Super 8 Role Play

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Countries of Origin: Spain
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 15:00
Category: Fiction

Director: Ángel Haro de Rosario
Screenplay: Ángel Haro de Rosario
Cinematographer: Pablo Miralles
Music: Ángel Salazar
Editor: César Herradura
Producer: Ángel Haro de Rosario

Synopsis: A young couple tries an innovative therapy to save their relationship. Armed with only two super8 cameras, they set out into the desert alone.

Festivals & Awards:
Termita Film Festival, Muestra de cine SINÚ (Argentina)
2º Prize at Certamen de Jóvenes Creadores (Madrid)
Mal del Cap (Ibiza), Award of Merit at The Indie Fest Film Awards
Feria Internacional de Cine de Manizales (FICMA)
Cortos con Ñ, Viva Cinema Latino (Waterbury, Connecticut)
Saman Festicine Video Imagen de Viterbo (Colombia)
“Honorable mention“ at Short Festival The Indie)-Gathering (Hudson, Ohio)
Hollywood Shorts Reel-14
XII Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Almería en Corto, y Cortopatía.

Weblink: super8roleplay.com

Little Guide To Mushrooms (Malý Atlas Húb)

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 19’26“
Category: Fiction

Director: Tomáš Janáček
Screenplay: Tomáš Janáček
Cinematographer: Jan Hrubý
Music: Tomáš Oramus
Editor: Mariana Kozáková
Producer: Michal Kráčmer, Ondřej Šejnoha

Synopsis: Before leaving for university, a group of friends visit their old teacher at his summer house. During the course of a night, past secrets are revealed.

Poor Sailor

International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 14’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Víctor Carrey
Screenplay: Víctor Carrey, Martí Roca (adapted from a comic book by Sammy Harkham)
Cinematographer: Bet Rourich
Music: Rauelsson
Editor: Martí Roca
Producer: Lita Roig, Sergi Casamitjana

Synopsis: „Poor Sailor“ chronicles the misadventures of a farmer who decides to leave his quiet and simple life in the mountains to embark on a great adventure at sea.

Festivals & Awards:
Concurso EL CORTO DEL AÑO: Mención especial
Estrenos CortoEspaña 2015. CortoEspaña Rute, Córdoba
XXI Trofeo Torretes de Curtmetratges. Calella, Barcelona
VI Festival Internacional de cortos PIÉLAGOS EN CORTO. Categoría Nacional Torrelavega, Santander

Weblink: www.agenciafreak.com

FISH

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: China
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 4’00“
Category: Animation

Director: Lin Zhang
Screenplay: Lin Zhang
Music: Ayo Chen
Editor: Lin Zhang
Producer: Hui Han

Synopsis: A surreal tale about the fate of a fisherwoman who catches more than just a fish.

Festivals & Awards:
Animafest 2015, Zagreb/Croatia
Anifilm 2015, Třeboň/Czech Republic
5th Chinese Visual Festival 2015, London/UK
9th River Film Festival 2015, Padova/Italy
Across Asia Film Festival 2014, Cagliari/Italy
2nd Independent Animation Biennale 2014, Shenzhen/China
1st Taiwan Magic Animation Award 2014, Taipeh/Taiwan: Best Student Animation Award
5th International Animation Festival 2014, Xian/China: Best Writing Award
9th China International Student Animation Festival 2014, Beijing/China: Best Directing Award
13th International Student Film & Video Festival 2014, Beijing/China
15th Platinum Originality National University Students Graphic Design Competition 2014, Hangzhou/China: Grand Prize, Gold Award
11th China Independent Film Festival 2014, Xiamen/China
9th China Element International Creative Award 2014, Guiyang/China: Silver Award
Kunshan China International Anamation Art Expro 2014, Kunshan/China
7th Xiamen International Animation Festival 2014, Xiamen/China
Chinese unknown animation treasures 2014, Paris/France
12th China Artists Association Exhibition 2014, Jiaxing/China
11th Beijing Independent Film Festival 2014, Beijing/China
2nd Northeastern Asia International Animation and Comic Competition 2014, Changchun/China: Silver Award

Weblink: vimeo.com/121447011

Thicker Than Water (물보다 진한)

European Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Seung Yeob Lee
Screenplay: Seung Yeob Lee
Cinematographer: J.R. Kim
Music: Louis Jang
Editor: Seung Yeob Lee, Woosuk Kim
Producer: Seung Yeob Lee

Synopsis: A mother with a vampire son tries to get him fresh blood everyday. One day, there’s no blood to be found…

Festival & Awards:
Florida Film Festival 2015
Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival 2015
Sarasota Film Festival 2015
Rochester International Film Festiva 2015: Honorable Mention
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival 2015: Special Jury Mention

The Dancing

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 16’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Edith Depaule
Screenplay: Edith Depaule
Cinematographer: Vincent Van Gelder
Editor: Damien Keyeux
Producer: François-Xavier Willems

Synopsis: Twelve beautiful women turn up to a dance. When the men fail to arrive, the women must make their own entertainment…

Festivals & Awards:
Festival ‘Le court en dit long’, Paris
Brussels Film Festival: Special Mention
Festival CourtsCourts, France: Jury Award
Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto, Colombia: Best International Short Film
Shortini International Short Film Festival, Italy
International Kansk Video Festival, Russia
Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival, China
international dancefilmfestival brussels „l’art difficile de filmer la danse“ Bruxelles
Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland
16:th Norrköping Film Festival Flimmer, Sweden
Festival BRNO16, Czech Republic: Special Mention for Performance
Festival du film francophone de Namur, Belgium
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece
Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS
IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland
Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen-Stuttgart, Germany
Magma International Short Film Festival Acireale, Italy
Festival Courts Devant Paris, France
SCENECS International Debut Film Festival Amersfoort, Netherlands
Linea d’Ombra Festival Salerno, Italy
Parentesi Cinema Bergamo, Italy
Amarcort Film Festival 7th Edition, Italy
L’ombre d’un court“ de Jouy-en-Josas
International Shortfilm Festival “Piélagos en Corto”, Spain
REGARD sur le court métrage
Skepto International Film Festival
Short Short Film Festival & Asia, Japan

Weblink: www.nextdayfilms.com

Six, Half Past Six (6, pola 7)

International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Countries of Origin: Croatia
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 14:40
Category: Fiction

Director: Dalija Dozet
Producer: Hrvoje Osvadic

Synopsis: Ana is getting ready to attend her best friend Maja’s wedding. The groom arrives to give her lift, but first they must confront their secret past.

Festival & Awards:
Pula Film Festival 2014, Croatia

Serori

German Premiere

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

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Country of Origin: Japan, Spain
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles

Director: Pedro Collantes
Screenplay: Pedro Collantes
Cinematographer: Hisayuki Sato
Editor: Pedro Collantes
Producer: Sayaka Akitsu
Cast: Akemi Nitta, Shintaro Murakami

Synopsis: There is always a first time for everything, even for celery.
Inhalt: Es gibt immer ein erstes Mal für alles, sogar für Sellerie.

Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), Hors Pistes Tokyo Film Festival (Japan), Festival de Cine de Huesca (Spain)

Weblinks:
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E

International Premiere

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

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

Directors: Alexandre Wahrhaftig, Helena Ungaretti, Miguel Antunes Ramos
Screenplay: Miguel Antunes Ramos
Cinematographer: Alexandre Wahrhaftig
Editor: Lia Kulakauskas
Producer: Juliana Donato, Gustavo Rosa de Moura
Cast: Silvio Restiffe

Synopsis: Parking. Park-ing. From the verb „to park“. From the old French „parc“: legal term for the land held by royal grant for keeping game animals.
Inhalt: Parking. Park-ing. Vom englischen Verb „to park“. Vom alten französischen Wort „parc“: der rechtmäßige Begriff für das Stück Land, in dem die königliche Liga ihr Wild hält.

Festivals: 17th Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes (Brazil), It’s all True – International Dcoumentary Film Festival (Brazil)
Awards: Best Short Film at It’s all True – International Documentary Film Festival

Weblinks:
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