INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS FOR SHORT FEATURE FILM AND ANIMATION FILM

ISAND

The Master

Synopsis

Who’s wearing the pants when the master isn’t around? A dog and a monkey begin to fight for power, role models and self-image.

A puppet animation, chamber-play style and rich in detail, about dominance and submission, negligence and the sense of duty.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Riho Unt

Country: Estonia

Year: 2015

Duration: 18‘00“

Producer: Andrus Raudsalu

Screenplay: based on the short story “Popi & Huhuu” (Friedebert Tuglas)

Cinematography: Ragnar Neljandi

Editing: Riho Unt

Sound: Horret Kuus

Music: Arvo Pärt, Lepo Sumera

Original soundtrack: no dialoge

Director

Riho Unt was born in 1956. She studied at the Estonian State Institute of Arts, Department Interior Designer from 1979 until she received her Diploma in 1982.

 

Filmography:

2013 Miriam’s Kite

2012 Happy Birthday

2008 Lili

2007 Pöhja Konn

2006 Miriam merehädas

Contact

Maret Reismann / OÜ Nukufilm, nukufilm@nukufilm.ee, Estonia

HVALFJORDUR

Whale Valley

Synopsis

There were these two brothers living with their parents on a lone farm in a barren Icelandic fjord landscape. They depend on each other if they want to survive in their bleak and wintry surroundings. Only rarely something exciting happens, like a whale stranding on the shore. The brothers’ lives are founded on their love for each other, a foundation which is about to crumble when the older one, about 15 or 16 years old, begins to despair of his life. A film about love and responsibility, both depressing and empathetic.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Country: Denmark / Iceland

Year: 2013

Duration: 15’00’’

Producer: Anton Máni Svansson

Screenplay: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Cinematography: Gunnar Audunn Johannsson

Editing: Anders Skov

Sound: Gunnar Oskarsson

Cast: Ágúst Örn B. Wigum, Einar Jóhann Valsson

Original soundtrack: Icelandic

Subtitles: English

Director

Born in 1982 in Iceland, Guðmundur Arnar studied Fine Arts as well as Screenwriting and recently works as a filmmaker and teacher in film and fine art. His short films have collected 15 international awards and over 100 nominations. Most notably, Whale Valley recived a Special Mention in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival 2013.

 

Filmography

2014 Ártún
2009 Jeffrey & Beth
2005 Pröng syn

Contact

Franc Planas, distribucion@promofest.org, Spain

37°4S

Synopsis

270 people live on the small island of Tristan da Cunha in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Nick and Anne have known each other since they were born and have been a couple since childhood. But now Anne has decided that she wants to go to England for her studies, 6152 miles away from Tristan da Cunha…

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Adriano Valerio

Country: France

Year: 2013

Duration: 12’00”

Producer: Origine films & Pianissimo

Screenplay: Adriano Valerio

Cinematography: Adriano Valerio, Loran Bonnardot

Editing: Claire Aubinais

Sound: Nathalie Lamothe

Music: Romain Trouillet

Cast: Riaan Repetto, Natalie Swain, Harold Green, Edwin Glass

Original soundtrack: English

Subtitles: none

Director

Adriano Valerio – Born in 1977 in Italy, he obtained a BA in Law and film studies as well as Fine Arts at the International Film School Paris (EICAR), were he is currently working as a Professor (Fast Track Section and Film Analysis). In 2012 he founded the NGO Camera Mundi, which is organizing film workshops in developing countries. Furthermore, he is also a lecturer at several institutes and a freelance director and screenwriter.

Filmography

2010 Curling
2009 Orbite
2007 Da Lontano
2004 Claire
2003 Un Ange Passe

Contact

Origine Films, festivals@originefilms.fr, France

IN THE DISTANCE

Synopsis

It’s calm and peaceful above the clouds, but there is chaos raging in the distance, coming closer every night.

A film whose pictures carry a profound narrative about a world full of disorder.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Florian Grolig

Country: Germany

Year: 2015

Duration: 07’30’’

Producer: Florian Grolig

Screenplay: Florian Grolig

Cinematography: Florian Grolig

Editing: Florian Grolig

Sound: Tobias Boehm, Christian Wittmoser

Music: Thomas Höhl

Animation: Julian Vavrovsky

Original soundtrack: no dialoge

Director

Florian Grolig studied at the School of Arts and Design in Kassel. In 2012 he co-founded the Black Pants Game Studio, where he was responsible for the concept and game design of their first game „Tiny & Big in Grandpa’s Leftovers“. Currently, he works as an animation filmmaker and game designer in Berlin.

 

Filmography

2014 Sisyphos
2010 Die Flaschenpost
2007 weiss
2005 17

Contact

Florian Grolig, fgrolig@gmail.com, Germany

TRANSATLANTIQUE

Transatlantic

Synopsis

Farid, a farmer‘s son, has been trying his luck in the city. After some unsuccessful internships, he decides against returning to his village. Instead, he wants to go across the ocean to Brazil on a friend’s sailing boat, although his mother is dying in a hospital and every hand is needed back home on the farm. Neither his father nor his brother, who is going to stay on the farm because he feels responsible, are likely to approve of his decision. But Farid can’t go without an apology, so he visits home one more time. Issues like the ones dealt with here are to be discussed and decided on a lot of farms.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Benoît Magne

Country: France

Year: 2015

Duration: 19’07’’

Producer: Benoît Magne

Screenplay: Benoît Magne

Cinematography: Adrien Le leorier

Editing: Benoît Magne

Sound: Jean-Frédérik Grosdemange, Jo Mereau

Music: Berloiz, Hasna el Becharia

Cast: Youcef Agal, Eric Paul, Chamas Kahil, César Duminil

Original soundtrack: French

Subtitles: English

Director

Born in 1984, Benoît Magne has worked as a production assistant for feature films since 2008. Additionally, he directs his own shortfilms.

Filmography

2010 L’inattendue
2007 Emploi Jeune

Contact

Benoît Magne, transatlantique.film@yahoo.fr, France

BENDITO MACHINE V – PULL THE TRIGGER

Synopsis

A strange traveller comes to a land he thinks is uncharted to explore its beauty. But he soon finds himself amidst a battle raging among its inhabitants. There’s nothing he can do but lie low and wait until the storm has moved past.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Jossie Malis

Country: Spain

Year: 2014

Duration: 11’00”

Producer: Zumbakamera

Screenplay: Jossie Malis

Cinematography: Jossie Malis

Editing: Jossie Malis

Sound: Julie Reier

Music: Julie Reier

Original soundtrack: no dialogue

Director

Jossie Malis (born in Peru in 1976) works as an illustrator, animator and filmmaker. Furthermore, he is director of the studio Zumbakamera, sending signals to the outer space from Mallorca (Spain), and has a special passion for the imagery which incorporates machines and the cosmos, like in „Bendito Machine“.

Contact

Franc Planas, distribucion@promofest.org, Spain

PENA FRIA

Synopsis

A man visits his home village in the Portuguese province. He may be coming home, but no one really knows. He may have other, obscure reasons…

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Luís Costa

Country: Portugal

Year: 2014

Duration: 15’00”

Producer: Luís Costa

Screenplay: Luís Costa

Cinematography: Miguel da Santa

Editing: André Guiomar

Sound: Tiago Cardoso

Music: Danny Norbury

Cast: Valdemar Santos, Eloy Monteiro

Original soundtrack: Portuguese

Subtitles: English

Director

Luís Pedro Mesquita Costa was born on 16 October 1993 in Porto, where he still lives. He studied at the Colégio Luso-Francês, having completed the course in Science and Technology. Close to music since age 5 through the piano, he discovered the passion for cinema later on when finishing high school. He is currently studying Sound and Image at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where he will be finishing his degree at the end of this year. Deeply connected to the interior of the country, specifically to Trás-os-Montes, he has been attempting to portray that region in some of his works.

Filmography:

2013 Fontelonga

Contact

Jesús Soria, administracion@movemyshort.es, Spain

MILLE-PATTES ET CRAPAUD

The Centipede And The Toad

Synopsis

The centipede’s dance captivates everyone except the toad. Lonely and jealous, he conceives a scheme to break the spell with just one simple question. A marvellous animation about the power of beauty and phantasy and how fragile they are when confronted with rational thought.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Anna Khmelevskaya

Country: France

Year: 2013

Duration: 10’00’’

Producer: Sophie Fallot

Screenplay: Anna Khmeleyskaya, Fabrice Luang-Vija, based on the tale “The Curse of the Toad” (Gustav Meyrink)

Editing: Anna Khmelevskaya, Fabrice Luang-Vija

Sound: Christophe Jacquelin

Original soundtrack: French

Subtitles: English

Director

Anna Khmelevskaya (born 1976 in Minsk, Belarus) first studied at Minsk’s Fine-Arts Academy (1990-1994) and at its University of Linguistics (1994-2000), and then arrived in Paris to study computer graphics and animation at the “Arts Décos” school (2005-2006). Since then, she works as a graphic designer, animator and storyboarder.

Filmography

2006 Papillon

Contact

Christina Marx, c.marx@filmuniversitaet.de, Germany

LÁGY ESŐ

Soft Rain

Synopsis

Dani, who grew up as an orphan in a children’s home, works at a pig fattening plant. A quiet and withdrawn boy, he feeds the sows, cleans the cubicles and disposes of dead piglets. He’s in love with a girl from the village but doesn’t know how to show his feelings. Speechlessness, ignorance, rejection and social indifference are building a fence around him that marks him as an outcast.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Dénes Nagy

Country: Hungary / Belgium

Year: 2013

Duration: 27’48’’

Producer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm)

Co-Producer: Olivier Dubois (Novak Prod)

Drehbuch: Dénes Nagy, Tamás Dobos (based on the novel of Sándor Tar)

Cinematography: Tamás Dobos

Editing: Nicolas Rumpl

Sound: Péter Benjámin, Lukács Davis Vranken, Mathieu Michaux, Philippe Charbonnel

Music: Garth Knox, Sylvain Lemetre

Cast: Zsófia Erdélyi, Dániel Keresztfalvi

Original soundtrack: Hungarian

Subtitles: English

Director

Dénes Nagy graduated at the University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest in the class of János Szász in 2009. As a guest student he spent a year at the Berlin Film Academy (Dffb) studying under the guidance of Krassimir Krumov and Valeska Grisebach. He has made several short films, both documentary and fiction, that were shown at many significant national and international festivals.

Filmography

2015 Seb
2013 Másik Magyarország
2012 Saját idő
2010 Riport
2009 Berlinskaya Fuga

Contact

Barbara Héger barbara@campfilm.eu, Hungary

MATKA ZIEMA

Mother Earth

Synopsis

Ein Dorfschlachter lebt nach dem Tod der Ehefrau mit seinem Sohn Maciek allein auf dem Hof. Die schwere Arbeit des Tötens macht ihm körperlich zu schaffen. Der Obstgarten, um den sich seine Frau mit Hingabe gekümmert hat, verwildert und trägt seit ihrem Tod keine Früchte mehr. Maciek versucht alles, um den Verfall des Gartens aufzuhalten. Sein Vater jedoch will, dass er ihm beim Schlachten zur Hand geht. Maciek, der leidende Tiere nicht erträgt, muss sich zwischen der Welt des Vaters unda der Mutter entscheiden. Eine ungewöhnliche Gabe weist ihm den Weg. Ein bemerkenswerter Film über ein Dilemma unseres Verhältnisses zur Natur.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Piotr Zlotorowicz

Country: Poland

Year: 2014

Duration: 30’00”

Producer: Marcin Malatynski

Screenplay: Piotr Zlotorowicz

Cinematography: Micolas Villegas

Editing: Anna Dobrowodzka

Sound: Ewa Bogusz

Music: Stefan Gesieniec

Cast: Dariusz Przyby, Mirosaw Baka

Original soundtrack: Polish

Subtitles: English

Director

Piotr Zlotorowicz was born in Debno, Poland, in 1982. He graduated in electrical engineering from the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and in film directing from the Lodz Film School. He directed several short films, including Charcoal Burners (2010) and Normal People (2011), both awarded numerous awards. His new film Mother Earth (2014) was awarded at 67th Locarno Film Festival.

Filmography:

2012 Spring Summer Fall
2011 Normal People
2010 Charcoal Burners

Contact

Piotr Zlotorowicz, piotr.zlotorowicz@gmail.com, Poland

ME + HER

Synopsis

When Jack and Jill from Cardboard City are separated by Jill’s untimely death, Jack sets out on a journey to mend his (literally) broken heart. It took 11209 man-hours of work by 96 staff to make this love story from waste paper and corrugated cardboard.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Joseph Oxford

Country: USA

Year: 2014

Duration: 11’45”

Producer: Emily Loom, Marco Perego Saldana, Bradley Stonesifer

Cinematography: Bradley Stonesifer

Editing: Jonathan Melin

Sound: Brain Russo

Music: Miles Mosley

Original soundtrack: no dialoge

Director

Joseph Oxford is an American director. He created the very first “Jack” cardboard puppet in late 2007. Years later, his short film Me+Her premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Contact

Adastra Films, distribution@adastra-films.com, France

CEUX QUI RESTENT DEBOUT

Those Left Standing

Synopsis

25-year-old Sophia lives in an emergency shelter. After violating the house rules, she is forced to leave, losing the last refuge she had. Her only friend, himself living in difficult circumstances, can’t help her, and all the other shelters in town are full. Back on the street, she’s overcome by brutal fear – not only of being homeless and exposed to everything and everyone around without protection, but also of the future, of being stuck in the same conditions forever. A topical film about the basic human need of having a roof over one’s head.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Jan Sitta

Country: France

Year: 2013

Duration: 26’00’’

Producer: Karine Blanc, Michel Tavares

Screenplay: Jan Sitta

Cinematography: Tristan Tortuyaux

Editing: Antoine Rodet

Sound: Grégory Lemaitre

Music: Alexander Zekke

Cast: Louise Szpindel, Migien Mirtchev, Chad Chenouga, Yéshé Dalmasso, Franck Mignat, Ariane Piríe

Original soundtrack: French

Subtitles: English

Director

Jan Sitta was born in 1976 in Nice, France. He studied political science and he pursued an acting career in the Actor Regional School of Cannes. He also graduated with a technical film direction degree from the Superior Audiovisual School of Toulouse (ESAV). For fifteen years, he increased his cinema and théâtre artistic experiences. He has played in over thirty cities across (parts of) France. He also performed as a scriptwriter, assistant Director and director in film and television.

Filmography:

2009 Une cible dans le dos
2008 Terre Natale
2006 Qu’est-ce qui nous rassemble
2006 Carla Rubens
2005 Bon appétit Monsieur Soleil

Contact

Adam Selo, elefantdistribution@gmail.com (Italy)

LA CONTRE-ALLÉE

Back Alley

Synopsis

Suzanne, a prostitute, feels threatened by newly-arrived African colleagues in her neighbourhood. With the help of a right-wing street gang, she starts scheming against her competitors.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Cécile Ducrocq

Country: France

Year: 2014

Duration: 29’00’’

Producer: Année Zéro

Screenplay: Cécile Ducrocq

Cinematography: Martin Rit

Editing: Damien Maestraggi

Sound: Francis Bernard

Music: Sébastien Pouderoux

Cast: Laure Calamy, Bruce Chatirichvili, Kevin Kugler

Original soundtrack: French

Subtitles: English

Director

Cécile Ducrocq is a writer and a director. In 2010, she directed her first short film Everyone says I love you selected in more than 40 festivals. She then directed Model daughter in 2011, Neverland in 2012 and Back alley in 2014, selected at the International Critics’ Week in Cannes. Cécile Ducrocq is preparing her first feature film, Fast forward.

Filmography:

2012 Neverland
2011 Model Daughter
2010 Everyone says I love you

Contact

: Axelle Vinassac, contact@annee0.com, France

DIE SPINNERIN

Connected

Synopsis

Sometimes everything has to fail before you can think of calling the shots in a connected world. Here’s an animated bit of rebellion against the daily treadmill, advocating self-awareness and autonomy.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Manuela Buske

Country: Germany

Year: 2014

Duration: 04’45’’

Producer: Manuela Buske, Filmuniversität Babelsberg

Screenplay: Manuela Buske

Cinematography: Manuela Buske

Editing: Manuela Buske

Sound: Phillip Nespital

Music: Matija Strnisa

Original soundtrack: no dialogue

Director

Manuela Buske was born in Berlin in 1981. She started out studying art education, then took up studies in animation at Konrad Wolf Filmuniversität Babelsberg. Connected is her graduation film.

 

 

Filmographie:

2009 Planeten

Contact

Christina Marx, c.marx@filmuniversitaet.de, Germany

HA'BIKUR

The Visit

Synopsis

Hagar comes to visit her father in a Jerusalem nursing home. Before entering his room she looks at him and chooses to escape, but a series of mishaps forces her to spend the day in the building, masquerading as a caretaker. The short visit turns into a journey between the narrow corridors of society.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Inbar Horesh

Country: Israel

Year: 2014

Duration: 27’

Producer: Maya Zaydman

Screenplay: Inbar Horesh

Cinematography: Omer Lotan

Editing: Yotam Ben-david

Sound: Rotem Dror

Cast: Nathalie Berman, Yosef Karmon, Morad Hasan

Original soundtrack: Hebrew

Subtitles: English

Director

Inbar Horesh was born in 1988 and grew up in Jerusalem. She studied Arabic at Tel Aviv University and graduated in 2014 from Minshar School of Art, department of cinema. She worked for several human rights NGOs and is a political activist for many years. Her graduation film “The Visit” was part of the Cinefondation selection at 2014 Cannes film festival. She lives in Tel Aviv, currently editing her documentary feature “Crossing” and working on a script for her debut fiction feature.

Filmography:

2015 Crossing
2013 Taxi

Contact

Inbar Horesh, inbaresh@gmail.com, Israel

SRY BSY

Synopsis

Short of time, stressed and overworked – these attributes seem to determine our working lives in modern economies, and it gradually dawns on us, blind followers that we are, that the rat race leaves no one unharmed…

Obsessions, constraints and alienation: marshalling absurdity and black humour, this 2D animation sheds a light on the paradoxes of our modern self-concept.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Verena Westphal

Country: Germany

Year: 2014

Duration: 03’23’’

Producer: Verena Westphal

Screenplay: Verena Westphal

Cinematography: Verena Westphal

Editing: Verena Westphal

Sound: Moritz P. G. Katz

Music: Moritz p. G. Katz

Original soundtrack: no dialogue

Director

Verena Westphal was born in 1989. She studied Communication Design in Hamburg, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2014, and went through an internship at Winchester School of Art. She is currently working as a freelance motion designer.

Filmography:

2013 Häcker hat’n Häsch
2011 Zwischenstopp
2011 Einspieler für die Dokumentation “Böse Onkel” (NDR)
2010 Emesis auf Wanderschaft
2010 Irritation von Wurm und Zeit

Contact

Verena Westphal, reni.westphal@gmail.com, Germany

NEVERLAND NOW

Synopsis

Kalina (21), an art student, provokes her fellow students and teachers by her reckless ways. Following a whim, she spontaneously decides to go to Portugal with her best friend Ruth the following morning. They half-heartedly try to steal a car but eventually end up at a big student party. When Ruth begins to call their journey into question, the night takes a different turn than expected.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Georg Pelzer

Country: Germany

Year: 2015

Duration: 19’00’’

Producer: Georg Pelzer

Screenplay: Georg Pelzer

Cinematography: Sven Jakob-Engelmann

Editing: Eva-Maria Arndt

Sound: Benjamin Voßler

Music: Phillip Wartenberg

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Georg Pelzer, born in Lahnstein in 1985, is a media arts student at Bauhaus University Weimar. Apart from his studies, he worked as an assistant director at the Weimar National Theatre and prepared an installation called Via Crucis for the 2012 Weimar Art Festival with Robert Wilson for one year. He is currently working on several video projects for the Dresden Musikfestspiele and other festivals and is also preparing his next film, Fluten.

Filmography

2013 2173
2012 Dèja-Vu
2012 Ich sehe alles
2011 Piss in den Wind

Contact

Georg Pelzer, georg@georgpelzer.com, Germany

ROADTRIP

Synopsis

Julius can’t sleep. He decides to go on a journey to clear his mind, but it doesn’t seem to work out. An animated story about everyday life, failure, insomnia, a red motorbike, beautiful barmaids, the Berlin misery (present even in summer) and waterproof socks.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Xaver Xylophon

Country: Germany

Year: 2014

Duration: 20’00’’

Producer: Xaver Xylophon

Screenplay: Xaver Xylophon, Ariana Berndl

Editing: Xaver Xylophon

Sound: OTO Studios

Music: Xaver Xylophon

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Xaver Xylophon, 28, is a freelance illustrator, animator and filmmaker. He studied Visual Communication at London College of Communication and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. “Roadtrip” is his graduation film. His work as a freelance animation filmmaker includes projects for the New York Times and the British National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).

Filmography

2013 Showreel

Contact

Filmagentur aug & ohr medien, Jenny Eitner jenny@augohr.de, Germany

SO SCHÖN WIE DU

Like You

Synopsis

Somewhere in Brandenburg, best friends Tina and Marlene spend their weekend between the village disco, heavy drinking and the football pitch. Adventure, intimacy and self-enhancement is what they hope to find in sexual encounter. Cruel against themselves and others, they set out into the night to find out who they are.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Franziska Pflaum

Country: Germany

Year: 2014

Duration: 30’00’’

Producer: Anne Beaker

Screenplay: Franziska Pflaum, Roman Gielke

Cinematography: Nico Mews

Editing: Friederike Hohmuth

Sound: Christoph Kozik

Music: Florian Hirche

Cast: Anna Lena Klenke, Runa Greiner und andere

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Franziska Pflaum was born in Vienna in 1987. From 2006-2011 she studied Art and Film (with Harun Farocki) at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna and, in addition, Film and TV Direction at HFF (Konrad Wolf Film University) in Potsdam Babelsberg (with Heike Misselwitz). Since 2014, she has been attending a film direction master class with Barbara Albert at Konrad Wolf Film University.

Filmography

2013 Draussen der Wald
2012 Virgil & Evan
2011 April – Juni
2008 Powder Dreams
2007 Schwanensang

Contact

Christina Marx, c.marx@filmuniversitaet.de, Germany

ALIENATION

Synopsis

Adolescents are like creatures from outer space… Based on interviews with teenagers, the film uses various animation techniques to show the many faces of a period in life which stands for change and feeling alienated from one’s former self.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Laura Lehmus

Country: Germany

Year: 2015

Duration: 06’14”

Producer: Laura Lehmus

Screenplay: Laura Lehmus, Dirk Böll

Sound: Dirk Böll

Cast: Aike Arndt, Anna Blaszczyk

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Laura Lehmus (born 1972 in Finland) studied at Cologne Academy of Media Arts. Not Going Down, her 2001 graduation film, has been shown at several international festivals. After her graduation, she lived in Berlin and worked as an on-air producer and art director for film companies and TV programmes (Arte, Nickelodeon, Solarfilms Helsinki). As a by-product, she made the short film Versuch das mal mit Plastik, which came first for the 2009 Deutsche Umwelthilfe award. Since 2012, she has been living in Helsinki and producing films (when her baby son sleeps).

Filmography

2001 Not Going Down

Contact

Filmagentur aug & ohr medien, Jenny Eitner jenny@augohr.de, Germany

A CIAMBRA

A Ciambra – Young Lions Of Gypsy

Synopsis

Pio, a Romani boy, goes on a burglary trip with his elder brother and his friend in a wealthy Italian suburb. He narrowly escapes being caught by the landlord when he spies on a house, but they capture his brother. Pio helps him escape and is admitted to the grown-up men’s ranks because he has acted courageous and responsibly on behalf of the family. Back home in the Romani camp, police come back and arrest his brother. Pio can do nothing but watch helplessly. A little later, he leaves with his younger brother. During one night and day, Pio’s life changes dramatically, while his male family’s history seems to be continuing without a break.

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Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Jonas Carpignano

Country: France / Italy

Year: 2014

Duration: 16’22’’

Producer: Constance Meyer

Screenplay: Jonas Carpignano

Cinematography: Jonas Carpignano

Editing: Jonas Carpignano

Sound: Giuseppe Tripodi

Cast: Piio Amato, Cosimo Amato

Original soundtrack: English

Subtitles: English

Director

Jonas Carpignano is based in Italy and France. In 2012, his short film, “A Chjana”, won the Controcampo Award for Best Short Film at the 68th Venice Film Festival and was awarded a Nastro D’Argento Special Mention from the Association of Italian Film Critics (SNGCI). The same year, he was named one of the top 25 new faces in independent film by Filmmaker Magazine. His latest short film, “A Ciambra” was awarded at the 53rd Semaine de la Critique at Cannes.

Filmography:

2012 A Chjana

Contact

Mikhal Bak, mikhal.bak@gmail.com, France

OB SICH DIE SEHNSUCHT VERERBT

Is Longing Hereditary

Synopsis

My grandfather was a radio operator on a deep-sea fishing vessel. When he left grandma, leaving behind his photo album, my father was twelve. The photos speak of my grandpa’s love for the sea. Ever since he went away, his love became our longing, and our longing… a disease?

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Gitte Hellwig

Country: Germany

Year: 2015

Duration: 13’30’’

Producer: Urs Kind

Screenplay: Gitte Hellwig

Cinematography: Gitte Hellwig

Editing: Jörg Volkmar

Sound: Leonard Aderhold

Music: Henning Fuchs

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Gitte Hellwig was born 1985. She studied media, cultural sciences and animation at Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg.

Filmography:

2012 Tag Kind Nacht
2012 Vogel Kummer
2012 Rapunzel
2010 Meine Entscheidungen
2009 13

Contact

Christina Marx, c.marx@filmuniversitaet.de, Germany

I LOVE HOOLIGANS

Synopsis

Unconditional love for his football club forces a hooligan to hide parts of his identity. A documentary animation about what it’s like being gay in a homophobic and brutal environment.

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Category: Animation Film

Director: Jan-Dirk Bouw

Country: Netherlands / Belgium

Year: 2013

Duration: 12’00’’

Producer: Koert Davidse

Screenplay: Jan-Dirk Bouw

Cinematography: Joost Jansen, Jan-Dirk Bouw

Editing: Tim Roza

Sound: Bart Jilesen, Leleane Lindenaar

Music: Paleis van Boem, Martin Vonk, Jaap de Weijer

Original soundtrack: Dutch

Subtitles: English

Director

JAN-DIRK (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS,18/02/1966) studied Art & Graphic Design at the HKU (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Communication & Design at the School of Communication and Arts, London. In 2005 he took a course in scenario writing for documentaries at the Dutch Media Academy / Santberg Institute. In 2010 he was selected for the Binger Filmlab Docucoach program led by Heddy Honigmann. Jan-Dirk directed various short films (independent and commercials) in the UK and the Netherlands. He wrote several articles on socially important topics for current affair magazines, like Newsweek, Vrij Nederland and AD Magazine. Since 2007, he has been focusing mainly on scenario writing, directing and producing documentaries.

Contact

Franc Planas, distribucion@promofest.org, Spain

BETONFRAß

Brick - Sick

Synopsis

Fuchser, Jojo und Balla are at home in Rostock’s concrete housing blocks and fans of FC Hansa, a local football club. They’ve been going through thick and thin together for all their youth. They end up being driven by speechless hate and aggression. Fuchser manages to break away from his violent father, Jojo narrowly survives a knife stabbing. Balla, however, has been terminately ill for a while and doesn’t know what to do with himself, his hatred and his life. He asks his friends for one last favour. If they accept, they won’t be the same. A story about the end of youth, told in sharply contrasting pictures.

Trailer

Film data

Category: Short Feature Film

Director: Karsten Kranzusch

Country: Germany

Year: 2014

Duration: 26’57’’

Producer: Thomas Wüstermann, Jan Klonowski

Screenplay: Karsten Kranzusch

Cinematography: Timo Roth

Editing: Richard Jacobi

Sound: Hannes Sternkieker

Music: Dritte Wahl, Crushing Caspers u.a.

Original soundtrack: German

Subtitles: English

Director

Karsten Kranzusch, born 1974 in Rostock, lives and works in Berlin. He’s been a member of the Rostocker Schule filmmaker network since 2013.

Filmography

2015 Sparflamme

Contact

Karsten Kranzusch, k.kranzusch@web.de, Germany