Runtime:17:30
Category: Love
Screen Date: January 31, 2015
Alice
is walking back to her apartment at night. Suddenly, she finds herself
outside in the daylight walking the city streets. She meets different
men and women who approach her, take her by the hand and guide and
deform her.
Director: Ariane Boukerche
Born in Paris in 1984, Ariane
Boukerche studied at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in
Strasbourg where she worked mostly on video installations and
experimental videos. Since then, she has edited for the Centre des Arts
d'Enghien-les-Bains, as well as for independent short films. She has
assisted Mr Vijay Singh, Director of "Jaya Ganga" and "India By Song",
for seven years.
Momemo
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Runtime: 6:40
Category: Love
Screen Date: January 31, 2015
A
woman with Alzheimer encounters a man who claims to be her husband.
What ensues is a beautiful moment of connection before the nurse
returns.
Director: Gabriel Borgetto
Borgetto Gabriel was born in
1982 in Frankfurt am Main. After working in Munich in 2006 as Creative
Producer and Editor for various TV formats, Live TV, On air design, and
Trailer and Web formats, he went on to study directing at the Film
Academy Baden- Württemberg. His films run on national and international
festivals, with his short Film, Studies on Hysteria winning awards
worldwide.
Director’s Statement
His complete Biography and Filmography can be viewed here at: http://il-borgetto.com
I Wish My Life
Belgium
Language: Dutch
Runtime: 15
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
"I
wish my life" tells the science fiction story about a beautiful young
lady Sara (26).She lives together with an old man Skybo (68).. Weekly
her progress is
monitored by two mysterious men.
Director: Joachim Huveneers
Joachim Huveneers was born on Febuary 4th 1984 at Herk-de-Stad, Belgium.
Since his childhood he loved films. That time it was especially
because of the actors. The movies he wanted to see depended on the
actors.
He even wanted to become an actor himself! He always fantasized that
he was being filmed. At the age of 14 he bought a videocamera with the
money he collected. Starting with experimenting, making action scenes
with his brother. He liked it a lot. That's the time Joachim knew he
didn’t want to become an actor anymore… he wanted to create. To become a
director was his big dream now. Like his idols, Sergio Leone, Stanley
Kubrick, James Cameron, Akira Kurosawa. He didn’t chose his movies
depending on the actor anymore. Though, directing isn’t the only thing
in film he liked. He also likes editing, camerawork, etc. The whole
package.
Although he didn’t decide to study it at first, he wanted to work
and combine this with his dream of becoming a director. Following some
independent editing studies, making some shortfilms, etc. But at an age
of 26, he decided to go to Narafi, an all around film school, where you
learn the whole pakkage. In 2013 he graduated in Narafi. After that he
went to Sint-Lukas for a Master-directing. First he had to do a
transition year, in this year he made his shortfilm: I wish my life.
The Guardians
Thailand
Langages: Thai/English
Runtime: 9
Category: Love
Screen Date: January 31, 2015
A
canal village’s “crazy man”, who is learning to swim wants want to
become a lifeguard of the village. He had lost his son to the water and
now tries to cope with it and get through the tragedy with this coping
method.
Director: Disspong Sampattavanich
A Thai Multi-Award Winning Director. He graduated MFA in Film from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, California, USA. He has working as freelance producer and director
for TV-Series and big brand like Siemens, Germany.He is also directed
music videos for Warner Music, Thailand and Kantana Motion Pictures. He
has a great direction in drama and thriller. In 2013, he has won two
short film awards. One is a Best Film from 9FilmFest, 2013 and another
one is 1st Prize from Department of Transportation, Thailand on Drive
Safety Campaign.
NUK
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Runtime: 13:04
Category: Love
Screen Date: January 31, 2015
Two brothers have got quite dissimilar fortunes, both of which are rooted in their common childhood.
Some northern folk motifs are in use.
Director: Philipp Yarin
In 2007 entered the Russian
State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov (VGIK) at
the faculty of animation directing (masters: Aida Zyablikova and
Vladimir Zuikov). In 2012 graduated from the University. In 2014 worked
on animation studio Animos as a director.
The Tent
France
Language: French
Runtime: 8:15
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
Marc, picks up his five years old daughter Lula at his Ex wife's place
for the holidays. The crisis, his unemployment, he is totally broke, but
he made a promise to Lula, he will take her to the sea... Director: stratos Gabrielidis
Stratos GABRIELIDIS image editor
since 20 years (see his informations on stratos gabrielidis IMDB);
filmaker of musicals clips and for the making off of the director Pierre
JOLIVET for his film “FILLES UNIQUE”.
The ATENTE is its first work of short fiction film
Runtime: 20
Category: Love
Screen Date: January 31, 2015
Two people meet on the train station. Life is full of surprises. You never know, where you will meet your soulmate.
Director: Uladzimir Taukachou
Uladzimir Taukachou born and
raised in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to the US from
totalitarian Belarus in his twenties. An accomplished cinematographer
specializing in scripted, documentary, short and feature films. He
brings his unique vision to his work and problem solving having lived in
two opposite systems communism and capitalism.
Director’s Statement
Along with idea of following your
dream, your love, this short movie going deep into how much can you
sacrifice for your love and be able to change your perspective about
things
Dad in Mum
France
Language: French
Runtime: 6:01
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2014
The middle of the night. Moans are heard behind the parents' door.
Two young sisters are asking questions...
Fabrice Bracq was first made making of feature. Then he worked for ECPAD
(cinema armies) where he made a variety of films, for both museums, the
communication of the defense or the TV. In addition, he directed short
films and documentaries, including in Africa. In 2010, he directed the
love birds, drama anticipation. In 2012, he directed Split Time and Time
2 Split which now total nearly 150 officials selections worldwide and
several awards. Diagnosis in the genre of comedy, a total of 60
selections in the world and several audience awards. All these short
films have been bought by France Télévisions. Dad in Mum his latest
short film comedy, began his career in the festival.
Little Secrets
Germany
Language: German
Runtime: 20:00
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
Tim accompanies his girlfriend Ann to a birthday party, only to realize
that he knew the host, Julien, years ago. Trying to conceal old secrets,
things are on the verge of getting out of hand as the evening
progresses. And then there's also Marie...
Directors
Remo Kaufmann
Writers
Remo Kaufmann
Producers
Remo Kaufmann, Anna Tilling, Chris Hirschhäuser, Peter Grünheim, Volker Hagen
Key Cast
Constantin Lehmann-Bärenklau, Remo Kaufmann, Anna Tilling, Teresa Hager
Language: Hebrew
Runtime: 8:04
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
A chance meeting of two worlds leads to a love story between a
17-year-old religious girl named Tom and a non-observant street musician
named Razi at a train station in Jerusalem.
Director: Tomer Werechson
Tomer Werechson is about to
finish his BA in film and television in Tel Aviv university. During his
studies he has written and directed many short films that were screened
at festivals around the world and won many awards . These days he works
as an assistant director at the Israeli TV Channel 2 and is the head of
the video department of the Tel Aviv university student association.
A comedy about three estranged brothers playing detectives in a live action role-playing mystery game in the Alaskan wilderness.
Director: Justin Edwards
Justin is a storymaker in film,
music, and e-books. He was born in Austin, Texas, and mostly grew up in
Bowling Green, Ohio. He also lived in Brisbane, Australia, Washington
D.C., and Nairobi, Kenya before settling in Los Angeles, where he
attended the American Film Institute. His thesis film, "Come Back To
Me," which he wrote, produced, and composed the music for, garnered Best
Use of Music from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and
was selected as a finalist for the BAFTA LA Best Student Film award. His
first feature film, "Detective Detective Detective," is on the
festivals circuit now. So far it has won Best Comedic Feature at
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, and was nominated for Best
Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor at the
FilmQuest Film Festival in Salt Lake City.
Director’s Statement
I grew up in a household of three
brothers. I've always been fascinated with the dynamics present therein
- the oldest, the middle, the baby. Each have their own unique
experiences and points of view on what it means to "grow up."
Now that my brothers and I are all “adults,” there isn’t much of a
breakdown between older and younger anymore. Today we’re just best
friends that don’t see each other enough. I see them, sure, but
separately. How often do all three of us get together at the same time?
Maybe once a year if we’re lucky? I think that’s terrible.
So I wrote this movie (with one of my brothers) about this very thing
getting out of hand. It’s not based on us, by any means (we love each
other and stay in touch). It is built on the idea of brothers still
needing to find time to play together, even as adults. Play is part of
that sacred tradition of growing up. Play is holy. Play taught us to
compete, work together, respect each other, how to fight, and
ultimately, to forgive -- something we still need practice in today.
It doesn’t hurt that this film is also about detectives, mysteries,
and puzzles - three of my favorite things! I would kill to have a week
set up for my brothers like this one. Luckily, I get to vicariously live
through my actors.
Our film was an absolute joy to make, and we hope you enjoy watching it and playing along with our brothers.
Shrimp
France
Language: French
Runtime:16:50
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
Paul, 10 years old, is on holiday in the countryside. At the village
dance, Paul would like to invite Wendy to dance, but he is too shy. His
big brother Matthew, doesn't help him to have confidence. How Paul will
find the courage to invite Wendy to dance ?
Snowflake
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Runtime: 15:00
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
Aurore is dying. Her illness has confined her to a bed and Claire is at her side, waiting for the inevitable end to come.
But Aurore has a final gift for her: a diary where she tells the story of their love.
With the snowflakes falling outside the window, Claire will look at
their love story through the eyes of her beloved; a love so unique it
will only live in the pages of a book.
Directors
Francesco Roder
Writers
Francesco Roder
Producers
Francesco Roder Anne Leigh Cooper
Key Cast
Ele KeatsAlive, Steven Soderbergh's Eros Tracy MiddendorfBoadwalk Empire, Reaching for the Moon
Crumbs
UK Buy Tickets
Runtime: 9:25
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
When her long term boyfriend cancels on their date, an argument unfolds
and as a result, another date is arranged as a resolution. However,
after being stood up for a second time, we see her take matters into her
own hands with seemingly disastrous consequences.
Director: Cyrus Trafford
Cyrus started working in Finance
from the age of 16 as a Tea-boy. By the time he was 21 he was a
fully-fledged Sales Trader and was working the floors trading Blue Chip
Equities. He then moved into Investment Banking, working in Hedge Fund
Derivatives and finally moving into Risk Analytics. After a chat with an
ex-girlfriend at the age of 26, Cyrus agreed to attend an acting class
on a Sunday. He fell in love with it and then decided in February 2012
to quit his job in the City to become a full-time actor.
In May 2013, Cyrus decided to direct his first short film 'I'm
Christian Okoli.' It was during this shoot he fell in love with
Film-making and had realized that he went full circle to find out what
he truly wanted to do in life, Directing. He was very fortunate that his
debut short received great critical acclaim from the likes of 20th
Century Fox, Film 4, Tiger Aspect, went onto win several Film Festivals,
screened at the BFI, obtain a Sales Agent and be Officially Selected as
one of the 'Top 100 Pieces of Art' in London for 2013. A tremendous
achievement for a project with a budget of £100!
Since then Cyrus has gone onto Direct several other shorts which have
all earned him critical acclaim and built up a fan base of leading
journalists from the likes of The Daily Mail, The Huffington Post,
Forbes etc. His films have screened internationally from Indonesia to
Mexico and India. Off the back of his already formidable reputation,
his new Short Film which is in Post Production, already has a Sales
Agent.
Analysis
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Runtime: 9:57
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
A depressed man has dreams. Are they the path to knowing his unconscious
and thus attaining happiness? Or are they just a figment of his
imagination?
Director: Daniel Prypchan
Daniel Aponte Prypchan
(director) is a Venezuelan born Australian film director, producer and
performer. Daniel is a directing graduate from Sydney Film School, the
recipient of the NSW Government Multi-Platform Screen Producer
Scholarship, and founder of Human Productions. Since 2009 Daniel has
produced 10 award-winning short films with Human Productions including
Terror on the Northside, The Palace, Connected, Distant Thunder,
Brittany, Garbo, Ave Maria, The Future, and Date With Fate. A passionate
performer of theatre, opera and cabaret, Daniel makes his film
directing debut with 'Analysis.'
Miss Summer Buy Tickets
Germany
Language: German
Runtime:
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
A music video, which turns life upside down, as well as love is able to turn life upside down and mix it up.
Therefore, do we start from the end or from the beginning? We do
both. We recorded this video in a Oneshot and because this seemed to be
too easy, we decided to play the movie backwards.
Director: Robert Bittner
Robert Bittner is a German director and actor.
He was born in 1977 in Germany.
2001-2005 he studied acting in Berlin.
After he graduated in 2005, he worked at several theatres throughout Germany and played parts in scores of movies.
2007 – 2008 he was guest student for directing.
In 2012 he established his production company „Sonnenfilme“.
The first two movies, “Lucky Dice” and “Frühlingswind”, originated in 2012, “Heimatstern” and “Miss Summer” followed in 2013.
With “Miss Summer” he won the audience award at the “Filmfest Dresden” this year.
Currently he ́s in the postproduction with his new “Sonnenfilme”-project “Der Spiegelberg”.
Butterflies
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Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015
Inspired by true events, Butterflies is a teenage story about a cancer
survivor who learns to live life to the fullest with a new friend who
faces his own battle with Leukemia.
It is a compelling short film about teen-angst, love and loss
surrounding Libby and Gavin, who have formed an unlikely friendship
while both facing cancer head-on.
Director: Cayman Grant
An award winning filmmaker,
Cayman Grant, started her filmmaking career about 10 years ago. Since
then she has completed several projects with one of them earning her
qualification and submission into the 2009 Academy® Awards under the
“Live Action Short Film” category. Cayman's recent screenplay, The
Landlord's Game was a semi-finalist in the Slamdance Screenplay
Competition and the winner of the Emerging Screenwriter’s Screenplay
Contest. A recent participant in the NBC Writers on the Verge Program,
Cayman has sold her first series to CBS Studios and has directed a film
coming out in early 2015 as part of the ESPN 30 for 30 Series titled
Playing For The Mob. Her most recent film, Butterflies, will be hitting
the film festival circuit this upcoming September, 2014. She recently
shot another film, The Boy, which will debut at film festivals worldwide
beginning January, 2015.
She is repped by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and the Laurelmont Management Group (LMG).
www.caymangrant.com
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2300330/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
FILM AWARDS
* Qualified & submitted for 2009 Academy® Award consideration under the "Live Action Short Film" category. (His Good Will)
* Winner - "MOST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD" at the Reel 2 Reel
International Film Festival For Youth in Vancouver, BC. Canada 2009.
(His Good Will)
* Best Film by an Emerging Director - Chicago International
Children's Film Festival 2008. An Academy® qualifying film festival.
(His Good Will)
* Winner - Gold Kahuna Award - Honolulu International Film Festival 2009. (His Good Will)
* Best Producer - West Hollywood Independent Film Festival 2008. (His Good Will)
* Best Cinematography - NYC Downtown Short Film Festival 2009. (His Good Will)
* Best Film Overall - Honorable Mention - 5th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival 2009. (His Good Will)
* Best Short From Away – Silver Wave Film Festival 2009. (His Good Will)
* Best Live Action Short Film at the El Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños) 2009. (His Good Will)
* Nominated for Best Cinematography at the Feel Good Film Festival 2009. (His Good Will)
*Best Short Film – Silver Wave Film Festival 2007. (Soup Ladle)
*Best Comedy – 2nd place – Macon Film Festival 2008. (Soup Ladle)
*Best Short Film – Finalist – Rockport Film Festival 2008. (Soup Ladle)
Director: Ariane Boukerche
