The Bear Family Secret (O Segredo Da Família Urso)

European Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 19:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 21:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Brazil
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 20’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Screenplay: Will Martins, Cíntia Domit Bittar
Cinematographer: Marx Vamerlatti
Music: Mateus Mira
Editor: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Producer: Ana Paula Mendes, Carol Gesser, Cíntia Domit Bittar, Will Martins

Synopsis: During the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, an eight year-old girl suddenly finds her playroom locked. When her parents aren’t looking, she steals the key off the hook…

Festivals & Awards:
10º Fantaspoa Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico de Porto Alegre, Brazil 2014: Best Short Film (Jury Award)
21º Festival Latinoamericano de Vídeo e Artes Audiovisuales, Argentina 2014: Best Actor
8º Buried Alive – Atlanta Independent Horror Film Festival, USA 2014: Best Short Film
Morbido Film Fest, México 2014
Zinema Zombie, Colombia 2014
19º CINE-PE Festival Audiovisual, Brazil 2015: Best Director, Actress, Art Direction and Sound Editing
Rio de Janeiro Intl Short Film Festival, Brazil 2014
Janela Internacional de Recife, Brazil 2104

Weblink: novelofilmes.com.br/osegredodafamiliaurso

Till Day’s End (Ad Sof Hayom)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Country of Origin: Israel
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 19’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Amitai Ashkenazi
Screenplay: Amitai Ashkenazi, Yona Rozenkier
Cinematographer: Oded Ashkenazi
Music: Yakir Ben Tov
Editor: Yinon Porat
Producer: Ayelet Weissman

Synopsis: 18 years old Elai works with his brother in the fish ponds at the kibbutz. After he is saved from thieves by an Arab kid from the nearby village, he tells a lie that will come back to haunt him.

Festivals & Awards:
Sehsüchte Film Festival. award for best short fiction.
LISFE. Jury’s Special Mention.
Clermont Ferrand Film Festival.
Camerimage.
Cinemed.
Jerusalem Film Festival.
Tel Aviv International Students Film Festival.

Weblink: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770820182

Pastorale

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

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Country of Origin: France
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’20“
Category: Fiction

Director: Oriane Polack
Screenplay: Alain Descheres

Synopsis: In an unknown country, armed militia have imposed a reign of terror. Two women find themselves thrown together as they flee with their children through the treacherous backcountry.

Festivals & Awards:
Festival de Douarnenez Douarnenez 2014, France
Peace and Love festival Falun 2014, Sweden
Sardinia Film Festival Sardinia 2014, Italy
Cinemadamare Stazzema 2014, Italy
Two Riverside Kazimierz Dolny 2014, Poland
Berlin Cinema Summer Party Berlin 2014, Germany
Cine a la Calle Bogota 2014, Colombia

The Gold Watch (Guldklockan)

German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)

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Country of Origin: Sweden
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 7’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning
Screenplay: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning
Cinematographer: Maja Dennhag
Music: Arthur Onion, Per-Arvid Lennart Widlund
Editor: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning, Emma Ringqvist, Joel Lindgren
Producer: Joachim Nakagawa Stråning

Synopsis: Whilst completing his daily shopping round, a man finds a magical pocket watch. With it he has the power to stop time. However, chaos ensues…

Festivals & Awards:
St. Louis Film Festival
XV Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Cine a la calle, Taglia Corti
Short Shorts Film Festival
Asia & Palm Springs International Short Fest

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

You Have A Problem

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: Russia, USA
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 08’59“
Category: Fiction

Director: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Screenplay: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Cinematographer: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Music: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Producer: Bogdan Apetri

Synopsis: Denis, a Russian teenager obsessed with American TV, struggles to convince his family to throw an intervention for his older brother’s drinking problem. The only thing is, none of them have any idea of what an intervention actually is.

Weblink: vimeo.com/105599592

Triangles Of Happiness (Trekanter Af Lykke)

Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)

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Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 13’50“
Category: Fiction

Director: Jannik Dahl Pedersen
Cinematographer: Loui Ladegaard
Music: Simon Reinke Oxholm, Mathias Bjørnskov
Editor: Sebastian Gerdes
Producer: Annette Averhoff, Annette Averhoff

Synopsis: In the face of the financial crisis, Hanne and Carsten are desperately trying to keep up the illusion of a perfect family life in suburbia. However, the pressure of their nosy neighbours gets too much and the family resorts to extreme measures to fit in.

Festivals & Awards:
8th Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art Lviv (Ukraine) 2014-05
27th Rakkautta & Anarkiaa Helsinki (Finland) 2014-09
OkseØ Film Festival 2014 Okseø (Denmark) 2014-08
Bornshorts Film Festival 2014 Svaneke (Denmark) 2014-09 Best Student Film
Aarhus Independent Pixels 2014 Aarhus (Denmark) 2014-10
No Gloss Film Festival Leeds (United Kingdom) 2014-10
OFFline Film Festival Birr (Ireland) 2014-10
Fenêtres dur Courts 2014 Dijon (France) 2014-11
Nordischen Film Tage Lübeck 2014 Lübeck (Germany) 2014-10
Flensburger Kurzfilm Tage 2014 Flensburg (Germany) 2014-11
Odense International Film Festival Odense (Denmark) 2014-08
CPH:PIX Copenhagen (Denmark) 2014-04
Sandfly Film Festival 2014 Sydney (Australia) 2014-11
La Semaine du court-métrage de Rueil-Malmaison 201 Rueil-Malmaison (France) 2014-11

Weblink: vimeo.com/96336221

If You Leave Me Now (Om Du Lämnar Mig Nu)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 19:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 21:00 (BITTER)

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Country of Origin: Sweden
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Maria Eriksson
Screenplay: Maria Eriksson
Cinematographer: Brian Curt Petersen
Music: Daniel Andersson
Editor: Alexandra Litén
Producer: Ronny Fritsche, Maria Eriksson

Synopsis: Ninenteen year-old Frida prepares to leave home, but her mother is unable to let go.

Festivals & Awards:
Brussels Short Film Festival – Honorary mention
Filmfest Dresden
Uppsala International Short Filmfestival
Stockholm International Film Festival – Nordisk Panorama
Montréal International World Film Festival

Weblink: www.avokadofilm.se

Transit Game

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: Canada, USA, Lebanon
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’00“
Category: Fiction

Synopsis:In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man encounters two Palestinian children on the side of the road. Their moving stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.

Director: Anna Fahr
Screenplay: Anna Fahr
Cinematograper: Bassem Fayad
Editor: Anna Fahr
Producer: Anna Fahr, Habib Battah, Niam Itani, Idil Ibrahim

Festivals & Awards:
Middle East Now Festival 2015 (WINNER: Critic’s Jury Prize) – Italy
Yorkton Film Festival 2015 (NOMINATED: Best Drama) – Canada
CourToujours Short Film Festival Geneva 2015 – Switzerland
SPE Women’s Film Festival 2015 – USA
Aan Arbor Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève 2015 – Switzerland
Houston Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Sofia Menar Film Festival 2015 – Bulgaria
Cinetopia International Film Festival 2015 – USA
Interfilm Berlin 2014 (WINNER: 2nd Prize, Confrontations Competition) – Germany
Arab Film Festival 2014 (WINNER: Best Short Film) – USA
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2014 – Canada
BBC Arabic Film Festival 2014 – UK
International Diaspora Film Festival 2014 – Canada
Boston Palestine Film Festival 2014 – USA
London Palestine Film Festival 2014 – UK
Mostra Cinema: Oriente Medio 2014 – Brazil

Weblink: sepasifilms.com/transit-game.html

Go Daan Go! (Daan Durft)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:00 and Saturday, June 20, 2015, 21:00 (SWEET)

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Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Mari Sanders
Screenplay: Lianne Damen
Cinematographer: Sal Kroonenberg
Music: Bart Westerlaken
Editor: Stanley Kolk
Producer: Marc Bary

Synopsis: Daan dreams of becoming a competitive swimmer when he finds his Mother’s old medals. However, worried Daan may suffer the same heart condition as she did, his Mother bans him from swimming. Will Daan listen to his Mother or will he chase his dream?

Festivals & Awards:
Cinekid Festival 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Film Festival 2014, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Bridge Film Fest, Mitrovica, Kosovo, 2014
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2015 (FIFA), Aubagne, France
TIFF Kids International Film Festival Toronto, Canada, 2015
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, 2015 (school program)
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage: Rolle Vorwärts, Flensburg (Germany) 2015 (school program)
Overtime Film Festival de Temática Deportiva, Mexico 2015.
International Festival of Sport Movies Krasnogorski, Russia 2015
Barcelona Sports Film Festival, Spain 2015
IndieLisboa, International Film Festival of Independent Films, Portugal 2015
Children’s International Film Festival, Dubai 2015
The Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2015
International Film Festival for Children and Youth Kinolub, Polen 2015
17th Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Korea, 2015.
XPO North, Scotland, 2015

Weblink: ijswater.nl