When One Stops (Hänen tilanne)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

when-one-stops

Country of Origin / Land: Finland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 6′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Jenni Rahkonen
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Jenni Rahkonen
Music / Musik: Jukra
Editor / Schnitt: Jenni Rahkonen
Producer / Produktion: Eija Saarinen

Synopsis: The world won’t stop turning even when one stops turning with it.
Inhalt: Die Erde wird nicht aufhören, sich zu drehen – selbst dann nicht, wenn ein Einzelner aufhört, sich mit ihr zu drehen.

Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2013, Helsinki Short Film Festival 2012, Animasyros, Animation Volda, Animage, DOK Leipzig, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Flip Animation Film Festival, Animated Dreams, Helsinki Short Film Festival, L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Zubroffka, Premiers Plans, Akbank Short Film Festival, ALTER-NATIVE IFF, SKENA UP, Monstra Festival, Minimalen Short Film Festival, Animac, Tricky Women, Animfest Athens, Holland Animation Film Festival, Animatricks, Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Anifest, Mediawave, European Short Film Festival, Anifilm, Annecy International Animation Festival, Jerusalem International Film festival, Reykjavik Shorts & docs
Awards: Main Prize (national competition), Tampere Film Festival 2013, Scolarship to live and work under the artist-in-residence program, Tricky Women 2013, Special Award, Animation Volda 2012

Weblinks:
www.jennyrahkonen.weebly.com

Tengri

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

tengri

Country of Origin / Land: Canada
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 5′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Alisi Telengut
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Alisi Telengut
Cinematographer / Kamera: Alisi Telengut
Music / Musik: David Fiorentino, Huun Huur Tu, Carmen Rizzo
Editor / Schnitt: Alisi Telengut
Producer / Produktion: Alisi Telengut, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

Synopsis: Wind burial, influenced by Shamanism, is an old Mongolian tradition. When someone dies, the corpse is carried on a cart until a bump causes the body to fall. The place where the body lands becomes a simple tomb.
Inhalt: Vom Schamanismus beeinflusste Windbestattungen sind eine alte mongolische Tradition. Wenn Jemand stirbt, wird der Leichnam auf einem Wagen transportiert, bis eine Unebenheit des Bodens den Körper zu Fall bringt. An dieser Stelle wird ein einfaches Grab errichtet.

Festivals: 2013 Melbourne International Animation Festival, International Competition category Melbourne, Australia, 2013 Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2013 Australian International Animation Festival, International Program #3 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 2013 1st Cinema Turbulent International Film Festival at the Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, 2013 Festival Golden Anteaters, Animation Contest category Lublin, Poland, 2013 Festival l’Inconnu Paris, France, 2013 Canada International Film Festival, Animation Competition, Vancouver, Canada Award: Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, 2013 2nd International Motion Festival Cyprus, Take It to The Limit program Cyprus, Greece, 2013 Festival du Film Ethnographique du Que´bec, Experimental Bloc Montreal and Quebec city, 2013 Le11eFestivalduFilmE´tudiantdeQue´bec Quebec city, 2012 Les 11es Sommets du Cine´ma d’Animation a` Montre´al, Student International Selection Category, Montreal, Canada, 2012 19th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, International Competition Category Krakow, Poland, 2012 Animpact Animation Festival Max 2012, International Competition Category Seoul, South Korea, 2012 54th ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, International Competition Category, Bilbao, Spain, 2012 16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, It’s Not What You Think Program, Toronto, Canada, 2012 Youngcuts Film Festival 2012, Animation and Music Screening, Montreal, Canada, 2012 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canadian Student Show Case, Ottawa, Canada, 2012 19th KROK International Animated Film Festival, International Competition Category, Kiev, Ukraine, 2012 Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Canadian Student Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2012 16th Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
Awards: 2012 Best Animated Film, Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Student Festival Montreal, Canada 2012 Honorable Mention of Best Canadian Student Animation, 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2013 Meilleur Film d’Animation, 11e Festival du Film E´tudiant de Que´bec, Que´bec city, Canada 2013 Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, Canada International Film Festival 2013 Vancouver, Canada

Weblinks:
www.vimeo.com

Mouth Wide Open, Ears Shut Tight (Bepe Paur Ve’oznaim Atzumot)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 25, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

mouth-wide-open-ears-shut-tight

Country of Origin / Land: Israel
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 16′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Tom Madar, Emlly Noy
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Tom Madar
Cinematographer / Kamera: Tom Madar
Music / Musik: Dror Shiman
Producer / Produktion: Tom Madar
Main Cast / Darsteller: Dana Ivgy

Synopsis: A young woman, who lives a life of solitude and silence, finds herself drawn into a world of sounds by her new neighbor on the other side of the wall.
Inhalt: Ein Tag im Leben einer jungen Frau, die ein ruhiges, einsames Leben mit ihrem Freund, dem Fisch, verbringt. Die Stille zerbricht, als ein neuer Mieter in die Wohnung nebenan einzieht. Trotz der ständigen Geräusche und des durchdringenden Lärms auf der anderen Seite des Zimmers, beginnt die junge Frau, sich in ihren Nachbarn zu verlieben.

Festivals: Animix International Animation Festival, Israel, 2012, StopTrik International Stop Motion Festival, Slovenia, 2012, Rehovot International Women Film Festival, Israel, 2012, Alexandria International Film Festival, Virginia (USA), 2012, ReAnimania International Animation Festival, Armenia, November 2012, Euroshorts International Film Festival, Poland, 2012, Animax International Animation Festival, Macedonia, November 2012, Dawn Breakers International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2012, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, Alabama (USA), 2013, EPOS Film Festival, Israel, 2013, Tricky Women Animation Festival, Austria, 2013, Be There! Animation Festival, Greece, 2013, FilmFest Dresden International Shorts Film Festival, Germany, 2013, Sarasota International Film Festival, Florida (USA), 2013, Amelia Island International Film Festival, Florida (USA), 2013, Mujeres en Foco Women Festival, Argentina, 2013, BAFICI Independent Film Festival, Argentina, 2013, SKEPTO International Film Festival, Italy, 2013, International Film Festival of Uruguay, Uruguay, 2013, ANIMFEST International Animation Festival, Greece, March 2013, Cyprus International Motion Festival, Cyprus, 2013, TAUFF International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2013, Canada International Film Festival, Canada, 2013, KINOKI Student Film Festival, Mexico, 2013
Awards: Animix International Animation Festival, Israel, 2012, Best Student Animation, StopTrik International Stop Motion Festival, Slovenia, 2012, Special Mention, Rehovot International Women Film Festival, Israel, 2012, Special Mention, Alexandria International Film Festival, Virginia (USA), 2012, Best Short Animation, Euroshorts International Film Festival, Poland, 2012, Best Animation Short, EPOS Film Festival, Israel, 2013, 2nd Place for Best Film, Canada International Film Festival, Canada, 2013, Rising Star Award, KINOKI Student Film Festival, Mexico, 2013, Best Fiction and Best Film Editing

Weblinks:
www.mouth-wide-open.com
www.youtube.com

Fear of Flying

German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 20, 19:00 and Saturday, June 22, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET

fear-of-flying

Country of Origin / Land: Ireland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 9′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: English without subtitles

Director / Regie: Conor Finnegan
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Conor Finnegan
Cinematographer / Kamera: Ivan McCullough
Music / Musik: Echolab
Producer / Produktion: Brunella Cocchiglia
Cast / Darsteller: Mark Doherty, Aoife Duffin, Steven Courtney
Editor / Schnitt: Conor Finnegan

Synopsis: A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.
Inhalt: Ein kleiner Vogel mit Flugangst versucht, die jährliche, obligatorische Luftreise in den warmen Süden zu vermeiden.

Festivals: LA Shorts Festival, Cinanima Animated Film Festival, Portugal, Foyle Film Festival, Flickerfest, Australia, Glasgow Short Film Festival, ANIMA, 2013, Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium, Pictoplasma, Berlin, TRIBECA Film Festival
Awards: Best animation, James Horgan Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, 2012, Best animation at LA SHORTS Fest, 2012, International audience award at Glasgow Short Film Festival, 2013, Audience award 1st Place at Chicago Irish Film Festival, 2013, Audience award for Best Short Film at ANIMA Brussels Animation Film Festival, Best animated short film at Omaha Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.fearofflyingfilm.com
www.vimeo.com

But Milk Is Important

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 25, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

but-milk-is-important

Country of Origin / Land: Norway
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 10′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue
Director / Regie: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen, Anna Mantzaris
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Anna Mantzaris, Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen
Cinematographer / Kamera: Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen, Anna Mantzaris
Music / Musik: Phil Brookes
Producer / Produktion: Høgskulen i Volda, Norway

Synopsis: A Man with social phobia gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature actually is a helper with slightly unconventional methods…
Inhalt: Ein Mann mit sozialen Ängsten wird von einem kindlichen, etwas klobigen Wesen verfolgt. In Panik versucht er, vor ihm zu fliehen und übersieht dabei, dass sein Begleiter in Wirklichkeit ein Gehilfe ist –wenn auch mit eher unkonventionellen Methoden.

Festivals: Animation Volda, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Libelula Animation Festival, Minimalen, Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, Athens Animfest, International Motion Festival Cyprus, Frame by Frame
Awards: Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Winner Best Nordic-Baltic Student Film, Athens Animfest, Winner (2 awards): Best Student Film + Post-Graduate Student Jury Best Student Film, Frame by Frame, Winner Audience Award

Weblinks:
www.butmilkisimportant.blogspot.de

Rabbit and Deer (Nyuszi és Oz)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 20, 19:00 and Saturday, June 22, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET

rabbit-and-deer

Country of Origin / Land: Hungary
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 16′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Péter Vácz
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Péter Vácz
Cinematographer / Kamera: Gábor Garai
Music / Musik: Máté Hámori
Producer / Produktion: József Fülöp
Cast / Darsteller: Voice Artists: Dániel Czupi, Adrienn Mórocz Animation: Attila Bertóti Set design: Kata Müller, Kati Egely, Móni Kovács
Editor / Schnitt: Judit Czakó

Synopsis: The friendship of Rabbit and Deer is put to the test by Deer’s new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension…
Inhalt: Die Freundschaft eines Kaninchens und eines Hirsches wird auf eine harte Probe gestelt, als der Hirsch von der Idee gepackt wird, die Formel für die dritte Dimension zu finden…

Festivals: Annecy, 2013, Anifest, 2013, Golden Kuker, 2013, Mediawave, 2013, GoEast Film Festival, 2013
Awards: Best Animated Film, Hungarian Film Critics Award, 2013, Special Jury Mention, EME Awards, India, 2013 Audience Award, GoEast Film Festival, 2013

Weblinks:
www.rabbitanddeer.com
www.vimeo.com
www.facebook.com/RabbitAndDeer
www.vimeo.com/peterpancake
www.petervacz.com

The Dance of the Little Spider (La danza del piccolo ragno)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

the-dance-of-the-little-spider

Country of Origin / Land: Italy
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 5′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Giacinto Compagnone, Aurora Febo, Lucia Rotelli, Emma Vasile
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Lucia Rotelli
Music / Musik: Officina Zoè
Producer / Produktion: Tutors: Flavia Confaloni, Chiara Magri CSC Animation director: Seregio Toffetti

Synopsis: The Dance of the Taranta is part of an ancient ritual of southern Italy, particularly Apulia. The belief is that only that ritual of music and dance will heal the victims of the Taranta spider’s bite.
Inhalt: Die Taranta ist Teil eines sehr alten Rituals in Süditalien, besonders in Apulien. Es herrscht der Glaube, dass die Opfer eines Tarantelbisses allein durch diese Zeremonie aus Musik und Tanz geheilt werden können.

Festivals: Cartoon Club Rimini 2012, Int. Animation Festival Vilnius, Lituania 2012, Int. Animation Festival Animateka Lubliana 2012, Festival international du court-métrage Clermont-Ferrand 2013, CortoinBra 2012, Future Film Festival 2013, Festival international du court-métrage Brest 2012, Arcipelago Festival Internazionale Roma 2012, Molise Cinema 2012, Giffoni Film Festival 2012, Sottodiciotto film festival Torino 2012
Awards:Cartoon Club Rimini 2012: award Signor Rossi

House

Screenings: Wednesday, June 26, 19:00, (Monopol-Kino)
BEST OF GERMANY

house

Country of Origin / Land: Germany
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 4′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: English without subtitles

Director / Regie: Ahmad Saleh
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Ahmad Saleh, Saleh Saleh
Cinematographer / Kamera: Saed Saleh
Editor / Schnitt: Ahmad Saleh
Producer / Produktion: Ahmad Saleh
Models / Modelle: Ahmad Saleh, Saed Saleh, Saleh Saleh
Voices / Stimme: Ulrich Fuchs

Synopsis: For generations a family lived in a spacious, beautiful and generous house. The generosity of the house had become part of their life. Guests were always welcome to enjoy a pleasant stay. Until one guest arrived with a different plan in mind.
Inhalt: Über Generationen bewohnte eine Familie ein geräumiges, wunderschönes, gastfreundliches Haus. Die Gastfreundschaft des Hauses war Teil ihres Lebens geworden. Gäste waren immer zu einem angenehmen Aufenthalt eingeladen. Bis ein Gast eintraf, der etwas anderes im Sinn hatte.

Ursus

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Latvia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Reinis Petersons
Screenplay: Reinis Petersons
Music: Jekabs Nimanis
Editor: Davis Simanis
Producer: Sabine Andersone
Animator: Martins Dumins

Synopsis: A story about an anthropomorphic bear who works as an acrobat-motorcyclist in a circus during the day but yearns for wildlife and forest where his true happiness seems to dwell at night. One day, the bear decides to leave everything and takes off to the forest to pursue his happiness.
Inhalt: Die Geschichte eines anthropomorphen Bären, der tagsüber als Motorrad-Akrobat in einem Zirkus arbeitet. Nachts jedoch sehnt er sich nach dem Wald und der Wildnis, wo er seine Erfüllung findet. Eines Tages beschließt der Bär, alles hinter sich zu lassen und macht sich auf die Suche nach seinem Glück.

Festivals: 34th International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, France; Aspen Shortfest 2012, USA; 9th International Independent Film Festival IndieLisboa, Portugal; International Short Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Awards: National Film Contest „Lielais Kristaps“, Latvia as Debut Film 2012

Weblinks:
www.atomart.lv/ursus
www.reinispetersons.com

Chicken Chasseur (Duo de volailles, Sauce chasseur)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 21, (film.coop) 19:00 and Saturday, June 23, 21:00 (City Kinos)
SWEET

Country of Origin: Belgium
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 6′
Category: Animation

Director: Pascale Hecquet
Screenplay: Pascale Hecquet
Cinematographer: Pascale Hecquet
Music: Pierre Gillet
Producer: Thierry Zamparutti
Cast: Jean-Gobert de Coster
Mix: Nils Fauth

Synopsis: Life hangs by a thread. Sometimes, it is none other than an old floor lamp switch. The question (of life or death) should be: Must the light stay on or off? This exploration between hunter and prey, will be revealed with music.
Inhalt: Das Leben hängt am seidenen Faden, manchmal kann es jedoch auch der Schalter einer alten Stehlampe sein. Die Frage (nach Leben oder Tod) lautet: Licht an oder aus?. Eine musikalische Erforschung der Beziehung zwischen Jäger und Gejagten.

Festivals: Anima Brussels 2012, Belgium; BeFilms Festival Brussels 2011, Belgium, International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand 2012, France; 24th Festival of Belgian Cinema Moustier 2012, Belgium; Festimages.be Charleroi 2012, Belgium; Indielisboa 2012, Portugal; 21st Festival Côté court en Seine-Saint-Denis / Pantin 2012, France; Détours en Ciné-Court, séance Bout’choux, Saint-Genies Bellevue 2012, France; Seoul Internatinal Youth Film Festival 2012, South Korea; Festival Séquence court-métrage de Toulouse 2012, France
Awards: Best Animation Award at Anima Brussels 2012, Belgium

Weblinks:
www.grifagraf.com
www.grifagraf.com//grifagraf_animateur
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