2009
Fiction
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | ANTHEM
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Details:TrailerLength: 36' Screenwriter: Elad Keidan Director: Elad Keidan Producer: Shelly Ben Shahar Animator: n/a DOP: Ziv Berkovich Sound: Elad Pankovski, Uri Amitai Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Sometimes even the most unassuming of days takes a surprising turn, as one middle-aged suburban bachelor finds out when he sets out to buy milk in a Jerusalem neighbourhood. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 80 |
| 2 | ON THE LINE
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Reto Caffi, Philippe Zweifel Director: Reto Caffi Producer: Kunsthochschule fur Medien Koln I Blush Films Zurich/ Schweizer Fernsehen Animator: n/a DOP: Piotr Rosolowski Sound: Marc Von Stürler Editor: Thomas Bachmann Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store’s bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him. Not being able to deal with his bad conscience, his formely controlled life breaks down. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 68 |
| 3 | ECHO
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Magnus von Horn Director: Magnus von Horn Producer: PWSFTviT Animator: n/a DOP: Małgorzata Szyłak Sound: Michal Robaczewski Editor: Boguslava Furga Production Designer: Production design and costumes - Karolina Fandrejewska-Ochnio Synopsis: Two boys have murdered a young girl. Through crime reconstruction and meeting the family of the victim they now have to relive the brutal crime they committed and confront the feelings they felt and still feel. |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 65 |
| 4 | THE BABY
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Falco Jagau Director: Falco Jagau Producer: HFF Munich / viaFilm (Benedikt Boellhoff, Max Frauenknecht) Animator: n/a DOP: Gero Kutzner Sound: Michael Diekmann Editor: Stine Sonne Munch, Gaby Kull Neujahr Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Four days after the birth of her son, 18 year-old Nadine waits to leave the hospital. But a strange sense of restlessness is noticeable in the corridors and wards. By the time Nadine notices that her baby has disappeared without a trace it’s so late… |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 43 |
| 5-6 | BABA
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Zuzana Spidlova - Kirchnerova Director: Zuzana Spidlova - Kirchnerova Producer: FAMU Animator: n/a DOP: Lukas Hyksa Sound: Lenka Mikulova Editor: Simon Spidla Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: “Mum didn’t even ask me and she had brought Baba here. Now she is lying in the middle of my room. And I have to take care of her. All the time.” |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 41 |
| 5-6 | BALLOON MOODS
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Details:TrailerLength: 28' Screenwriter: Thorkild Schrumpf Director: Martin Lund Producer: Ruben Thorkildsen Animator: n/a DOP: Morten Forsberg Halfstad Sound: Erik Ljunggren Editor: Steinar Stalsberg Production Designer: Astrid Astrup Synopsis: Jonas wants to be alone. Randi wants to be stricter. Suddenly Jonas finds himself stuck on Randi’s construction site with his dormobile. It is harder than you would think, to be alone and strict, when you meet someone you like. |
The Norwegian Film School (NFS) | Norway | 41 |
| 7 | A DAY IN A LIFE
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Kwok Zune, Leung Pui Pui Director: Kwok Zune Producer: Chan Yuet Yue Animator: n/a DOP: Szeto Yat Lui, Danny Sound: Szeto Yee-ling, Elaine Editor: Mak Chi-kwan, Mike Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: She gets up early every morning. She works hard everyday. For her, a day is like a life but she lives on… |
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) | Hong Kong | 37 |
| 8 | THE BOXER
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Michael Latham Director: Michael Latham Producer: Nicolette Freeman Animator: n/a DOP: Josh Flavell Sound: Wanyima Wighton Editor: Marco Treglia Production Designer: Gavin Youngs Synopsis: With the speed and grace of a middle-aged man, Gary navigates his golf buggy around a giant warehouse. Amongst the towering shelves whizzing by, Gary notices a lone box, defiantly misplaced. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 30 |
| 9 | 5 SECONDS
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Jean frangois Rouze, Daniel Mendez Kunschke Director: Jean Frangois Rouze Producer: Roberto Nieto Guerra Animator: n/a DOP: Pedro Martin-Calero, Paloma Leon Sound: Diego Diaz Centeno Editor: Marcos Florez Garcia, Coca Leblic Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Since his bicycle accident, Frank sees no moving images. This clash caused him an anomaly in his head and he sees only still images five seconds. |
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) | Spain | 29 |
| 10 | A LIFE THAT FITS IN
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Emmanuel Marre Director: Emmanuel Marre Producer: Veronique Duys for Mediadiffusion ASBL Animator: n/a DOP: Stephane Boissier Sound: Mickael Roche, Mathieu Schots Editor: Manuel Haas Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Sarah is getting divorced and wants a fresh start to her life. One Tuesday she takes her sons, Theo and Daniel to IKEA: Choose e bed. Choose a table. Choose meatballs or salmon. Choose a lamp. Choose. |
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) | Belgium | 27 |
| 11 | CLEAN UP
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Details:TrailerLength: 10' Screenwriter: Sebastian Mez, Christian Trieloff Director: Sebastian Mez Producer: Christoph Ami Animator: n/a DOP: Christian Trieloff Sound: Christian Trieloff Editor: Sebastian Mez Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: It is duty to clean up the execution chamber… |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 26 |
| 12 | LONDON TRANSFER
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Roozbeh Behtaji Director: Roozbeh Behtaji Producer: Kajsa Palsson Animator: n/a DOP: Jann Doppert Sound: Rodrigo Arcos Editor: Pierre Laurent Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Sam is transferring between two airports during his stopover in London, carrying a big suitcase with a broken handle. While waiting for his bus in the city center, he wanders away from the bus terminal in search for a toilet. During this night odyssey it soon becomes apparent that that trust is hard to find, and that things seldom are what they appear to be. |
Göteborg University | Sweden | 24 |
| 13 | FAMILY THERAPY
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Director: Petar Valchanov Producer: Kristina Grozeva Animator: n/a DOP: Krum Rodriguez Sound: Angel Toporchev, Kristina Petkova Editor: Valeria Usheva, Petar Valchanov Production Designer: Georgi Gavanozov, Mihaela Kondeva Synopsis: The Radoslavovi Family is squabbling again, even traveling in their car. Getting home, they are taken aback by thieves. The burglars are quite adolescent, doped and aggressive. The little hooligans teach a cruel live lesson to the old couple. |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 23 |
| 14 | BEHOLDEN
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: David Jibladze Director: David Jibladze Producer: Ambyr Davis Animator: n/a DOP: David Gibb Sound: Luke Gibleon Editor: David Jibladze Production Designer: Brian Ollman, Joshua Stricklin Synopsis: Anna, a struggling Brazilian immigrant, becomes the interpreter between her abusive boyfriend and three Russian thugs who are demanding their stolen money. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 22 |
| 15 | THE ILLUSION
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Susana Barriga Director: Susana Barriga Producer: Lloyd Meter, Andre Leao, Susana Barriga, Caterina Da Via, Dave Rigby Animator: n/a DOP: Susana Barriga Sound: Nicolas Tsabertidis, Angie Hernandez Editor: Susana Barriga Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: After 26 years of picturing her father in her imagination, Susana travels from Cuba to England to see him for the first time in her life. Now, she tries to recall his face, but all she has are a few hazy images, secretly recorded with her camera, and the wish to regain the illusion that existed before she met him. |
International School of Film and TV (EICTV) | Cuba | 21 |
| 16-17 | FIRST MOVEMENT FOR TWENTY MEN IN AN EMPTY ROOM
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Gabriei Herrera Director: Gabriei Herrera Producer: Gabriei Herrera Animator: n/a DOP: Santiago Torres Sound: Gerardo Olvera, Gabriel Herrera Editor: Moises Magos, Gabriel Herrera Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: An old man owns a collection of men that uses as if they were radio stations: instead of the ordinary heart beats, each men delivers a different orchestral play. That’s how the old man’s obsession turns in to a mixed aesthetic between a bizarre sensuality and a harmless fantasy. |
National School of Film Arts / National Autonomous University of Mexico (ENAC/UNAM) | Mexico | 20 |
| 16-17 | ZOHAR
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Yasmine Novak Director: Yasmine Novak Producer: Lianne Novak Animator: n/a DOP: Aviv Kosloff Sound: Aviram Vilensky Editor: Hadas Ayalon Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: 16-year-old Zohar lives with her younger sister and single mother Debbie, in a poor neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv. The talented young athlete balances between her obligations to the single parent household – helping Debbie in her self-run beauty salon at home, and her training as a sprinter. But when a teenage boy comes calling on her at home, tomboy Zohar must deal with first signs of womanhood. Afraid to follow in her mother’s easy-going footsteps, Zohar is slowly pushed to the edge. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 20 |
| 18 | JANNA & LIV
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Olicia Demant, Therese Ahlbeck Director: Therese Ahlbeck Producer: Marcus Olsson, Sara Lindblom Animator: n/a DOP: Erik Persson Sound: Erika Iljero, Olle Sjostrom Editor: Erik Andersson Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Janna and Liv is a raging road movie about two pregnant women, whose paths involuntarily cross in a packed emergency room. Janna – filled with anxiety over giving birth – is on her way to work when she starts getting contractions. Liv is having a caesarean and is not about to let anything stop her from making her routine check-up with the midwife before rushing on to look at an apartment. When Janna and Liv meet they are mercilessly thrown out of the past and future and straight in to the PRESENT. |
Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) | Sweden | 19 |
| 19 | I HEAR YOUR SCREAM
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Pablo Lamar Director: Pablo Lamar Producer: Alexandra Mora Vaca, Eugenia Venialgo, Monica Gonzalez Animator: n/a DOP: Andres Jordan Sound: Ana Prieto Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The man, the hill, the shack. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 18 |
| 20-21 | OLD NEW ROSSI
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Alexandr Karavaev Director: Alexandr Karavaev Producer: Alexandr Belousov Animator: n/a DOP: Nicolay Bogachev Sound: Ivan Dgupanov Editor: Alexander Karavaev Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A story of two brothers, who can not seek mutual understanding. Only death of their grandmother forces them to establish real brotherhood. |
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) | Russia | 17 |
| 20-21 | SIKUMI
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Andrew MacLean Director: Andrew MacLean Producer: Cara Marcous Animator: n/a DOP: Cary Fukunaga Sound: Bob Edwards Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, becomes a witness to murder. |
New York University (NYU) | United States | 17 |
| 22-25 | ACHOLILAND
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Dean Israelite Director: Dean Israelite Producer: Daniel Harrich Animator: n/a DOP: Amanda Treyz Sound: Brian Hawlk Editor: Martin Bernfeld Production Designer: Andres Cubillan Synopsis: Northern Uganda, 1999. War rages for thirteen years. Thousands are killed, millions are displaced, and everyone is starving. Set in the heart of this chaos, four un workers must embark on a frantic food delivery to a mass of desperate villagers. But when the militia strike and the situation explores, these men will face impossible choices to keep everyone alive. |
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) | United States | 15 |
| 22-25 | AWAY
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Details:TrailerLength: 23' Screenwriter: Margot Schaap Director: Margot Schaap Producer: Tom van Hezik Animator: n/a DOP: Casper Brink Sound: Willem Stinissen Editor: Wouter Van Luijn Production Designer: Simone Merkus Synopsis: Sophie (18 years old) has just graduated from high-school and is about to move out of the house she grew up in. Sophie is trying to break away from her family, but at the same time she wants to crawl back onto her mother’s lap and stay in this warm and safe environment as long as she possibly can. She fears that she may easily be forgotten by her younger brothers and sisters once she is gone. As the days of the summer vacation slowly pass by, the time has come to say goodbye… |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 15 |
| 22-25 | MY FOUR INCH PRECIOUS
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Sou Yun Sim, Adam Lucas Director: Sou Yun Sim Producer: Kevin K. Johnson Animator: n/a DOP: Nathan Levine-Heaney Sound: Ryan O'Connell Editor: Ashley F. Miller Production Designer: Yi-Tzu Lan Synopsis: Sam is alone in the world, shunned by society. When he revives a dying flower, out of the petals arises a beautiful woman whom he names Precious. For the first time, Sam discovers romance. There’s just one catch: Precious is only four inches tall. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 15 |
| 22-25 | THE SHORT TALE ABOUT THE SPONTANEOUS RISING OF AN IMAGINARY TREE
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Pepe Avila del Pino Director: Pepe Avila del Pino Producer: Maria Fernanda Manzano, Angelica Andrade, Lorena de la Torre Animator: n/a DOP: Mario Galiegos Sound: Roberto Riveroll Editor: Yaniv Fridman, Pepe Avila Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A troubadour child, an old philosopher, a thinking cow, a five-year-old mentor, an ogre and a magical plant, build up the journey of a child and his illusionary escape from his dreadful reality. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 15 |
| 26-27 | SHADOWS
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Hanna Bergholm Director: Hanna Bergholm Producer: Hanna Bergholm, Sari Lempiainen Animator: n/a DOP: Arttu Peltomaa Sound: Ilkka Vaisanen Editor: Tiina Aarniala Production Designer: Elina Liflander Synopsis: Shadows is a film Anna, who as a child was afraid of tales and as an adult is afraid of reality. The story begins as Anna revisits her childhood home and realises that the world of her childhood no longer exists. |
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture / ELO Film School Helsinki | Finland | 14 |
| 26-27 | SHORESH & SHIRIN
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Serkal Kus Director: Katrin Gebbe Producer: Hamburg Media School, Stephanie M. Blum (Creative Producer) Animator: n/a DOP: Moritz Schultheifi Sound: Rolf Manzei Editor: Ulf Aebert Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Kurdish brother and sister Sores and Shirin have lost their parents in the Iraq war. Both children suffer severe injuries and are taken to Germany for medical treatment by an aid organization. They find a new home with their German foster mother. But as Sores calls his grandfather in order for him to take them back to Iraq, the siblings’ live are in danger of being broken apart once again. |
Hamburg Media School (HMS) | Germany | 14 |
| 28 | I'M IN AWAY FROM HERE
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Details:TrailerLength: 22' Screenwriter: Catriona MacInnes Director: Catriona MacInnes Producer: Catriona MacInnes Animator: n/a DOP: Alex Ryle Sound: Dougie Fairgrieve Editor: Gordon Lockhart Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Weary of the world agitating his dead, Archie decides to take his head into another place. |
Screen Academy Scotland (SAS) | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 29-31 | ADEM'S SON
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Max Honert, Hakan Savas Mican Director: Hakan Savas Mican Producer: Christin Geigemüller Animator: n/a DOP: Sebastian Lempe Sound: Matthias Maier Editor: Sebastian Lempe, Hakan Savas Mican Production Designer: Petra Schlie, Ralf Swinley Synopsis: Ali (Tamer Yigit) wants to talk to his father ( Erden Alkan) about the past. But his sin has separated him from his family with no return. A story about guilt, atonement and the pain coursed by an irreversible act - the murder of the sister. |
German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) | Germany | 12 |
| 29-31 | H'RUSH
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: David Lucas Director: Ismael el Iraki Producer: Pauline Rocher Animator: n/a DOP: Benjamin Rufi Sound: Virgile Van Ginneken Editor: Samuel Langevin Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: On the townships of Casablanca, Lwiyen is an expert conman who owes money to Omer, an expedited corrupted cop. |
La Fémis | France | 12 |
| 29-31 | IDIOT BOX
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Lee Citron Director: Lee Citron Producer: Chris Hanke, Josh Hummel, Matt Rosen Animator: n/a DOP: Patrick Meade Jones Sound: Craig Polding Editor: Stanley Hoboken Production Designer: Chris Hanke Synopsis: In a world perverted by television one man is distraught to learn what his wife does with the milkman. |
Loyola Marymount University / School of Film and Television (LMU) | United States | 12 |
| 32-33 | FOR MOM, TO READ IF I DON'T WAKE UP…
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Anton Iffland Stettner Director: Anton Iffland Stettner Producer: Dorothee Baert Animator: n/a DOP: Aurelien Pechmeja Sound: Deborah Dourneau Editor: Chloe Tytgat Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Little Alexandre has had a leg pain for two weeks. His mother, worried but overwhelmed by his work, drops him off at the hospital where the little boy, alone and worried, has to undergo a very heavy operation, feverishly awaiting his mother's visits. Before the operation, Alexandre writes a letter that begins with the following words: "For Mom, to read if I don't wake up..." |
INSAS | Belgium | 11 |
| 32-33 | MARTIN
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Seán Branigan Director: Seán Branigan Producer: Adrienne Greenhalgh Animator: n/a DOP: Stevie Russell Sound: Padraig Whitmore Editor: Seán Branigan Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Martin, an ordinary man, with a history of aggression, has lost contact with his family and struggles through life alone until 15-year-old daughter, Laura, decides she wants to get to know for herself. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 11 |
| 34-35 | GOOD MORNING
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu Director: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu Producer: ESAV, Courte echelle production, Horizon d'Afrique Animator: n/a DOP: Bertrand Artaud Sound: Mathieu Descamps Editor: Jean-Michel Cazenave, Renan Arzul, Geoffroy Cernaix Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: 1994. Kabera and Uwamungu, two students from Rwanda, live in Toulouse. A genocide breaks out in their native country. Kaera belongs to the Hutu tribe whereas Uwamungu is a Tutsi. |
ENSAV | France | 10 |
| 34-35 | REALITY SHOW
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Sebastian Menegaz, Lucas Damino Director: Federico Schmucler Producer: Nicolas Celis Animator: n/a DOP: Maria Jose Secco Sound: Yulene de Olaizola Editor: Frederico Schmueler Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Ramon Chavez watch on the TV situation that makes him to choose decisions that will change the curse of his own life, or maybe not… |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 10 |
| 36-39 | MAID TO OUST
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Julien Rouyet Director: Julien Rouyet Producer: ECAL Animator: n/a DOP: Patrick Tresch Sound: Jason Page Editor: Mathilde de Romefort Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Stephanie is the young maid of a fifty-year-old lawyer, Suzanne Borgeat, and of her husband. She takes advantage of their absence during the day to occupy their luxurious villa and to have a taste of the bourgeois comfort. Only at night does she come back to the reality of her small apartment, of her modest ad oppressing life. Increasingly attracted by Suzanne Borgeat’s milieu, Stephanie will use the woman’s weakness to engage in a duel and take control of the house. |
Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) | Switzerland | 9 |
| 36-39 | MIND THE GAP
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Marcy Holland Director: Kristal Williams Producer: Kristal Williams-Rowley, Valerie Temple Animator: n/a DOP: Alexia Zuliani Sound: Charlie Anderson, Valerie Temple Editor: Jessie Beers-Altman, Kristal Williams Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Sara, a high school student, sets out on a mission to return an amulet belonging to her high school classmate who committed suicide by jumping in front of an oncoming subway car piloted by Sara’s father. The amulet was picked up by Sara’s father who over the years been collecting “souvenirs” from accidents he has been involved with. |
Boston University / Department of Film and Television | United States | 9 |
| 36-39 | PAL/SECAM
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Dmitry Povolotsky Director: Dmitry Povolotsky Producer: Evgeny Shevsky Animator: n/a DOP: Gregory Mitnick Sound: Kirill Simakov Editor: Dmitriy Rozin Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: At the dawn of Perestroika little Boris, ravaged by hormones, seduces the neighbourhood with his mother’s VCR |
Columbia University | United States | 9 |
| 36-39 | TWO INTO THREE
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Neelesha Barthel, Nina Pourlak Director: Neelesha Barthel Producer: Anne-Kathrin Gliese Animator: n/a DOP: Marco Armborst Sound: Andre Wiesner, Ludwig Bestehorn Editor: Rain Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Susa and David live together with their son Levi in a small flat in Berlin. After they finally find new jobs, it becomes difficult to organise their daily life. Levi doesn’t seem to fit into the life of his parents any more. Will the family fall a part from all the trouble? |
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF | Germany | 9 |
| 40-41 | POLAROID LOVE
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Details:TrailerLength: 34' Screenwriter: Egor Abramenko Director: Egor Abramenko Producer: Alexander Abramenko Animator: n/a DOP: Mikhail Kelim Sound: Denis Borbuh Editor: Egor Abramenko Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Love will tear us apart. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 8 |
| 40-41 | WUNDERKAMMER
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado Director: Andrea Pallaoro Producer: Andrea Pallaoro, Kenhalo Bernet Millan Animator: n/a DOP: Thomas Burns Sound: Kari Rae Seekins Editor: Andrea Pallaoro Production Designer: Scott Holdredge Synopsis: An elderly women and her son struggle to coexist in a house that shelters a spectacular menagerie of birds. Surrendering to their co-dependence, inside a world that bears no exist, they go about their bedtime ritual resisting and succumbing to each other’s needs. Within the everydayness of their gestures and movements lurks a secret, and the anticipation of what might come is the dawning question. |
California Institute of the Arts | United States | 8 |
| 42-45 | DEAR RIA
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Sabir Kanaqi, Mark Simoni Director: Sabir Kanaqi Producer: AFMM Animator: n/a DOP: Sabir Kanaqi, Enkelana Kellici Sound: Andi Goxhaj, Parid Andoni Editor: Sabir Kanaqi, Laura Peposhi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Deborah a 14 years’ girl finds her sister’s diary after she committed a suicide by hanging herself. Reading the diary of her sister, Deborah reveals that the real cause of her sister tragedy, it was the behaviour of their despotic father. |
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) | Albania | 7 |
| 42-45 | THE ELECTRICIAN
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Jussi Jokihaara Director: Miina Alajarvi Producer: Petra Valimaki, Tiia- Tuulia Tiensuu Animator: n/a DOP: Juho Kepanen Sound: Jarno Muhonen Editor: Arttu Salmi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The Electrician tell the story of Marvin, an executioner, in charge of an electric chair. After becoming unemployed when the government prohibits executions, and with his profession now illegal. Marvin struggles to find a new way to use his unusual skills. Showing no emotions at people’s death. |
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media | Finland | 7 |
| 42-45 | THE MOLES
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Erica Cattaneo, Ludovico Bessegato Director: Ludovico Bessegato Producer: Andrea Oriani Animator: n/a DOP: Dario Ruta, Valentina Giarrizzo, Piermaria Agostini Sound: Andrea Massi Editor: Barbara Cicchine, Mateo Fossati, Roberto Bassagnana Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: “Four blind man disappointed with life and looking for money decide to rob a bank. The four’s choose the branch and simulate his appearance with wires and tapes in the Blind Institute’s cellar. After some days of time’s and movement’s training, the blind men are ready for the robbery. But something in plan don’t work…” |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 7 |
| 42-45 | YOU WILL GET HURT
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Maria Pronello Director: Luz Olivares Capelle Producer: Paula Massa Animator: n/a DOP: Dolores Aliaga Sound: Brenda Dupertuis, Manuel de Andres Editor: Nicolas Nobile Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A young women is hospitalized due to a problem in her back. The doctors are going to discover that she’s a growing her wings… |
National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) | Argentina | 7 |
| 46-50 | ALL DAY BREAKFAST
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Julian Kerridge Director: Julian Kerridge Producer: Danielle Stickley Animator: n/a DOP: Christopher Stones Sound: Sound mix: Mike Dowson Editor: Jonathan Entwistle, Julian Kerridge Production Designer: Claudia Brewster Synopsis: Nineteen, washed up and pissed off, Daryl is going nowhere fast. His “not quite” girlfriend wants to get into Coronation Street! His mother does his head in and there’s the boat! That big, daft, stupid stuck boat… |
London Film School (LFS) | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 46-50 | HAIR EXTENSIONS
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Details:TrailerLength: 28' Screenwriter: Barbara Zemljic Director: Barbara Zemljic Producer: Jozica Blatnik Animator: n/a DOP: Milos Srdic Sound: Joze Tatnik Editor: Ivana Fumic Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A teen age girl Mina desperately wants to have long her because she is convinced Nejc, a guy who she fancies, will fall in love with her. Mina’s father Janez eagerly wants to protect his little girl from any kinds of villains. Mina’s mother Majda daydreams about a passionate romance. Nair Extensions is a black comedy showing what happens if protagonists live in a dream world rather than in reality. It is a film in which innocent situations turn into a psychological detective story. |
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) | Slovenia | 5 |
| 46-50 | HARAKIRI CHILDREN
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Ivan Livakovic Director: Ivan Livakovic Producer: Mirta Puhlovski Animator: n/a DOP: Danijel Ruljancic Sound: n/a Editor: Vedran Stefan Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In 19 minutes we see the beginning and the downfall of a relationship. Two-man meet, fall in love and break up. Isolated from the rest of the world, a segregated “love nest” becomes a battlefield of emotional blackmail, paranoia and human outcry. In a place where it is hard to distinguish reality from illusion, the only thing the outer world allowed them to have were fragments. |
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) | Croatia | 5 |
| 46-50 | OBSESSION
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Andrew Bond Director: Andrew Bond Producer: Maario Masing Animator: n/a DOP: Alvar Koue Sound: n/a Editor: Kaisa Pitsi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A young couple is sitting at the bus stop and telling each other an incredible story. Your obsession could seem a curse, but actually it is a gift, guiding you to the happiness. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 5 |
| 46-50 | WELCOME BACK
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Dorotea Vučić Director: Dorotea Vučić Producer: Fumani Shisana Animator: n/a DOP: Faheema Hendricks Sound: Daniel Morcos Editor: Daniel Morcos Production Designer: Sophie Nadolny Synopsis: An estranged son and his autistic father reunite for the first time in a decade. The son must juggle his career with that of his father’s needs while attempting to get back to the city. “Wamkelekile” is a simple, human and light story about a young man finding his place in time and his father’s heart. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 5 |
| 51-55 | DARIA
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Aleksandra Urosevic Director: Aleksandra Urosevic Producer: Dusan Djokovic Animator: Jana Vukovic, Roman Iglicar, Krunislav, Dragana Trgovcevic DOP: Dragan Djordjevic Sound: Vladimir Kerkez Editor: Uros Milkic Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Dear passengers, we are scheduled to take off in the next 18 minutes. Our flight will take us to the land of Daria. The weather conditions are clear and we expect a quiet flight. Please, fasten your seat belts and relax. Let me please remind you that this is a non drama, non turbulence flight, so we kindly ask you to make your own entertainment. Have a pleasant flight. |
Academy of Arts, Belgrade | Serbia | 4 |
| 51-55 | LONG WAY HOME
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Details:TrailerLength: 21' Screenwriter: Anamaria Chloveanu Director: Anamaria Chloveanu Producer: UNATC Animator: n/a DOP: Mihai Bumbu Sound: Dan-Stefan Rucareanu Editor: Andrei Dascalescu, Anamaria Chioveanu Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: It’s late at night in one of Bucharest’s ill-famed neighbourhoods. Diana is waiting for the last bus. But the bus is not coming any more and she doesn’t have enough money to take a cab. So she decides to head home on foot. But this turns out to be more than just a regular walk. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 4 |
| 51-55 | SOLDIERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Helene Wanu Nielsen Director: Helene Wanu Nielsen Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Dong Hua Sound: Karel Dewaele Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Karl is eight years old, he recently suffered a great loss, and doesn’t manage to move on. His mother doesn’t talk to him about it, and eventually he has to find his own way to lope. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 4 |
| 51-55 | TEN ELEPHANTS
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Eva Randolph Director: Eva Randolph Producer: Gisella Cardoso Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Bustamante, Bia Marques Sound: Rodrigo Maia Editor: Eva Randolph Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Clara is eight years old and lives mother and brother on the countryside. Just the other day the kids were playing hide and seek. Everyday miss happenings. |
Universidade Federal Fluminense | Brazil | 4 |
| 51-55 | THE RAVEN
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Michal Balaz Director: Michal Balaz Producer: Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Film and TV Faculty) Animator: n/a DOP: Timotej Krizka Sound: Milos Hanzely Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Film inspired by E. A. Poe’s famous The Raven. The story is telling about writing this poem, his dreams, visions and his death. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 4 |
| 56-57 | COMMANDO COTTAGE
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Hugo Gauvreau, Jean-Sebastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Francis Turcotte Director: Hugo Gauvreau Producer: UQAM Animator: n/a DOP: Francis Turcotte Sound: Alexandre Anger Fortin Editor: Frederic Massif Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Mathis and Viny dream of freedom. At the dawn of their next adventure, they empower their ambition. |
University of Québec Montréal / School of Media (UQAM) | Canada | 3 |
| 56-57 | PASSAGE
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Neda Radulovic, Kosta Djordjević Director: Kosta Djordjević Producer: FDU Animator: n/a DOP: Bojana Andrić Sound: Vojin Ristivojevic Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Relja wants to rob an exchange office. On his way there, he meets Marija, a girl who sells bracelets in the street… |
Faculty of Dramatic Arts | Serbia | 3 |
| 58-59 | JINGLE BELLS
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: David Casademunt, Marti Lucas Director: David Casademunt Producer: Escandalo Films - Sergi Casamitjana Animator: n/a DOP: Xabi Clavero Sound: Andrea Ainsa Editor: Pau Bacardit Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Past times used to be better times. Alex, a 14 years old boy, doesn’t want to accept all changes. During Christmas, he will try to show his mum that they can still be happy, just like they used to be in the past. |
Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) | Spain | 2 |
| 58-59 | LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Joshua Demers Director: Joshua Demers Producer: Cameron MacLaren Animator: n/a DOP: Tyson Burger Sound: Lena Duong Editor: Matthew Shoychet Production Designer: Liisa Donaldson Synopsis: A Catholic priest struggles with social stigma and his own actions when he is wrongly accused of sexual harassment by one of his students. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 2 |
| 60-62 | BLOOD-STAINED EYES
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Details:TrailerLength: 25' Screenwriter: Lorenzo Sportiello Director: Lorenzo Sportiello Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Animator: n/a DOP: Francesca Amitrano Sound: Filippo Ercolani Editor: Simone Manetti Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Three 18 year-olds share an exclusive and pathological friendship, the love for music and the desire to leave their city, Rome, for good. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 1 |
| 60-62 | HEAVENLY COVENANT
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Details:TrailerLength: 6' Screenwriter: Gonzalo Torrens Director: Gonzalo Torrens Producer: Gonzalo Perazza Animator: n/a DOP: Catalina Marin Sound: n/a Editor: Gonzalo Torrens Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Strange coincidences surround the death of a young boy by unknowing and mysterious reasons. A peculiar narrator will bind them all together to end up with a truth larger than life itself… |
Film School of Uruguay (ECU) | Uruguay | 1 |
| 60-62 | TCHAIKOVSKY'S DEATH
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Nuno Felix Director: Nuno Felix Producer: Diogo Martins Animator: n/a DOP: Zulmira Gamito Sound: Nuno Caravalho Editor: Nuno Rebelo Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Pyotr Tchaikovsky died on November 6-th 1893, in Saint Peterburg from unidentified causes. By accompanying this mythical composer’s creative process., we realize that his work does not proceed from where we thought. We are then confronted with the fact that the speculation surrounding his death has a plausible cause. How did this immortal compose die? |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 1 |
| 63-78 | 1915
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Matthew Howlett Director: Marco Garcia Producer: Cameron Strittmatter Animator: n/a DOP: Jeff Taylor Sound: Daniel Kloch Editor: Kevin Tadge Production Designer: Mallory Holloway Synopsis: Spring 1915, brothers Tom and David Prichard work on their family farm in the hill of North Carolina, dream of the future, and hope for love. When tragedy strikes, these friendly sibling rivals discover just how much they need and love one another. |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) | United States | 0 |
| 63-78 | AZARI
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Aleksandre Chkhaidze Director: Aleksandre Chkhaidze Producer: Aleksandre Chkhaidze Animator: n/a DOP: Toma Begiashvli Sound: Nikoloz Panishvili Editor: Toma Begiashvli, Rusudan Pirveli Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In the deserted mountains, two hunters meet each other, while carrying out an ancient ritual of “azari” – burring a gun. According to the superstition, after a gun killed hundred animals, great blood and sin lie heavy on it. That’s why a special grave should be dug and gun should be buried in alike a man. During “azari” an unexpected accident happens. |
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) | Georgia | 0 |
| 63-78 | BREAKING CLEAR
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Duc-Thi Bui Director: Lisa Violetta Gaft Producer: Max Permantier Animator: n/a DOP: Max Huttermann Sound: Oscar Stiebitz Editor: Nicola Poetter Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: On a hot summer day afternoon, Annabell, a young sax player, is trying to convince her teacher of her own way to perform. |
international film school cologne (ifs) | Germany | 0 |
| 63-78 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Lea-Maria Cremona Director: Lea-Maria Cremona Producer: IESAV-USJ Animator: n/a DOP: Jimmy Dib Sound: n/a Editor: Lea-Maria Cremona Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Lucia a sixty-year-old woman waits for her family to celebrate her birthday. Walid’s gift comes in the person of a mysterious girl. Baptist, a lonely 50-year-old man, is seeking for his mother’s dog on her birthday. Maria runs through the whole town searching desperately for a cake. One night, four birthdays, the same feeling of deception… |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 0 |
| 63-78 | LOST AND FOUND
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Zack Litwack Director: Zack Litwack Producer: Kyle J. Heller Animator: n/a DOP: Jose Luis Rios Sound: Matt Sauro Editor: Timothy Boyd Production Designer: Jen K. Messer Synopsis: What mysteries lurk in the dryers at the Laundromat? It’s not just clothing that tumbles in this jet black comedy of memory, entrapment, and loss. |
Columbia College Chicago | United States | 0 |
| 63-78 | LOVING BURGLARY
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Details:TrailerLength: 6' Screenwriter: Wang Weihao Director: Wang Weihao Producer: Leaderfilms Animator: n/a DOP: Hugues Geminiani Sound: David Mahe Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A man learns by the news that a woman steal painting. So he buys one to make her come. His trap works… |
CLCF | France | 0 |
| 63-78 | MURDER, BLOOD, SUNSHINE
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Rene Schultz, Thomas Arent Andersen Director: Rene Schultz Producer: Rene Schultz, Thomas Arent Andersen Animator: n/a DOP: Rene Schultz, Thomas Arent Andersen Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A chilling “film noir” thriller produced in an exciting and unusual style. |
European Film College (EFC) | Denmark | 0 |
| 63-78 | OLD SINS
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Details:TrailerLength: 26' Screenwriter: Kwaku Duah Prempeh Director: Kwaku Duah Prempeh Producer: National Film And Television Institute (NAFTI) Animator: n/a DOP: Aaron Narh Sound: Carl-Romeo Dogbey Editor: Egya Kobina Bucknor Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A struggling scriptwriter is tricked into becoming detective by his taxi-driver friend who has witnessed a murder. In the end he is led to expose the murderer. In the end he is led to expose the murderer and comes out with a marketable script. |
National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) | Ghana | 0 |
| 63-78 | PABELLON 86
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Matias Collini, Christian Balbuena Director: Matias Collini Producer: Rocio Bonanni Animator: n/a DOP: Simon Pereyra Sound: Alejo Varisto Editor: Nicolas Bianchi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: During the 1986 soccer world cup inside the Caseros prison, Pocho and other prisoners fight a soccer duel with the Turk, head of the guards, and his team. The match puts at stake the possibility of watching the World Cup final on television or committing a crime on behalf of the Turk. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 0 |
| 63-78 | RE ENDLESS
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Details:TrailerLength: 7' Screenwriter: Eray Dinc Director: Eray Dinc Producer: Istanbul Kultur University, Faculty Of Art And Design, Department Of Communication Design Animator: n/a DOP: Ahmet Bikic Sound: Eray Dinc Editor: Eray Dinc Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: You will be lost in the circle of time of the “Re endless”. Every time you watch, you will be part of this circle. |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 0 |
| 63-78 | REFLECTED
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Sonia Liza Kenterman Director: Sonia Liza Kenterman Producer: Sonia Liza Kenterman Animator: n/a DOP: Nikos Papaevangeliou, Nikolas Pottakis Sound: Stelios Koupetoris Editor: Panos Kourtis Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: "Reflected" is a film which tells the story of a woman who was unable to move on emotionally after the end of her relationship. She lives between fantasy and reality. The external space becomes a reflection of her inner world. She exists in fragments of time and space. |
Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos (HCTSS) | Greece | 0 |
| 63-78 | THE RATS ROOM
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Details:TrailerLength: 8' Screenwriter: Amr Salama Director: Kareem El-Adl Producer: The High Cinema Institute Animator: n/a DOP: Hossam El-Din Mohamed Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: How the Egyptian and Government torture the Prisoners whether they’re guilty or not…hiding behind their authorities. |
The High Cinema Institute | Egypt | 0 |
| 63-78 | THE YEAR OF DEATH OF KURT COBAIN
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Claudio Buonfino Director: Gongalo Soares Producer: Luis M. da Cruz Animator: n/a DOP: Ana Soraia Rego Sound: Miguel Antunes Editor: Filipe Felizardo, Goncalo Miguel, Luis Marques da Cruz, Sofia Alves Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: When Kurt Cobain dies, Alvaro, a big fan of him, runs away to live in a hotel and start a career as a writer. But he finds out that he just can’t type a single word. He blames the noises that invade his room. His neighbour, Constantino, is a musician who lives next door and contributes in a great amount to the same noises that keep Alvaro from writing. But this musician thinks that these noises might help an artist to fulfil his quest… |
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) | Portugal | 0 |
| 63-78 | TRAVELING IN CIRCLES
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Katie Hetland Director: Katie Hetland Producer: n/a Animator: 3D animation: Linda Kastner DOP: Sarah Stuve Sound: Katie Hetland Editor: Katie Hetland Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Some people travel to leave. Some people travel to arrive. Some people travel to get their feet off the ground – and some to never have to put them back down. |
School of Visual Arts | United States | 0 |
| 63-78 | TREASURE CITY
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Nancy Korim Director: Célio Franceschet Producer: Tita Tessler Animator: n/a DOP: Alexandre Taira Sound: Roney Freitas Editor: Nancy Korim Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Ivan, an introspective and weird man who lives with his mother in an old place in downtown Sao Paulo, is obsessed with the Crime Investigator who has been working on a series of crimes that have been taken place in the building where he lives, the Treasure City Building. He used to spy her from his work, but things change when she come close. |
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) | Brazil | 0 |
| 63-78 | WHEN THIS MAN DIES
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Details:TrailerLength: 20' Screenwriter: Arun Sukumar Director: Arun Sukumar Producer: Mr. Pankaj Rag Animator: n/a DOP: Jayakrishna Gummadi Sound: Anil R. Editor: Dipika Kalra Production Designer: Anita Rajagopalan Lata, Donald Reagen Stanley Synopsis: The monotony of an office worker’s life is disrupted when he receives a letter offering him money when a particular person dies. As these letters and the promised money is delivered to him regularly, his other fixed daily patters start to alter, as does his life style. |
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) | India | 0 |
Documentary
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | HENRI AND THE ISLANDS
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Bram Conjaerts Director: Bram Conjaerts Producer: Tom Vanherzele for Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel, Departement RITS Animator: n/a DOP: Maarten Bernaerts Sound: Lennart Stuyck Editor: Peter Naert Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Little Henri introduces us to the inhabitants of Herstappe. In the smallest village in Belgium, people live on their own separate islands. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 21 |
| 2 | PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD.
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Kazik Radwanski Director: Kazik Radwanski Producer: Daniel Montgomery Animator: n/a DOP: Daniel Voshart Sound: Mark Philps Editor: Ajla Odobasic Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An elderly woman summons fortitude during the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Princess Margaret Blvd. unsentimentally explores the ruthless effects of the illness using an objective and surreal perspective. |
Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | 20 |
| 3 | MY BROTHER STEVEN
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Alex Childs Producer: Alex Childs Animator: n/a DOP: Alex Childs Sound: Nichola Colling, christopher Fletcher Editor: Alex Childs Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: On the whole Steven (7) is a normal young boy who enjoys everything a boy his age would. He likes to play with his friends, enjoys school and is already a fanatical supporter of Sunderland AFC. However, sometimes he reacts differently to things that other children his age have little or no difficulty with. Steven is autistic. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 4 | CHEQUERED FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Arni Magnusson Producer: Marie Hession, Cey Sesiguzel Animator: n/a DOP: Laurens Scott Sound: Marc Richardson Editor: Marc Richardson Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: This humorous and revealing documentary, directed by Arni Magnusson, charts the relationship between a father and his young son. Four times European Drag Racing Champion Andy Carter is determined that his son Albert will go one better and become a motor racing world champion, but it soon emerges that Albert is equally strong willed… |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 4 |
| 5 | HOLY FATHER
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Valentina Pedicini Director: Valentina Pedicini Producer: Georg Zeller Animator: n/a DOP: Bastian Esser Sound: Kathrin Dietzel Editor: Kathrin Dietzel Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An isolated community of 15 catholic Shaolin monks in the mountains of Bolzano. Laura, Kung Fu champion and warrior with a mystic vocation made a 10-year path of merciless training, meditation and life in an unordinary family. We lived by her side and came out of it is a film as ambiguous, painful and courageous as her story. |
ZeLIG - School for Documentary, Television and New Media | Italy | 3 |
| 6 | IMITATING LIFE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Kelcey Edwards Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: John Kane Sound: Dan Olmsted Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A playful, essayistic look at camouflage in its many guises. This film burrows a wormhole through the seemingly unconnected realms of fashion, nature, military, and art. |
Stanford University | United States | 2 |
| 7 | FREE TIBET - DREAM & REALITY
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Final year MA journalism students Director: Final year MA journalism students Producer: AJK Mass Communication Research Centre Animator: n/a DOP: Final year MA journalism students Sound: Final year MA journalism students Editor: Final year MA journalism students Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Free Tibet – Dream and Reality is a compilation of 3 short films which deal with cultural and political aspects of the Tibetan problem. |
Mass Communication Research Centre - Jamia Millia Islamia | India | 0 |
Animation
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | SPACE MONKEYS
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Jan Rahbek Director: Jan Rahbek Producer: Sara Namer Animation: Daniel Callaby, Mette Ilene Holmriis, Stephan Suessmann, Marie Jorgensen, Jamie Holmes, Jannik Aarup Grool, Torben Sottrup DOP: n/a Sound: Kjetil Mork Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An experienced spaceship captain lands his ship on an unexplored planet. Their mission is simple: to collect a sample from the planet. |
National Film School of Denmark (DDF) | Denmark | 23 |
| 2 | STAND UP
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Joseph Pierce Director: Joseph Pierce Producer: Jessica Levick Animation: Joseph Pierce DOP: Stuart Bentley Sound: Dominic Fitzgerald Editor: Brian Welsh Production Designer : Thomas Weaving Synopsis: Told through a single stand up comedy routine, John J Jones performs to an unforgiving audience. As he loses their interest, his body rebels against him, and the truth behind the one-liners leaks through the cracks. This is a car-crash comedy at its most compulsive. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 18 |
| 3 | TRUE LOVE HOTEL
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Alon Gaash Director: Alon Gaash Producer: Alon Gaash Animation: Alon Gaash DOP: n/a Sound: Mikael Berkowitsch Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A story in three parts of the experiences throughout one day of a small, lonely, anonymous resident of a large, alienating city. He never left his parents house not even after their deaths (his father was killed in a war, and the mother faded away in the following years). |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 12 |
| 4 | STOP
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: PARK Jae-ok Director: PARK Jae-ok Producer: KIM Yoo-kyung Animation: PARK Jae-ok DOP: n/a Sound: n/a Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Young-seok was on his way to the hospital with his mother. He turns the wheel to avoid a truck driving on the wrong side, but the world stops at that moment. What is happening? |
Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) | South Korea | 11 |
| 5 | THE LAST ELEPHANT
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Antti Laakso Director: Antti Laakso Producer: Turku Arts Academy/Eija Saarinen Animation: Antti Laakso, Joni Männistö DOP: Jorma Palovaara Sound: Music: Miki Brunou Editor: n/a Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A baby elephant is living a happy childhood in a skyscraper with his crocodile dad, but something is horribly amiss. |
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Arts Academy / Degree Programme in Film and Media | Finland | 3 |
