Giuliana is graduated in Translation and Interpreting from the Advanced School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators in Forlì (University of Bologna - Italy) with a dissertation on “The Paradox of the Western Hero/Antihero in American Literature and Cinema: A Study on Clint Eastwood”.
In 2008, she obtained the Master’s Degree in Screen Translation. Since then, she has been working as a freelance audiovisual translator. In the same year, she started her collaboration with Sedicicorto International Film Festival Forlì, becoming part of the Festival organization team and selection committee. Since 2013, she is in charge of the EuroShort project, the European Film Festival Network promoting the work of young European filmmakers and the collaboration among short film festivals.
IAn KnoX
Director Ian Knox studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Following a yearlong attachment to Mafilm studios in Budapest working with mentor directors Miklos Jancso and Karoly Makk, he graduated from UK’s National Film and Television School. His first theatrical short ‘The Privilege’ won a BAFTA. Ian is a seasoned director of TV drama series, features and documentary. His many television credits include ‘Between the Lines’, ‘Hamish Macbeth’, ‘Murder City’, ‘Monarch of the Glen’, ‘Silent Witness’. He is currently developing Cuba set love story/ thriller ‘La Americana’ and a UK set horror movie. He is a regular guest tutor and mentor at UK’s NFTS, ECITV in Cuba, London Film School and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
драми, документални и пълнометражни филми. Работил е за телевизионни продукции като ‘Between the Lines’, ‘Hamish Macbeth’, ‘Murder City’, ‘Monarch of the Glen’, ‘Silent Witness’. В момента работи
KenJI KAtoRI
Кенжи
Kenji Katori studied cinematography in Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City, where he teach now in the cinematography speciality program. He has also been invited by the CUEC (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos) to lead master classes in cinematography.
His work has been selected and awarded in several festival such as Cannes, SXSW Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, International Habana Film Festival, Morelia Film Festival and Festival International de Cine in Guadalajara, to mention some. He has work in more than 30 countries in international projects as a cinematographer. He is part of the Mexican Society of Cinematographer since 2011.
Кенжи
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
RItA cApUcho рита
Rita Capucho is a doctoral student in Film and Image Studies at the University of Coimbra, with a research project on the Portuguese amateur cinema. BA and MA in Art Studies at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra. She is a member of the working group Artistic Currents and Intellectual Movements of CEIS20 - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the twentieth century of the University of Coimbra.
She is a member of the Organizing Committee of the AVANCA | CINEMA - International Conference Cinema - Art, Technology, Communication, member of the direction of Debatevolution - Association and editorial producer of the International Journal of Cinema.
She’s also a member of AIM - Association of Researchers of the Moving Image, the NECSEuropean Network for Cinema and Media Studies and the Poetic Group of Aveiro.
She works in the organization of the São Tomé Festfilm.
She currently works as a producer at Cineclube of Avanca and Filmógrafo Animation Studios and participates in the organization of the Avanca Film Festival - International Meeting of Cinema, TV, video and Multimedia.
She’s programmer of the cinema room Cinema Dolce Vita de Ovar.
URSULA RenneKe УрсУЛа
Ursula Renneke studied acting at the University of Arts. She went to Berlin in order to resume her conceptual work as actress and has been involved in developments of stage plays in the Neukölln Opera, the Ballhaus Ost, the Fourth World and the Theaterdiscounter. During this time she discovered the Meisner Technique at the Actors Space and studied the one-year training program taught by André Bolouri.
Since 2012, she leads once a week an open class, so called „drop in“ at the Studio André Bolouri and she teaches at the oldest drama school of Berlin, the Fritz-Kirchhoff-School since summer 2013.
She has been part of the Berlinale Talent Campus and continued as well her acting in front of the camera. In December 2015 she is on screen with „Die Geschichte vom Astronauten“, directed by the German actor and director Godehard Giese, starting in cinemas in Berlin.
Vanya Rainova is an award-winning writer and producer who is a managing partner at Portokal, a creative lab for filmmaking and photography founded in 2000. She produced PRIDE (30 min., drama), which opened in Locarno Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Prix at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and a nomination for the European Film Awards, among 20 other recognitions.
Vanya also co-authored the THE LAST BLACK SEA PIRATES (creative documentary, 72 mins.), which competed in HotDocs, Vision du Reel and DokLeipzig, among many others. It won the Golden Apricot for Best Documentary, the FIPRECI Awards from the Krakow Film Festival and several other important awards and nominations.
Before walking into the world of filmmaking, Vanya published short fiction and feature stories in magazines and anthologies in Europe and the United States. She was managing editor of Bulgaria’s only English-language news publisher, the Sofia Echo, and Director of Marketing and Communications for Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, California.
Vanya has a master’s in creative writing from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ithaca College.
на филма “Чест” (30-минутна драма), който откри фестивала в Локарно и спечели голямата награда на Международния фестивал за късометражно кино Клермон Феран, и е номиниран за
VAnyA RAInoVA
Director: Detsky Graffam
Writer: Detsky Graffam
Cinematography: Hanno Kunow
Composer: Mathieu Karsenti
Editor: Karl Peglau
Producer: Marianne Graffam
Cast: Carsten Clemens (Karl) Jürgen Haug (Herr Gruber) Режисьор:
It’s a fact: good Germans wait at red traffic lights. But what do you do when the green man simply won‘t appear? In the fantastical black comedy “90 Degrees North” Karl, a stressed businessman, is trapped by an evil traffic island - a bitter fight for survival follows.
Detsky has worked as a director and editor for the BBC, Channel 4, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. His short films have won several awards and prizes. In 2006 „Peace of Mind“ won 1st Prize at the ITV Cobravision Awards. „How I Learned to Love Richard Gere“ received the Caroline’s Comedy Emerging Talent Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival, 2008. Morgengrauen (Slither) won 2nd Prize at the Going Underground Film Festival, Berlin, 2008. The short film „Down Under“ won 1st place at the 20th Century Fox Sehnsucht Australian Awards.
BBC, Channel 4, Nickelodeon и Comedy Central.
Cobravision Awards.
Fox Sehnsucht.
Director: Michaël Bier
Writer: Michaël Bier, based on the novel “a Separation” by Stephen Dixon
after his breakup with Leila, Thierry, 34 years old, tries desperately to rebuild his sex life. While he’s bringing the dog they had together back, Thierry is overwhelmed by strong emotions and memories…
Michaël Bier is a Brussels based director. He graduates the Brussels University LBU with a degree in screenplay and cinematography in 2000 and is a European Master of performing arts from the same university. He directs his first short film in 2001 and since then has produced many more, which were screened at festivals around the world. His most awarded film “The blue hour” has won many prestigious European awards.
Director: Don Duncan
Writer: Don Duncan with Solenn Le Priol
Animation: Zosia Firkowski
Cinematography: evy roselet
Composer: romain Pierre
Editor: Jerôme erhart
Producer: Vincent Canart
Cast: Sophia Leboutte, Simon andré
Losing her faith in God, rosaline, for a time, finds hope once again, from the most unexpected person.…
Don Duncan is an Irish filmmaker and journalist, currently based in Brussels. He has lived, worked and made films in Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East. He holds a bachelor‘s degree in literature from Trinity College Dublin and master‘s degrees in politics and journalism from Columbia University in New York. In 2014, he graduated with a masters in Film Directing from directing at INSAS, the Belgian state film school. As a journalist, he has reported from Middle East, the Emirates, East Asia and across Europe for clients including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, Le Monde Diplomatique. To date, he has made three short films. “A Sign“ is his first professional short film.
Director: Ian Waugh
Writer: Ian Waugh
Cinematography: Julian Schwanitz
Editor: Ian Waugh
Producer: richard Warden & Jim Webster
Cast: Christopher Greco, Simone Lahbib, Bill Fellows
Georgios has travelled to Scotland from Greece, settling on a peninsula at the edge of the remote Scottish Highlands. a ghost in a foreign land, he digs peat for food and board on Bronte’s rundown croft – his unwelcome presence hanging darkly over her partner William, an english incomer.
Ian Waugh is an English film director, screenwriter and editor.He studied photography and film at Edinburgh Napier University, graduating with an MFA in Advanced Film Practice from Screen Academy Scotland. An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab, and Reykjavik International Film Festival Transatlantic Talent Lab. „As he lay falling“ premiered in competition for the Best Short Film Award at the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, received awards in Reykjavik, Cyprus and Soria. It has been on the screen of over 25 international festivals so far. The film has been developed into a feature film
AS he LAy FALLInG
AUF WIeDeRSehen
AUF WIeDeRSehen
Director: eddy Schwartz, yordan Petkov
Writer: eddy Schwartz, yordan Petkov
Cinematography: Ivan Chertov
Composer: Ivan Shopov – Drumkid
Editor: eddy Schwartz
Producer: eddy Schwartz, yordan Petkov
Cast: eva Nurnberg, andrea Kurmann, Jurgen F. Schmid, George Minkov
a middle-aged German couple, together with their teenage daughter are having a second honeymoon at the resort where they first met 20 years ago - Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. When the father goes missing, wife and daughter begin suspecting he’s having an affair.
Eddy Schwartz & Yordan Petkov are a young creative team from Bulgaria with experience in producing advertising, music, television and all other kinds of video formats. “Auf Wiedersehen” is their first short feature attempt.
Director: Lucas Cassales
Writer: Lucas Cassales
Cinematography: arno Schuh
Composer: Felipe Puperi
Editor: Bruno Carboni
Producer: alice Castiel
Cast: Cesar Troncoso, rafael Henzel, Gabriela Poester and Janaina Kremer
a boy finds a body in the woods. every stare turns to the body.…
Graduated in Cinema at PUC-RS in 2010 and Master in Communication at PUC-RS (2015), Lucas Cassales is a founding partner of Sofá verde Filmes, focused on producing feature films for cinema and television. As writer and director, made the short films “Sebo” and “Sofá Verde”, both with passage by the International Short Film Festival in Sao Paulo; “Abyss”, finalized in 2013 and the short “Body”, winner of Best Film at Gramado International Film Festival. Currently, Lucas works in the screenplay of “Dysphoria”, his first feature film, will be shooted in 2016.
Director: eicke Bettinga
Writer: eicke Bettinga
Cinematography: Krum rodriguez
Composer: Jérôme rossi
Editor: Michal Kuleba
Producers: ron Dyens, Louise Bellicaud, Samuel Huang, Katya Trichkova
Cast: Ina effenberger, Dimitar Nikolov
a girl and a boy. one day they meet by chance, unaware of the consequences. a modern parable, inspired by true events. Момче
Eicke Bettinga was born in Germany and studied directing at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. He has written and directed a number of award winning short films, a documentary and two dramas commissioned by television. His short film “Gasp” was nominated for the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2012.
Director: Maruani Landa
Cinematography: Fernando Hernandez
Editor: Maruani Landa
Producer: Stephanie Phelut
Cast: Juliana Bao
In a Mexican village, a 12-year-old girl, Cipriana, suffers mockery from her classmates and desire from adults because of her big breasts. Her physical changes surpass her mental capacities, and she finds herself uncontrollably attracted to her teacher. one day in class, Cipriana cannot tear her eyes away from her teacher. overcome by her desire, a torrent breaks forth from her loins, from her belly, flooding everything around her.
Maruani Landa was born in 1988 to French mother and Mexican father. Curious from the childhood, which she spends partially in Mexico, she likes to emphasize how the perception of the world changes according to the influence of our singular and globalized environment. Student of ESAV, Cinema school in France, where she is specializing as video artist.
The ravenous man had been badly seduced by the steamed bun thus he couldn’t move forward his steps in front of a steamed bun shop.
The murderer was slowly moving his hand to the knife. Just at the moment, a bun with warm steam appeared in front of the anxious man. Убиец,
Born in Inner Mongolia in 1984, Cheng Dong studied at the Beijing Film Academy photography training course. Between 2007 and 2013 he worked as a cinematographer. In 2014 he directed the short film Panruoyunni (Cloud & Mud).
Director: Peter King
Writer: Peter King
Producer: Joseph Taussig
Cinematography: Carl Burke
Editor: Philip Currie
Cast: alex Harvey, Tyrone Lee Davis, Niall Phillips, Peter Silva, Isis Davis, Darren Douglas
a new craze is taking over the estates of London. With fights, street deals and territorial warfare growing ever dangerous, it won’t be long until it’s out of control. ‘Crack’ follows Jay and his gang, B.H.S. (Brixton Hit Squad), in an exposé of this troubling social epidemic.
Peter originates from the North East of England, inspired by local heroes Ridley and Tony Scott. His work focusses on human nature, exploring the subtleties of society and individuals. Peter’s drama and commercial work are characterised by natural performances and verité visual style.
Director: ashley Way
Writer: angharad Devonald
Cinematography: Chris Jacoby
Composer: Gruff rhys
Editor: richard Cox
Producer: Sophie Francis Jones
Cast: Samuel Norton, Catrin Morgan, rhys ap Trefor, John William Carter
Cai (10) is suffering the impact of a war happening many miles from his home in Wales. His soldier father Jon was wounded in that war and is now physically damaged and mentally fragile; on a windswept beach Cai befriends amir, a refugee from the same war amir hopes desperately to be reunited with own father from whom he‘s become separated while looking for a new and peaceful life. The meeting of the boys from two different worlds is the catalyst for the beginning of healing for both.
Ashley Way was born on December 16, 1971 in Cardiff, Wales. He is a director and assistant director, known for „Belonging“ (2000), „Hoodlum & Son“ (2003) and „Tardisodes“ (2006).
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Director: Idan Hubel
Writer: Idan Hubel
Cinematography: David Stragmeister
Editor: Idan Hubel
Producer: Kobi azran
Cast: adam Shmidh, Marina Shoif, Sasha avshalom agarunov
Jonathan loves chocolate. one day he steals the last remaining chocolate in the jar. When his stepmother catches him and his brothers ostracize him, he decides to run away. Night falls and the cold, the hunger and fear beckon him to return home.
Idan Hubel graduated with honors from the „Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television“ in Jerusalem. He wrote and directed two student shorts that have been screened at festivals all over the world, and won several awards. His first feature film „The Cut Off Man“ was premiered in „Venice film festival 2012-Orizzonti“ and was declared by rapporto confidenziale as one of the 5 best films in 2012. At the moment he is working on his next feature film „Very Big Light“.
DAILy BReAD
Director: Fiona Godivier
Writer: Fiona Godivier
Animation: aurelie Laumont, Ghislain Garlin
Cinematogaphy: Kenton Drew Johnson
Composer: Jackson and his Computer Band, Bass Drum of Death, Charbel Haber
Editor: Giulia rodino
Producer: Fiona Godivier and Cecile Winckler Режисьор:
america is a stripper working in a trashy club, lost in the very depths of the u.S, when she meets Dick, they fall in love with each other instantly. Dick drags her into a world she’s not aware of, a descent into hell, drugs and manipulations, in which she will experience the best and the worst… eventually america takes revenge and gives him up to the Police, so Dick goes to jail. She decides to go visit him, and finally have the opportunity to have a talk about what they have been through together.
Fiona Godivier is a young Franco-Chilean Director. She first studied 3D animation and then Cinema and then went on to study photography. She started working as an assistant producer and First AD for independent movies in France. After traveling around the world for personal project in films and photography, she moved to Los Angeles to shoot her first short film “Deep Down”. She is preparing her new short film set in Arizona.
Deep DoWn
DR. ILLeGAL
Director: Hadi Khanjanpour
Writer: Jan Galli
Animation: Igor Krassik
Cinematography: Simon Drescher
Composer: Daniel Vulcano
Editor: Denys Darahan
Producer: Martin rohé
Cast: Mehdi Nebbou, august Schmölzer, Benno Fürmann, Burak yigit, roxana Samadi, Neda rahmanian
Dr. omid want to start a new life with his family. But these hopes founder when omid is not granted the German license to practice as a doctor. Instead of giving up, omid starts searching in his surroundings for patients.
Hadi Khanjanpour was born 1982 in Iran. In 2012 he successfully finished the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg. For his first Project as Director for “Stunde der Wahrheit” he won the special prize of 5th Iranischen Theaterfestival in Heidelberg.
Director: Katharina Woll
Writer: Katharina Woll
Cinematography Matan radin
Composer: Mia von Matt
Editor: Katharina Woll, Lauro Cress
Producer: Markus Kaatsch
Cast: Pascale Schiller, Julian Härtner Режисьор:
elisabeth is a writer. Since her mother was sent to a nursing home, she lives completely isolated, spending her days writing. one day when elisabeth takes a stroll through the park, she walks past seventeen year old Malek. When the young boy sees her, he is compelled to follow her home. He comes back to her house - again and again. a trip to his life leads to a rediscovery of herself.
Katharina Woll was born 1984 in Munich. After her A-levels she lived in Quito, Ecuador for a few months, assisting the German documentary filmmaker Sigmund Thies. From 2004-2009 she studied Film and Theater Studies at the Friedrich- Alexander- University Erlangen, Ludwigs-Maximilian University Munich and the University of Buenos Aires.
Director: Hristo Simeonov
Writer: Hristo Simeonov and Konstantin Tzonev
Cinematography: Stefan Vrachev
Editor: Hristo Simeonov
Producer: Magdelena Ilieva
Cast: Boika Nikolova, Kitodar Todorov
Tragicomic story of a lonely old woman forced by circumstances to bury hеr dog with man responsible for his death.
Hristo Simeonov was born in 1985 in Targovishte, Bulgaria. He is the author of several short films, shown at different international festivals. In 2011 he graduates with a bachelor degree in Film Directing in South-West University “Neofit Rilksi”. Two years later he receives a master degree in Film Directing as well. From 2009 till now he has been collaborating with several foundations that work in the field of the human rights of the minority groups in Bulgaria, and he has made lots of videos with social purposes and documentaries.
FAReWeLL
Director: Tiago rosa-rosso
Writer: antónio Dente, Miguel Plantier, Zé Bernardino
Cinematography: Tiago rosa-rosso
Editor: Tiago rosa-rosso
Producer: Coletivo Pé-de-Leão
Cast: antónio Dente, Miguel Plantier, Zé Bernardino
Three friends are at the beach. It is the last day of summer, the moon is rising. one of them decides to hold his breath until the moon appears completely in the horizon.…
He is a young Portuguese filmmaker who has directed “Peixe Azul” and “Deus Dará”. His latest films “Law of Gravity” and “Farewell” are both selected to Indie Lisboa 2015.
FoReVeR oVeR
Director: Erik Schmitt
Producer: Fabian Gasmia, Henning Kamm
Mia and Tim have been together forever ... at least it feels like that. In search for what has gone lost over the years, they invent a game - one has to help the other fulfilling each one‘s dearest desires. No matter what it is.
Erik Schmitt was born in 1980 in Mainz. He quickly started to study the many forms of communication in Geneva, Munich and Melbourne but was successfully lured into the capital. He completed his studies of communication sciences at the FU Berlin. At some point he learned to use the camera not only as walking stick, and started KAMERAPFERD together with Stephan Müller. Together they produced a whole range of highly visual, often unconventional short films.
Director: Bartek Konopka
Writer: Bartek Konopka, Michal ogorek
Cinematography: Jacek Podgorski
Editor: andrzej Dabrowski
Producer: otter Films, Narodowy Bank Polski
Cast: Paweł Domagała, aleksandra Grzelak, Stanisław Brudny, Tomasz Borkowski
Бартек Конопка, Михал огорек Оператор: ячек Подгорски Монтаж: анджрей Дабровски Продуцент: otter Films, Narodowy Bank Polski Участват: Павел Домагала, александра Гжелак, Станислав Брудни, Томаш Борковски
a comically absurd parable that tells the story of a furniture-beds maker who, after the fall of communism, expands his business, from camp beds right through to run-ins with the mafia. He pays a price in his private life for getting drunk on freedom…
Bartek Konopka - Oscar nominated for the “Rabbit a la Berlin” (2009) documentary that was shown at more than 70 festivals, received a dozen prizes and had been sold to 40 countries. His feature fiction debut “Fear of Falling” (2011) premiered at Montreal IFF (awarded at Mannheim, Mumbai, Lecce, Vincennes, Gdynia). Released in cinemas in France, Spain.
FRoM BeD thoU ARoUSe
GRoWth
Director: Léo Pacquelet
Writer: Léo Pacquelet
Animation: raphaël Thibault
Cinematography: Julien Guillery & Léo Pacquelet
Composer: renaud Bougré & Maxence Ciekawy
Editor: Léo Pacquelet
Producer: Le Fresnoy Studio
National des arts contemporains
This film explores the essence of travelling and the reasons why we hit the road to find a reality which we think is more accessible by going fast and far whereas it could be in reach of our footsteps, inherent to the speed, the strength and the weakness of our body.
After studying art in Besançon, Lyon, Sheffield (UK), and Montpellier, Léo Pacquelet was an artist in residence at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporairs, in Tourcoing, France. His films stage characters who are in the need of moving through different places. Facing mechanisms and devices that are very concrete and practical, but nonetheless absurd, the characters evolve through dislocated sound and visual environments.
Director: Layke anderson
Writer: Layke anderson
Cinematography: Jean-Paul Berthoin
Composer: Tom Green
Editor: Layke anderson
Producer: Layke anderson
Cast: Maya Markelle, Henry Garrett, Gintare Parulyte
evoking the ghosts of a classic tale, a pair of adversaries are brought back together in the wake of a disaster. Happy Thoughts is an experimental contemporary re-imagining of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan.
Layke Anderson is an award-winning British filmmaker. “Dylan’s Room” (2012) was Anderson’s debut as a writer and director, and has screened at over thirty international film festivals, including the Oscar-qualifying Raindance Film Festival and Palm Springs International ShortsFest. As an actor, his filmography includes work with directors Danny Boyle and Richard Attenborough. „Happy Thoughts“ (2014), is an experimental drama inspired by the characters of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. He has now focused his attention on working behind the scenes.
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Director: Drew Pautz
Writer: Drew Pautz
Cinematography: Michael Timney
Editor: Barry Moen
Producer: James Levison
Cast: Jaob edwards, Harriet Farthing, alice Lowe, oliver Milburn, Jack roth
When a family’s drive to their remote cottage is disrupted by a dangerous hitch-hiker, a young boy is confused by his parents’ conflicting reactions and takes responsibility into his own hands.
Born and raised in Canada, Drew has worked and lived in the UK since 1998. His first short „Desire“ premiered at Encounters International Film Festival 2011 and has played at festivals in UK, France, China, Czech Republic and America. Drew’s stage plays include Love the Sinner (National Theatre, 2010) „Someone Else’s Shoe“ (English Touring Theatre, Soho Theatre 2007). He is currently working on several feature projects with companies in the UK and France.
Some things in life are just unacceptable. If one could run fast enough and break through a time barrier, could fate be averted and a different reality created?
Self-taught, seller for years in a Parisian cinephile video club, David began production in associations in his native city of Toulouse, then became first assistant director in the French capital.
In 2008 he became one of the three producers of AS&M, where he produced with his associates “Mecs Meufs” and “I’M A SHARPENER”. “If it turns bad, run” is his first movie as a director, produced by AS&M. Currently, he’s working on “L’avènement”, his first feature-length movie.
Director: Patrícia Vidal Delgado
Writer: Patrícia Vidal Delgado
Cinematography: eberhard Schedl
Editor: Tomás Baltazar
Producer: Filipa reis
Cast: Sofia Furtado, José Carlos Cardoso, rita Cruz, Gany Ferreira
Isa‘s moral convictions make her a staunch advocate of women’s‘ rights. Her role as an outreach worker articulates her commitment to the prevention of domestic violence, and the forum theatre performance seeks to hypothesize a solution to this problem. The hypothetical solution provides an awkward dramatic exteriorization, which does not prepare Isa for the internal conflict that will trap her in the gulf between theory and practice.
Patrícia Vidal Delgado studied Fine Arts at Central St. Martins University of the Arts London and the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Delgado‘s artistic practice investigates the intimate and the feminine. Her work has featured in several international video festivals and art galleries in Budapest, Stuttgart, Zürich, Lisbon, Luanda, Marrakech, London and Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Vilma Kartalska & radko Savov
Writer: Vilma Kartalska
Animation: Haralan Haralanov
Cinematography: Ivailo Tzvetkov & Georgy
Gvozdev
Composer: Petia Dimanova & Mihail yosiffov
Editor: yonita Purchelova
Producer: Vilma Kartalska & radko Savov
Cast: Millitsa Gladnishka, Juha Hippi, Vilma Kartalska, Miska Kajanus
Jolly Bulgarian and a shy Finn are struck by Cupid’s arrow, but soon it is turned into firewood for the cauldron of problems between east and West. accusations and wedding rings are flying in this humorous story of love, cultural clash and a Janne!?…
Vilma Kartalska graduated Fashion Design in 1997. She was Bulgarian finalist in Smirnoff International Fashion Awards’96 and nominated for “Golden Needle’97” by Bulgarian Fashion Academy. In 2000 she finished her acting studies at Theatre College “Luben Groys”. She performed for the National Theatre ”Ivan Vazov”, internationally acclaimed independent performances and has been working as a voice artist.
JAnne oF LoVe яне of Love
BASe
Director: aslak Danbolt
Writer: aslak Danbolt
Cinematography: Stian Thilert
Editor: Bjørnar rydland
Thyholdt
Producer: Pål Nordås, aslak Danbolt
Cast: Petter Width Kristiansen, Kenneth Åkerland Berg, edda Grjotheim, Tom erik Heimen, richard Olsen, Tov Sletta
Joachim is retiring from base-jumping to become a father for the first time, but first he will stop at nothing to pull off his very last jump.
Aslak Danbolt is from Bergen, Norway. Before he began making films, he spent his time snowboarding and traveling the world. He has two BA’s, one in Film Studies and one in Documentary Directing, both from Lillehammer University College. His graduation film
“Martin the ghost” was screened at numerous international film festivals and won several awards. He has studied for an MA in Film making at The London Film School since 2011.
Director: arsen oremović
Writer: arsen oremović
Cinematography: Vjekoslav Vrdoljak
Composer: Matej Meštrović
Editor: Tomislav Pavlic
Producer: Ivan Maloča
Cast: Bojan Navojec, ana Majhenić, Jan Kerekeš
a social fable from Croatian life. The protagonist Ivan Croat, has just collected a salary that’s insufficient to support his family; his wife who doesn’t have a job and their three children. a chance meeting with a strawberry vendor at the market will propel him to do something that will make his family’s life harder, but will also bring back a taste of happiness that they had not felt in a long time.
Since 1991, Arsen Oremović has been working as critic, journalist, columnist and editor in Croatian daily Večernji list. In 1999, he was the director of Pula Film Festival, participated in many film and music juries and was twice chosen as the president of Croatian Society Of Film Critics (2001 and 2003). Screenwriter and director of documentary film Married To The Swiss Franc (2013), which received Human Rights Award at Sarajevo film festival and Grand Prix for best documentary at Vukovar film festival.
Director: Vito Palmieri
Writer: Vito Palmieri, Francesco Niccolai
Cinematography: Salvo Lucchese
Composer: Stefano Garaffa Botta
Editor: Corrado Iuvara
Producer: Vito Palmieri, aGFa
(association of Parents of deaf children)
Cast: Matilde da Silva, Luca di Costanzo
Matilde is a child with a dynamic intelligence and a strong spirit. In her classroom, however, something is upsetting her.
Vito Palmieri was born in Bitonto (Bari) оn 1st October 1978. In 2006, he was acknowledged with more than 50 awards from critics and audiences for his short film „Tana libera tutti“ („Everyone saved“, 2006), only played by children. In November 2012 Vito directed “Matilde”, a short film produced by Agfa (Association of Parents of deaf children), presented in Berlinale 2013. At TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) “Matilde” won the best live-action short film award, given by the adult jury.
MoM’S cALLInG
MAIKA MI cALLInG
Director: Deyan Bararev
Writer: Deyan Bararev
Cinematography: George Marinov
Composer: angel Simitchiev
Editor: Bohos Topakbashian
Producer: Deyan Bararev
Co-Producers: Chuchkov Bros.; arS
Digital Studio with the support of american
Foundation for Bulgaria
Cast: Ivaylo Draganov, Dimitar
Martinov, Dimitar Nikolov, Stefan Denolyubov, Bogdan Kazanjiev and Maya Baburska
Участват: ивайло Драганов, Димитър Мартинов, Димитър Николов, Стефан Денолюбов, Богдан
The faiths of two brothers, incapable of talking about the problems in their family, their drunkard father unhappy of the choices he’s made in his life, a drug dealer with an atrophied sense of truth and a taxi driver, fighting for the remains of his humanity are connected in one night in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Deyan is a director, writer and producer of 3 short films - „Siginificant other“, the controversial in Bulgaria and awarded „Botev is an idiot“ and „Mom‘s calling“. He is one of the co-founders of „Don‘t do productions“ based in Sofia, Bulgaria and is in the final stages of finishing his next short film - „Batmobile“.
Director: Martin Wallner
Writer: Martin Wallner
Cinematography: Daniel Loher
Composer: Steffen Kaltschmid
Editor: Thomas erichsen
Producer: Nils Dünker
Cast: Jean Marsh, Miriam Margolyes, antje Traue, ed Stoppard, Götz otto, Shantia ullmann, Tom Schoeller
Successful novelist and misanthrope Lilith Winterbottom (80) and chatty, religious odamee Marshall (64) couldn’t be more different – and yet, they are united by the same lethal diagnosis – and the same hospital room. What starts as a power struggle about the TV remote control ends up in a deeply touching and heart-warming story about finding new hope.
Martin Wallner is a film director born in 1979 in Bobingen, Germany. He is most famous for his movies: “A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation” and “Outlier”.
Director: Ivaylo Minov
Writer: Ivaylo Minov
Cinematography: orlin ruevski
Composer: Kaloyan Dimitrov
Editor: alexander etimov
Producer: Stela Pavlova
Cast: Joreta Nikolova, Valentin
Ganev, Stefan Valdobrev, Valentin MarinovPelo, Nina Boyanova
Irina is under pressure. She has something very important to attend to, but she is running out of time. rushing to do her groceries, she will have to put an end to a love affair… and survive a car accident.
Ivaylo Minov graduated from the London Film Academy in 2007. His work is focused on short films and TV commercials. He’s an established commercial director with many years of experience on the Bulgarian market. In 2014, he has completed his latest short film “Parking”. He is currently writing extensively for his next short and a first feature.
Director: Miklos Keleti
Writer: Miklos Keleti
Cinematography: Pierre-Hubert Martin
Composer: Neptunian8
Editor: Thomas Vanthuyne
Producer: alain Berliner
Cast: alice Haugness, Bénédicte Chabot
Hannah is a deaf-mute little girl. However she hears a strange noise in a park one day. Her mother doesn’t believe her but Hannah is becoming more and more obsessed with this experience.
Miklos Keleti is a young European filmmaker who has studied film in Budapest, Paris and finally at INSAS (Brussels) where he obtained a master degree in film directing. His graduation film, Back Against the Wall, won 9 awards and was selected in more than 50 international festivals. His next short film Patterns was completed in late 2013 and won 7 awards. He is currently developing his first long feature: Soma – The New Man.
Director: Tove Pils
Writer: Tove Pils
Cinematography: andrea Kåberg, Tommy Boije
Composer: anna eborn, David Gülich
Editor: Tove Pils, Maja Borg, Phil Jandaly
Producer: Helene Granqvist & Josefin Granqvist
Cast: Louise Peterhoff, aleksa Lundberg, Kathryn Fischer
Siri is at a turning point of her life. She feels frustrated about not daring to do what she wants and dreams about. She feels like the society, as well as her own boundaries, stop her from living fully, be who she wants to be, scream when she wants to scream and live out her fantasy about dominating someone else sexually.…
In her films, Tove Pils works with themes revolving around power, sexuality and the crossing of boundaries. She works with both documentary and fiction, and has directed the two short films „Take My Sex Away“ (2007) and „Att inte sprängas „(2008). In 2010 Tove also started a documentary film project depicting queer sex workers in San Francisco, a project that she has been focusing within the course Dok:huset, a project based documentary film course at the Skurups Folkhögskola. Before that, Tove studied film at the Malmö University and creative writing at the Österlens Folkhögskola.
Director: Ursula Meier
Writer: Antoine Jaccoud & Ursula Meier
Composer: Henri Maïkoff, Etienne Curchod
Editor: Nelly Quettier
Producer: Frédéric Mermoud
Cast: Vladan Kovacević, Alma Prica
It’s training time at the Zetra stadium in Sarajevo. 10-year-old Mujo misses his penalty kick. The ball flies over the goal and disappears among the tombstones of the graveyard that replaced the sports grounds during the war.
Ursula Meier is a director, among other films, of DES EPAULES SOLIDES from2003 and HOME wich was selected in Cannes in 2008. She was awarded with Silver Bear at Berlinale 2012 for L’ENFANT D’EN HAUT (SISTER), and in 2014 “Tisina Mujo” was released as part of omnibus BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO in Cannes 2014 (official selection).
QUIet MUJo
ReSeARch
Director: Koen Van Sande
Writer: Koen Van Sande
Cinematography: Jan Dellaert
Producer: David Vermander
Cast: Martin Swabey
roman (33), a neat man, lives in a white, clean loft, typical for big cities. He is dedicated and loving towards his wife Jenny (31) and his baby son. everything runs perfectly. But roman has set his mind on his ‘research’ today. роман,
Koen Van Sande (RITS, Brussels 1999 director+post graduate screenwriting) first short ‘WES’ (1998). Director and producer TV fiction and reality. Recently he decided to return to the big screen with his new shorts ‘RESEARCH’ (2014) and ‘BARST’ (2015) as a preparation for his first feature film.
ShootInG StAR
Director: Lyubo yonchev
Writer: yassen Genadiev, Lyubo yonchev
Cinematography: Damian Dimitrov
Composer: alexander Kostov
Editor: Lyubo yonchev
Producer: Lyubo yonchev
Cast: Stefka yanorova, Stefan Popov, Kalia Kamenova
Lilly is a divorced mother of two – Martin and the little alexandra. one cold winter evening in the dark streets of the neighborhood the kids become a part of a tragic accident that hardly can be forgotten or erased.…
Lyubo Yonchev was born on 16.02.1983 in Pleven, Bulgaria. He is a producer, writer and director of several short student films, which have been selected and awarded at international festivals. Since 2014 he has been a festival manager of ISFF “NEW WAVE”. Hi is owner of the film production company CRYSTAL FRAME.
erik is a solitary woodcutter. Kevin is the young conductor of the village’s cycling brass band. erik never goes out without his old mare. Kevin is keen on the clarinetist. The clarinetist is crazy about horses. But erik doesn’t know how to give. and Kevin doesn’t know how to flirt. They are both going to have to learn.
After a master degree in movie making at the IAD, François Bierry now writes and produces a number of programs for the Belgian Television. He works both in fiction (series, mini fiction) and entertainment. “Solo Rex” is his first short film.
Director: yana Titova
Writer: yana Titova, based on the novel “Solveig’s song” by Jordan yovkov
Cinematography: adriana yankulova
Editor: Bohos Topakbashian
Producer: Miroslav Borshosh
Cast: radina Borshosh, Stephan Popov, emiliya Stoyanova, Filip Gochev, Stoyan aleksiev, anelia Tasheva
anya has a good reason for her high self-esteem - only 17 she is a highly praised violinist. at her second solo concert anya must prove there is more to her talent than perfect techniques. This very day she accidentally witnesses the goodbye between a mother and her soldier sona scene that leaves her speechless minutes before the performance.
Yana Titova is award winning actress and director. As an actress she has won the Bulgarian Film Academy Award, Golden Rose Award, as well as Askeer Theatre Award. As a director, Yana’s films have been shown to numerous film festivals such as London Short Film Festival, Sofia International Film Festival, Cinewomen, Golden Rose Film Festival, In the Palace Film Festival and others. Her latest film “Solveig” has won Best Balkan Short Film at Bridge Film Festival in Kosovo.
SUch A LAnDScApe
Director: Jagoda Szelc
Writer: Jagoda Szelc
Cinematography: Zuzanna Pyda
Composer: Justyna Wasilewska
Editor: Boguslawa Furga
Producer: Marcin Malatynski
Cast: Kinga Preis, Szymon
Czacki, Matylda Paszczenko, Julita Manczak, agnieszka Zulewska, Katarzyna Wajda, artur urbansk
Lacking a traditional plot “Such a landscape” follows the path of emotions and sensations. Based on actual events the film shows five acts - Miracle, atonement, regret, Prayer, Forgiveness - that might help us overcome the fear of death.
Jagoda Szelc was born in Wroclaw in 1984. She’s a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Jagoda is currently studying Film Directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz and was recently awarded by the Ministry of Culture for her achievements in 2012.
SUMMeR StoRMS
Director: Nadège de Benoit-Luthy
Writer: Nadège de Benoit-Luthy
Cinematography: Joakim Chardonnens
Composer: Mallika Hermand
Editor: Nadège de Benoit-Luthy
Producer: Florian Burion
Cast: Laurie Lévêque, Gaël Giraudeau, Diane Fleri, Vincent Kucholl
Holidays, heat, crickets... Think “sea, sex and sun”. except there is no sex for Victoire and Léo because Victoire can’t make love. This is a couple on the brink of separation. But then, along come two sexed-up, happy lovebirds...
Nadège de Benoit-Luthy is a Swiss filmmaker, graduated from ECAL (Ecole Cantonal d’Art de Lausanne) in 2003. In 2007 she directed “Ménagerie intérieure” a film winner of “Cinema e Gioventù” the International Film Festival Locarno 2007.
ECAL (Ecole Cantonal d’Art de Lausanne)
intérieure”,
наградата “Cinema e Gioventù” на Международния филмов фестивал в Локарно през същата година.
SUMMeR’S
Director: Stefanie Klemm
Writer: Stefanie Klemm
Cinematography: Quinn reimann
Composer: Carson Wayne Thompson
Editor: Franziska Schlienger
Producer: Stefanie Klemm, bluebox film
Cast: Jonas Gygax, Marina Guerrini
The mysterious and sensual eva draws Ben, the shy scientist, into an emotional whirl of happiness he never experienced before. When eva tells him her inner most secret, his love is put to the test. He will do anything to keep her - and at the end of the summer Ben comes to a decision with serious consequences.
Before her Master in Film Direction and Screenplay at Zurich University of the Arts, Stefanie studied German Language, Literature and Psychology at Bern University. Next to various commercial assignments, several short features, experimental productions and dance videos were produced, which were shown at international film festivals.
SWeetheARt
Director: Miguel angelo Pate
Writer: Shane McGoey
Cinematography: Jalaludin Trautmann
Composer: Giuseppe Vasapolli
Editor: Wayan Blue Palmieri
Producer: Coco Francini, Philipp Klausing
Cast: Caitlin Carmichael, Daniel Buran, Liberty ross
a mysterious asteroid crashes into the Pacific ocean, causing all the adults on earth to degenerate and lose all human values. a young girl, Sweetheart, fights for the survival of herself and her infant brother in this brutal new world.
German-born Miguel Angelo Pate began his career in film as an Assistant Director. Over nearly a decade, he has been fortunate enough to follow his passion all over the world studying every aspect of filmmaking from the industry’s most acclaimed, such as Quentin Tarantino, The Wachowskis, Stephen Daldry and Joe Wright, just to name a few.
ten SeconDS In heAVen
Director: Tobias Schönenberg
Writer: Tobias Schönenberg
Cinematography: Thomas Förster
Composer: Dominik Schwarzer
Editor: Tobias Schönenberg, Thomas Förster
Producer: Tobias Schönenberg
Cast: Jannis Niewöhner, Claudiu Mark Draghici, Malin Steffen, Helmut Zierl Режисьор:
Leon’s (19) health seemed stable within the last years, until he was recently admitted to the hospital with cardiac arrhythmias. The consequence was an emergency surgery on the heart. For a few seconds Leon was clinically dead until he was rescued...
Tobias Schönenberg was born on 17th August, 1986 as an identical twin in Hagen. He is a German director and actor. Since 13 years Tobias has been on camera as an actor for various TV and film productions – most recently for the movie “Between Worlds” (directed by Feo Aladag) which premiered on the 64th International Film Festival in Berlin.
Director: Daina O. Pusić
Writer: Daina O. Pusić
Animation: Kristijan Mršić
Cinematography: Arthur Mulhern
Composer: Toni Teivaala
Editor: Arttu Salmi
Producer: Mirta Puhlovski
Cast: Doris Šaric-Kukuljica, Marija Kohn
a hundred year old woman called Nada and her 75-year old daughter Vera have a tense but familiar relationship. The childlike Vera takes care of her frail, mute though at times cruel, mother until one evening a bat flies into Nada’s room.…
Daina O. Pusić is a London based filmmaker from Croatia. She completed the M.A. filmmaking program at the London Film School in 2012. In 2013 she won the Jelena Rajković award for best Croatian filmmaker under the age of 30. Daina is in development on a pilot for a comedy television series. Daina was also a participant of the most recent Low Budget Film Forum where she was in development on her first feature film. She has just finished shooting the 2014 European Short Film Pitch winning project “The Beast” which she wrote and directed.
Director: Mauricio Caro Valderrama
Writer: Sebastian Mendoza
Cinematography: Santiago ramirez
Composer: Jorge arango
Editor: Jair Garcia
Producer: Camila Peraza
Cast: Hernán Mendez, Nestor Salazar, Josue Bernal, olga Vargas, Luis Valderrama, raúl Gonzalez
Facundo, escaping violence, reaches a village, right at the time that young people begin to disappear. Facundo will face a series of unexpected events.
Mauricio Alberto Caro Valderrama was born on June 24th, 1992 in Bogota City, since his childhood has lived with his mother, his father and his two older siblings. Since he was a little boy, he showed likes towards the creative areas, thanks to his two older siblings because they inculcated him in this path.
Director: Gregory Vardarinos
Writer: anastasia Bartzoulianou
Animation: Yiotis Vrantzas
Cinematography: Dimitris Stambolis
Composer: Vaggelis Papageorgiou
Editor: Yiannis Karampelas
Producer: Gregory Vardarinos
Cast: Maria Hatzioanidou, Dimitris Tsilinikos, Vaggelis Kosteas
Sixteen-year-old Jacob wants to save his mother, Helen, from the claws of his father, emmanuel, who is an alcoholic and a gambler, and who systematically abuses her.…
Studied in Edinburgh College of Art. Nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award 2010 in Fiction, and won the Golden Panda Award for Most Innovative Film, at the 2011 Sichuan Film Festival in China. An innovative filmmaker he combines the film noir genre with animation in his new endeavor “The Noir Project”.
ShADoW FoReSt
Director: andrzej Cichocki
Writer: andrzej Cichocki
Cinematography: Jerzy Lukaszewicz
Composer: Maciej Sztor
Editor: Cezary Grzesiuk
Producer: Jerzy Lukaszewicz
Cast: Pawel Tchorzelski, Michal Bonin
a man, while hunting a wolf in a forest, is startled by the sound of guns firing. Suddenly, in an explosion of movement there are people running, one of whom, a small boy, gets lost. even the wolves are overwhelmed by a sense of the impending danger.
Studied at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television of University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). A film director and cinematographer. He also creates with photography and music.
the SoUnD oF the RAILS
Director: Lucien Burckel de Tell
Writer: elena ramos
Cinematography: Carlos Novoa
Composer: Bogdanov Kill Kill
Editor: Javier Cuenca
Producer: Pablo yarnoz
Cast: Manuel Vega, Sara Linaje
The story of a man who has not forgotten his first love, always present in his dreams.
Lucien Burckel de Tell is born in Paris. After two years studying in the preparatory school of Paul Valéry, he decides to begin his cinematographic studies in the ECAM (Filmmaking School of Madrid), in the directing department. “Le bruit des rails” (The sound of the rails) shows an obvious interest in questions such as the memories of a first love and the loss.
Director: Damien Dunne
Writer: Nora Windeck / Damien Dunne
Cinematography: Eamon Nolan
Composer: Irene Buckley
Editor: Fernando de Juan
Producer: Nora Windeck
Cast: Matthew Diloon, Matthew Burke, Marion Neary
Режисьор:
The Swing is a coming of age story about two young brothers who find themselves in a perilous situation that kicks up memories of their past.
After finishing Dundalk film school in 2008 Damien worked on a number of feature films, short films, music video and experimental films in positions as varied as director of photography, camera assistant, colour grader and editor. In 2012 he produced the short film No Comment. Since 2013 Damien has been working for Brown Bag Animation as an editor.
Director: Marc Fouchard
Writer: Marc Fouchard
Animation: Back up
Cinematography: Thomas Collard
Composer: Vincent Girault
Editor: Coban Beutelstetter
Producer: Dominique Faviez & Matthieu Devillers
Cast: Hassam Ghancy, Léon Garel
Продуценти: Доминик
a small town in Northern France, alex, a young skinhead, enters Malik’s grocery store.
After a few short movies that he produced himself, the production company “Existenz” gives him the opportunity to realize “Personne(s)” (aka :”No Body”) and “Les frémissements du thé” (“The way of tea”) in co-production with “Blackbox” and “P904 films”. Marc is currently finishing the writing of his feature film. His approach after ten years of experiences remains the same: make each film like his first.
Lost in the woods, a young boy discovers what hunts him.
изгубено в гората, младо момче разбира какво го преследва.
Henri Pardo is a former actor and a director passionate about storytelling. As a graduate of the Institut National de l’Image et du Son, he has worked in advertising, corporate video, fiction, and is currently developing Web, television, and feature-length projects.
Анри Пардо е бивш актьор и режисьор, чиято страст е разказването на истории.
Дипломиран от Institut National de l’Image et du Son, работил в реклмата, правил е корпоративни видеа, игрални филми. Понастоящем
телевизионни и пълнометражни проекти.
Director: Benjamin Wolff
Writer: Tara Lynn orr
Cinematography: Manuel Mack
Composer: Giovanni Spinelli
Editor: Constantin von Seld
Producer: Philippe Brenninkmeyer
Cast: Gertrud roll, Horst Westphal, Julia richter, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, ricardia Bramley, Julian Mehne
an unspoken connection between two elderly neighbors, who share a daily ritual but who have never actually met, deepens when they face the inevitable...together.…
Benjamin Wolff was born in Hamburg, Germany and studied directing at the London Film School. His thesis film Like A Never Ending Sunday (2001) was an official selection at the Edinburgh and Potsdam film festivals. Now he is an established commercial director based in Berlin.
too LIttLe to UnDeRStAnD
Director: Cathie Turcotte
Writer: Cathie Turcotte
Cinematography: Jean-Philippe archibald
Composer: Dario Baldin
Producer: Cathie Turcotte
Cast: Sara-еve Simard, Brian Coulombe, Pierre Turcotte, Coralie Fortin, Daphnie McKenna, rose Dion, alize Tallaron
The little Cathie is hidden when her father announces a bad new at her sisters.…
Over the past twenty years, Cathie Turcotte shared her time between teaching, education of her two children and volunteering. In 2012, she obtained a certificate in cinema from the Universitе du Quеbec. “Trop petite pour comprendre” (Too little to understand) is her first professional short film.
Director: Macarena astorga
Writer: Macarena astorga
Cinematography: Fernando Moleon
Composer: Pablo Trujillo
Editor: Biktor Kero
Cast: Daniel Grao: Pablo Sebastian Haro
Paul is going to an important business meeting. absent-minded and talking on the phone, he realizes that he has lost his way. The car engine stops. From there on, nothing will be the same for him.
Macarena Astorga is from Madrid and currently studies Communication and Education Sciences. She had various courses on film direction and screenplay and started working in the documentary genre with films like “Women who say action”, “The Sleeping Memory”, “Voices against the silence” and “Brahim’s eyes”. “Transit” is her first fiction work and received an excellent reception at the festival scene. Currently she is preparing her second fiction, the short film “Namaste” a story that will roll in the hidden land of Nepal. Since 2004 she is Professor of Image in the IES Guadalpín de Marbella.
Guadalpín de Marbella.
Director: Nikolay Vasilev
Writer: Nikolay Vasilev
Cinematography: Borislav Georgiev
Editor: Nikolay Vasilev
Producer: Petya Tetevenska
Black hair, thin, skinny figure, juvenile antybaby charm, stubborn, hooligan, 29 year the most…These characteristics, the actress on the casting at theatre Sofia has to possess in order to be selected from director Ivan Dobchev, for the main role in the play “antigona”, by Zhan anui.
“Черна
Nikolay Vasilev, born in 1975 in Kazanlak, graduates from NBU with a degree in Film and TV directing. Works as a writer and director of documentary films and TV series. On the 14th International Sofia Film Fest ne is given the Jameson award for short films.
FILM IS A FILM IS A FILM
Director: eva von Schweinitz
Cinematography: Jorge Torres-Torres, eva von Schweinitz
Composer: William Basinski, ryoichi Kurokawa, Soundroll
Editor: eva von Schweinitz
Producer: eva von Schweinitz
Cast: roger Getzoff
Digital projection takes over the movie screens worldwide. as the material of celluloid film slowly disappears from her work place, the director starts bleaching, painting and scratching film in order to find answers.
Eva von Schweinitz, born in Bonn, Germany, is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker, based in Brooklyn. Her work deals with the role of the individual at the intersection between the analog and the digital world, and between the fictional and the real.
A neW FAMILy
Director: Simone Manetti
Writer: Simone Manetti
Cinematography: Simone Manetti
Composer: ratchev & Carratello
Editor: Mauro De Prati rossi
Producer: alfredo Covelli
Cast: Shrey Mao
Chantrea is banned from home by her sons when they discover she has HIV. She accepts her exile and starts collecting litter to survive. She meets Shrey, a young prostitute. Two lonely Cambodian women get together and create a new family.
Born in 1978 in Livorno, he currently lives in Rome. His debut, like a film editor, was “The First Beautiful Thing” by P. Virzì. He edited also “Tatanka” by G. Gagliardi, “I più grandi di tutti”, by C. Virzì. He directed music videos and he also works as a photo reporter (Vanity Fair, Asian Geo). “A New Family” is his first Short Film as director.
A pASSIon oF GoLD AnD FIRe
Director: Sébastien Pins
Writer: Sébastien Pins
Cinematography: Sébastien Pins
Composer: Simon Malotaux
Editor: Louis Zabus
Producer: Sébastien Pins
Cast: andré Fontignie Режисьор:
a beekeeper shares his worries about the future of his apiary school. a passion of gold and fire which definitely helps our environment to keep on living.
Sébastien Pins was born in 1990 in Namur. Fascinated by the beauty of nature, he was early attracted by photography and as soon as his 19, he produced several documentaries that got awarded and broadcasted in several festivals. Graduated from the “Institut des Artes de Diffusion de louvain La Neuve“.
AteLIeR LIFe
Director: Ivan Gakov
Writer: Blagoy D. Ivanov
Cinematography: Ivan Gakov and Blagoy D. Ivanov
Composer: Ivan Gakov
Editor: Ivan Gakov
Producer: Dimitar Drinov
„atelier Life“ is a glimpse into the life and work of the painter and fine arts teacher Nikola angelakov. He has spent the last 50 years of his life in teaching the fine arts to bright children on their way to adolescence. „ателие
Ivan Gakov graduated from the Space and Advertising Design Department of National Academy of Arts in Sofia. From 2005 worked as Art Director in one of the big advertising agency in Bulgaria. Ivan Gakov is a part of the jury of FARA (Bulgarian Advertising Awards) and local competition for Young Lions – Cannes.
Doycho is the last person inhabiting a remote village in the heart of the Balkan mountains, where his neighbours are animals and best friend is a ram. This film transcends the idyllic vision of rural life and challenges the meaning of isolation.
Alberto Iordanov is a young Bulgarian documentary director, editor and sound recordist with a MA in Film Directing from the Edinburgh College of Art. His short films have travelled to major international festivals.
Director: alberto yordanov
Cinematography: Lukasz Kulec
Composer: Mitko Shterev
Editor: Shaun Glowa
Producer: anne Milne
Cast: Chavdar “Bubo” Popov, Pavel Popov
Born at the beginning of the socialist regime in Bulgaria, Bubo was one of the few who enjoyed a privileged lifestyle. His journey reflects the rise and fall of the communist ideal.
Alberto Yordanov is a young Bulgarian documentary director, editor and sound recordist with an MA in Film Directing from the Edinburgh College of Art. His short films have travelled to major international festivals, such as Edindocs, London Short Film Festival and Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
BULGARIA FoR SALe
Director: Jivko Konstantinov
Writer: Jivko Konstantinov
Animation: ara Hugasian
Cinematography: Biser Milkov, Dessislav Mitov
Editor: ara Hugasian
Producer: Marina Tsekova
When it came down to the Bulgarians already all been distributed. Therefore God gave them the peace of heaven”, reads an old legend.
I was born in Bulgaria’s sea capital in the shortest month of the year. I graduated at Sofia University - Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Organizational Psychology, and Master of Journalism. I discovered that in addition to cooking, photography and traveling, the courage of being creator of films is my biggest passion.
FISh & chIpS
FISh & chIpS
Director: Inês alves & Naïma Le Cesne
Cinematography: Inês alves & Naïma Le Cesne
Editor: Inês alves
Producer: Inês alves & Naïma Le Cesne
Cast: o Tance Do Mimo band
Documentary movie that follows a band of young musicians playing gypsy jazz in the streets of Lisbon during a summer day. Made in three days during random Kino Lisboa, an international meeting to make and exhibit collaborative short-movies.
Inês was born in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, in 1987. She is a member of Gato Aleatório Collective that organized RandomKino Lisboa 2014. She was responsible for the production of cinema pedagogic projects at the association Os Filhos de Lumière in Lisbon.
Naïma Le Cesne studied contemporary music in Paris Conservatory and Acting at Atelier International de Théâtre Blanche Salant. Fish & Chips is her first movie as a director.
GIoVAnnI AnD the WAteR BALLet
Director: astrid Bussink
Writer: astrid Bussink
Animation: Max Italiaander
Cinematography: Diderik evers & Dirk-Jan Kerkkamp & Sal Kroonenberg
Editor: Femke Klein obbink
Producer: Hasse van Nunen & renko Douze
Ten-year old Giovanni has a dream: he wants to be the first boy to compete in the Dutch Synchronized Swimming Championships. Because his chosen field is viewed as typically one for girls, not everybody is as understanding as they could be. But Giovanni runs his own race. Will he be able make it to the Championships?
Astrid Bussink studied fine arts at the Academy of Fine arts AKI in Enschede and film at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. During her studies she made the award-winning documentary The Angelmakers. After The Lost Colony and My Enschede she directed two children’s documentaries: Wool Fever and The Hideout. This last film won her the Golden Calf for Best Short Documentary at the Netherlands Film Festival.
InVISIBLe неВидима
Director: Zofia Pregowska
Writer: Zofia Pregowska
Animation: Zofia Pregowska
Cinematography: Tomasz Stankiewicz
Composer: Johnny Lithium, David o’Brien
Editor: Tomasz Stankiewcz
Producer: Maciej Slesicki
Cast: Krystyna Łagowska, Zbigniew Misiak, Piotr Łagowski
90-year-old Krystyna, lives in the tiny apartment surrounded by books and writing pads. That’s remarkable in itself since Krystyna is almost blind, but that doesn’t stop this still vital woman from writing passionate and eloquent poetry that celebrates life. 90-годишната
Zofia Pregowska is a Polish film director, an alumni of Warsaw Film School. “Invisible” is her graduation film.
noRth eASt hARD WeSt
noRth eASt hARD WeSt
Director: Bart van den aardweg
Cinematography: antonio Martínez urbina
Composer: Lucas Malec
Editor: Berend Boneschansker
Producer: Michelle Hoekstra
a closely-knit group of adolescent kickboxers trains every day at a boxing gym in the heart of amsterdam West. Here the youths are confronted by the strict approach of the trainer. The boxing gym offers shelter and is a place for inspiration to strengthen them in the choices they have to make in life.
Bart van den Aardweg (Amsterdam 1984) growing up in a creative nest, starting out making paintings and doing theatre. His love for the moving image soon turned to capturing real life from a personal perspective. His goal is to create lively dynamic images, inspired by the world around him and more importantly by the life of the less fortunate people in society.
Director: Paulina Skibinska
Writer: Paulina Skibinska
Cinematography: Piotr Czechowski, arkadiusz ostrowski, Jakub Stolecki, adam Wasiak, Krzysztof Wiszniewski, Grzegorz Zubowicz
Composer: Katarzyna Szczerba
Editor: Katarzyna Boniecka
object is a creative and abstract image of an underwater search. The action takes place in the dimensions of two worlds – ice desert and underwater. The story is told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver entering the underwater all covered by ice, and of the ordinary people awaiting on the shore.
хора, чакащи на брега.
Paulina Skibińska, born in 1987 in Kowary, near Jelenia Góra, Poland, graduated from the PostSecondary Studio of Culture Animation in Wrocław (2009), film specialization. She earned her M.A. degree in screenwriting at the Łódź Film School (2014), where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. studies. Being a screenwriter of numerous internationally awarded short fiction and animated films, e.g. “http://”, “The Kiss”, “48hTV”, Paulina is presently at work on her full-length fiction debut film, as part of the International Screenwriting Workshops MIDPOINT.
Director: Merja Hannikainen
Writer: Merja Hannikainen
Cinematography: Merja Hannikainen
Editor: Merja Hannikainen
Producer: Merja Hannikainen
“retracing“ tells about a person, who was born in Mostar, Bosnia and came with her parents as a refugee to Sweden in 1993. She doesn‘t have memories of her childhood prior to Sweden. In the film family and friends tell their stories about the child.
Merja Hannikainen was born in Finland and lives currently in Berlin, Germany. Studied Experimental film and Media art in the Berlin University of the Arts. Works with video and photography, while engaging in collaborative projects as organizer and curator.
Director: Julia Poplawska
Writer: Julia Poplawska
Composer: Grzegorz Liwinski
Editor: Grzegorz Liwinski
Producer: Michalina Fabijańska
In a workplace situated higher than any other in Poland, the constant nocturnal observation of the surrounding world is an unbroken norm. The employees suspended beyond time and space in ‘the Place’ remain at their posts, unshaken and immovable, despite reversals, adversities and startling situations.
Julia Popławska is a documentary filmmaker and TV journalist and a member of Polish Filmmakers Association.. Author of the documentary about Tibetans living in Poland - Children of Dalai Lama (2008), an exclusive interview with H.H. Dalai Lama (2009) and a television documentary The Polish Righteous (2008) about Poles who helped Jews during World War II. In 2012 she won the competition for the best scenario about the old town of Mexico City announced by Docs Festival in Mexico DF.
the SoLDIeR’S JoURney
Director: annie Deniel
Writer: annie Deniel
Composer: alexis Lemay, Patrice d’aragon
Editor: annie Deniel
Producer: annie Deniel
Cast: Laurent Lucas
In 1956, a young man is called to algeria, not knowing what awaits him. Through letters sent to his brother who stayed in France, the young soldier tells fragments of the war.
Annie Deniel is professional editor. Originally from France, she currently lives in Montreal. Graduated from the School of Audiovisual Production of Paris, she also has a BA in Psychology. In 2007, she turns to making movies with a first documentary film entitled „I’m using any melee“, in 2010 „Place of elegance“ and “Registry” were released.
Currently she is working on two projects of documentary films, the first concerns the health field and the second is an immersion in the heart of an alternative community.
the SoMMe In SeVen poeMS
Director: John Durrant
Animation: John Durrant, Paul Greer, Libby redden, Hugh Cowling, Steve Burrell, Tim Marriot
Cinematography: Ian Salvage
Producer: Seb Barfield
an anthology of seven poems lavishly animated for remembrance Day. More poets and writers fought at the Battle of The Somme than any other battle in history. These ‘Soldier Poets’, Siegfried Sassoon, robert Graves and Isaac rosenberg amongst others, captured the realities of war with a visionary flair, equaling the best filmmakers today.
Creative Director at BDHtweets, Vice Chair at Telly Committee, Board Member at Shed / iShed. BAFTA Member.
Telly Committee,
toWARDS A pInK SpRInG
Director: Mario de la Torre
Writer: Mario de la Torre
Cinematography: Diego Falcone
Composer: Pablo Pareja
Editor: antonio Gómezescalonilla
Producer: rafael Linares, María del Puy alvarado, alfonso Palazón
young members of the arab LGBT community have to live clandestinely. They feel frustrated after the arab Spring, so will there be the moment of a Pink Spring?
Mario de la Torre made his debut with the short film „Chocolate con Churros“ (2006), winner of the New Arrivals award in the Rotterdam Film Festival. The documentary „Harraga“ (2008) was nominated to the Goya Awards. „La Condena“ (2009) was edited in the collection Filmoteca FNAC and screened in festivals all around the world. „Hunger“ (2012), his last film, was selected in festivals as Sitges, Gijón and Odense.
First International assembly “Banner of Peace” was opened on august 16, 1979 in Sofia and includes children from 79 countries around the world. Symbol of the assembly becomes monument at the foot of Vitosha “Banner of Peace”, now known as the Bells.
I was born in Bulgaria’s sea capital in the shortest month of the year. I graduated at Sofia University - Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Organizational Psychology, and Master of Journalism. I discovered that in addition to cooking, photography and traveling, the courage of being creator of films is my biggest passion.
Director: Simon Panay
Writer: Simon Panay
Animation: Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
Cinematography: Nicolas Canton, David Capsir
Composer: Christelle Guedou
Editor: David Capsir
Producer: Simon Panay
a small village lost in a dusty desert in Burkina’s bush. Two times a week passes the train. Various food items and water bottles thrown by the passengers while passing by constitute the main income of the village, and the only source of water during dry season. Different portraits follow each other. The older ones have known slavery in the service of France, the young dream of distant horizons.
Simon Panay is 22. He made his first fiction short film „Drôle de Guerre” at 19 and gоt more than 50 official selections, 15 awards and two TV screenings. 2012, he shot his first documentary film in Africa „Tontines, une affaire de femmes“ (52min) and 2014 his second documentary „Waiting for the (t)rain“ (26min). 2014, he received a prize of best talented young director of the year from the prestigious organization ARP.
Director: Sylvia Schwenk
Writer: Sylvia Schwenk
Cinematography: Sylvia Schwenk
Composer: Barry evans
Editor: Sylvia Schwenk
Producer: Sylvia Schwenk
Cast: everyday people
‚Water ways‘ is a film that transports us into the lives of a community living on the water ways of Banjarmasin in Indonesia. The film shows a slice of everyday life on the water, starting with a group of children playing in the wash of the boat; and a tangle of boats that ultimately leads us to the main protagonist of the film, an older woman who shares her point of view with us.
Sylvia Schwenk’s practice looks at the relationship between performance and the everyday, reflecting upon the significance and beauty of commonplace activities and spaces. Sometimes she captures a moment, space or action with photographs, films, text and/or installations. Other times she creates works which focus on inter-human relational practices that emphasize collaboration, dialogue and audience activation.
Монтаж: Димитрий ягодин Продуцент: Компот Колектив / Весела Данчева Участват: Тавис Престън, александър Найденов
ordinary man goes through life in the only way he can – without desires, dreams or aspirations. one of the countless cells in the body of the vast urban monster.
Dimitry Yagodin (1979) was born in Moskow, Russian Federation. He studied animation at the Natioanl Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. He works as a freelance artist and independent director and animator. The last film project, the director took part is the internationally acclaimed animation-documentary film “FATHER” produced by Compote Collective, which received 26 awards.
His filmography includes “5 Meters Corridor” 2010, “Fishing with Phil” 2008, “Punishment and crime” 2007, “Reanimania” 1999.
A petty MoRnInG cRIMe
Director: asparuh Petrov
Writer: Georgi Gospodinov
Animation: asparuh Petrov, olga Doreva
Cinematography: asparuh Petrov
Composer: asparuh Petrov
Editor: asparuh Petrov
Producer: Compote Collective / Vessela Dantcheva
Cast: Pavel Terziyski
а murder in the second degree, that doesn’t cut down the guilt.
Asparuh Petrov graduated High school of arts and crafts, Trojan in 1999. He devoted himself to the arts of animation after completing his first animated film “First Love” in 2008. Since then Asparuh created more than 20 animation projects, some of which got nationally awarded. (Inside 2008, Seed 2009, Forelock 2010). The last film project, the director took part is the internationally acclaimed animation-documentary film “FATHER” produced by Compote Collective, which received 26 awards.
Vida is a young Iranian lifeguard. Popular on her team, she is determined to fight in order to be the one to participate in an international competition in australia. However, when Sareh who is as fast and talented as her, joins the team, Vida will have to face an unexpected situation.
Sarah Saidan is an animation film director. Iranian and born in 1978. She directed two films in Iran. In 2009, she comes to France to enter the animation film directing school La Poudrière. She directed three short films. In 2011, she began to work on “Beach Flags”, a film produced by Sacrebleu Productions and Folimage.
Director: David Jansen
Writer: David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach
Animation: David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach
Composer: Marcus Zilz
Editor: David Jansen
Producer: Fabian Driehorst
Daewit is rescued from his violent father and grows up far away from his family among wolves. embarking on a mysterious journey to find his own identity, he encounters great hardship but ultimately finds peace in forgiveness.
David Jansen was born on January 7th 1981 in Germany. 2002-2012 Columbia Tristar in Script Development followed by work for Sony Pictures. 2006-2012 Academy of Media Arts, animation film class of Raimund Krumme and Stéphanie Beaugrand.
DÉJÀ-Moo дежа-мУ
Director: Stefan Müller
Writer: Stefan Müller
Animation: Stefan Müller
Cinematography: Stefan Müller
Composer: ralf Merten, Gabriel Improta, Ignacio Viano, Frank Nachtigall, Steffen Winkler, Gustav Lundgren
Editor: Stefan Müller
Producer: Stefan Müller
Режисьор:
It could have been a nice Saturday ...were it not for a mad cow, a hysteric mother and two ambulance men, who are all good at one thing mainly: Creating chaos. Comedy about a young Berliner in the German alps, who gets by a series of confusions in a hospital. a surreal nightmare for our hero, who runs from kafkaesque situations to psychedelic moments.
Stefan Müller was born 1974 in Limburg, Germany. He works as a filmmaker and freelance animator. When he was in school he started as an Illustrator, doing cartoons for the newspaper. After the graduation he also worked for a few years as a sign-painter and muralpainter.
Director: Till Nowak
Writer: Till Nowak
Animation: Till Nowak, Malte Lauinger
Cinematography: Ivan robles, Mendonza
Composer: olaf Taranczewski
Editor: Philipp Hahn, Till Nowak
Producer: Till Nowak
Cast: roland Schupp, Hannah Heine, Nina Petri, Leslie Barany, Mirko Thiele, Klaus Zehrfeld
The film begins as an animation: a genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world, high above the ground. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there is nobody to listen. one day his surreal animated world collapses and reality breaks out.
Born in Bonn, Germany in 1980, he founded his own studio, frameboX, whilst studying media design at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. Since then he has designed numerous light installations for buildings including the Castel dell’Ovo in Naples, the water tower in Neumünster and Osaka Allee at the HafenCity Hamburg.
a poignant story of a middle aged fisherwoman who dreams of owning an auto rickshaw and the subsequent consequences that ensue.
Suresh has led a team for over a decade that has created animation films in 2D, 3D and pioneered Clay/Stop motion in advertising films in India. With his firm belief in the design process for solutions, Suresh has been instrumental in creating a market for animated ad films in India. His path breaking exploration of new styles to tell things differently yet effectively is perhaps the reason for an audience and a whole new industry that heralds an exciting phase of Indian animation.
GRUMpy DoeS RepAIRS
Director: radostina Neykova and Sofiya Ilieva
Writer: Georgi Merdzhanov
Animation: radostina Neykova, Sofiya Ilieva and Lilyana Stoyanova
Cinematography: Veselin Hristov
Composer: Petko Manchev
Editor: radostina Neykova and Sofiya Ilieva
Innovation sewn cut-out animated character hates light. an annoying sunbeam keeps disturbing Grumpy‘s sleep, so he decides to do some renovations to get rid of all the light.
Radostina Neykova is Assoc. Professor, PhD in the Institute of Arts Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Science. She is teaching “Dramaturgy of animated film” in NATFA “Kr. Sarafov. She is also illustrator of children’s books, mentor of children‘s Animation workshops. Sofiya Ilieva graduated from NATFA „Krastyo Sarafov“ in Sofia - subject Animation. Her graduation film “Last autumn” won several awards.
Director: Laura Harrison
Writer: Beth raymer
Animation: Laura Harrison
Cinematography: Laura Harrison
Composer: Jim Becker
Editor: Maia Lynch
Producer: Laura Harrison
Cast: Beth raymer
Lorraine, a Floridian drug addict, throws a lingerie party to seduce her bisexual boyfriend, Cesar, away from his man friend Wade, a partying type of old dude. Wade supplies Cesar with toilet paper and grape soda, and Lorraine feels she can‘t compete with that. Hence the lingerie show that quickly devolves into a drug fueled orgy.
Laura Ann Harrison is from New Jersey and lives in Chicago. She studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously she studied animation at the Museum of the School of Fine Arts in Boston and painting at the New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Her films focus on marginalized social outcasts. These neither here, nor there types provide a focal point for her concerns with diaspora, post humanism, gender and the loss of touch in an overwhelmingly visual world.
LInGeRIe ShoW
Director: Ivan Bogdanov
Writer: Dimitar Voev
Animation: Mandy Geuskens
Cinematography: Ivan Bogdanov
Composer: Petar Dundakov
Editor: Ivan Bogdanov
Producer: Compote Collective / Vessela Dantcheva
Cast: yana Hadjikostova
Dappled little crowd I hold in my hand I pull their strings, I hope it doesn’t hurt them.
Ivan Bogdanov (1973) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating Animation from the Willem de Kooning Academy of Art and Design in Rotterdam, he has been working as an animation director, illustrator and comics artist. Founder of animation studious FINFILM and COMPOTE COLLECTIVE. During the last years he has created award-winning animation films, among which „FATHER“ 2012 and „ANNA BLUME“ 2009.
(1973)
nAtURAL noVeL In 8 chApteRS
Director: Milen Vitanov
Writer: Georgi Gospodinov
Animation: Dalibor rajninger, evelina rajninger
Cinematography: Milen Vitanov
Composer: Vensan Mazmanyan
Editor: Milen Vitanov
Producer: Compote Collective / Vessela Dantcheva
Cast: Harry anichkin
Режисьор:
Will be an ice-cream vendor, going broke in winter’s splendor.
Milen was born 1978 in Prague (Czech Republic) and raised in Sofia (Bulgaria). He spent many days and nights drawing on his first self-made light box. He graduated Animation from the University of Film and Television HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam (Germany) in 2007. He committed himself to the alchemy of 2D/3D mixtures. His filmography includes: Mango Manga (2015), Natural Novel in 8 Chapters (2015), Rising Hope (2012), My Happy End (2007).
o chRIStMAS tRee
Director: erik Sjølander
Writer: erik Sjølander
Animation: erik Sjølander
Composer: Vegar Dahl
Editor: erik Sjølander
Producer: Cecilie Bjørnaraa
„o Christmas Tree“ is a love story about two spruce trees, olaf and Marte who have lived their whole lives side by side in the forest. We follow the two trees through the seasons until they are a grown couple, much in love. one winter day they hear strange sounds coming from the forest. Moments later something happens that changes their lives dramatically.
Erik Sjølander studied animation at Queensland College of Arts in Brisbane, Australia. Ha has worked as an animator on the feature film Elias and the hunt for gold of sea (2010), the TV series Elias (2007), TV series City of friends (2010) and the short film Peter and the Wolf (2006). O Christmas Tree is his directorial debut.
oDeon ОдеОн
Director: Boris Despodov
Writer: Georgi Gospodinov
Animation: Boris Despodov
Composer: Petar Dundakov
Editor: Boris Despodov
Producer: Compote Collective / Vessela Dantcheva
Cast: Georgi Gospodinov, Harry anichkin, aleko Bogdanov
Режисьор:
Сценарист:
We, too, will grow cold some day like a cup of tea grows cold...
Boris Despodov is a painter, animation and documentary film director. His documentary feature “CORRIDOR #8” was screened at over 60 international film festivals and received 16 international awards including - Berlinale Ecumenical Jury Prize 2008. THREE SISTERS AND ANDREY, co-directed with A. Paounov was screened at over 100 international film festivals and received 10 international film awards including - Jameson Award for the Best Bulgarian Short Film, Sofia IFF 2009. TICK-TACK (Winner Bulgarian Film Academy - Best Animation 2005; Winner Audience Prize “Shorts Welcome”, Dresden 2005).
Director: Matei Branea
Writer: Matei Branea
Animation: Matei Branea, Tudor om, Tudor Calnegru
Composer: Vlaicu Golcea
Editor: ana Branea
Producer: Helga Fodorean, Paul Negoescu
Cast: Matei Branea, Silvia Gisca, ariadna Mihai, Mircea albulescu
omulan is traveling through space in search of God. a profoundly Balkan but simultaneously universal story filled with strange critters, sex and alcohol.
Matei Branea is a Romanian comics and 2D animation artist. He is best known for his humanoid character Omulan, that became famous with the publication of its dedicated Hardcomics issue in 2002 and then went on from being a comics character to conquering both the small and the big screen. Branea currently teaches animation at the Bucharest Film School (UNATC) and is preparing his next animated story between his hometown and Berlin, his new home.
poStInDUStRIAL
пОстиндъстриъЛ
Director: Boris Pramatarov
Writer: Kaloyan Pramatarov
Animation: asparuh Petrov, atanas Filipov
Composer: andrea Martignoni
Editor: asparuh Petrov
Producer: Compote Collective / Vessela Dantcheva
Cast: Ivan Moskov Режисьор:
eleven floors of thoughts held by iron brackets...
Boris Pramatarov (1989) is a Bulgarian visual artist. He graduated in Book and Printed Graphics (BA) at the Bulgarian National Academy of Art and Graphic Art (MA) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent (BE) and specialized in Illustration and Graphic design at the Saint-Lucas School of Arts. He has four solo’ exhibitions, three artist‘s book „My Demons“ (2012), „DoppelgŠnger“ (2013), and „Amygdala“ (2013, United Dead Artists Publishers) and his drawings has been published at numerous international magazines and albums, among which “The New York Times“. The visual poetry “Postindustrial”(2015) is his debut is animation filmmaking and directing.
(1989)
RUBBISh
Director: angella Lipskaya
Animation: angella Lipskaya
Producer: angella Lipskaya
Three garbage bags ran away with the city dump.
Angella Lipskaya was born in Moscow. Studied animation direction at the School-studio „Shar“ and Graphics at the MGUPP (Moscow State University of Printing Art named after I.Fedorov), Moscow academic art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of arts. Worked at the Moscow State Academic Children‘s Music Theater Named After N.Sats and as Art director in animation, advertising and scene painter.
SeA FRont
Director: Claire Lamond
Writer: Claire Lamond
Animation: Claire Lamond
Composer: Karine Polwart
Producer: Claire Lamond
Cast: Joe Hanton, andy Law, Marc МcCrae, Dale McQueen, Toni Middleton, Dorothy rowse
When you put a shell to your ear what do you hear? Connected by the sea between them, soldiers, friends, musicians fighting in the trenches in WWI reach out to those battling back home. Score by Scottish singer songwriter Karine Polwart.…
Drawn to stories of small happenings that reflect wider society. Loves the transience of working with materials that are moved in front of the camera and are gone, never to be repeated. Currently working on an animation in collaboration with Fife Cultural Trust to accompany their exhibition about WWI later in the year.
Сейнте, Кристел Корнил, Хелена Копеянс... SInneRS
Director: Gerlando Infuso
Writer: Gerlando Infuso
Animation: Gerlando Infuso
Cinematography: Gerlando Infuso
Composer: Philippe Tasquin
Editor: Gerlando Infuso
Producer: Marie Besson, Samuel Tilman
Cast: Justine Kemlo, erika
Sainte, Christelle Cornil, Helena Coppejans...
Музика: Филип Таскин Монтаж: Джерландо инфузо
Продуцент: Мари Бесон, Самюъл Тилман Участват: Джъстин Кемло, ерика
Three stories about three women at three different epochs who suffer. Following a gesture, they reap the wrath of a male figure.
Born in 1986, Gerlando Infuso studied at La Cambre in Brussels. His first short film „Margot“ won the junior price at the international festival of animation of Annecy 2008. In 2009, „Milovan Circus“ won several prices. Gerlando directed videoclips for RoBERT and Emilie Simon. Sinners is his second short produced by Eklektik Productions.
Director: Wojciech Sobczyk
Writer: Wojciech Sobczyk
Animation: Wojciech Sobczyk
Cinematography: Wojciech Sobczyk
Composer: Bartosz Chajdecki
Editor: Wojciech Sobczyk
Producer: Wojciech Sobczyk Режисьор:
Harsh but poetic, the film is a treaty about the desire of domination and violence as the driving force of history, shown in the spectrum of grey. after a great battle, the surrounding landscape, devoured by great fire, looks apocalyptic. Meaningless.
Wojciech Sobczyk - animated film director, illustrator and photographer. He was born in 1974 in Piotrków Trybunalski. He graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow where he currently works as an academic at the Animated Film Studio.
Director: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Writer: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Animation: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Cinematography: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Editing: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Composer: antfood
Producer: Daniel Gray & Tom Brown
Cast: richard e Grant
Things of worth are often neglected in favour of that which might be more immediately gratifying. unfortunately, the things that are neglected are often lost forever, irreplaceable. This is the story of a man with a misguided and intense focus – one which started in his youth and carried on to old age.
UK-born directing duo Tom Brown and Daniel Gray met in a Welsh film school in 2003. Their graduation film, “t.o.m.” won numerous awards across international film festivals, including Sundance, Ottawa, Annecy, and the British Animation Awards. Since 2012 Tom lives in New York, and Dan lives in Budapest and mingles in the Eastern European animation scene. Tom and Dan continue to work together across continents and time zones.
Director: Patrick Buhr
Writer: Patrick Buhr
Animation: Patrick Buhr
Producer: Patrick Buhr
a flaneur tries to explain what purposeless walking is about and how he became what he is. as time goes on he realizes that he talks like he walks and reaches a conclusion. един
Patrick Buhr is a media artist and animation freelancer based in Cologne. He studied philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 2006-2009 and Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne from 2009-2014. His work revolves around fragmented narration, ambivalent identities, contemplative association in animated short films, drawings and writing.
Director: Michelle and uri Kranot
Writer: Michelle and uri Kranot
Animation: Michelle and uri Kranot
Cinematography: Michelle and uri Kranot
Composer: Michelle and uri Kranot
Editor: Michelle and uri Kranot
Producer: Michelle and uri Kranot
In an entangled tango, the victim and victimizer dance, occupying the frame and the space between brushstrokes. ‘Black tape’ explores the theme of domination. Вплетени
Director: Mariano Leguizamón
Writer: Mariano Leguizamón
Cinematography: Francisco Scavino
Composer: Guillermo Barbuto
Editor: Mariano Leguizamón
Producer: Darío Pimentel
The dialogue is diluted with each breakfast in the marriage of alicia and Jose. one morning tradition is interrupted, a third arrives to fix a flaw in the room. alicia observes and is observed. The third fixes the damage and he retires. She receives the third when her husband goes to work.
Mariano Leguizamón was born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While still a student in high school, he began taking theater classes. After high school, Leguizamón study Art in IUNA (National Institute of Art) in Buenos Aires. Nowadays, he is studying film direction in “Universidad del Cine”, Buenos Aires. He has been making homemade short films since 2011. “Four Domestic Episodes Under a Beautiful Stormy Day” is his first short film in college.
FoUR DoMeStIc epISoDeS UnDeR A BeAUtIFUL StoRMy DAy
Minore is a found footage film inspired by a very old traditional song. on one hand, it is a meditation on the affiliation between audio and moving image. Moreover, it is my attempt for a vague description of something lost: a missing connection, a forgotten relation to the world.
Yiorgos Nalpantidis is a film/video maker, living and working in Athens, Greece. He has studied Filmmaking, Economics, and Creative Writing. His work is mainly focused on the relationship between image, language, and reality. His films have been screened at more than 40 film festivals and venues in 21 different countries of the world.
pAtAReI pRISon
Director: ricard Carbonell
Writer: ricard Carbonell
Cinematography: ricard Carbonell
Music: ricard Carbonell
Editor: ricard Carbonell
Producer: ricard Carbonell
Cast: Tennis ball
Patarei, a former barracks and tsarist army coastal battery, became a Prison, one of the major centers of Soviet repression in Tallinn (estonia) as it was run by the KGB.
In the Second World War, the Nazi army detained about a thousand Jews in this place.
Today you can visit the lonely rooms.
Ricard Carbonell has a PhD in cinema from the Complutense University of Madrid, has diplomas from the universities of Barcelona, ECAM Madrid and Microobert (Barcelona). His films have been shown at more than 100 international film festivals and on TV. He has won awards at the film festivals at San Francisco, Viena, Berlin, Madrid and Hannover.
Today he is teaching Cinema at TAI Cinema School (R.J.C. University) in Madrid.
So QUIet UnDeRWAteR
Director: Julian Dieterich
Writer: Chiara Poma rinklef / Julian Dieterich
Cinematography: Gwenllian Thurstan
Composer: Phil Nylund
Editor: Julian Dieterich
Producer: Joel Kaufhold
Cast: Filip roch Januchowski / Laurie Scott
relationship becomes a test when suddenly the shelter of the city is missing. When escape is impossible. In the midst of the rough nature of the Scottish Highlands, two young men are confronted with the reality of their love, and for the first time, sex is no cure-all, communication becomes inevitable. on their way over wide grass plains and through deep valleys, both start to doubt their love to each other. While one has the feeling to lose his partner and to become numb, the other increasingly feels restricted, even if he enjoys to be loved. They try compulsively to express their feelings, but it’s so quiet underwater.…
Julian Dieterich was born on 16th August 1996 in Stuttgart, Germany. He graduated in June this year and immediately started working as assistant director and assistant manager at the SOKO Stutgart studios and the Bavaria Fernsehproduktion. As an independent director he has three movies so far: “Elch” 2011, “Hatter” 2012, “Unterwasser IST ES STILL” 2015, and the fourth “Sediment” is planned for 2016.
Director: Margarida rêgo
Writer: Margarida rêgo
Cinematography: Margarida rêgo
Editor: Margarida rêgo
Producer: Margarida rêgo
It all started with a picture taken in 1974 in Lisbon, just after the Portuguese revolution. She, the revolution Hunter, tries to enter in that picture as if she could enter into a time she didn‘t belong and finally understand what it means to be part of a revolution or what it means to fight for a country. “The revolution Hunter” explores the relationship between two generations, two different times and two different fights.
Margarida Rego was born in 1986, Lisbon, Portugal. She studied at Fine Arts Academy in Lisbon and recently finished her master degree at the Royal College of Arts in London. Her background is in graphic design and she is one the founders of the studio “Ilhas”. At the moment she is working on Portugal, about how not to lose a country, and about how to transform the idea of country. In 2013 she did her first short-film called “The Revolution Hunter”.
Director: eoin Heaney
Writer: eoin Heaney
Cinematography: Piers McGrail
Composer: Irene Buckley
Editor: Fernando De Juan
Producer: Nora Windeck
Inspired by the work of eadweard Muybridge, Turning is a dance film exploring the cyclical nature and repetitive behavior of contemporary society.
Eoin Heaney graduated with distinction from Ballyfermot College of Further Education in 2005 and has been working in the film and visual arts field since then. He has written and directed a large number of short films, music videos, promotional films and art installations. He is also an accomplished production designer and storyboard artist.
UnDeRDoG DReAM
Director: antti Polojärvi
Editor: antti Polojärvi
Producer: antti Polojärvi
Cast: rolle the dog
Dogs think and they have memory and their memory banks need period of purging and reorganization during sleep, just like ours do. In this film a family dog is having a dream about birth, good food, a concept of freedom and how everything’s fine…
Antti Polojärvi is a Helsinki based film artist who has graduated from the Art’s Academy of Turku in 2009. He has directed documentaries such as „Alone together” 2007), a film about psychiatric nursing homes summer trip to the beach and „Homeless - Night and day“ (2009) a doc about a homeless guy. Right now Polojärvi is working in a art project that aims to fill an empty prison with video installations, sounds, performance art, dance and maybe pastries.
ALEKo BoGDAnoV
My name is Aleko and I am 8 and a half years old. I am in my third school year and already an excellent drummer.
I will watch and assess the films with great pleasure. I hope that one day a distinguished director will make a film about me! :)
DMitry GELLEr
Dmitry Geller was born in 1970 in Sverdlovsk. From 1986 to 1990 he was a free painter. From 1990 to 1995 he worked as assistant animator of animation studio A-Film (Sverdlovsk). From 1995 to 1997 he studied at the highest courses for script writers and film directors.
Аuthor of twelve animated films, Dmitry Geller is a leading and globally recognized Russian animator.
FAiSAL A. QurESHi
Faisal A. Qureshi (UK) – director, script-writer and editor. He is a part-time lecturer at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV in Cuba, Salford University and Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. He has also worked on the British Council “I, Belong” project in Pakistan and the “Film ON” project in Uzbekistan.
GErGAnA DyAnKoVA
Gergana Dyankova is in the 5th grade in 134 Secondary School “Dimcho Debelyanov”, with classes in Hebrew.
She loves cinema, photography, mathematics and dancing. She also loves mint candies and icecream with chocolate on top. And holidays!
She has two own and one mutual photography exhibitions. She is part of “Keren Shemesh” and “Or a Kohavim” dance groups.
She is not very good at singing but she always sings with strong enthusiasm.
Hu WEi
Hu Wei was born in Beijing (China) at 1983 and today he lives and works between Paris and Beijing. In 2011 he obtained diploma from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and in 2013 he got another one from Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts.
Hu Wei is the director of “Butter Lamp”, a short film which observes the lives of Tibetan nomads through the eyes of a photographer. Critically acclaimed, “Butter Lamp” won a multitude of awards in 2014 including the Grand Prix at IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival and Grand Jury Award at the AFI Film Festival. It was also screened at Cannes, Sundance and the New York Film Festival, as well as over 200 other festivals.
The film was on the shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Live Action short film, along with 9 other films.
KALoyAn VASiLEV
Kaloyan Vasilev is young magician, who has the power to control all the elements... as a beginner. His best ability is to pacify the waves of the Balchik bay. Kaloyan is able to turn his french teachers and the school director into frogs. Furthermore, he portrays his colleague Angelina Jolie. Often he punishes his other friend - Elzbieta in the refrigerator, sometimes for weeks.
Anot HE r Gr EE n Wor LD
united Kingdom / 2014 / 07’ 28’’
Director: Christina Hardinge
Writer: Christina Hardinge
Cinematography: George Tsikos,
Editor: IIsabella Djalili, Christina Hardinge
Producer: Christina Hardinge, Amber Victoria Lynch
Cast: Michael Kerry White, Iain Stuart Robertson, Emily Wyatt, Alison Rose, Helen Terry
When we are faced with death, we can rediscover life. A nameless man, who is terminally ill, allows us to experience the world through his eyes and ears and follow him on his journey to acceptance.
Christina Hardinge (26) is London based filmmaker, writer and director. She has a BA in Fine Art from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, and has worked extensively as a theatre practitioner, production designer and performance artist prior to becoming a filmmaker. Christina’s films have a distinct personal imprint. Her work has been shown at notable venues including BFI, ICA, Whitechapel Gallery, Battersea Arts Centre and Old Vic (Bristol).
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Director: Franziska M. Hoenisch
Writer: John-H. Karsten
Cinematography: Christine Lüdge
Editor: Florian Kläger
Producer: Karoline Henkel
Cast: Théo Costa Marini, Ornella Boulé
France, Germany / 2013 / 13’ 45’’
On the run after a political attack Damien and Yvonne wake up at their hiding place in Paris. When they find out that Damien was filmed by a surveillance camera and is now wanted by the police, they have to make a choice.
Franziska M. Hoenisch was born 1984 in Zweibrücken, Germany. She studied one semester at the Fine Arts School in Athens, did internships at Allary, Film, TV & Media in Munich, ARTE G.E.I.E. in Strasbourg and finished with the diploma degree. Since 2010 Franziska studies directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. She studied one semester at the film school La Fémis in Paris and currently works on her first feature film.
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AWAKE
Spain / 2014 / 08’ 00’’
Director: Marta Medina del Valle
Writer: Borja Rodríguez
Cinematography: Hugo Domínguez, Jesús Lara
Composer: Aleixandre Guzmán
Editor: Sara Azcona Fernández
Producer: Iván Pérez, Jorge Anguís
Cast: Clara Alvarado, Cristina Collado, Juan Ceacero
Ametsa has been in a clinic for some months, the same time she has not been able to sleep. Affected by a strange type of insomnia, she tries to bear the sleeplessness as best she can. But months go by and Ametsa starts to doubt whether her condition may get better.
M A rtA M ED in A DEL VALLE
Born in Madrid, she spends most of her childhood living in Soria until entering the University of Valladolid to earn a Journalism Degree. She moves to Madrid to work for the newspaper El Mundo as an editor, but in 2011 she decides to begin her studies in Film Direction at ECAM. “Awake” is her end-of-studies short film.
Director: Santiago Esperón
Writer: Urko Vazquez, Elena de Torres
Cinematography: Bruno Gras, Héctor Núñez
Editor: Emilia Martín, León Romero
Producer: Pablo Yarnoz
Cast: Elisa Khamlichi Sotillo, Laura López Peral, Alejandra Arias
Spain / 2014 / 08’ 00’’
Barbara works at night looking for scrap metal on the streets. She’s a loner, strange and solitary, nothing seems to get to her. But one day she meets another person.
S A nti AG o E SPE rón
On September 2011, Santiago Esperón began his studies in Film Directing at ECAM (Filmmaking School of Madrid). “Barbara” is his graduation film.
Jens lives at a little farm in the very north of Norway all by himself. One day the tractor stops. The same day his father turns up, and he’s not willing to go back to hospital.
Born in 1993 in Oslo, Norway. Studied Media and Communication at Elvebakken High School in Oslo and graduated from Nordland College of Art and Film in 2014.
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Director: Rene Maurin
Writer: Rene Maurin
Animation: Neža Zinajič
Cinematography: Max Sušnik
Composer: Sebastijan Duh
Editor: Jan Lovše
Producer: Jožica Blatnik
Cast: Primož Pirnat, Lučka Počkaj, Branko Šturbej, Ivo Barišič, Aljoša Ternovšek, Lucija Tratnik, Teja Đuragić
Slovenia / 2014 / 25’ 10’’
A desperate painter struggling with artistic and financial hardship pawns his beloved grandfather’s armchair. This mundane action propels him onto a fantastic journey which will transform his view of reality forever.
rE n E M A urin
Rene Maurin is a Slovene / German director born in ex Yugoslavia. He attended education in US, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, swaying between film and theatre. After his graduation in Theatre Directing, he filmed documentary films for the National Slovenian Television and directed theatre performances which reaped wide acclaim and awards.
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Germany / 2014 / 14’ 56’’
Director: Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal
Writer: Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal
Cinematography: Steve Bauerschäfer
Composer: Nils Brzoska
Editor: Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal
Producer: Sandra Motwary
Cast: Jonas Broxtermann, Anna Puck, Andre Kaminski, Ilker Abay
With headphones on, people stare at the screen of their phones. Daily interactions are plagued by an inhospitality. Nobody speaks. People try to get out of each others way as best as they can. If one wants to experience something it can only happen in our minds with the help of Dreaming…
K A ri M oELtz E Von Lo BE nt HAL
Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal was born in 1992 in Giessen, moved to the small village of Caputh in 1995, went to school in Potsdam, graduated in 2011. Went on a world trip for 1 year in South America and Australia. Started studying directing in 2012. Since then he is film student and independent filmmaker.
Director: Esteban Gimpelewicz
Writer: Esteban Gimpelewicz
Cinematography: Esteban Gimpelewicz
Composer: Hanno
Editor: Andres Rovo
Producer: Agnes Toomus
Cast: Mark Postgate, Sam Cannon
united Kingdom / 2014 / 18’ 11’
Embark on a journey into the world of a fantasist. This film aims to explore the fragile line that divides our perception of reality and the illusion that cinema creates, and how the two inevitably merge.
E S t EBA n Gi MPELEW icz
Film graduate from University of Essex, specializing in cinematography and lighting. Passionate to explore film production and learn the craft of film composition through a wide range of genres and styles.
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France, Mexico / 2014 / 21’ 30’’
Director: Maruani Landa
Cinematography: Fernando Hernandez
Editor: Maruani Landa
Producer: Stephanie Phelut
Cast: Juliana Bao
In a Mexican village, a 12-year-old girl, Cipriana, suffers mockery from her classmates and desire from adults because of her big breasts. Her physical changes surpass her mental capacities, and she finds herself uncontrollably attracted to her teacher. One day in class, Cipriana cannot tear her eyes away from her teacher. Overcome by her desire, a torrent breaks forth from her loins, from her belly, flooding everything around her.
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Maruani Landa was born in 1988 to French mother and Mexican father. Curious from the childhood, which she spends partially in Mexico, she like emphasizing how the perception of the world changes according to the influence of our singular and globalized environment. Actually student of ESAV, Cinema school in France, she began her route in the School of Fine Arts, specializing as video artist.
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Director: Shirley Bruno
Cinematography: Christopher Andre, Lorenzo Thomas
Composer: David Grinbaum
Editor: Nora Tennenssen
Producer: Shirley Bruno
united Kingdom, united States / 2014 / 20’ 48’’
Pauline Jean is an actress caught in a circular holding pattern. Stuck behind the many faces she has constructed, she must risk giving the scariest performance of her life: being herself depending which Self she is. In the midst of her existential crisis, she writes a letter to her namesake Pauline Jean which leads her through an improvised journey about the search for intimacy and identity fraught with beautiful masks and stalled connections.
S H ir LE y Bruno
Shirley is a Haitian filmmaker currently based in NYC after graduating from London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking with Distinction. Her shorts have earned awards in the UK, Canada, Caribbean, and US. A recent Film Fellow of the New York Foundation on the Arts, her first feature in development also received seed funding from New York State Council on the Arts. Her films often deal with closeness and loneliness within family, unspoken fears, and unusual coming of age.
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israel / 2014 / 15’ 47’’
Director: Sahar Vizel
Writer: Sahar Vizel
Cinematography: Meidan Arama
Editor: Or Lee-Tal
Producer: Sahar Vizel, Rachel Wallach
Cast: Myrav Osofsky, Ella Kazimov
Batia, a young mother, decides to dissolve her family. She and her husband separate. Contrary to expectation she decides that her husband will take their little daughter under his charge. But life has a different plan for Batia; Joel disappears mysteriously. This is a personal and surrealistic movie about the continual coping with loss, motherhood, and the relationship between mother and daughter.
Sahar Vizel was born in Kfar-Saba, Israel on 5 August 1986. At the age of 7 her parents gave her birthday present, a video camera. She started to film her family and direct her friends in short movies. The desire to photography and cinema grew over the years. She study cinema at “Rabin” high school in Kfar- Saba and after that she continued her studies undergraduate film department at Tel Aviv University. The film “Detached” is her first film as a director.
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Director: Viviane Andereggen
Writer: Julia Neuhaus
Cinematography: Johannes Treß
Composer: FISCHER, Kofferstudio Berlin
Editor: Constantin von Seld
Producer: Jens-Florian Groß
Germany / 2013 / 13’ 00’’
Habib, an undocumented migrant, is desperately in need of money to feed his family back home in Northern Africa.
Vi V i A n E An DE r EGGE n
Viviane Andereggen was born in 1985 in Zurich and raised in Switzerland and Hungary. At the age of 16, she left home to live in occupied houses. She worked as a photographer and realized many video projects in different theatres all over Germany and Switzerland.
united Kingdom / 2013 / 17’ 17’’
Director: Leonardo Machado
Writer: O’ar Pali
Cinematography: Malte Rosenfeld
Editor: Charlie Stewart
Producer: Anna MacDonald
Cast: O’ar Pal, Richard Winsor, Patrick Baladi
One man must decide between living a dream or the emptiness of reality.
L E on A r D o M Ac HAD o
Leonardo Machado is award winning director, studied at the London Film Academy. Directed several projects since then. A number of them have been officially selected by festivals, like Tribeca and Cannes Film Festival. In 2013 he was one of the ten directors from around the globe selected to participate in the Kinoteka program, part of the Polish Film Festival. In 2014 he was nominated for the Golden Camera Awards competition at the Nashik International Film Festival.
Director: Maciej Wiktor
Writer: Grzegorz Bogdał, Maciej Wiktor
Cinematography: Janusz Dybowski, Paweł Grabarek
Composer: Kristian Kilhus Lindstrom
Editor: Amadeusz Andrzejewski
Producer: Maciej Wiktor
Cast: Marcel Sabat, Marta Juras, Grzegorz Wolf
Simon and his father coexist in a complex relationship, tangled up in a secret of their past. This stasis begins to crack, when Simon meets a beautiful girl and his father doesn’t approve his choice. Poland / 2014 / 21’ 54’’
M Aci EJ Wi K tor
Maciej Wiktor is currently a writer for computer games, specialist in writing silly things. M.A. in Psychology at the University of Gdańsk. Filmmaker, writer, traveller.
FAM i Ly F un E r AL
Germany / 2013 / 12’ 43’’
Director: Felix F. Walz
Writer: Anita Olatunji
Cinematography: Monika Plura
Composer: Clemens Winterhalter
Editor: Andrea Fahning
Producer: Alexandra Staib
Rike returns to the remote family farm in Schleswig-Holstein together with her husband and her 15-year old son James for her grandfather’s funeral. Abandoned as an orphan by her grandparents she has to confront her past.
Felix F. Walz, was born in Munich in 1979. He started to direct his first movies at the age of sixteen. After he finished school he joined the marine and traveled the Caribbean Sea. During his studies of Cartography and Media Technology he started to work on film sets. In 2010 he shot his first short feature. Since 2012 he is part of the Masterclass at the Hamburg Media School and studies directing.
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Director: Anne Chlosta
Writer: Florian Wentsch
Cinematography: Stephan Bühl
Composer: Lucas Kochbeck
Editor: Janina Gerkens
Producer: Monique Marmodée
Cast: Josef Heynert, Fynn Gorbatschew, Lennart Harder, Jodie Ahlborn, Oliver
Erwin Schönfeld, Julian Benjamin Spenke
Germany / 2013 / 12’ 04’’
Arne discovers his recently deceased brother`s best-kept secret: He was a pedophile. Unable to deal with the situation, Arne hides his discovery from his family. This seems to work out just fine, until Arne comes face to face with one of his brother`s victims.
Ann E cHLo S tA
Anne Chlosta was born 1984 in Munich. 2003 Graduation from German International School The Hague. 2004 -2007 Bachelor studies of Cultural Sciences in Frankfurt (Oder), Seville, Spain and Berlin. 2007-2011 Bachelor studies of Screenwriting at Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. 2012 Postgraduate film studies at Hamburg Media School.
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united Kingdom / 2014 / 13’ 29’’
Director: William Darbyshire
Writer: William Darbyshire
Cinematography: Matt Perry
Editor: William Darbyshire
Producer: William Darbyshire
Cast: Joe Madley, Jordan Mallory Skinner, Samuel Butler, Christopher Haran, Elizabeth Hill, Mark Stanton, John Mclear
Kurt looks to America surfer films as guidance on how to live his life. The morals and ideologies revolve around living a laid-back lifestyle – a world where anything is possible. In order to distance himself from his family and the occupants of Middleton, Kurt spends his time alone. One day, whilst walking down a countryside road, Kurt uncovers a broken down car. He immediately takes a personal connection to it as he see’s it as a potential escape from Middleton.
Wi LL i AM DA r B y SH ir E
William Darbyshire is an English director. He trained at Met Film School in London and ‘Gone Surfin’ is his graduation film. Currently, William is working on his YouTube channel and traveling the world making videos and photos and sharing them on his YouTube channels where he built a solid fan base.
Director: Itay Sagi
Writer: Itay Sagi
Cinematography: Yoni Robbins
Composer: Alon Raffe, Tomer Ben Saadon
Editor: Danny Mindroul
Producer: Itay Sagi,Hila Ziegel, Shani Ilani, David Sagi
Cast: Or Meir, Jonathan Bar Or, Nir Strauss, Orly Tobaly, Ran Cimer, Shimon Mimran, Daniel Botzer, Gil Weiss
israel / 2013 / 25’ 51’’
Liron is an Israeli young man who wishes to be a fighter in a combat unit in the IDF, but is not allowed due to his medical profile. In the same week of the Haifa derby football match, Liron appeal the decision.
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I grew up in Kiryat Bialik, in Haifa Bay area. A big fan of Maccabi Haifa football club, accompanying the team for the last thirty years. BA graduate of Psychology and Communications from Haifa University and MSc graduate of Industrial Psychology from the Technion, Haifa. Filmmaking graduate from Minshar for Art in Tel Aviv. Married and father to the most amusing boy in the world. “Green Ape” is my graduation film from Minshar for Art.
H A r D to Lo SE
united Kingdom / 2014 / 24’ 42’’
Director: Manfredi Mancuso
Writer: Ingrid R. Charles, Manfredi Mancuso
Cinematography: Arturo Vasquez
Composer: Elwin Hendrijanto
Editor: Mikko Makela, Mirella Pazzaglia
Producer: Manfredi Mancuso, Christof Hackl
Nero is a loner, trapped in a miserable life. Everything might change when he meets Laura. However, in his world there is not room for love and he will need to struggle to keep his feelings alive.
Cast: Ben Robson, Rebecca Scroggs, Neil Grove, Michael Dacre M A n F r ED i M A ncu S o
Manfredi Mancuso is a writer, director and film critic. From 2010 to 2014, he has been the film columnist of the Italian Daily Tabloid, ‘Giornale di Sicilia’. In 2014 he graduated from the London Film School after a two-year MA course in Filmmaking. ‘Hard To Lose’ is his graduation film.
Director: Julie Yara Zimmermann
Writer: Julie Yara Zimmermann
Cinematography: Sophie Perrier
Editor: Julie Yara Zimmermann
Producer: HEAD - Genève
Cast: Pauline Schneider, Mathias Glayre
Switzerland / 2013 / 04’ 25’’
There’s nothing to see here, and still... Danger... Sounds scarier than one another, but it’s empty all around, and there’s nowhere left to go to... Feels like a paper plane war in my head...
Julie Yara Zimmermann is currently studying at the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève). She was born to a Syrian mom and a Swiss dad but she likes Syrian food the best. And cats too. And Kubrick.
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Hor LA
France, South Korea / 2015 / 11’ 00’’
Director: Gabriel Galand
Writer: Kyrylo Sopot, Gabriel Galand
Cinematography: Maria Lis
Composer: Bernhard Elsner
Editor: Marco Velez
Producer: Gabriel Galand
Cast: Tristan Pelissier, Patrice Tepasso, Pierre Porquet, Reine Le Caer
In the end of the 19th century, an isolated aristocrat becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
After graduating in cinematography from EICAR, The International Film and Television School of Paris, Gabriel moved to Korea in order to make the post-production of his thesis film “Horla”. Since then he has been working on set with international crews in Seoul as well as developing a post-apocalyptic web-series.
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Director: Juliette Penant
Cinematography: Charlotte Marchal
Editor: Marie Beaune
Producer: Juliette Penant, Greet Busselot
Belgium / 2014 / 22’ 11’’
The young Mado decides to leave her home to go out in the crowded city. She jumps on a bicycle of Leon, a stranger passing by. They want to escape from the city and find themselves exploring the underground. The wandering of the two main characters, through the architecture of Brussels, depict a night of transition. How could they escape from the tumult of the city life and where should they go?
Ju L i E tt E P E n A nt
Born in Paris, Juliette Penant obtained a baccalaureate in Literature and History of Arts. She starts cinema study at Université Paris 8, where she had first experience as documentary director. After a first bachelor’s degree she enter at INSAS in Belgium as script editor. She decided to direct her first fiction film “HURLY-BURLY” as part of Master film at LUCA School of Arts.
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Belgium / 2014 / 12’ 42’’
Director: Mark Stevens
Writer: Mark Stevens
Cinematography: Mark Lindenberg
Composer: Daniele Tucci
Editor: Tim Prudon
Producer: Mark Stevens, Oscar Bastiaens, Ann Moons
Cast: Caroline Bech, Frederike Migom, Jan Jakob Nieuwenhuijsen, Eli Thorne
Kevin and Rebecca have a relationship in a world where real-life contact is banished. When Rebecca discovers a ‘classic film’, she realizes that she misses something in her relationship. Without mentioning, she starts to get obsessed with her secret fantasy. Kevin notices her strange behavior and tries to find out what’s going on. Rebecca continues making a non digital approach. This is harder than it looks. How do you seduces someone, without using your phone?
M A r K St EVE n S
Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands, Mark Stevens studied at the film academy in Genk, Belgium. Besides that he made several projects in Belgium and the Netherlands, including the video clip ‘Woodstock’ for the Dutch band ‘Late as Usual’, the ‘New Orleans skyscraper’ promotion video for Vesteda Rotterdam and the short film ‘Deus ex Machina’. Some of Mark’s films are made together with producer Oscar Bastiaens, which included Mark’s graduation film ‘I <3 U 4VR’.
Director: Bregje Benecke, Jochem Bootsma
Writer: Bregje Benecke, Jochem Bootsma
Cinematography: Joris Bulstra
Editor: Jordi Beukers
Producer: Thom Arends, Jasper Pol, Bregje Benecke
Cast: Vincent Croiset, Tim Drupsteen, Maaike Martens, Marjolein Van Panhuys
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netherlands / 2014 / 25’ 28’’
Two men who have lost their way, a child afraid of falling asleep and a woman intertwined with a gruesome reality are intrinsically interconnected in “Image of a Girl”. The characters dwell around a silent, desolate dreamscape and the laws of the subconscious effortlessly slip in. The film looks back on the impact of a nightmare... or is it an ominous premonition?
Midway through their film studies at the Utrecht School of Arts, Bregje Benecke and Jochem Bootsma discovered that a collaboration improved the quality of their projects. They decided to continue as writers/directors duo. Through many experiments they developed a characteristic working method based on intuition and association in order to let ideas evolve naturally into a story. This resulted in their graduation film “Image of a Girl”, for which they received special honours.
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Germany / 2014 / 11’ 10’’
Director: Leo Merkel
Writer: Leo Merkel
Cinematography: Lukas Löffler
Editor: Leo Merkel
Producer: Leo Merkel, Herbert Wentscher
Cast: Sarina Radomski, Tobias Fiege
Maria seems to be a good girl. She’s got both feet on the ground, she gets her work done and she got an amazing boyfriend, Alex. But one night, this boyfriend of hers knocks on her door and tells her something she never would have expected: that he made out with another girl. Maria is shattered and tackles Alex about the whole thing. And then he reveals something, that will change their relationship forever.
Leo Merkel was born in December 1990 in Berlin. After high school-graduation, he worked in a psychiatry and went to New Zealand, where he worked for 8 months. Now he’s studying Visual Communications at the Bauhaus-University Weimar.
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Director: Patrick Vollrath
Writer: Patrick Vollrath
Cinematography: Sebastian Thaler
Composer: Iva Zabkar
Editor: Sebastian Schreiner
Producer: Steven Swirko
Cast: Finn Bachmann, Matthias Hecht, Astrid Schabl, Skye Macdonald, Max Schachermayer
Austria / 2013 / 18’ 43’’
11-year-old Paul lives in his own world and is an outsider in school. When one day he meets a desperate boy named Aleksandar, he realizes that it’s easier to walk ones life’s path with a friend rather than alone.
Born in 1985, Germany. From 2005-2008 Patrick worked as trainee in Film and Video at ARRI Film & TV in Munich, where started to work as editor. From 2008-2015 he studied Directing in University of Music and Performing Arts – Film Academy Vienna, in the class of Michael Haneke. His film “Everything will be okay” was recently a part of the “Semaine de la Critique” competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and won the award for Best Mid-Leght Film at Max Ophüls Preis.
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Germany / 2014 / 13’ 22’’
Director: Maja Costa
Cinematography: Carola Rodriguez Sanchez
Composer: Ben Kloss
Editor: Sergio Recchia, André Weinreich
Producer: Maja Costa, Gregor Matuschek, Juli Schymik
Berlin 1895. The young seamstress Knopka starts her first working day at a tailor’s. Having left Russia to forget her past, she meets the next door baker who has a strong resemblance to her old lover. Caught in his tangled game of closeness and distance, she daydreams... when suddenly the baker turns out to be two of a kind.
Born 1980 in Verona, Italy. Studies in oriental science and Cello. Move to Berlin to study script writing at DFFB. Participation in international script writing and directing workshops as well as talent labs. Numerous jobs as assistant in German and international film productions and freelance script writer. “Knopka” is her short film debut as director.
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Director: Aslak Danbolt
Writer: Aslak Danbolt
Cinematography: Stian Thilert
Editor: Bjørnar Rydland Thyholdt
Producer: Pål Nordås, Aslak Danbolt
Cast: Petter Width Kristiansen, Kenneth Åkerland Berg, Edda Grjotheim, Tom Erik Heimen, Richard Olsen, Tov Sletta
norway, united Kingdom / 2014 / 15’ 00’’
Joachim is retiring from base-jumping to become a father for the first time, but first he will stop at nothing to pull off his very last jump.
Aslak Danbolt is from Bergen, Norway. Before he began making films, he spent his time snowboarding and traveling the world. He has two BA’s, one in Film Studies and one in Documentary Directing, both from Lillehammer University College. His graduation film “Martin the ghost” was screened at numerous international film festivals and won several awards. He has studied for an MA in Film making at The London Film School since 2011.
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Japan / 2014 / 14’ 27’’
Director: Eric McEver
Writer: Eric McEver
Animation: Hsiao-Shan Huang
Cinematography: Emilie Silvestri
Composer: Robert Tunstall
Editor: Eric McEver
Producer: Eric McEver
Cast: Taishi Chiba, Katsura Hoshikawa
Ken, a cynical escort returning to his rustic hometown, and Satoko, a housewife bent on fulfilling a long-ago promise to reunite with an old lover, find themselves thrown together at an unmanned mountain rail station. As day draws into night and the train fails to appear, they begin to realize that counting on one another may be their only option.
Born and raised in the Oklahoma, Eric McEver relocated to Tokyo during college to pursue a passion for Noh theatre and has lived there ever since. While working variously as an actor, translator, game developer, and animation producer, he developed an offbeat cinematic vision fusing the languages and idiosyncrasies of his two homes. He is currently developing “Fossil”, a time travel romance fueled by his lifelong affinity for paleontology.
Miranda, a young rebellious teenage girl has to take care of her mother Grace, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. A year ago, after the death of her father and younger brother, the progression of Grace’s mental decline reinforced tragically. Miranda struggles to find her own identity at this crucial age while she has to witness her mother’s loss of identity. She finds distraction by getting into trouble with her new friend from school, Tessa.
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Paloma came to the UK to study filmmaking and finished an MA in Film Directing. Her MA graduation film premiered at the Take Two Film Festival in NYC, won Best Supporting Actor at the Northern Virginia International Film Festival, selected into the Fort Myers Beach Film Festival (Florida) and is in the official selection of the Derby Film Festival. “Little Hurricane” was successful in becoming an official selection at the prestigious Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
Vincent is in love with a prostitute who works at Locanda, a cabaret he regularly attends. Learning that she doesn’t have the means to pay the eye surgery she dreams, Vincent decides to find a way to finance it in the hope of winning her love. To get more money, Vincent will seek to increase his working time as funeral agent.
Born in 1991 in Sion, Lucas Pannatier did his school career in Valais, Switzerland. After getting his school leaving diploma in 2010, he moved to Lausanne and started studying French Literature and Cinema’s history at the university. After one year, he left the University of Lausanne and started a Bachelor in Filmmaking at the Geneva University of Art and Design. He graduated in June 2014.
Every month Michal immerses in a Mikveh as part of the religious ritual before she and her husband can resume marital relations. When the long-awaited night arrives, nothing happens between the two. Her husband’s absence, as well as the deterioration in the intimacy between them, makes her suspect on her husband’s true identity.
Born in Southern Israel in 1986, I was brought up in a Jewish religious environment and studied in Yeshiva. In 2010 I enrolled in the School of Audio And Visual Arts in Sapir College. My first student film, “Barley In Love”, was selected for screening in the International Tel Aviv LGBT Festival. My latest short film is “Longing”.
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united Kingdom / 2014 / 11’ 53’’
Director: Rhys Brisenden
Writer: Rhys Brisenden
Cinematography: Holly Stratton
Composer: Matt Constantine
Editor: Marco Consentino
Producer: Stefan Parker
Cast: Lee Ravitz, Crag James Morgan, Edwin Flay, Sophie Brooke, Ronan Sweeney, Andy Mcbride, Robert Langley
As two thieves set out to burgle a remote country house, they encounter a strange man who may be hiding a dark secret. As the night progresses, the men begin to realise they’ve bitten off more than they can chew, and having broken in, they’re soon desperate to break out...
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Rhys Brisenden completed an MA in Filmmaking through Bournemouth University in 2014. He has directed and written numerous short films that have screened across Europe, recently in Italy, Bulgaria and through the UK. ‘Midnight Snack’ was nominated for Best Film at the National Student Film Awards and won the Committee’s Choice.
Director: Tom Reynolds
Writer: Tom Reynolds
Animation: Liz Maybury
Cinematography: Richard Twomey
Composer: Paul Enright
Editor: Tom Reynolds
Producer: Tom Reynolds
Cast: Gary Tighe, Caroline Harvey
ireland / 2014 / 06’ 10’’
‘Model Life’ tells the story of a young man who has turned his back on the outside world in favor of the model one he has created.
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I am a recent graduate of Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin, where I studied Cinematography and Film. I wrote and directed 4 films all shot on super 16mm film. My film ‘Kill Screen’ won ‘Best Student Film’ at the 2013 Fingal Film Festival. My latest film ‘Model Life’ has been screened as part of the Fastnet Film Festival and the Fingal Film Festival. Most recently it won ‘Best Drama’ at the Future Wave Festival in Dublin.
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Germany / 2014 / 22’ 00’’
Director: Paul Meschuh
Writer: Aydin Alinejadsomeeh, Paul Meschùh
Cinematography: Michael Heinz
Editor: Fabian Rüdisser
Producer: Felix von Poser, Theres Seemann
Based on a true story, the young afghan woman Nabilah is injured in an accident. While her brother is trying to get help, German soldiers take her to a military base. Since the residents of Nabilah’s home town must not find out about her physical contact with foreign men, a race for her life begins.
Paul Meschùh studies Directing and Script writing at the Film Academy Munich. Till today he realized over 15 fictional short films that have been screened on various international festivals. Global political topics combined with emotional storytelling are the main focus of his work. A director dedicated to stories with social relevance, found in real life.
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Director: Genoveva Krumova
Writer: Genoveva Krumova, Milena Stoykova
Cinematography: Milena Stoykova
Composer: Selma Linski
Editor: Toni Todorov, Pavlina-Kalina Tserovska
Producer: Milena Stoykova
Cast: Dimitar Zhivkov, Vessela Petrova
Bulgaria / 2015 / 08’ 19’’
A story based on Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s short story “Joke”, about the fear to confess our feelings and with references to life nowadays, when we so often miss the happiness, as we do not dare to love.
Genoveva was born on 12th July 1984 in the town of Montana. Between the years 2013 – 2014 and currently she is studying Master of ‘Cinema and Television Production’ in the New Bulgarian University. She has also graduated ‘Acting for Drama Theater’ in Theatre College ‘Luben Groys’ in 2009. In 2005 she graduated Musical College ‘Paul Hindemith’ in Berlin, Germany.
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romania / 2014 / 03’ 24’’
Director: Artur Boruzs
Writer: Artur Boruzs
Editor: Cristian Radu
Producer: Simona Mantardian
On the 1st of January, 2014, UK visa restrictions for Romanian workers were lifted, prompting fears of an impending invasion. Avoiding the news coverage of the British reaction, the film looks, rather, at the hypothetical results in Romania. Local TV news fragments ferment the hysteria while the streets blink their neon lights in a deserted city. Utopia turns to dystopia, where an abandoned Romania is left to ponder its future.
Artur Boruzs is a student of Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in the 3rd year of the directing class.
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Director: Roberto Bueso
Writer: Paula Fabra
Cinematography: Julio César Tortuero
Editor: Luis Escalada
Producer: Álvaro Coín, Madalena Presumido
Cast: Jorge Dastis, Javier Sesmilo, Dan Teodor, Álvaro Fontalba, Ana Caramés, Andrea Noceda, Paloma Alma
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Spain / 2014 / 15’ 00’’
Before going away to live in Barcelona, Jorge spends his last night with his three best friends in a forest near the town. When everything seems to indicate that it was a bad idea, something happens that none of them could have dreamt of: three older girls are sunbathing half-naked on the other side of the river.
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Born in Valencia in 1986. Studied Philosophy at the University of Valencia. In 2007 he completed a Latin American Master’s Degree in Screenwriting, run by the FIA. In 2010 he obtained the Borau Foundation scholarship for young filmmakers, extended to 2012, thanks to which he lived in the Students Residence in Madrid. During this time he studied film Direction at ECAM. “Night of ponchongas” is his end-of-degree project.
Wandering through the paths of a sleepy seaside resort, Zohar seeks clues for her father’s absence from a family vacation. The serenity is about to be violated.
Elinor Nechemya (30) is a director and screenwriter living in Israel, Tel-Aviv. In 2013 she graduated film studies with honors at “Minshar for Art”, and finished her B.A in Humanities with Excellency at the Open University. “Off Season”, her diploma film, was screened in film festivals around the world, lately at “Slamdance” and “Kustendorf”. These days Elinor is developing the script for her debut feature film, while working on a short-experimental film.
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Director: Dídac Gimeno
Writer: Álvaro Hervás, Elena de Torres
Cinematography: Dimitri Sidelnikov, Jorge Roig
Composer: David Coello
Editor: Pablo Barce
Producer: Rebeca G. Bahillo
Cast: Veki G. Velilla, Igor Luna, Helena Puig
Spain / 2014 / 08’ 00’’
One night, a young girl gets lost in the lamp shop where she works, there ghosts and visions scare and attract her at the same time.
Born in Valencia in 1985, before graduating from ECAM he studied to be a Veterinarian, working for the most part in a clinic for exotic animals, where he made his first short films using medical devices.
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Bulgaria / 2015 / 19’ 19’’
Director: Todor Bodurov
Writer: Todor Bodurov, Genoveva Krumova
Cinematography: Theodor Fichev
Composer: Ivo Paspalski
Editor: Stela Ivanova, Kiril Todorov
Producer: Genoveva Krumova
Cast: Stephan Mavrodiev, Kostadinka Aratlakova, Peter Dochev, Plamen Stoykov, Vasil Goranov
When nothing seems to matter for Charlie, Magi’s voice makes him look aside. Magi takes Charlie to the circus where her favorite clown, the great Pagliacci, performs. There both of them understand why they’ve met each other.
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Education - 2011 Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” (Bulgarian philology), 2012-2013 National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, 2013-2015 New Bulgarian University (Film and Television Directing).
Director: Philippe Van den Eynde
Writer: Philippe Van den Eynde
Cinematography: Stijn Vanwing
Composer: Christina Vantzou
Editor: Lotsje De Ridder
Producer: Philippe Van den Eynde
Cast: Line Pillet, Jurgen Delnaet, Hilde Heijnen
Belgium / 2014 / 25’ 57’’
A young girl and her father are living isolated in the woods. After some unexpected events, they must confront their inner demons and eventually each other.
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Philippe Van den Eynde (1991) is a young Belgian filmmaker and has been passionate by films all his life. He studied at Sint Lukas Kunsthumaniora, Brussels and got his master’s degree with great distinction at Rits School of Arts, Brussels. In ‘Pandemonium’ he wanted to explore themes like crime and punishment in an imaginative way, and how they affect the dark corners of the human soul.
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Belgium / 2014 / 18’ 38’’
Director: Paul Cartron
Writer: Paul Cartron
Cinematography: Thibault Condy
Editor: Emmanuelle Huynh
Producer: Mediadiffusion
Cast: Igor Van Dessel, Edith Van Malder, Laurence Warin
Paul lives alone with his mother Virginie. Weakened by disease, she is unable to go about their daily life anymore. Paul, driven by the unbreakable bond of love that exists between him and his mother, tries to take matters into his own hands.
Paul Cartron was born in 1987 in Normandy (France). After a bachelor in Theories of Cinema, he went in Belgium and started studying cinema as director at IAD. In 2014, he directed his final year-film, an autobiographical project called “Paul et Virginie”.
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Director: Slawomir Witek
Writer: Slawomir Witek
Cinematography: Lukasz Ostalski
Editor: Slawomir Witek
Producer: Marcin Borchardt
Poland / 2013 / 18’ 00’’
An old, poor woman sells honey by the roadside. She does not conceal her displeasure at the nearby presence of prostitutes. It happens, however, that she gets to know one of them closer and helps her to avoid serious trouble. Will the girl show gratitude?
Sławomir Witek - graduate of Gdynia Film School, cinematographer and director of short fiction and documentary films. He directed short fiction “Real Honey” and is the cinematographer of such films as “Olena” (dir. E.Benkowska) and “Matka” (dir. Ł.Ostalski). He is also director and cinematographer of documentary “Seven men at different ages”.
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Switzerland / 2015 / 21’ 58’’
Director: Gwennaël Bolomey
Writer: Gwennaël Bolomey
Cinematography: Gwennaël Bolomey
Editor: Gwennaël Bolomey
Producer: Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Cast: Emile Blondel, Margareth Marie White
Between fiction and sensory documentary, the film follows a man’s intimate movement: his emancipation, from solitude to the encounter of other people.
Gwennaël Bolomey, born in 1981 in Switzerland, has a degree in Environmental Sciences from Geneva University in 2006. Since then he has been involved in several documentaries as an autodidact filmmaker. From 2012-2014 he studied in the ECAL - HEAD Schools (Master’s Degree in filmmaking) and made three short films during this period: “Wanderings”, “Ashes” and “Sing me back home (before I die)”.
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Director: Keren Alexandroni
Writer: Keren Alexandroni
Animation: Omer Scwartz
Cinematography: Oded Ashkenazi
Composer: Shlomi Syboni, Gilad Weiss, Estas Tonne
Editor: Eitan Vardi
Producer: Keren Alexandroni
Cast: Nathalie Berman, Moshe Rosenthal
israel / 2014 / 20’ 55’’
An activist couple finds a temporary shelter in a decaying flat at the verge of the city after taking part in an anarchist action. He’s obsessively trying to make the place a safe haven while she longs back to the riots. The film was made after the Tel-Aviv riots for social justice and it shows the conflict between the will to fight for change and the need in a more quiet and bourgeois life.
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I am a director and screenwriter from Tel Aviv, Israel. I’ve Recently Graduated from Tel Aviv University’s Film Department, during which I’ve written and directed 4 short projects. Nowadays I’m working on the screenplay of my first feature film and working on a new documentary.
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Poland / 2013 / 23’ 00’’
Director: Jagoda Szelc
Writer: Jagoda Szelc
Cinematography: Zuzanna Pyda
Composer: Justyna Wasilewska
Editor: Boguslawa Furga
Producer: Marcin Malatynski
Cast: Kinga Preis, Szymon Czacki, Matylda Paszczenko, Julita Manczak, Agnieszka Zulewska, Katarzyna Wajda, Artur Urbanski
Lacking a traditional plot “Such a landscape” follows the path of emotions and sensations. Based on actual events the film shows five acts - Miracle, Atonement, Regret, Prayer, Forgiveness - that might help us overcome the fear of death.
Jagoda Szelc was born in Wroclaw in 1984. She’s a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Jagoda is currently studying Film Directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz and was recently awarded by the Ministry of Culture for her achievements in 2012.
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Director: Iain Bonner
Writer: Iain Bonner
Cinematography: Ryan Alexander Lloyd
Composer: Ned Beckley
Editor: Iain Bonner
Producer: Iain Bonner
Cast: Mark Samuel Bonanno, Anna Hui, Marc Opitz
Australia / 2014 / 15’ 56’’
A want-to-be stand-up comedian uses comedy routines to spark a connection with a Chinese girl, new to Australia. They are surrounded by an empty, urban landscape, yet an intimacy grows.
Iain Bonner is a filmmaker and video artist based in London. He received his Masters of Film from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in Melbourne. His work has been screened in Australia, UK, India, South Korea, and the U.S. In 2014 Iain completed his graduation film “The Comedian”, and his work on it resulted in him winning ‘Best Director’.
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colombia / 2015 / 10’ 30’’
Director: Mauricio Caro Valderrama
Writer: Sebastian Mendoza
Cinematography: Santiago Ramirez
Composer: Jorge Arango
Editor: Jair Garcia
Producer: Camila Peraza
Cast: Hernán Mendez, Nestor Salazar, Josue Bernal, Olga Vargas, Luis Valderrama, Raúl Gonzalez
Facundo, escaping violence, reaches a village, right at the time that young people begin to disappear. Facundo will face a series of unexpected events.
Mauricio Alberto Caro Valderrama was born on June 24th, 1992 in Bogota City, since his childhood has lived with his mother, his father and his two older siblings. Since he was a little boy, he showed likes towards the creative areas, thanks to his two older siblings because they inculcated him in this path.
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Director: Jorge Juárez, Bárbara Moran
Writer: Antonio Seron
Cinematography: Álvaro Gómez
Editor: Maria Asenjo
Producer: Carlos Plaza
Cast: Miguel Bembibre, Irene Pozo, David Elorz, Ana Belen Serrano, Martin Roman
Spain / 2014 / 14’ 00’’
When Daría gets to school, late, as usual, the doors are already closed. As she waits for someone to open up, Daría hears a noise. A schoolbag flies over from the other side of the fence. It is Héctor and he is escaping.
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After graduating in Audiovisual Communication, Jorge Juárez (Madrid, 1986) and Bárbara Morán (Madrid, 1988) decided to try their luck at film Direction at ECAM. During the three years of study they directed short films (“Escena doméstica” and “El puñal en la mano” respectively). For their end-of-degree project they decided to collaborate and direct the short film “The intruders”.
Austria / 2014 / 09’ 13’’
Director: Patrick Vollrath
Writer: Patrick Vollrath
Cinematography: Anselm Hartmann
Editor: Sebastian Schreiner, Patrick Vollrath
Producer: Patrick Vollrath
A boy meets a girl. It could be love. But there is this jacket, too. And the jacket will change everything...
Born in 1985, Germany. From 2005-2008 Patrick worked as trainee in Film and Video at ARRI Film & TV in Munich, where started to work as editor. From 2008-2015 he studied Directing in University of Music and Performing Arts – Film Academy Vienna, in the class of Michael Haneke. His film “Everything will be okay” was recently a part of the “Semaine de la Critique” competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and won the award for Best Mid-Leght Film at Max Ophüls Preis.
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Director: Lyubo Yonchev
Writer: Lyubo Yonchev
Cinematography: Nikolay Kubadinov
Composer: Alexander Kostov
Editor: Lyubo Kirov
Producer: Lyubo Yonchev
Cast: Nicolas Akrabov, Radostina Vasileva
Bulgaria / 2014 / 10’ 00’’
A man is fired from work and, overwhelmed by despair, he decides to make yet another attempt to suicide. Suddenly, his wife shows up at the door and interrupts him. She manages the situation and takes him out of his depression.
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Lyubo Yonchev was born on 16.02.1983 in Pleven, Bulgaria. After finishing high school he studies Acting and Directing in New Bulgarian University. In 2012, he is accepted to study a Master degree in Film and Television Arts in New Bulgarian University. In 2013 he has been elected as a member of the board of a Film Directors’ Guild part of UBFM - Film Academy.
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Germany / 2014 / 19’ 43’’
Director: Sascha Vredenburg
Writer: Elena Preine, Marc Vogel, Sascha Vredenburg
Animation: Alexandra Stautmeister, Phlipp Mekus
Cinematography: Markus Gebhart
Composer: Balz Aliesch
Editor: Dennis Lutz
Producer: Simon Riedl, Felix Ruple
Cast: Heide Simon, Manfred Böll, Christoph Pütthoff
A crashed astronaut opens to the 71 year old Thea the possibility to start again and to exchange the tristesse of her village with the endless wideness of the space.
Since October 2010 Sascha Vredenburg studies Film Direction at the Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg, Germany. “The late bird” is his third student project as a director.
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Director: Minji Kang
Writer: Minji Kang
Cinematography: Dan Brohawn
Composer: Jay Kim
Editor: Minji Kang
Producer: Alex Ma
Cast: Hyuk-Poon Kwon, Woorim Jung, Jongman Kim
South Korea, united States / 2015 / 19’ 00’’
A North Korean general checks in on his daughter at a Swiss boarding school to test her loyalty to her motherland.
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Born in Daejeon and grew up in Seoul, South Korea. She left home alone to attend and study at Tabor Academy, a New England preparatory school in Massachusetts, US. She received BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she focused on Film Art and Aesthetics. Minji continued her artistic development at Columbia University, MFA Graduate Film Directing program. She focused on the craft of writing and the various narrative aspects of film.
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Bulgaria / 2014 / 12’ 37’’
Director: Kiril Todorov
Writer: Kiril Todorov
Cinematography: Marina Chervenkova
Composer: Kiril Todorov
Editor: Kiril Todorov
Producer: Ivan Grigorov
A mysterious midnight call completely changes the normal life of the old doctor Karapetrov, who has to go and examine his last patient...
Born 1989 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Driven by his interest in video editing and film making, Kiril created a short movie for celebrating the World Day of Hindi – “Imaginign Devdas”. After this first real experience with filmmaking, he decided to study MA in Film and TV Directing in New Bulgarian University. Kiril participated as a video editor, composer, script supervisor, colorist and VFX specialist for several more short movies, music videos, TV show and commercials.
Hagar comes to visit her father in his nursing home in Jerusalem. 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. Searching her way through the maze of hallways, she enters the caretakers’ world. The short visit turns into a journey between the narrow corridors of society.
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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 NGO’s and is a political activist for many years.
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israel / 2014 / 27’ 00’’
Director: Guy Nemesh
Writer: Guy Nemesh
Cinematography: Omer Lotan
Editor: Nadav ben Zur
Producer: Boaz Foster
Cast: Suhel Haddad, Neta Moran, Avi Pnini, Hilla Vidor
Iris lives in a big house in a good neighborhood. It was once full of life, now she is alone. Even when her family is around. When an old romance comes knocking, Iris has a sudden urge to break the boundaries of her home and spend a moment outside herself.
Guy Nemesh (27) is a director and screenwriter living in Tel-Aviv. In 2014 he graduated film studies with honors at “Minshar for Art”, during that time he had written, directed, edited and produced several short films. “The Way Things Are”, his diploma film, was screened in film festivals around the world. These days Guy is writing the script for his debut feature film.
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Director: Leandro Tadashi
Writer: Joshua Paul Johnson
Cinematography: Ted Martland, Sam Ziaie
Composer: Nick Soole
Editor: Avi Glick, Edson Oda
Producer: Ivan Bordas
Cast: Daniel Rashid, Zachary Roozen, and Katie Baker
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united States / 2014 / 13’ 20’’
New Year’s Eve 1999 finds college-bound Clark and Trevor concerned about the future of their friendship, and a request for Clark to be Trevor’s wingman ensures things will never be the same again.
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Leandro Tadashi was born in Manaus, Brazil and studied in São Paulo where he graduated in Film and TV Production at the University of São Paulo. Nowadays, Leandro lives in Los Angeles, where he’s an MFA candidate in the Film and TV Production Program at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.
Two Irish hitman embark on their journey home after killing the wrong man.
Joe and Charlie grew up in the countryside surrounding the city of Oxford. At 15, they made their first short, ‘Humpty’. A year later, they made ‘Young Ruffians’, a dark comedy crime film about two Irish brothers, which would set the tone and style of their next shorts, ‘Urinal Cakes’ and ‘Sweet Meats’. They hope you enjoy the work made by them and their talented group of friends.
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Director: Sven Philipp Pohl
Writer: Maike Rasch
Cinematography: Darja Pilz
Composer: Felix Behrendt
Editor: Anke Wiesenthal
Producer: Veronica Priefer
Germany / 2013 / 12’ 40’’
Harry, Matilda and Kurt are outcasts who live under a highway bridge close to the water. Their existence is dominated by possessiveness, self-interest and fear of loneliness. When Matilda suddenly dies the humanity of the two men is put to the test.
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Sven Philipp Pohl, born 1985 in Berlin, studied Media and Culture in Maastricht (NL) and Aarhus (DK) – Bachelor of Arts 2007. Attended the European Film College (2008). Then various internships in film and freelance work as boom operator and editor. Activity as guerilla filmmaker resulting in short films and one NoBudget feature film. Currently enrolled in postgraduate film studies at Hamburg Media School.
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Germany / 2013 / 13’ 25’’
Director: Ilker Çatak
Writer: Georg Lippert
Cinematography: Johannes Kreuser
Editor: Jan Ruschke
Producer: Jakob Deutsch
Cast: Katharina Behrens, Paula Haberland, Benjamin Morik, Marcus Prell, Kirsten Nehberg, Georg Lippert
Christina has lost custody of her daughter as a result of her heroin addiction. In a desperate attempt she and nine-year-old Paula try to leave the old life behind...
Ilker Çatak is born in 1984 in Berlin. Later he lives in Istanbul, does his Abitur and then moves back to Berlin to study Directing Film & Television. His bachelor thesis on the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is published in 2010. In 2011 he is granted a scholarship from German national TV in which he writes his first feature film.
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Director: Luboš Kučera
Writer: Taťána Rubášová, Luboš Kučera, Tomáš Pavelek
Cinematography: Tomáš Pavelek
Composer: John Cacavas, Hal David
Editor: Matěj Sláma
Producer: FAMU
Cast: Natálie Drabiščáková, Jaromír Dulava
czech republic / 2014 / 08’ 00’’
A short film about love and hate in the same flat.
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Luboš Kučera studied Film Directing at FAMU. He is working on his first fiction feature, while studying his Master’s degree. His movies include: Grass Widow (2014), Four days at the Depot (2013) among 5 finalists for the Czech Best Short Film 2014, Winner of Start Prize, Kazakhstan Short Film Festival; “Brewery in Broumov” (2013) and “I am 21” (2012).
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Poland / 2014 / 25’ 00’’
Director: Arek Biedrzycki
Writer: Arek Biedrzycki, Lukasz M. Maciejewski
Cinematography: Piotr Pawlus
Composer: Adam Zurada
Editor: Tomasz Kolak
Producer: Michał Hudzikowski
He and she – trapped in the apartment. He is hiding from the consequences of the crime he has committed. She is innocent. From the outside come the signals of inevitable tragedy. The action of this intimate drama, unfolding in one day, is inspired by the events of Sanok, which took place in January last year.
Arek Biedrzycki studies directing at the Radio and TV Faculty of Silesian University. Graduate of Screenwriters’ Lab. Participant of Passion to Market Program. Author of documentary films: “A guest at his own”, “Mrs Lidka’s utopia”. Within the program “First documentary” carried out by Munk Studio, he made “Plain landscape with a cradle”. He also finished his short feature film debut – “Beat frequency”. Film reviewer, screenwriter. Lives in Krakow.
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Director: Rodrigo Zarza
Writer: Clara Núñez, Álvaro Icaza
Cinematography: Olvido Pérez
Composer: Antonio Fernández
Editor: Eva Martos
Producer: María Isabel Cárdenas
Cast: Lourdes Batolomé, Manuel Millan, José Ruiz, Fernando Albizu, Enrique José Martinez
Spain. Faced with the progressive aging of the population and the dire economic situation, the Administration launches an assisted euthanasia campaign aimed at the so-called “unproductive beings”. Keen to get their hands on the amount of money set for the substitution of the old man, the Arévalo family will try to get rid of Granddad… unaware that he has plans of his own.
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Born in Talavera, architect by training, filmmaker by vocation, professional procrastinator, not so young but exceedingly well-prepared. Only the first and last of these are provable.
Doycho is the last person inhabiting a remote village in the heart of the Balkan mountains, where his neighbours are animals and best friend is a Ram. This film transcends the idyllic vision of rural life and challenges the meaning of isolation.
A LBE rto i or DA noV
Alberto Iordanov is a young Bulgarian documentary director, editor and sound recordist with a MA in Film Directing from the Edinburgh College of Art. His short films have travelled to major international festivals.
Director: Roman Hodel, Lena Mäder
Cinematography: Roman Hodel
Editor: Thais Odermatt
Producer: Edith Flückiger
Switzerland / 2014 / 17’ 24’’
Four paramedics in action: different locations, different people, critical situations and the fragility of life itself - the film captures all the hectic moments and some very personal conversations, but also explores the calm between the rescue operations.
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Roman Hodel: After passing the Fachmatura in 2010 he began studying at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. Upon finishing his graduation documentary “Blue Light“ in the summer of 2014 he graduated with a degree in Video.
Lena Mäder: In summer 2014 she completed her Bachelor of Arts in Video with the documentary film “Blue Light“. Since early September 2014 she is currently taking a master’s degree at the University of Zurich in documentary film.
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czech republic / 2014 / 08’ 00’’
Director: Adela Komrzyova
Writer: Adela Komrzyova
Cinematography: Filip Marek
Editor: Mariana Kozáková
Producer: FAMU
Cast: Matyáš Vovesný, Filip Šebšajevič, Samuel Neduha, Pavel Richta, Evžen Hájek, Ondřej Lechnýř, Vojta Vovesný, Vojta Goliáš, Jan Goliáš
Pictures from memory of a person suffering from cerebral palsy. He got ill with the Polio virus in the early 60’s. Why and how did experts research the technique of his falls? A dark memory depicts the absurdity of step-by-step manuals to life. “It’s like with a language. If we were always to remember all of the grammar rules, we wouldn’t be able to pronounce a single sentence properly.”
Adela Komrzyova was born in 1992 in Prague and then had been lived on the countryside. She studied History of Art at Charles University in Prague and in 2012 was taken on Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague to study Documentary Film.
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Director: Nedelko Tudzharov
Cinematography: Nedelko Tudzharov
Editor: Nedelko Tudzharov, Lucie Douglas, Alex Dunford
Producer: Alan Marcus
Cast: Mary
united Kingdom / 2015 / 07’ 00’’
A short documentary about ‘Mary’ and her love for the outdoors. Mary is a woman suffering from M.E. - a neurological disease affecting the central nervous system often rendering the subject housebound. Mary requested to remain anonymous.
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In 2011 Nedelko Tudzharov graduated from 134th ORT and Lauder Hebrew high-school with a profile in IT. He is currently a 4th year student at the University of Aberdeen, following a MA degree in Film & Visual Culture and French (Joint Honours).
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Poland / 2014 / 22’ 00’’
Director: Zofia Pregowska
Writer: Zofia Pregowska
Animation: Zofia Pregowska
Cinematography: Tomasz Stankiewicz
Composer: Johnny Lithium, David O’Brien
Editor: Tomasz Stankiewcz
Producer: Maciej Slesicki
Cast: Krystyna Łagowska, Zbigniew Misiak, Piotr Łagowski
90-year-old Krystyna, lives in the tiny apartment surrounded by books and writing pads. That’s remarkable in itself since Krystyna is almost blind, but that doesn’t stop this still vital woman from writing passionate and eloquent poetry that celebrates life.
Zofia Pregowska is a Polish film director, an alumni of Warsaw Film School. “Invisible” is her graduation film.
Director: Elizabeth O’Connor
Cinematography: Carolina De Pasquale
Editor: Jessica Marie Ruxton
Producer: Michelle Duong
ireland / 2014 / 12’ 50’’
This documentary is about people who work away at a job for years of their lives, who one day look up from their desk and think “How did I get here? What am I doing?” It is a documentary about people who don’t feel a sense of satisfaction, pride or achievement with the work they do and how they cope with that.
Elizabeth O’Connor is in stage in her live when she is constantly being asked what she want to do when she leave college, so the subject of this documentary is close to her heart and constantly on her minds. The film crew is made up of final year DIT Film and Broadcasting students.
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romania / 2014 / 09’ 00’’
Director: Alex Mironescu
Writer: Alex Mironescu
Cinematography: Zoran Simulov
Editor: Maria Salomia
Producer: Alex Mironescu
Cast: Iulian Badea
Iulian spent his childhood at an orphanage, in which he found himself at the age of ten. Because of the bad treatment he endured there he will decide to run away wanting to escape and to build a new life on his own. He will choose Bucharest as his destination. Here he will make new friends who will try to help him, involving their families into the process. But will he succeed?
A LE x Miron ES cu
Alex Mironescu (b. 1987) is a Romanian filmmaker, journalist and broadcasting media producer. He is an “Advertising and P.R. Campaigns Strategy” M.A. graduate, from University of Bucharest, and currently he is studying Film Directing at The National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale” in Bucharest.
Director: Lawrence Agbetsise
Writer: Lawrence Agbetsise
Animation: Abel Solomon
Cinematography: Edem Kojovi Abba
Composer: Dennis Appiah Dankwan
Editor: Lawrence Agbetsise
Producer: Lawrence Agbetsise
Cast: Mrs. Peace Aponi, Adzo Aponi, Edem Aponi
“Lantern” is a documentary about a girl (Adzo) who has hopes of being successful in future by becoming a doctor, but her fear of losing her eyes to night blindness keeps her wondering if her dream is going to be a success. Her mum is also a hindrance to her plans, because she does not believe in her. She therefore, invests all her hopes into a friend, she cares a lot about called Kadi (Lantern).
L AW r E nc E AGBE t S i SE
I am Lawrence Agbetsise, 23 years, final year student of the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) – Ghana, majoring in Film Editing. I have worked on independent productions as a director, also as an editor.
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czech republic / 2014 / 28’ 00’’
Director: Adela Komrzyova
Writer: Adela Komrzyova
Cinematography: Filip Marek, Simon Dvoracek
Editor: Mariana Kozakova
Producer: FAMU
I’ve once bumped up to, in some village garden, an elderly man who drilled holes into snail shells. He was one of the co-founders of genetic engineering in the Czech Republic. The man dedicated all of his life to improvement of the natural world so that it suits more and more to the needs of humanity. In the spring he retired. From a scientist he tries to reincarnate himself into an artist.
Adela Komrzyova was born in 1992 in Prague and then had been lived on the countryside. She studied History of Art at Charles University in Prague and in 2012 was taken on Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague to study Documentary Film.
A DELA Ko M rzyoVA
Director: James Fagan, Steve McKenna, Shane Stokes, Ciaran Garofalo
Writer: James Fagan, Steve McKenna, Shane Stokes, Ciaran Garofalo
Animation: Ciaran Garofalo, James Fagan
Cinematography: James Fagan, Steve McKenna, Shane Stokes, Ciaran Garofalo
Composer: Steve McKenna
Editor: Steve McKenna, Shane Stokes, James Fagan, James Fagan, Seyi Akintunde
Producer: Blasters Media, Seyi Akintunde
ireland / 2013 / 12’ 51’’
Out of Character tells the story of the ever-growing number of people who Cosplay in Ireland, dressing up as their favourite anime, game, and comic book characters. The documentary tries to find a reason why people are so fascinated with this world, from interviews with a large range of Cosplayers, and a look at their main convention which is called Eirtakon.
Blasters Media was originally set up in 2012, and was found after a group of young film makers. Since leaving college they have successfully directed/produced various documentaries, music videos, and some corporate pieces. The members of the group are James Fagan, Steve McKenna, Shane Stokes, and Ciaran Garofalo. Film making has always been their passion, and will be for many years to come.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany / 2015 / 25’ 14’’
Director: Merja Hannikainen
Writer: Merja Hannikainen
Cinematography: Merja Hannikainen
Editor: Merja Hannikainen
Producer: Merja Hannikainen
“Retracing“ tells about a person, who was born in Mostar, Bosnia and came with her parents as a refugee to Sweden in 1993. She doesn’t have memories of her childhood prior to Sweden. In the film family and friends tell their stories about the child.
Merja Hannikainen was born in Finland and lives currently in Berlin, Germany. Studied Experimental film and Media art in the Berlin University of the Arts. Works with video and photography, while engaging in collaborative projects as organizer and curator.
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Director: Artur Boruzs
Writer: Artur Boruzs
Editor: Cristian Radu
Producer: Simona Mantardian
A project, born as a solution to the contemporary existential dystopia, whose finality is consisted mostly often in neuro-psychic disorders, brings to life the myth of the cave, not only to the intercession’s initiator, as Platon suggested, but to all those who wish a moment of harmony. Thereby, the cave from “Romanian” turns, from the primary place of culture’s origins, into a space of therapy through art.
Artur Boruzs is a student of Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in the 3rd year of the directing class.
romania / 2014 / 23’ 51’’
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France / 2015 / 25’ 23’’
Director: Bruna Rodrigues
Writer: Bruna Rodrigues
Cinematography: Kátia Rio
Editor: Bruna Rodrigues, Kátia Rio
Producer: Bruna Rodrigues, Kátia Rio, Rhonda Constantin
When Wal, Junior and Meg, get selected to go France to study at La Sorbonne in Paris, they leave behind the suburbs where they used to live in Belem, Brazil, to go to the big city. But that is not it. The trio is also exploring themselves and trying to find their own personas in the LGBT Community. The love between the three of them is what it keeps them going forward.
Brun A r o D ri G u ES
Bruna Rodrigues is a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. She’s been living in Paris for the past two years, where she attended the Masters of Fine Arts at the International Film and Television School of Paris (EICAR). After having a career as a journalist in São Paulo, writing for “O Estado de S. Paulo” (Veja e Trip Editora), Bruna transitioned from journalism to video journalism and documentary filmmaking.
Director: Sarah Obeidat
Cinematography: Stephen Chandler
Composer: Laura Leira
Editor: Sara Obeidat, Sarah Mezouar
Producer: Sarah Mezouar, Daisy Gili, Anna MacDonald
united Kingdom / 2013 / 06’ 00’’
An intimate look into the lives of Syrian war outcasts.
S A r AH oBE i DAt
Sarah Obeidat is a Jordanian journalist at 7iber.org, a citizen journalism platform. For the past few years she has been actively involved in development and human rights projects across the Middle Eastern, and is currently involved in various humanitarian relief efforts focusing on Syrian refugees. Sara received her BA in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia. She currently lives in Amman, Jordan.
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Bulgaria / 2015 / 17’ 00’’
Director: Emil Denev
Animation: Itso Yorgov, Stoil Vatev
Cinematography: Yavor Georgiev, Stoil Vatev
Editor: Emil Denev, Alexandar Partulov
Producer: Emil Denev, Alexandar Partulov
With its mysteriousness and deadly reputation the haunted house of Musachevo grabs the attention of Bulgarian media and the only Bulgarian exorcist. With undeniable information, the film will provide answer to the question „Why an ordinary village house became the haunted house of Musachevo?”.
Emil Denev was born in 1989. In 2008 he graduated from Art College Sofia with diploma - “Best director” of 2010 for the movie “The Stranger”. At the moment, Emil Denev graduates Film and TV directing at New Bulgarian University. He has directed a variety of corporate films, music videos and short films.
Director: Ayelet Albenda
Writer: Ayelet Albenda, Shira Liberty
Editor: Ayelet Albenda, Shira Liberty
Producer: Ayelet Albenda, Hilla Shitrit
YouTube has become a meeting point/stage for anyone, who want to be heard. It is an archive of diaries, a collection of stars waiting to be discovered, and also a new kind of commercial TV. It is full of various tutorials. A wide spectrum of creators - of any age and gender - sit alone in their room in front of their webcam and present to a virtual audience the knowledge they hold and want to spread.
Ayelet Albenda was born 1980 in Ohio, USA. She lived 15 years in Israel, 9 in Berlin and since 2012 has been living, working and creating in Tel Aviv. Holds a master’s degree of the Berlin University of Arts and soon a master’s in Film of the Tel Aviv University. She won the 2012 Matanel Young Artist Award and received several experimental film funds.
israel / 2014 / 17’ 00’’
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A BED tALE
Bulgaria / 2014 / 03’ 38’’
Director: Bianka Tashkova
Writer: Bianka Tashkova
Animation: Bianka Tashkova
Composer: Alexander Kostov
Producer: New Bulgarian University
A story about a bed that takes a little girl and its cat on a magical journey between reality and dreams to a world made up from children’s imagination.
Graduated from New Bulgarian University in 2014 with a Master’s degree in Animation. Took participation in International Animation Film Festival “Golden Kuker” and International Student Film Festival “NEW WAVE” with animated short films.
Director: Hsiang-Ping Hsiao
Writer: Hsiang-Ping Hsiao
Animation: Hsiang-Ping Hsiao
Editor: Hsiang-Ping Hsiao
Producer: Hsiang-Ping Hsiao
Fan’s hearing is bad, but he likes to play the flute into his friend, Little Monster. Little Monster need sound of flute to keep alive. After moving to new city, Fan use hearing-aid to hear every interesting sound. However, when he put on hearing-aid and play the flute, he…
I study Digital Media Design at Yunlin University of Science and Technology. I have been interested in animation and drawing since I was young, so I decided to study Graphics Art Communication in industrial high school. The reason why I produce animation is quite easy: use animation to present stories in my head. I would like to work in animation, image processing or image design field. Although my skills are not sophisticated yet, I expect to improve them by practicing.
taiwan / 2014 / 04’ 00’’
H S i A n G-Pin G H S i Ao
A c u PB oA r D’S Li FE
Switzerland / 2014 / 04’ 00’’
Director: Naomi Homenu
Writer: Naomi Homenu
Animation: Naomi Homenu
Composer: Nadine Nigg
Editor: Nadine Nigg
Producer: Gerd Gockell, Jürgen Haas
Cast: Ueli Jäggi, Jennifer M. Dixon, Eden Muckle (Voices)
A grandfather tells a bedtime poem to his grandchild. It is about a cupboard named Jerome, who tries desperately to integrate in the human world, after loosing his home. But as usual the grandfather’s story does not end well. To calm the grandchild, the grandmother has to come up with a happy ending.
Born and raised in the Berner Oberland, Naomi Homenu early discovered her passion for the creative work. Her love for film and illustration lead her 2011 to the University of Lucerne where she studied Animation 2D and graduated 2014 with her cutout film ‘A Cupboard’s Life’.
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Director: Siao Fang Chou
Producer: Jin Jia Lin
Because the little girl misses her parents, she plays the role of them to memorize the past. Every separation does huge harm to the little heart. The harm is frequently recessive deepening in their heart and influence their health.
I am Siao Fang Chou from Taiwan. I graduated from Dept. of Digital Media Design at Far Eastern University of Science and Technology. Art Design was my major in senior-high. I love the joy and the emotion brought by animations. I made this film in hope to call for people’s attention on the physical and mental development of the school-age children.
taiwan / 2014 / 04’ 30’’
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Portugal / 2014 / 08’ 29’’
Director: Iuri Monteiro
Animation: Iuri Monteiro
Producer: Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies
On an infinite desert, between the shortage of life, there lives a population, that in order to live another day has to abdicate one of their own.
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Technician level IV Graphic Design by Val Rio Professional School. Specialization in Game Design for RESTART Institute of Creativity, Arts and New Technologies. Currently a finalist of Digital Animation course at Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies.
Director: Chun-Kui Cheng
Writer: Siao-Yo Liang
Animation: Chun-Kui Cheng
Cinematography: Chun-Kui Cheng
Composer: Chun-Kui Cheng
Editor: Chun-Kui Cheng
Producer: Jing-Ti Chen
taiwan / 2013 / 04’ 18’’
People sometimes are too stubborn and cling to emotion, so that they can’t feel the changing of their surroundings and confine themselves in tiny spaces. Similarly, Hans couldn’t forget his love to his dead wife, so he made a puppet.
I’m majoring in Visual Communication Design in Kun Shan University. Being a leader in a team, I interacted with members and learned to communicate and cooperate, and made myself well prepared to get into society. I will keep learning, work hard for family, for society and gain colorful life in the prosperous future.
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GAME
united Kingdom / 2015 / 03’ 09’’
Director: Ina Nikolova
Writer: Ina Nikolova
Animation: Ina Nikolova
Composer: Adrian Gougov
Editor: Nikolay Ivanov
Producer: Ina Nikolova
The battle between the power of good and the power of bad is constant. It is a never-ending game with no definite winner. It may have different faces or representatives, ups and downs, but all in all - it is forever. Angels vs Devils in a football game.
BA Animation (New Bulgarian University, 2012), MA Animation (University of Salford, 2015), part of Compote Collective Production Company.
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Director: Asya Strelbitskaya
Writer: Asya Strelbitskaya
Animation: Asya Strelbitskaya
Cinematography: Asya Strelbitskaya
Composer: Katya Miller
Editor: Asya Strelbitskaya
Producer: Liubov Gaydukova
H At t HE
russia / 2014 / 03’ 55’’
It is the story of confrontation between society and a man in a hat, who keeps wearing it no matter what.
Asya Strelbitskaya was born on 19.04.1988 in the Malaya Viska town. Education: 2004
Graduated from Moscow Art School №8; 2010 Graduated from Moscow Pedagogical University (Graphic Arts Department); 2013 Graduated from the School-Studio “SHAR” (Animation Film Director Department).
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canada / 2014 / 03’ 07’’
Director: Aristofanis Soulikias
Animation: Aristofanis Soulikias
Composer: Tristan Capacchione
Producer: Aristofanis Soulikias
An animated documentary on the demolition of a row of historic buildings on Montreal’s St Laurent boulevard, also known as “The Main”, by politicians and building developers, and the resistance put up by the burlesque artists and local community. An architect, a cultural historian, a local activist and a local bar owner tell the story of the Main, how it began, how it evolved and what challenged it faces this very moment.
Ari S to FA ni S Sou L i K i AS
Aristofanis Soulikias has studied architecture at McGill University, and holds an MA in Conservation Studies from the University of York, UK. After having worked as an architect in Greece and the UK for several years, he is back to his native Montreal, learning the art of animation at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, eager to tell stories about the built environment, its social impact, and more.
Director: Metin Vatansever
Writer: Metin Vatansever
Animation: Metin Vatansever
Cinematography: Metin Vatansever
Composer: Necdet Yaşar, Emre Aracı, Rıfat Bey
Editor: Metin Vatanseve
Producer: Nazan Çelik Brutscher
Cast: İlker Yaman, Kübra Uysal, Remzi San
Mümtaz, a young man who is almost thirty is looking for privilege that should have been given to him by now as promised in life. turkey / 2014 / 07’ 13’’
Metin Vatansever was born in İzmir. He has started his university education in Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts animation dept. in 2008. He is still studying in the same faculty.
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russia / 2014 / 05’ 00’’
Three garbage bags ran away with the city dump.
Director: Angella Lipskaya
Animation: Angella Lipskaya
Producer: Angella Lipskaya
GELLA Li PSKAyA
Angella Lipskaya was born in Moscow. Studied animation direction at the School-studio “Shar” and Graphics at the MGUPP (Moscow State University of Printing Art named after I.Fedorov), Moscow academic art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of arts (MAHLE RAH). Worked at the Moscow State Academic Children’s Music Theater Named After N.Sats and as Art director in animation, advertising and scene painter.
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Director: Noriko Ishibe
Animation: Noriko Ishibe
Composer: Noriko Ishibe
Editor: Noriko Ishibe
Producer: Noriko Ishibe
united Kingdom / 2014 / 01’ 30’’
Shoes are necessary to walk on the ground. In order to walk in your own style, you need to find the shoes that fit only you.
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Currently studying Animation at University for the Creative Arts at Farnham.
Bulgaria / 2014 / 02’ 00’’
Director: Anna Nikolova
Animation: Anna Nikolova
Producer: National Academy for Theater and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov” (NATFA)
The Frog waiting the princess of his dreams and when she appears stunning him with a kiss.
Anna Nikolova was born in Sofia on 11.02.1984. Education: 2002 Graduated from high school; 2011 Graduated from School of Playwriting and script writing, directing and editing of short film forms (NATFA); 2012 Graduated from School of Animation (NATFA). In 2012 starts her BA in Animation (NATFA). “The Frog” is her first animated film.
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Director: Madalena Leitão
Writer: André Brites
Animation: André Brites, Bruno Crista, Edgar Neves, Madalena Leitão, Pedro Fontes
Composer: Alexandra Duro
Producer: Filipe Luz
Portugal / 2013 / 08’ 06’’
Viktor arrives to the city with the objective of spreading his music. Without success, he realizes that the city and his population are controlled by its main factory. In order to achieve his gold, he goes to the heart of the industrialization to adapt to his music with the industrial rhythms.
M ADALE n A L E itão
Born in Lisbon on August 1991 and lived there ever since. Madalena always wanted to pursue Arts, particularly Animation. She began to study Digital Animation at Lusófona University Of Humanities and Technologies and produced, along with three colleagues, her first short film “The Violinist”.
W HAt i For G ot to SAy
Germany / 2014 / 08’ 45’’
Director: Patrick Buhr
Writer: Patrick Buhr
Animation: Patrick Buhr
Producer: Patrick Buhr
A flaneur tries to explain what purposeless walking is about and how he became what he is. As time goes on he realises that he talks like he walks and reaches a conclusion.
Patrick Buhr is a media artist and animation freelancer based in Cologne. He studied philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 2006-2009 and Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne from 2009-2014. His work revolves around fragmented narration, ambivalent identities, contemplative association in animated short films, drawings and writing.
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canada / 2014 / 11’ 35’’
Director: Chris Myhr
Cinematography: Chris Myhr, Bob Chaulk
Composer: Chris Myhr
Editor: Chris Myhr
Producer: Chris Myhr
Approaches to Erg is a multi-speaker audio installation which uses surround sound technology to generate an immersive underwater “sound map” of Halifax Harbour and the approaches. The work features a series of deep water sound recordings captured above selected shipwreck sites along a 40km stretch of the Atlantic seafloor: from the SS Daniel Steinmann (sunk off the coast of Sambro Island), to the ruins of the Erg tugboat lying in the depths of Bedford Basin near Roach Cove.
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Chris Myhr is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Hamilton, Ontario. He works with sound and the moving image, and is currently developing a body of work entitled “Point Line Intersection” which examines our complex interconnections with the sea: the tension between water as life, vitality and industry; as well as a source of immense, unpredictable, and unimaginable destructive power.
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Director: Bennet Meyer
Animation: Bennet Meyer, Iris Schwarz
Cinematography: Bennet Meyer, Iris Schwarz
Composer: Nicolai Krepart
Editor: Bennet Meyer, Iris Schwarz
Producer: Iris Schwarz
Cast: Nadine Mann
Austria, Germany / 2015 / 02’ 56’’
“Artefrakt” is a film about digital textures. These textures (meaning digital display errors) are mere characterizations of a medium. While digital media are becoming increasingly efficient and flawless their textures seem to decay.
B E nn E t M E y E r
Bennet was born in Frankfurt (GER) and grew up in Mainz. He studied Graphic and Media Design in Aachen (GER) and Münster (GER) where he graduated in 2012. He currently lives in Istanbul while finishing his postgraduate studies in the field of motion design at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg (GER).
Argentina
/ 2013 / 15’ 17’’
Director: Mariano Leguizamón
Writer: Mariano Leguizamón
Cinematography: Francisco Scavino
Composer: Guillermo Barbuto
Editor: Mariano Leguizamón
Producer: Darío Pimentel M A ri A no L EG uiz AM ón
The dialogue is diluted with each breakfast in the marriage of Alicia and Jose. One morning is interrupted, a third arrives to fix a flaw in the room. Alicia observes and is observed. The third fixes the damage and he retires. She receives the third when her husband goes to work.
Mariano Leguizamón was born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While still a student in high school, he began taking theater classes. After high school, Leguizamón study Art in IUNA (National Institute of Art) in Buenos Aires. Nowadays, he is studying film direction in “Universidad del Cine”, Buenos Aires. He has been making homemade short films since 2011. “Four Domestic Episodes Under a Beautiful Stormy Day” is his first short film in college.
Director: Gaziza Malayeva
Writer: Gaziza Malayeva
Cinematography: Marat Kainarbekulu
Editor: Gaziza Malayeva
Producer: Gaziza Malayeva
Cast: Sholpan Berikovna, Sergei Kruiov
Kazakhstan / 2014 / 06’ 42’’
They met. He and she. He looked at her, she looked at him. One, two, three...
Gaziza Malayeva is student of Film and Television Academy (Directing). She is a director of several short films as Hunger (2011), Theft (2012), Traces (2013), The Return (2014), Cricket (2014), Autumn (2013), Girl (2014), He and She (2014), Red book (2015).
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HE r E i S WHE r E i Lon G to BE, ALS o W it H in A n D AM on
G t HE i MAGES
Germany / 2014 / 08’ 53’’
Director: Meike Redeker
Writer: Meike Redeker
Cinematography: Meike Redeker
Composer: Thomas Carville, John O’Keefe
Editor: Meike Redeker
Producer: Meike Redeker
Cast: Meike Redeker
What does it mean to live in a world that is densely and relentlessly populated by images?
A person encounters herself as a never-ending series of faded selves. She disappears in between lenses and displays, trying to prove that she’s right here!
Born in 1983, raised in the North of Germany, Meike Redeker developed her interest in experimental video first in the field of Communication Design in Braunschweig and Istanbul and, since 2011, in her studies in Fine Arts in Braunschweig and Bandung, Indonesia. Her works use performative and narrative elements, the role of the camera often in mind.
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Director: Skye S. Alanazi
Producer: Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE)
Cast: Gerad Dempsey, Yasmine Byrne, Conar Alexander Smyth
Shot in January 2015, “Malum” is an authentic super 16 film shot on 500T film stock using an Aaton motion picture film camera. It follows the last minutes of a man’s life as he seeks redemption. Powerful, spiritual and personal, a beautiful look into humanity.
S K y E S. A LA n A zi
Skye S. Alanazi was the writer, director, D.O.P and editor. She is from Ireland but has some Arabian roots. This is her first short film she created and has recently won the Future Wave Film Festival competition in the experimental category this year. She attends Ballyfermot College of Further Education, where studies film.
ireland / 2015 / 02’ 52’’
Germany / 2013 / 04’ 00’’
Director: Jonatan Petre Brixel
Cinematography: Steffen Goldkamp
Producer: Jonatan Petre Brixel
The inner struggle with sexuality. Who am I? Who can I be? What holds me back and why? How do I feel about this?
Born on 29 September 1984 in Stockholm, Sweden. Education: 2005-2009 University of Stockholm, Philosophy; 2011-present Academy of Fine Arts (Hamburg), Film Directing. Projects: “One and the Same” (2013), “The Party” (2013), “Chasing a Ball” (2012), “Adult Life” (2012), “The Pig man gets a Visit (2011), “The Knowledge Society” (2010).
Jon AtA n P E tr E Brix EL
Director: Julie Böhm
Writer: Julie Böhm, Feline Gerhardt
Animation: Julie Böhm
Cinematography: Friedemann Leis
Editor: Julie Böhm, Feline Gerhardt
Producer: Feline Gerhardt, Julie Böhm
Cast: Peter Barth, Simone Pivetta
Germany / 2014 / 08’ 08’’
The camera team of a local transmission station is paying a visit to the 75 years old Ruediger Beckerle to get an interview in his workshop. Many years ago that man had begun to develop a time machine after his wife Mathilda’s death. He wants to fetch back his sweetheart. But since then totally different personalities appeared from the machine. They couldn’t help him.
Ju L i E Bo EHM
Julie Böhm is a multimedia artist for paintings on canvas, digital compositing, body painting and film. After her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna she is now at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg (Germany).
S AB r E DA nc E
united States / 2015 / 14’ 05’’
Director: Ilya Rozhkov
Writer: Ilya Rozhkov
Animation: Evgenia Poltavskaya
Cinematography: Egor Povolotskiy
Composer: Corey Wallace
Editor: Ilya Rozhkov
Producer: Ilya Rozhkov, Radhika Womack, Janek Ambros, Dan Mackler
Cast: Armen Babasoloukian, Greg Louganis, Rey Lopez
After giving a performance to the people of Spain, world-famous composer Aram Khachaturian is showered with praise and even gets an opportunity to meet Salvador Dali. Soon, Aram learns that artists can be completely different in their attitude to life, art and etiquette.
iLyA r oz HKoV
Born and raised in Moscow, Russia. In 2011 he got accepted into the International University in Moscow where he studied in the Department of Intercultural Communications. Ilya enrolled in New York Film Academy’s BFA Filmmaking program. His second semester film, “We Are Enemies” examines personal responsibility in war and received multiple awards including “Best of the Fest” at the 54th Rochester Film Festival. Ilya was inducted in Director’s Guild of Russia in 2013.
Director: Lolita Nikolova
Writer: Lolita Nikolova
Animation: Miroslav Stoilov
Cinematography: Simeon Kermekchiev
Composer: Mihail Chakarov
Editor: Lolita Nikolova
Producer: Lolita Nikolova
Cast: Nikolay Platonov, Konstantin Gerginov, Slavina Slavkova
Bulgaria / 2015 / 14’ 16’’
Atanas Dalchev typewrites day and night as present, past and future are intertwined: A little boy enters a magic forest; a ghost gets out of his grave to water his favorite flower; and the constant thread that unites all mentioned is Dalchev’s poetry.
Lo L itA n i Ko LoVA
Lolita Nikolova has been studying Film Arts at New Bulgarian University. Author of several short films as a writer, director and editor. She also participated in Bulgarian TV series and commercials as an actress.
Abraham is the last habitant of a mountain village. He creates his own world in the loneliness, mechanizing the village’s houses and yards. His comfort is broken, when a TV crew arrives there. Despite their intentions, Abraham leads them to an essential journey of self-discovery.
Neda Kirilova graduated in Film and TV Directing in National Academy for Theater and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov” (2014). Her short films participate in national and international festivals: “Freedom” - Award “Ion Bostan” for Best director of a documentary at “Cinemaibuit” Film Festival, Romania); “The Last Human” - Award for Best Student Film at “American Movie Awards”, USA).
nEDA Kiri LoVA
Director: Margarida Rêgo
Writer: Margarida Rêgo
Cinematography: Margarida Rêgo
Editor: Margarida Rêgo
Producer: Margarida Rêgo
It all started with a picture taken in 1974 in Lisbon, just after the Portuguese Revolution. She, the Revolution Hunter, tries to enter in that picture as if she could enter into a time she didn’t belong and finally understand what it means to be part of a revolution or what it means to fight for a country. “The Revolution Hunter” explores the relationship between two generations, two different times and two different fights.
M A r GA ri DA r ê G o
Margarida Rêgo was born in 1986, Lisbon, Portugal. She studied at Fine Arts Academy in Lisbon and recently finished her master degree at the Royal College of Arts in London. Her background is in graphic design and she is one the founders of the studio “Ilhas”. At the moment she is working on Portugal, about how not to lose a country, and about how to transform the idea of country. In 2013 she did her first short-film called “The Revolution Hunter”.
Portugal / 2013 / 10’ 56’’
WAS t ELA n D
Bulgaria / 2015 / 10’ 32’’
Director: Teodos Ralev
Writer: Teodos Ralev
Cinematography: Teodos Ralev
Editor: Teodos Ralev
Producer: Teodos Ralev
Cast: Aliya Kazandzhieva, Delyan Petkov
A poor teenage painter wants to make her way in this world with her talent. She pursues her dream and tries to prove that connections and money are not needed for success. Will her dreams come true?
The seventeen years old Teodos Ralev from Bulgaria makes his first film debut in “In The Palace” ISFF. He hopes to continue his education in a leading university in the field of film studies.
The Gaudi Jacket by Daisy Darche London - simple yet necessary - is a garment that is creative and original. Four different chapters that portray the elements of life: Water Earth Wind Fire. united Kingdom / 2014 / 07’ 59’’
cA rin E Ko LE i LAt and Li SA Fi S c HE r
Carine Koleilat has been working in the film industry for over 7 years. She has directed experimental films, fashion films and visual art pieces. She graduated at the London Film Academy in 2012. Lisa Fischer has directed a variety of short films and three stop motion films. She graduated at the London Film Academy in 2012 and discovered a passion for editing and production design. Carine and Lisa are the Co-Founders of Blue Fox Productions.
Where’s the border between ok and unbearable? Every relationship, every word, every look feels awkward. Too many voices in my head, I can’t hear myself anymore. Was it rape? Because it kind of feels like it..
Ju L i E yA r A z i MME r MA nn
Julie Yara Zimmermann is currently studying at the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), she was born to a Syrian mom and a Swiss dad but she likes Syrian food the best. And cats too. And Kubrick.
Sofia university “St. Kliment ohridski” Faculty of Journalism and Mass communication www.amtv.bg
MonoLoGuE At intErMiSSion
Bulgaria
documentary / 2014 / 25’ 35’’
dir. Peter Vulchev
А portrait of a prima ballerina - during the intermission of “Swan Lake”, Vesa Tonova talks about her life on stage and beyond it, the fear of loneliness and about the prize she paid to be Prima Ballerina.
“MozEi”
Bulgaria
documentary / 2014 / 28’ 06”
dir. Andrey I. Volkashin
A portrait of the artist Ivo Dimchev, that goes beyond the surface of his aggressive and vulgar art, to discover a true genius who has the guts, the sensitivity and the talent to deal with the complexes and prejudices of our time.
tHE ArtiSt’S JournEy part i
Bulgaria
documentary / 2014 / 28’ 38”
dir. Kameliya P. Petrova
The story of two young puppet actors and the people they meet during their theatre journey.
tHE ArtiSt’S JournEy part ii
Bulgaria
documentary / 2014 / 28’ 56”
dir. Kameliya P. Petrova
The story of two young puppet actors and the people they meet during their theatre journey.
DEFA E MoGHADAS
Netherlands fiction / 2013 / 28’ 28’’ dir. Nima Mohaghegh
Reza Motaheri is fighting a holy war, willing to give up everything in order to free his country. When his 13-year-old son shows up among the volunteers, Reza is forced to make an impossible choice between fatherhood and faith.
EVEn coWBoyS GEt to cry
Netherlands fiction / 2013 / 20’ 00’’ dir. Mees Peijnenburg
Sven and Gijs are one another’s best friends. When the two of them end up in a fight on a night out with a couple of guys in Amsterdam, Gijs gets beaten into a coma. Sven struggles with feelings of guilt and the fear of losing his best friend.
HEArt oF LEAD
Bulgaria, United Kingdom fiction / 2014 / 21’ 06’’ dir. Slava Doytcheva
“Heart of Lead” is a poetic piece structured around an ancient Turkish ritual for extracting fear from frightened people. As the rhythmical actions of the ritual are performed three distinct stories unfold one by one.
This documentary scratches under the dull surface of third age people, reveals their specific personalities by showing their everyday lives and it gives them the opportunity to be themselves and not just old.
FocuS: EuroSHort 2014 presented by European Short Film Festival network
oncE uPon A tHrEAD
Netherlands
animation / 2014 / 05’ 24’’
dir. Patricia Figueiredo
A yarn ball woman, an old woman who spends her days looking out the window and a seller of clothes are connected by a thread. The three women lead the actions of other characters and the inevitable fate of a woman with her husband at her back.
PAnDAS
Czech Republic, Slovakia
animation / 2013 / 12’ 00’’
dir. Matus Vizar
After millions of generations, they have a good chance of becoming another extinct species. But one day, an all-too-active primate called the human being found them and they became a pawn in man’s game.
tHE HEAt
Poland
fiction / 2013 / 23’ 00’’
dir. Bartosz Kruhlik
1. Coal or wood afire to redness.
2. High air temperature.
3. Vehemence of feelings.
Future Wave Film Festival www.futurewave.ie
c’MErE t’ME
Ireland
documentary / 2014 / 05’ 00”
dir. Niall Hughes
Who is the most influential person in your life?
contrASt
Ireland
experimental / 2014 / 04’ 00”
dir. Stephen Gaffney
A woman in a black and white world reads a book and we visualize what she is reading in colour.
Ireland
documentary / 2014 / 06’ 00”
dir. Con Colbert
A documentary about an Artist Retreat Cottage, South West Kerry. into tHE cLiFFS
JMK | roLL on toMorroW
Ireland
documentary / 2014 / 08’ 00”
dir. Cillean Campbell
A short documentary about the creative process of prolific Irish street artist JMK (Jonny McKerr).
on
FocuS: irELAnD
presented by Future Wave Film Festival
MASKED FEELinGS
Ireland
fiction / 2015 / 08’ 00”
dir. Raymond Kenny
Toby, a vain man struggles to deal with the trauma of a serious attack.
MiSS Bunty
Ireland
documentary / 2014 / 05’ 00”
dir. Holly Dowling
Miss Bunty has been an institution for Irish dancers in Dun Laoghaire for the last 50+ years.
MuSiK inStruMEntE
Ireland
documentary / 2014 / 05’ 00”
dir. Rebecca Payne
Short film on “Musik Instumente”, Music shop on Stephens St, Dublin.
PAc-MAn-HooD
Ireland
fiction / 2015 / 08’ 00”
dir. Killian O’Boyle
Pac-Man is depressed.
PiEcES in tiME
Ireland
documentary / 2013 / 06’ 00”
dir. Katie Dolan
John McGonigle conveys his passion for watchmaking and involvement in a Swiss dominated industry. Set in the Irish countryside of Athlone, the film is a tranquil glimpse into the life of a Horologist and both his hobby and his trade.
tHE cLoSEt
Ireland
fiction / 2015 / 11’ 00”
dir. Jenny Mathes
Lucas has a dark secret. Raised in an ordinary Irish family, he is forced to lead a double life. When his neighbor Aoife is starting to get suspicious, Lucas has to make a decision. Who or what is really locked up in his closet?
untitLED
Ireland
experimental / 2014 / 05’ 00”
dir. Cillian O’Dowd
When a writer can’t write, he must go further into himself.
WonDErLAnD
Ireland
fiction / 2014 / 03’ 00”
dir. Stephen Shaw Hyland
This film is about a girl who has a bad trip in a nightclub and hallucinates, making her worst fears come to life.
presented by
tel Aviv university Department of Film and television
tel Aviv university Department of Film and television
www.tau.ac.il
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G LEASH
Israel fiction / 2012 / 26’ 14”
dir. Eti Tsicko
Cracks are starting to burst in Marina’s frozen life, forcing a search. The journey will take her beyond traditional boundaries, but also lead to more dangerous places.
i tHinK tHiS iS tHE cLoSESt to HoW tHE FootAGE LooKED
Israel documentary / 2012 / 9’ 00”
dir. Yuval Hameiri
A man recreates, with poor means, a lost memory. A memory of the last day with his Mom. Objects comes to life, in a desperate struggle, to produce one moment that was gone.
PAriS on tHE WAtEr
Israel fiction / 2014 / 28’ 00”
dir. Hadas Ayalon
A former movie star, feels that her life is finally about to change. After years of frustration she was offered a part in a movie, but something happens in the morning of the audition, that forces her reexamine her priorities in life.
tASniM
Israel fiction / 2010 / 12’ 00”
dir. Elite Zexer
Tasnim lives with her mother and siblings in a neglected Bedouin village in the Negev. A surprise visit forces her to confront the conservative norms of the family tribe and the fact that she is no longer daddy’s-little-girl.
on FocuS: roMAniA
presented by national university of theatre and Film “i.L. caragiale”
unAtc - the national university of theatre and Film “i.L.caragiale” www.unatc.ro
AEQuLiBriuM
Romania
fiction / 2014 / 28’ 00”
dir. Alexandru Badea
Apart from quitting her job, nothing much is going on in Daria’s life. Although she’s trying to find an inner balance, she seems unable to decide what to do next. She’s stuck at the crossroads.
in tHE HouSE
Romania
fiction / 2014 / 17’ 02”
dir. Ana Maria Comanescu
After witnessing a tragic scene, Cristi arrives at a friend’s party for a night of wild fun. The friends doesn’t seem too affected by his story, motivating him to party as hard as he can. Soon raw truths start to slip out and things take a turn for the worse.
tHE WinDoW
Romania
fiction / 2014 / 15’ 21”
dir. Georgiana Moldoveanu
In an unspecified future, the poor get the chance of a better life, being thrown in a sort of game organized by the privileged members of the society. The rules change when the privileged start playing.
tHiS tiME LASt yEAr
Romania
fiction / 2014 / 14’ 00”
dir. Ana Maria Savin
A home-movie, shot throughout a weekend in the countryside, depicting an almost symbiotic friendship between two girls and what happens when a third person comes between them.
on FocuS: ruSSiA
presented by international Festival-Workshop of Film Schools “Kinoproba”
international Festival-Workshop of Film Schools “Kinoproba” www.kinoprobafest.com
F5
Russia
fiction / 2012 / 31’ 00”
dir. Timofei Zhalnin
Two students are participating in an international festival with their choreographic performance. Girls believe that their dance will win the hearts of metropolitan audience and the jury...
FrEDDy
Russia
fiction / 2012 / 05’ 00”
dir. Anastasia Molchanova
Life is a dream, or weekdays of Freddy Krueger.
GiFt
Russia
animation / 2010 / 08’ 00”
dir. Mihail Dvoryankin
Mother helps son to realize his dream.
SnoWFLAKE
Russia animation / 2012 / 06’ 00”
dir. Natalya Chernyshsheva
One day the little African boy who dreams of snow receives a letter from a distant land. And inside of it - a snowflake.
StuPiD GirL Russia animation / 2006 / 07’ 00” dir. Zoya Kireeva Usual love of unusual girl.
FocuS: WFAF cHiLDrEn’S FiLMS
World Festival of Animated Film www.varnafest.org
Bzz
Denmark
animation / 2014 / 02’ 00’’
dir. Luca Fattore
It’s the story of a fly boy very much in love with a fly girl, unfortunately one day he gets captured in a spider net and she tries to save him from being the spider’s meal.
cAtErPiLLAr AnD HEn
Italy
animation / 2013 / 10’ 00’’
dir. Michela Donini, Katya Rinaldi
A caterpillar and an hen are best friends. They both know that the time to part has come.
DEMoni
Canada
animation / 2012 / 04’ 00’’
dir. Theodore Ushev
„Demoni“ was created using about 50 vinyl recordings. It was painted directly on the plates with oil and gel paint markers, and acrylics. Different speeds of the „Viking“ gramophone were used to create the animation.
My MuM iS An AirPLAnE
Russia
animation / 2013 / 06’ 00’’
dir. Yulia Aronova
The small boy waits for his mom, he looks at different moms and children. They are all unique, but his mom is the best in the whole world, because she is an Airplane!
PiGLEt. BABySittEr
Russia
animation / 2014 / 06’ 00’’ dir. Natalya Berezovaya
Our little pig’s life is full of good luck. So when his parents have to leave for work, there is always someone who takes care of him and his brothers.
Lots of conflicts, extraordinary adventures and foolish escapades necessarily appear when you are with 142 childrens, busy parents, a loony neighbour, an uncle obsessed with business, and a granny mad about money.
tHE LittLE BirD AnD tHE LEAF
Switzerland
animation / 2012 / 04’ 00’’ dir. Lena von Döhre
It’s winter. At the end of a branch hangs a single leaf. A little black bird comes along to water the leaf but it falls off. The wind lifts the leaf and dances with it through the snowy wood.
tEEtH, tAiL AnD EArS
Russia
animation / 2010 / 15’ 00’’ dir. Sergey Merinov
Three funny stories about the Hare.
on FocuS: WFAF StuDEnt’S FiLMS presented by World Festival of Animated Film (WFAF)
World Festival of Animated Film www.varnafest.org
ALiEn
Czech Republic
animation / 2013 / 07’ 00’’
dir. Martin Maj
Short 2D animation grotesque about travelling to the different countries.
DoG
Germany
animation / 2012 / 02’ 00’’
dir. Simon Schnellmann
Two dogs try to win the love of their mistress.
iDoL
Italy
animation / 2013 / 04‘ 00‘‘
dir. Valentina Lo Duca
A man and a dog, a connection referring to infancy intended to break and fly away on the thin line of memories.
inciDEnt
Bulgaria
animation / 2014 / 02‘ 00‘‘
dir. Dimitar Velev
A short tale of absurd and apathy.
For people Father’s Day is a celebration, but for one small bird – an ordinary working day. And concerns are the same old – to get food for his family. on FocuS: WFAF StuDEnt’S
presented by World Festival of Animated Film (WFAF)
intErnAtionAL FAtHEr’S DAy
Latvia
animation / 2012 / 05’ 00’’ dir. Edmunds Jansons
intErViEW
Denmark
animation / 2014 / 16’ 00’’ dir. Mikkel Okholm
A dimwitted young man arrives at the interview for the most important job of all time. He does not know what the job is about but he knows that he wants it.
My MiLK cuP coW
Japan
animation / 2014 / 11’ 00’’ dir. Yantong Zhu
Father tells his 4-year-old daughter Nunu that there’s a cow at the bottom of her milk cup. Nunu believes him and drinks all of her milk, but there is no cow.
no tiME For toES
Finland
animation / 2013 / 08’ 00’’ dir. Kari Pieskä
A story about a father. And about eating, sleeping and brushing teeth.
rABBit AnD DEEr
Hungary
animation / 2013 / 16’ 00’’ dir. Péter Vácz
Rabbit and Deer are living happily and careless until their friendship is put to the test by Deer’s new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension.
FocuS: WFAF StuDEnt’S FiLMS presented by World Festival of Animated Film (WFAF)
tHE BuLB cHAnGEr Taiwan animation / 2012 / 08’ 00’’ dir. Wan-Lin Tsai
A boy’s job is to change the broken bulbs on this planet. He steals a bulb from a blind man’s house because he doesn’t have his own bulb at home. Is this the right thing to do?
Animated short films made from children between 5 and 15 years from Bulgaria, croatia, France, Georgia, india, israel, italy and Serbia.
The search for unexplored planets proves to be difficult when several species find themselves in a comical fight for one. The resolution finds a compromise in an abrupt way.
DAMnED!
France / animation / 2014 / 02’ 30” production: Passeur d’images et la MJC de Chenove
Scariest rooms, one after the other, frighten our visitor…
