Dreamer

German Premiere

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

dreamer

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

Director / Regie: Charbel Ka
Producer / Produktion: Charbel Ka
Cast / Darsteller: Patrick O’Blin Jicey Carina

Synopsis: A former film director who has become homeless builds a camera out of recycled rubbish. Sitting in his cardboard lounge under a motorway bridge, with his camera made from bottles of scotch, he feeds his illusions – dreaming of continuing his work.
Inhalt: Ein obdachloser Filmregisseur konstruiert sich eine Kamera aus Überresten und Altwaren. In seiner Sitzecke aus Pappkarton unter einer Autobahnbrücke hält er seine Illusion am Leben: den Traum, seine Arbeit fortzusetzen.

Festivals: Busho Film Festival, Budapest,2012, Rencontres du court de Montpellier, 2012, Fest’Yves arts, Etel, 2013, Let’s All Be Free Film Festival, London, 2013, Festival Tomatrope, Arles, 2013
Awards: Fest’Yves arts, Etel, 2013, Best Univers Award

Weblinks:
www.charbel-ka.com
www.vimeo.com

Adieu, N

German Premiere

Screenings:Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin : Croatia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 15′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Barbara Vekaric
Screenplay: Barbara Vekaric
Cinematographer: Filip Tot
Editor: Lea Mileta
Producer: Marija Ratkovic
Cast: Natasa Janjic, Amar Bukvic, Silvio Vovk

Synopsis: Memories are special if they’re unique. In order to forget her ex Nikola, Maja decides to destroy all their memories by making them less special, by repeating them. She invites Nikola’s look alike, and directs a remake of one of their nights. But, is a remake ever as good as original?
Inhalt: Ihre Einzigartigkeit macht Erinnerungen zu etwas Besonderem. Um ihren Ex-Freund Nikola zu vergessen, entschließt sich Maja, ihre Erinnerungen zu zerstören indem sie sie wiederholt. Sie lädt Nikolas Doppelgänger zu sich ein und plant ein Remake einer ihrer gemeinsamen Nächte. Aber kann ein Remake jemals so gut sein wie das Original?

Trailer: www.vimeo.com

Bye (Dag)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 10′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Tamar van den Dop
Screenplay: Esther Duysker
Cinematographer: Gregor Meerman
Music: Tim van Peppen
Editor: Katarina Türler
Producer: Marc Bary
Cast: Jona Jungerman, Tamar van den Dop

Synopsis: Through the eye of his camera, Jonathan sees how grown up people deal with the death of his father and say their last goodbyes to him. Maybe he could postpone this farewell.
Inhalt: Durch das Auge der Kamera sieht Jonathan, wie Erwachsene mit dem Tod seines Vaters umgehen und sich von ihm verabschieden. Vielleicht kann er den Abschied noch hinauszögern.

Festivals: The Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht 2011, The Netherlands; Cinemateca International Film Festival Montevideo 2012, Uruguay; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2012, Germany.

Weblink: www.imdb.com

Could see a puma (Pude ver un puma)

Bavarian Premiere

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

Country of Origin: Argentina
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Eduardo Williams
Cinematographer: Manuel Bascoy
Screenplay: Eduardo Williams
Music: Alex Del Río, Eduardo Williams
Editor: Eduardo Williams
Producer: Alexan Sarikamichian
Cast: Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Fernando Contigani García, Juan Manuel Soler, Felipe Villanueva, Jerónimo Quevedo

Synopsis: The accident leads a group of young boys from the high roofs of their neighborhood, passing through its destruction, to the deepest of the earth.
Inhalt: Der Unfall führt eine Gruppe Jungs von den hohen Dächern ihrer Nachbarschaft durch ihre zerstörte Umwelt zum Mittelpunkt der Erde.

Festivals: SHNIT Bern, Switzerland; International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Curta Cinema Río de Janeiro, Brazil; International Film Festival Guadalajara, Mexico; 3rd Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctica; BAFICI Buenos Aires International Independent Filmfestival, Argentina; Cannes Cinéfondation, France; Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria; Award from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires, for 35 mm print.
Awards: Award for Best Short at BAFICI Buenos Aires, Argentina; Honorary Mention at International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Award for 35 mm print from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires

Weblink: www.vimeo.com

5 Pounds (Khamsa Geneh)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings:Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: Egypt
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 12′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Mohamed Adeeb
Screenplay: Mohamed Adeeb
Cinematographer: Yousef Baroud
Music: Rim Laurens
Producer: Tarek Ghattas
Cast: Safeya El Emary, Ahmed El Feshawy

Synopsis: An old woman begins to worry when a mysterious man starts to follow her and corners her in the dark streets of Cairo. What he wants from her can only verge on the unthinkable.
Inhalt: Eine ältere Frau bekommt es mit der Angst zu tun, als ein mysteriöser Mann ihr durch die dunklen Straßen von Kairo folgt. Seine Intention grenzt an das Unvorstellbare.

Festivals: Mediterranean Short Film Festival Tanger, Morocco; Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers, Greece; Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium; London MENA Film Festival, UK; CAPE WINELANDS FILM FESTIVAL, South Africa; Oriental Film Festival Geneva, Switzerland; Le Courtivore Short Film Festival, France; Cours Dragui court, France; Cabestany Film Festival, France; Ciné Sud, France; Festival du Film Court de Voiron, France; Courts dans la Forêt, France; Festival de Grasse, France; International Short Film Festival Normandie, France; CinemadaMare, Italy; Faites des courts, France
Awards: First Prize at Festival de Grasse, France; Iris Award at Faites des courts, France; Special Mention at Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers

Weblink: www.flavors.me/adeeb

Girl A

International Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 12′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Sang-Su Lee
Screenplay: Sang-Su Lee
Cinematographer: Sang-Hyun Lee
Music: Ji-Ae Park
Producer: U-Chan Park
Cast: Da-Young Lee, Ami Jeong, Tae-Ok Eom, Dong-Jun Kang, Jin-Beom Kim

Synopsis: A girl prostitutes herself. One day, she takes her alcoholic mother to fit new glasses. At the optometrist´s she realizes that the owner of the store is a man whom she has slept with.
Inhalt: Ein junges Mädchen prostituiert sich. Als sie eines Tages mit ihrer alkoholsüchtigen Mutter zum Optiker geht, bemerkt sie, dass der Besitzer des Ladens einer ihrer Freier ist.

Weblink: youtu.be/AMUWhRWPXDE

Firecracker (Fatakra)

German Premiere

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

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 19′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Soham Mehta
Screenplay: Soham Mehta, Jenny Connell
Cinematographer: Iskra Valtcheva
Music: Samrat Chakrabarti
Editor: Soham Mehta
Producer: Ninaad Vaidya
Cast: Samrat Chakrabarti, Meena Serendib, Ritik Goyal

Synopsis: Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Today, three years and a recession later, his wife and son join him. Sparks fly as a family reunites.
Inhalt: Um seine Träume in Amerika zu verwirklichen, hat Naveen Indien verlassen. Heute, drei Jahre und eine Wirtschaftsflaute später, kommen seine Frau und sein Sohn ihm nach. Funken fliegen, als die Familie wieder aufeinander trifft.

Festivals: Ashland Independent Film Festival 2012, USA; Take Two New York 2012, USA; Vail Film Festival 2012; Cleveland International Film Festival 2012, USA; Charlotte Film Festival 2012, USA; U. Short St. Petersburg 2012, Russia; SF Indie Fest San Francisco 2012, USA; Ion Film Festival Phnom Penh 2011, Cambodia; Oaxaca International Independent Film Festival 2011, Mexico; Boston Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Napa Valley Film Festival 2011 USA; Cinema Arts Festival Houston 2011, USA; Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Rockport Film Festival 2011, USA; Jam Fest Indie Film Festival Hammond 2011, USA; Southern Appalachian International Film Festival Kingsport 2011, USA; Ojai Film Festival Ojai Valley 2011, USA; Reel Dakota Film Festival 2011, USA; San Diego Asian Film Festival 2011, USA; Petaluma International Film Festival 2011, USA; Sante Fe Film Festival Sante Fe 2011, USA; Golden Door International Film Festival Jersey City 2011, USA; Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis 2011, USA; DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival Washington D.C. 2011, USA; Tasveer: Seattle South Asian Film Festival 2011, USA; U.Frame Film Festival Porto 2011, Portugal; Tucson Film & Music Festival 2011, USA; Dallas Video Fest 2011, USA; Twin Cities Film Festival Minneapolis, Minnesota 2011, USA; Clearwater Film & Music Festival 2011, USA; Indian Film Festival of Houston 2011, USA South Dakota Film Festival Aberdeen 2011, USACinmatik International Film Festival Piestanv 2011, Slovakia; Harlem International Film Festival New York 2011, USA; Cinesol Film Festival Rio Grande Valley 2011, USANew York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival 2011, USA; Nevada City Film Festival Nevada City 2011, USA; New York Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Slant Film Festival Houston 2011, USA; Rhode Island Film Festival 2011, USA; Hard Acre Film Festival Tipton 2011, USA; International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2011, India; Topanga Film Festival – Los Angeles, California – July 2011South Asian Journalists Association Convention 2011, USA Texas Filmmakers Showcase 2011, USAPalm Springs International ShortsFest 2011, USA; deadCenter Film Festival Oklahoma City 2011, USAStudent Academy Award Screening 2011, USALonghorn Film Showcase Austin 2011, USA; New York Indian Film Festival 2011, USAAtlanta Film Festival 2011, USA; Newport Beach Film Festival 2011, USALos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2011, USA; Dallas International Film Festival 2011, USA; Aspen Shortsfest 2011, USA; Sarasota Film Festival 2011, USA; San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; SXSW – Austin 2011, USA; India International Film Festival Tampa 2011, USA
Awards: Narrative Winner at 38th Student Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Student Film Award, Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award, Audience Award for Best Short at Sarasota Film Festival, Best Fiction Award at U.Frame Film Festival of Portugal; Best Narrative Short at Napa Valley Film Festival; Best Short Narrative Award at South Dakota Film Festival; Best Short at Indian Film Festival of Houston; Best Short at Golden Door International Film Festival; Drama Short Gold at Jam Fest Indie Film Festival, 2nd Place Best Short at Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival; Best Short Drama and Bset Short International Film Award at Southern Appalachian International Film Festival; Finalist at Angelus Student Film Festival, 2nd Place Narrative Short at Boomtown Film & Music Festival

Weblinks:
www.sohammehta.com
vimeo.com

Dolls vs dictators

German Premiere

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

Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 11′
Category: Short Fiction, Experimental

Director: Martha Colburn
Screenplay: Martha Colburn
Cinematographer: Martha Colburn
Editor: Martha Colburn
Producer: Martha Colburn

Synopsis: Puppets use their powers to rid the world of the last remaining dictators. A LOUD statement.
Inhalt: Puppen machen sich ihre Kräfte zu Nutze, um die Welt von den letzten verbliebenen Diktatoren zu befreien. In einer bunten Science-Fiction-Landschaft treffen Charlie Chaplin und Lieutenant Uhura auf Kim Jong II, Robert Mugabe und Co. Ein lautes Statement.

Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011, Festival Oddstream Nijmegen 2011, Galerie Diana Stigter Amsterdam 2011, Impakt Utrecht 2011, Alternativa Barcelona, Filmhuis Cavia – Martha Colburn Program, Bosch Art Film Festival

Weblink: www.marthacolburn.com

Crosshairs

European Premiere

Screenings:Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
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Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 11′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Mike Hoath
Screenplay: Peter Templeman
Cinematographer: Jimmy Frater
Music: Ash Gibson Grieg
Editor: Stefan A. Radonovich
Producer: Dan Wood
Cast: Lindsay Farris, Luke Ledger, Michael Muntz

Synopsis: Beau and Jamie, two brothers from a rural Western Australian town are caught poaching a lamb from a neighbouring property. When Beau refuses to go quietly his younger brother becomes a pawn in a violent showdown.
Inhalt: Beau und Jamie, zwei Brüder aus einer Stadt im ländlichen Westen Australiens, werden dabei erwischt, wie sie auf dem Grundstück des Nachbarn eines dessen Schafe schießen. Als Beau sich weigert, ruhig zu bleiben, wird sein jüngerer Bruder zu einer Figur in einem brutalen Kräftemessen.

Weblink: www.17south.com.au/
Trailer: www.vimeo.com

Body Memory (Keha mälu)

Bavarian Premiere

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

Country of Origin: Estonia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 9′
Category: Short Fiction, Animation

Director: Ülo Pikkov
Screenplay: Ülo Pikkov
Cinematographer: Raivo Möllits
Music: Mirjam Tally
Editor: Ülo Pikkov
Producer: Arvo Nuut

Synopsis: Our body remembers more than we can expect and imagine, our body remembers also the sorrow and pain of the predecessors. Our body sustains the stories of our parents and grandparents as well as their ancestors. But, how far back is it possible to go in your bodily memory?
Inhalt: Unser Körper erinnert sich an mehr als wir uns vorstellen oder erwarten könnten. Unser Körper erinnert sich auch an die Trauer und die Schmerzen unserer Vorgänger. Unser Körper trägt die Geschichten unserer Eltern und Großeltern, wie auch unserer Vorfahren in sich. Doch wie weit kann man in seinem körperlichen Gedächtnis zurückgehen?

Festivals: Viennashorts 2012, Austria; Art Film Fest IFF Trencianske Teplice Bratislava, Slovakia; PAZZ Oldenburg, Germany; New Horizons Int´l Film Festival 2012, Poland; Incubate Festival Tilburg 2012, Netherlands; 14th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany; Rooftop Films Brooklyn 2012, USA; CFC Worldwide Short film Festival Toronto 2012, Canada; 38th Seattle International Film Festival USA; Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine; The Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 22nd Animafest Zagreb, Croatia; Animated Film Festival Lille, France; Tampere Film Festival, Finland; The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Kowloon, Hong Kong; Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands; International Festival of Animated Films AniFest Praha, Chech Republic; CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz, Austria; ANIRMAU`12 Animation Film Festival Lalin, Spain; ANIMA 2012 Brussells, Belgium; 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Laputa Animation Festival, Japan; Animpact Animation Festival Seoul, Korea; 26th Brest European Short Film Festival, France; Montreal Animated Film Summit Quebeck, Canada; 31st International Film Festival Amiens, France; 7th Istanbul Animation Festival, Turkey; Petaluma International Film Festival, USA; Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway; 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden; ALCINE – The European Short Film Competition Madrid, Spain; 8th European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA Belgrade Serbia; International Animated Film Festival CINANIMA Espinho, Portugal; 11th Cortopotere Shortfilmfestival Bergamo,Italy; European Short Film Festival Cologne UNLIMITED,Germany; OSLOANIMA International Independent Animation Film Day Oslo, Norway; International Animation Film Festival& Forum Hermoupolis,Syros Island,Greece; 13th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brasil; Budapest Short Film Festival BUSHON, Hungary; Shnit International Shortfilmfestival Berne, Switzwerlnd; XXI “Message to Man”International Documentary ,Short and Animated Film Festival St.Petersburg; Russia; 8th SEDICICORTO International Film Festival Forli, Italy; 18th Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival, Spain; China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF) Bejing; 18th KROK International Animated Film Festival Kiev, Ukraine; The Ourense International Film Festival, Spain; The 4th International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR Poznan, Poland; 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi), South Korea; Supertoon International Animation Festival Zagreb, Croatia; International Film Festival TOFIFEST Torun, Poland…
Awards: Best director at Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Avant-garde and Experimental Special Award at 3rd Skepto Internatinaol Film Festival Cagliari,Italy; Experimental Jury Grand Prix at 3rd Roanne Animation Short Film Festival, Roanne; Best Film at 11th edition of Monstra Lisbon Animation Film Festival,Portugal; Best Animation Film Award at 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Best Story Award at Animated Dreams Tallinn, Estonia; Best Experimental Animated Film Award at 2nd International Animation Film Festival “Golden Kuker” Sofia, Bulgaria; Best Photography Prize at ANIMAGE III International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Best Animation at Se-ma -for Film Festival Lodz, Poland and Lugano, Switzerland; Honourable Mention at Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada…

Weblink: www.nukufilm.ee