Ribezzo, Fabián: A Tropical Sunday
Rigney, Tracey: Abalone
Schmitt, Erik: Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn im Galopp)
Sundaram, Sandhya Daisy: Love. Love. Love.
Tanaka, Kimie: Kotobuki/To Us (寿)
Tóth, Barnabás: My Guide (Újratervezés)
Ungaretti, Helena: E
Vercauter, Hans: Wolf’s Milk
Wahrhaftig, Alexandre: E
Yagodin, Dim: Father
Yee, Kristina: Miss Todd

Veröffentlicht unter 2014

Gypsy

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 20, 21:00 and Monday, June 23, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SALTY

gypsy

Country of Origin: Portugal
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

Director: David Bonneville
Screenplay: David Bonneville, Diego Rocha
Cinematographer: Vasco Viana
Editor: Mariana Gaivão, David Bonneville
Music: Buraka Som Sistema
Producer: Fernando Vendrell
Cast: Jaime Freitas, Tiago Aldeia, Manuel Camoesas

Synopsis: Sebastian is a wealthy young man. He finds out that he has a flat tire and ends up accepting help from a Gypsy passer-by. In return Sebastian will have to give him a ride home… but they won’t reach their expected destination.
Inhalt: Sebastian ist ein wohlhabender junger Mann. Er hat eine Reifenpanne und kommt so weit, dass er sich gezwungen sieht, die Hilfe eines vorbeiziehenden Zigeuners zu akzeptieren. Als Gegenleistung schuldet Sebastian ihm eine Fahrt nach Hause… Doch werden sie nicht das erwartete Ziel erreichen.

Festivals: Festival der Nationen (Austria), Cinerama.BC International Film Festival (Brazil), Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Film-makers (Greece), Sarasota Film Festival (USA), Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico) South By Southwest Film Festival and Conference (USA), Tampere Film Festival (Finland), London Shorts Film Festival (England), Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium), Istanbul International Short Film Festival (Turkey), Hamptons International Film Festival (USA), Brest European Film Festival (France), Cork Film Festival (Ireland), Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (France), Palestinian International Young Filmmakers Festivals (Palestine), Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (Turkey), Bristol Encounters International Film Festival (India), Curtas Vila Do Conde International Film Festival (Portugal), BFI London Film Festival Think-Shoot-Distribute (UK)
Awards: Grand Jury Award nominee at South By Southwest Film Festival and Conference, Iberoamerican Short nominee at Guadalajara International Film Festival, Golden Starfish at Hamptons International Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.davidbonneville.net
www.facebook.com
www.vimeo.com
www.youtube.com
www.david-golias.com
www.imdb.com

Mobile Homes

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 21, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

mobilehomes

Country of Origin: USA, France
Year of Production: 2013
Duration: 13′
Category: Fiction
Language: English without subtitles

Director: Vladimir de Fontenay
Screenplay: Vladimir de Fontenay
Cinematographer: Pepe Vila del Pino
Editor: Vladimir de Fontenay
Music: Vicky de la Vega
Producer: Colin Whitlow, Tati Barrantes
Cast: Alison Folland, David Call, Ash Devens

Synopsis: The story of a young woman, trapped in sex trafficking, and her son who explores an unlikely way out.
Inhalt: Die Geschichte einer jungen Frau gefangen im Sexhandel und ihres Sohnes, der einen unwahrscheinlichen Ausweg findet.

Festivals: Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival (France, 2013), South by Southwest Film Festival and Conference (USA, 2013), Atlanta Film Festival (USA, 2013), Aspen Film Festival (USA, 2013), Sarasota Film Festival (USA, 2013), First Run Film Festival (USA, 2013), Maryland Film Festival (USA, 2013), Seattle Film Festival (USA, 2013), Kerala Film Festival (India, 2013), Champs-Élysées Film Festival (France, 2013), Concorto Film Festival (Italy, 2013), Indianapolis Film Festival (USA, 2013), Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico, 2013), Grenoble Film Festival (France, 2013), Rhode Island Film Festival (USA, 2013), Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (Ukraine, 2013), Athens International Film Festival (Greece, 2013), International Short Film Festival Winterthur (Switzerland, 2013), Chacun Son Court – Strasbourg Short Film Festival (France, 2013), Los Angeles Short Film Festival (USA, 2013), Woodstock Film Festival (USA, 2013), Milano Film Festival (Italy, 2013), Milwaukee Film Festival (USA, 2013), Fenêtres Sur Courts – Dijon Short Film Festival (France, 2013), Calgary International Short Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (USA, 2013), Tallgrass Film Festival (USA, 2013), Southern Screen Film Festival (USA, 2013), Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden, 2013), San Joaquin Film Festival (USA, 2013), Hong-Kong International Film Festival (China, 2014), Maremetraggio – Trieste International Short Film Festival (Italy, 2014), Minimalen Short Film Festival (Norway, 2014), Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma de Vincennes (France, 2014)
Awards: First Wasserman King Award, King Award in Screenwriting and National Board of Review Award at First Run Film Festival, Special Jury Award at Seattle Film Festival, SIGNIS Award Honorary Mention at Guanajuato International Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.vladimirdefontenay.com
www.vimeo.com