2012
Fiction
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | SILENT RIVER
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Anca Miruna Lazarescu Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu Producer: Filmallee, Daniel Schmidt, Strada Film, HFF/M, Bavarian Television Animator: n/a DOP: Christian Stangassinger Sound: Thorsten Bolze, Alexandru Dragomir Editor: Dan Olteanu Production Designer: Cinzia Fossati, Dragos, Epure Synopsis: Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left. |
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) | Germany | 73 |
| 2 | BACK AGAINST THE WALL
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: Miklos Keleti Director: Miklos Keleti Producer: Atelier de Realisation Animator: n/a DOP: Pierre-Hubert Martin Sound: Armelle Pignon Editor: Ion Tanase Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Natacha is working at a gas station in the countryside. One day a man and a little girl enter her shop. They've hit a deer with their car. The little girl is upset because of the accident but it seems that it is not the only thing that is bothering her... |
Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) | Belgium | 70 |
| 3 | REACHING OUT TO MAMA
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Olga Tomenko Director: Olga Tomenko Producer: VGIK Animator: n/a DOP: Gennady Meder Sound: Nina Nikish Editor: n/a Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Amidst the hustle and bustle of family life, amidst it's scandals, big and small, it's hard to remember how much you love the ones close to you. But when you think that they are gone forever, everything changes. |
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK | Russia | 69 |
| 4 | AVERAGE
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Isabel Prahl Director: Isabel Prahl Producer: Academy of Media Arts & eitelsonnenschein GmbH Animator: n/a DOP: Maximilian Kaiser Sound: Kai Holzkämper Editor: Daniel Scheuch Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: “Average” is the story of a young teacher who wants to be a good, and well-liked teacher. But his ideals are challenged at every turn. |
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) | Germany | 58 |
| 5-6 | LAST CALLS
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Details:TrailerLength: 22' Screenwriter: Ruthy Pribar Director: Ruthy Pribar Producer: The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Jerusalem Animator: n/a DOP: Assaf Snir Sound: Shachaf Vagshal Editor: Eyal Davidovitch Production Designer: Orit Fouks Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Tal finds the mobile phone of her older sister, who died six months ago. In a fit of curiosity, she starts dialing the last numbers on the phone's memory, trying to grasp more details about her beloved sister's last day on earth. |
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) | Israel | 51 |
| 5-6 | SHOOT THE MOON
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Alexander Gaeta Director: Alexander Gaeta Producer: Missy Laney Animator: n/a DOP: Trevor Wineman Sound: Cody Peterson Editor: Jeremy Marrow Synopsis: Faced with an imminent home foreclosure, Marcy Meyers has nowhere to turn but to a game show that promises an once-in-a-lifetime chance to win it all. |
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | United States | 51 |
| 7 | FROZEN STORIES
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Details:TrailerLength: 26' Screenwriter: Grzegorz Jaroszuk Director: Grzegorz Jaroszuk Producer: Marcin Malatynski Animator: n/a DOP: Marcin Wladyniak Sound: Nicolas de la Vega Editor: Barbara Fronc Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Two supermarket workers under the pressure of the boss have to mobilize themselves. Young, clumsy and shy, they befriended failure. Now they have only two days to find a goal in life. They decide to participate in the TV programme "The unhappiest person of the month". |
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) | Poland | 48 |
| 8-9 | A CURIOUS CONJUNCTION OF COINCIDENCES
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Thomas van der Ree Director: Joost Reijmers Producer: Daan Faber Animator: n/a DOP: Tim Kerbosch Sound: Casper van Deuveren, Richard Wilder Editor: Wietse de Zwart Production Designer: Ida Doodeman Synopsis: Ferdy Bloksma, Erich Reinhardt and Jacob van Deyck are all having a rough day. This seems to be all that links them, as they each live in different centuries. Their patience and endurance is put to the test and they commit stupid acts that the people around them hardly seem to take any notice of. But what happens when these stupid acts collide? |
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) | Netherlands | 46 |
| 8-9 | ALLAH IS GREAT
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Andrea lannetta Director: Andrea lannetta Producer: Shri d. J. Narain, Director FTII Animator: n/a DOP: Avinash Arun Dhaware Sound: Prince George Editor: Charu Shree Roy Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Aeolian Energy is leaving the Wind Farm in a remote region of Indian countryside, where he has come for a test. He has to reach Nairobi, where awaits him an important conference. But just before to leave the official car, which was supposed to take him to the Airport, has not come, due to some political protest in the region. On his place the local Head- Project of the Wind Farm has found Salim, a local Mislim taxi driver. The journey will reveal full mishap and inconvenience, Frank and Salim belongs to two completely different worlds and this lead them to some incomprehension... |
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) | India | 46 |
| 10 | OF DOGS AND HORSES
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Clemens Meyer, Thomas Stuber Director: Thomas Stuber Producer: Pascal Nothdurft, Undine Filter, Thomas Král Animator: n/a DOP: Peter Matjasko Sound: Johannes Doberenz Editor: Philipp Thomas Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Rolf’s old dog Piet suffers from hip dysplasia. Piet could be operated on for 3000 Euros, but that’s an amount Rolf can only dream about. Rolf puts everything on the table: At a horse racing track he bets the last of his money. |
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) | Germany | 45 |
| 11 | FOR ELSIE
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Vincent Klueger Director: David Winstone Producer: Gemma Priggen Animator: n/a DOP: Joseph-Kelly Jones Sound: Jamie Levitt Editor: Patrick Shead-Simmonds Production Designer: Katie Clarke Synopsis: Glenn is about to experience the hardest piano lesson of his life: teach a Russian gangsters daughter Für Elsie by the end of the day, or have his hands broken. |
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 12 | ALTO SAUCE
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Fernando Pomares Director: Fernando Pomares Producer: Escandalo Films Animator: n/a DOP: Anna Albiac Sound: Enrique G. Bermejo Editor: Iker Insausti Production Designer: Juanjo Tejero Synopsis: A crime happened in the village of Alto Sauce twenty years ago. Today the case has been reopened and the members of the comunity of Alto Sauce will have to face their own statements. Alto Sauce plays a game of mirrors between the past and the present and the lie that has never disappeared. |
Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) | Spain | 34 |
| 13 | WISPER OF FLOWERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 29' Screenwriter: Lau Kek Huat Director: Lau Kek Huat Producer: Chen Jing Lian Animator: n/a DOP: Tan Wee Tuan Sound: Yang Yi-Hsuan Editor: Lau Kek Huat Synopsis: Zhi Yuan thought he should have died as he wish, but he didn't. He was forced to live on, on a night when flowers blossom. His suicide attempts were intercepted and hindered by series of unexpected incidents. None, including his wife and son, was aware of his intention to end his life yet his life was unknowingly and accidentally saved by them, and thus life goes on. |
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) | Taiwan | 26 |
| 14-15 | BINO
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Details:TrailerLength: 10' Screenwriter: Billie Pleffer Director: Billie Pleffer Producer: Supervising Producer Adrian Holmes; Associate Producers Rita Walsh, Stacey Kwijas Animator: n/a DOP: Ari Wegner Sound: Markus Kellow Editor: Billie Pleffer Production Designer: Hannah Wall Synopsis: BINO follows the story of a thrill-seeking Albino who, through a bizarre encounter with an Irish Wolf Hound, realises happiness cannot truly exist unless shared. |
VCA Film and Television | Australia | 25 |
| 14-15 | DREAMLAND
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Joe Aaron Director: Alla Volkova Producer: Alexander Brodzki Animator: n/a DOP: Ashley Barron Sound: n/a Editor: Jon Jorgensen Production Designer: Ashley Hasenyager Synopsis: Samiv is a 12-year-old boy who simply wants to play soccer with his friends. But this is Iraq and there`s a war in his way. Though his love for the game is strong, the reality of combat is daunting. Will Samiv overcome bomb blasts, gunfire and the horror of his “normal life”? Or will his determination to play...simply be a kid, prevail? |
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) | United States | 25 |
| 16-17 | BARBIE BLUES
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Adi Kutner Director: Adi Kutner Producer: Rona Feldman Animator: n/a DOP: Pablo Arcuschin Sound: Shai Levy Editor: Amir Winkler Production Designer: Arena Derfler Synopsis: When Mika, a suburban teenager, finds a disturbing creature in her pool, she asks her new friendly neighbor Gershon for help. The two end up spending the afternoon together by the pool, but what starts off as a friendly encounter between two neighbors turns into a painful lesson on the borders of control. |
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) | Israel | 24 |
| 16-17 | THE WEDDING PARTY
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Gastón Margolin, Martín Morgenfeld Director: Gastón Margolin, Martín Morgenfeld Producer: Laura Huberman Animator: n/a DOP: Fernando Lockett Sound: Eugenia Brañeiro Editor: Sebastián Schjaer Synopsis: A young couple. A luxurious hotel room. A wedding party. |
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) | Argentina | 24 |
| 18 | THE OUTSIDER
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Kang Liang Director: Kang Liang Producer: Zhao Yu Animator: n/a DOP: Wang Boxue, Zhang Ronghua Sound: Liu Fang Editor: Kang Liang Synopsis: This story happened this past century in the northern rural areas. One day, Laosi chanced upon a river where he saw Yazi and Dabao drowning. Laosi was able to rescue Yazi from the river but couldn' t save Dabao in time. Yazi' s family was in conflict with Laosi' s family, so they said that Laosi was the murderer, and the bad impression Laosi gives to others leads no one to believe him. |
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) | China | 22 |
| 19-21 | NOT WORTH MENTIONING
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Details:TrailerLength: 13' Screenwriter: Martin Kessler Director: Martin Kessler Producer: Martin Kessler Animator: n/a DOP: Saeid Zargar Sound: Joey Slegtenhorts, Katelynn Hackwood Editor: Mireille McCombs Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: An examination of the gap between sex & romance, fantasy & reality, following a young woman's encounter with an older man at a children's birthday party. |
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts | Canada | 21 |
| 19-21 | THE LETTER
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Kenneth Mercken Director: Kenneth Mercken Producer: Philip James Mc Goldrick, Kenneth Mercken Animator: n/a DOP: Thomas Caselli, Roel Go Sound: Roel Goyens, Kenneth Mercken Editor: Roel Goyens Synopsis: A young Russian who travels to Belgium to achieve his boyhood dream of becoming a pro cyclist. His team coach forces him to use performance- enhancing drugs. Slowly but surely, he loses his grip on reality and is drawn to the dark side of the sport. |
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) | Belgium | 21 |
| 19-21 | TOMORROW WILL BE GOOD
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Pauline Gay, Benjamin Goby Director: Pauline Gay Producer: Jeremy Durand Animator: n/a DOP: Chloé Lesueur Sound: Fanny Weinzaeplflen Editor: Julie Léna Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Portrait of two lost girls… |
La Fémis | France | 21 |
| 22-23 | ONLY SOUND REMAINS
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Arash Ashtiani Director: Arash Ashtiani Producer: Anshu Poddar Animator: n/a DOP: Pierre- Alain Giraud Sound: Jhana Weekes Editor: Pierre- Alain Giraud Production Designer: Theofano Pitsillidou Synopsis: In the wake of the violent post-election protests in Iran, a man and his wife Babak and Nahid, try to hide the devastating news from Babak's grandmother that his brother is missing. Both Babak and Nahid know what to expect, and as they prepare dinner for the grandmother they desperately try to protect her from the news that her other grandson will not be joining them for dinner. |
London Film School (LFS) | United Kingdom | 19 |
| 22-23 | SLEEPING PATTERNS
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Hanna Lappalainen Director: Hanna Lappalainen Producer: Sanna Kantola, Julia Elomäki Animator: n/a DOP: Jenni Kaunisto Sound: Juuso Oksala Editor: Jenny Priiki Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A dance film about housework, boredom and supporting one another. |
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media | Finland | 19 |
| 24 | THE ROOM
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Details:TrailerLength: 10' Screenwriter: Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla Director: Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla Producer: Anastasia Fernandez Animator: n/a DOP: Odei Zabaleta Sound: Paulina Rosas Editor: Martin Bautista, Sebastian Quintanilla Synopsis: Mariana must sacrifice her dog Frida, after violently beating it for having destroyed her recently deceased son's toys. The pet's death helps Mariana accept and overcome the loss of her son. |
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) | Mexico | 17 |
| 25 | SO IT GOES
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Details:Length: 29'Screenwriter: Antti Heikki Pesonen Director: Antti Heikki Pesonen Producer: Tia Kalenius Animator: n/a DOP: Aarne Tapola Sound: Toni Teivaala Editor: Hanna Kuirinlahti Synopsis: "So it Goes" is a story about a working class woman called Elli who has never traveled outside of Finland. A trip abroad is her only dream in an otherwise gloomy life. Unfortunately, she loses all of her travel savings to a local bonebreaker collecting his dues. At the same time, she meets a young boy called Heze who comes from better living conditions than Elli. Heze falls in love with the penniless Elli who is now faced with a choice: Will she use Heze and steal from him or accept the boys love? |
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture / ELO Film School Helsinki | Finland | 16 |
| 26-27 | NAZI GORENG
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Details:TrailerLength: 7' Screenwriter: Lena Krumkamp Director: Nathan Nill Producer: HMS, Thorsten Heger (Creative Producer) Animator: n/a DOP: Jiirgen Kemmer Sound: Rolf Manzei Editor: Henrike Dosk Production Designer: Jan Muller von der Hagen, Adrianna Hejducka Synopsis: The world of the young neo-Nazi Jan is somewhat constricted but stable. At least until he escapes from the police and ends up in an Asian strip club - an experience that throws his world into disorder. |
Hamburg Media School (HMS) | Germany | 15 |
| 26-27 | TILL SUMMER COMES
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara Director: Pasquale Marino Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Production with the partecipation of Rai Cinema Animator: n/a DOP: Valentina Belli Sound: Andrea Ottina Editor: Mauro Rossi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A May afternoon, Nicholas, Daniel and Lollo can still do something to save their friendship: fighting against a destiny that wants to divide them. |
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) | Italy | 15 |
| 28-31 | BEING
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Lai Ming Yan Mr Director: Lai Ming Yan Mr Producer: Yip Ka Ho Mr Animator: n/a DOP: Yang Fan Mr Sound: Tang Hok Lun Mr Editor: Fung Ka Po Ms Production Designer: MA Oi Yee, Olivia Synopsis: "-being" In this city, those he once loved, once abandoned, once lost and forgotten... Maybe there is just too much for him to remember. A man embarked on a journey, in search for those faded memories, recalling his long lost past of being a person; being human. |
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) | Hong Kong | 13 |
| 28-31 | DAILY VISIT
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Maged Nader Director: Maged Nader Producer: High Cinema Institute Animator: n/a DOP: Houssam Habib Sound: Omar Emad Editor: Donia Surur Synopsis: A regular day in the life of the old woman and daily visitor. |
High Cinema Institute, Egypt | Egypt | 13 |
| 28-31 | NOBODY SINGS ABOUT OLD LADIES
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Details:TrailerLength: 24' Screenwriter: Javier Biglieri, Alejandra Virkel, Manuel Sierra Alonso Director: Javier Biglieri Producer: Alejandra Virkel Animator: n/a DOP: Javier Biglieri, Eugenia Fontana Sound: Eugenia Fontana Editor: Javier Biglieri, Eugenia Fontana Production Designer: Brenda Taubin Synopsis: 1954, Buenos Aires. Nora, a young lady living with her mother, escapes to meet her sweetheart, only to find herself into a big disappointment. 50 years later, this now lonely woman is sent to an institution ran by a mean administrator. There, Nora will discover that her love story is not over yet. Thanks to her new friend’s help, she will start believing in love again. |
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) | Argentina | 13 |
| 28-31 | THE CHILL
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Details:TrailerLength: 10' Screenwriter: Hana Jušić Director: Hana Jušić Producer: Tina Tišljar Animator: n/a DOP: Jana Plećaš Sound: Hrvoje Ivezić, Martin Semenčić Editor: Martin Semenčić Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: One last attempt to find the lost intimacy. |
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) | Croatia | 13 |
| 32-33 | AGAINST THE SEA
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Details:TrailerLength: 19' Screenwriter: Richard Parkin Director: Richard Parkin Producer: Laura Irene Arvisu Animator: n/a DOP: Topher Osborn Sound: Benjamin Hoekstrai, Katrina Frederick Editor: Richard Parkin Production Designer: Noney Riddle Synopsis: Despite his wife's disapproval, Hector bides his time as a deep-sea diver to provide for his family and to save for his own fishing boat. But after an accident at sea, Hector is forced to confront the deadly nature of his profession and the responsibilities to his family. |
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 12 |
| 32-33 | BROTHERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 23' Screenwriter: Adil El Arbi Director: Adil El Arbi, Billal Fallah Producer: Hassan Rahali, Sint-Lukas Animator: n/a DOP: Robrecht Heyvaert Sound: Jonez Wyns, Glen Roels Editor: Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi Synopsis: "Broeders" is a modern parable about two young men who live in the same neighborhood. One is a religious youth worker. The other is a playboy and drug dealer. Their path will bring them to an inevitable conflict. |
LUCA School of Arts (LUCA) | Belgium | 12 |
| 34 | BOW TIED
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: Fernand-Philippe Morin-Vargas Director: Fernand-Philippe Morin-Vargas Producer: UQAM Animator: n/a DOP: David Sauriol-Joly Sound: Pierre-Marc Asselin, Terence Chotard, Emmanuelle Lane Editor: Jason Burnham Synopsis: A regular morning becomes a nightmare for young Jacob when he's forced to wear a suit on school picture day. |
University of Québec Montréal / School of Media (UQAM) | Canada | 11 |
| 35-37 | BELOW ZERO
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Ulrike Vahl Director: Ulrike Vahl Producer: Marion Kruse, Zora A. Wolter Animator: n/a DOP: Till Girke Sound: Philipp Witt Editor: Benjamin Laser Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Axel, a lively road worker suffers from depressive episodes. When his malady breaks out again he noticeably sinks into a suicidal depression. He is not able to express emotions to his family any more. His wife and daughter are helpless as Axel moves away and they grow apart. |
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF | Germany | 9 |
| 35-37 | NO WORDS
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Details:TrailerLength: 14' Screenwriter: ÁngeIa Trigueros Director: Bel Armenteros Producer: Luis Vidal Animator: n/a DOP: Judit M. Marin Sound: Quique Espejo Editor: Antía Otero Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Guzman takes in his grandson David for a few days while his mother is on a trip. They do not know each other, innocence confronted with experience. Whether it turns out well or badly only depends on them, but the rancour of years of oblivion surfaces from their first encounter. |
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) | Spain | 9 |
| 35-37 | THE LETTER
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Katja Renner, Doroteya Droumeva Director: Doroteya Droumeva Producer: Andreas Jan-Gerrit Becker Animator: n/a DOP: Hendrik Reichel Sound: Frank Bubenzer, Tobias Riither, Caspar Sachsse Editor: Doroteya Droumeva Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: One day Maja discovers she is pregnant. The film explores the situation from her point of view, drawing us in as she tries to decipher what is happening. And then Maja writes a mysterious letter... |
German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) | Germany | 9 |
| 38-39 | PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Victoria Rivera Director: Victoria Rivera Producer: Victoria Rivera Animator: n/a DOP: Spencer Katz Sound: Chris Shashaty Editor: Nick Noyes Production Designer: Camilo Lizarralde Synopsis: Antonio is 12 years old. Today is his father’s funeral. He will learn more about his father today than in their 12 years living under the same roof. This is the story of a broken family and the unexpected chance to fix it. |
School of Visual Arts | United States | 8 |
| 38-39 | PRETTY GIRLS DON'T CRY ANYMORE
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Gabriel Gonzalez, Francisco Moser Director: Gabriel Gonzalez Producer: Cinema/cinéma du réel Department of Geneva University of Art and Design Animator: n/a DOP: Gabriel Lobos Sound: Carlos Ibañez Editor: Antonio Trullen, Gabriel Gonzalez Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The nocturnal wanderings of three girls, whose pleasures are accomplished in perverse acts of violence. There is a paradoxical innocence about these games of seduction and provocation, a way of existing in a general disillusion. A realistic narrative until the break of day. |
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) | Switzerland | 8 |
| 40-42 | DUBBING
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Peter Baumann Director: Peter Baumann Producer: Peter Baumann Animator: n/a DOP: Tomaso Aramini Sound: Justin Litton Editor: Justin Litton Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: First day on the job and Jerry does not know where to put himself luckily help is on hand from a fellow voice artist with the perfect remedy for Jerry's limp performance. |
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 40-42 | LITTLE FIGHTERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 16' Screenwriter: Ivana Lalovic, Kristian Djukovic Director: Ivana Lalovic Producer: Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Fachrichtung Film Animator: n/a DOP: Simon Bächler Sound: Davor Tati Editor: Ivana Lalovic, Lisa Blatter Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In the outskirts of a town during the war, two brothers, Almen and Harun, pass their time by scanning the surrounding countryside for any changes. Their little sister is dreadfully afraid of shellfire, so they tell her that it's not the enemy hiding out there in the hills, but rather the Indians from her comic books. When Selma begins to believe the stories, however, she soon places herself unknowingly in danger. |
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) | Switzerland | 7 |
| 40-42 | TWENTY DOLLARS
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: LAM See Chit Director: LAM See Chit Producer: HO Lok Ting Animator: n/a DOP: LI Yin Tao Sound: CHEUNG Kam Wu Editor: NG Kai Ho, LAM See Chit Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: In the fresh fruit market in Hong Kong, fruits are mixed with prostitution, gambling, drug addiction and gangs. Innocence is sold by a girl, at a price of $20. |
Academy of Film / Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) | Hong Kong | 7 |
| 43-44 | BETTWEEN THE RAINS
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Samimitra Das Director: Samimitra Das Producer: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute Animator: n/a DOP: Siddnarth Diwan Sound: Binil C. Amakkadu Editor: Rashmima Dutta Synopsis: The story is about the city, where people from all parts of the country come in search of work and embark on their own individual journeys. Priorities and choices we take as individuals under circumstances make us who we are. Honesty is an opportunity cost and our stakes get defined by it. |
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) | India | 6 |
| 43-44 | CUBA
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Details:Length: 17'Screenwriter: Hyeon-beom KIM Director: Hyeon-beom KIM Producer: Hyeon-beom KIM Animator: n/a DOP: Sang-gil HAN Sound: ln-ае HWANG Editor: Hyeon-beom KIM Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A man wants to escape from his boring daily routine. His dream is to visit Cuba... |
Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts (DIMA) | South Korea | 6 |
| 45-46 | HELLO KITTY
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Details:TrailerLength: 23' Screenwriter: Millo Simulov Director: Millo Simulov Producer: UNATC Animator: n/a DOP: Danut Padure, Millo Simulov Sound: Tudor D Popescu Editor: Tudor D Popescu Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A beautiful holyday with best friends. |
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) | Romania | 5 |
| 45-46 | UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Hernan Logran Director: Carolina Carrillo Producer: Mariana Abalo, Victoria Posse Animator: n/a DOP: Sofia Flosres Blasco Sound: Julia Castro Editor: Leandro Tolchinsky Synopsis: Levin wants to leave Alma, but he is afraid of what she might do. What he doesn't know is that Alma is willing to do anything to stay by his side. |
National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) | Argentina | 5 |
| 47-48 | ANDERS
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Details:TrailerLength: 12' Screenwriter: Werner Coetzee Director: Werner Coetzee Producer: Werner Coetzee, Mavric de Beyer, Maxime Thaysen Animator: n/a DOP: Mavric de Beyer, Maxime Thayse Sound: Farron Middleway Editor: Truls Jakobson Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Johan is an unhappy transgendered woman, living in a small conservative town, struggling to come to terms with her identity. After a confrontation with her parents and a friend, she decides to abandon the town. |
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) | South Africa | 4 |
| 47-48 | SLEEPING PERV IS WORLD-FAMOUS FOR 5 MINUTES
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Details:TrailerLength: 9' Screenwriter: Patrick Vollrath Director: Patrick Vollrath Producer: Patrick Vollrath, Sebastian Thaler, Filmacademy Vienna Animator: n/a DOP: Sebastian Thaler Sound: Hanne Stenzel Editor: Sebastian Schreiner Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Heinz Borchert was an ordinary nobody, leading an ordinary life, until one day a stupid mistake turned him into the world-famous 'Sleeping Perv', and turned his life upside-down. |
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) | Austria | 4 |
| 49-56 | ADEM`S WELL
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Veysel Cihan Hizar, Bilgi Diren Güneş Director: Veysel Cihan Hizar Producer: Bilgi Diren Güneş Animator: n/a DOP: Abdurrahman Öner Sound: Boğaç Soydemir Editor: Veysel Cihan Hizar, Boğaç Soydemir Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Most of us are familiar with the story of Adam and Eve, exiled from the heavens. But this is not that story. Adam does not play by the rules, in fact he is not even in the game. From the ashes, he creates a character he so desperately tries to connect with. Does he succeed in fighting his eternal loneliness? Who knows? Maybe in some ways, maybe not... |
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) | Turkey | 3 |
| 49-56 | HERITAGE
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Pearl Anim Nketia Director: Pearl Anim Nketia Producer: National Film And Television Institute (NAFTI) Animator: n/a DOP: Patricia Sound: Yodwin Madukwe Editor: Yodson Mersah Production Designer: Micheal Sackitey Synopsis: Chelsea, 20, came home from America to attend her mother’s funeral. Unknown to her, there are plans for her to undergo “Dipo Rites” (panage from childhood to womanhood). However, her research in the internet has made her believe it is the duty of society especially the grandmother to try to change her mind. |
National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) | Ghana | 3 |
| 49-56 | KHOREIA
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Teresa Pereira Director: Manuel Guerra Producer: Mariana Correia Animator: n/a DOP: Inês Duarte Sound: Júlio Pereira Editor: Joana Góis Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Sometimes we forget the reason why we do things. Sofia is a very keen student of ballet, but does not have enough confidence in their abilities. Will Sofia be able to let go by "movement" of her body? |
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) | Portugal | 3 |
| 49-56 | SISYPHUS’ DANCE
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Details:TrailerLength: 11' Screenwriter: André Lourenço, Paulo Valente Director: André Lourenço, Paulo Valente Producer: André Lourenço Animator: 3D: Fábio Vilares DOP: Rodolfo Silveira Sound: João Portela Editor: Ricardo Lisboa Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Hermes, an ultimate generation android, realizes that the two humans he was charged to watch over had the ability to read books, an activity that was considered threatening in a period in time where all actions were controlled by a state intelligence organization, ran by elusive virtual entities that nobody knew how to confront. |
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) | Portugal | 3 |
| 49-56 | SURPLUS
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Details:Length: 26'Director: Nathan Kaweb Producer: n/a Animator: n/a DOP: Joseph Taille, Ange Ngo Banoun Sound: Cécille Boussamba; Fride Tangui Boumbanga Editor: Line Dorice Abomo, Serge Olivier Moby Production Designer: n/a |
Institute for the Preservation of National Audio Visual Heritage (IFCA/CRTV) | Cameroon | 3 |
| 49-56 | THE RED VEIL
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Details:TrailerLength: 15' Screenwriter: Sampada Harkara Director: Chua Seng Yew Producer: Tarini Singh Animator: n/a DOP: Alyza Adinegoro Sound: Saravanan Sam Editor: Chua Seng Yew Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: The red Veils an elegiac flashback of Netra, a young woman sold into prostitution many years back. When the past that Netra so forcibly attempts to remove remain so deeply embedded in her consciousness, we realise that for survival, apathy might be the only option to turn to. |
Puttnam School of Film & Animation / LASALLE College of the Arts (LCA) | Singapore | 3 |
| 49-56 | WHERE HAVE YOU GONE
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Details:TrailerLength: 17' Screenwriter: Babet Mader Director: Vladimir Tagić Producer: Faculty of drmatic arts-FDU & OSTPOL Leipzig Animator: n/a DOP: Ivan Kostić Sound: Predrag Adamović, Stevan Milošević Editor: Nataša Pantić Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Saturday morning. Peter and Bilja, during breakfast, plan a visit to their son, who is studying in Belgrade. Bilja proposes to spend a little time alone together. Peter wants that too. Peter goes on a fishing expedition. Bilja starts to cry. |
Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) | Serbia | 3 |
| 49-56 | WIND OVER LAKE
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Details:TrailerLength: 30' Screenwriter: Jeorge Elkin Director: Jeorge Elkin Producer: Britt Crowley Animator: n/a DOP: Julian Schwanitz Sound: Mark Deas Editor: Nick Gibbon Synopsis: This film did not set out to be about anything in particular, but it is about something. Most probably it is about the people that feature in the film and the man that made it. |
Screen Academy Scotland (SAS) | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 57-61 | HANS AND GRETA
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Details:Length: 23'Screenwriter: Ristomatti Rinne Director: Ristomatti Rinne Producer: Erkki Perkiomaki Animator: n/a DOP: Aino Tamminen Sound: Petri da Costa Editor: Tuuli Hirvonen Synopsis: What goes around... comes around. Hans & Greta is based on the fairy tale of Grimm Brothers. The same old story of hatred and revenge spanning over generations. |
Lahti University of Applied Sciences | Finland | 2 |
| 57-61 | HOUND
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Iris Junges Director: Iris Junges Producer: Alexandre Wahrhaftig Animator: n/a DOP: Jasmin Tenucci, Amanda Amaral Sound: Guile Martins Editor: Lia Kulakauskas Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Jeanne has lost her own trail, forgotten the howl of our pack. Through register - maybe the search for a path hidden by the metropolis - our character will discover possible traces, habitats and a huge construction that never stops. |
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) | Brazil | 2 |
| 57-61 | ON A LOWER LEVEL
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Details:TrailerLength: 27' Screenwriter: Jakab Júlia, Reisz Gábor Director: Reisz Gábor Producer: Berkes Júlia , Bosnyák Miklós Animator: n/a DOP: Rév Marcell Sound: Rajna György Editor: Klára Levente Production Designer: Klimó Péter Synopsis: 34-year-old Balint Szentesi does the seemingly superficial job of communication training during the daytime and dutifully spends time with his pregnant wife in the evening. One day, he finds a piece of paper with his handwriting in his basement It's a poem he doesn't remember at all. |
University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest (SzFE) | Hungary | 2 |
| 57-61 | THE OCEAN
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Federico Del Monte Director: Federico Del Monte Producer: Priyanka Singh Animator: n/a DOP: Priyanka Singh Sound: Prashant Choudhary Editor: Maanavi Bedi Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A poor fisherman tells his son the fable of the king who went underwater and refused to return to the world as long as there existed despair and suffering. The little boy is now faced with similar providence as he follows in his father’s footsteps into the perilous monsoon seas. |
Whistling Woods International (WWI) | India | 2 |
| 57-61 | UNFOLD
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Details:TrailerLength: 18' Screenwriter: Ingrid Chikhaoui Director: Ingrid Chikhaoui Producer: SVA (School of Visual Arts, New York), ESAV (Ecole Superieure d'Audiovisuel) Animator: n/a DOP: Mike McSweeney Sound: Vincent Piponnier Editor: Ingrid Chikhaoui Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Elias and Susan in New York, between love, exile and the Arabic revolution. |
ENSAV | France | 2 |
| 62 | THE HOLE AHEAD
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Anis Leka, Topo Klima Director: Emiljo Leka Producer: Eol Çashku Animator: n/a DOP: Rron Ismajli Sound: Elton Baxhaku Editor: Emiljo Leka Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Vian is resting when reminiscences come back; whispers and visions carry her far from reality. She is in love with Alfred who is attracted by Ema, her other personality. Is it a vision of a woman or pure reality. |
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) | Albania | 1 |
| 63-66 | AWAY
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Details:TrailerLength: 8' Screenwriter: Hardi Keerutaja Director: Hardi Keerutaja Producer: Gretlyn Palberg Animator: n/a DOP: Aivo Rannik Sound: Ekke Vastrik Editor: Marta Pulk Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A love story set in a shabby apartment in Barcelona about a sensitive girl Kristina who has had enough of her drug-trafficking boyfriend Aigar getting on her nerves. „Away" shows more reasons that those visible to the eye, that keep a controversial couple together. |
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University | Estonia | 0 |
| 63-66 | BAND OF MISCHIEF
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Details:TrailerLength: 22' Screenwriter: Kenneth Lee Director: Kenneth Lee Producer: Sabrina Tan Animator: n/a DOP: Benjamin Sim Sound: Muhd Khairul Aziz Editor: Ng Mun Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Arthur finds himself humiliated like many others in school by the bully, Lang. Believing that there is nothing that can heal his humiliation, Arthur seeks suicide. A group of victims prevents him from doing so and convinces him revenge is possible and together they embark on a mission as the "Band of Mischief" to take revenge on Lang. |
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies | Singapore | 0 |
| 63-66 | DEATH CAUSE
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Nikoloz Mdivani, Levan Sikharulidze Director: Levan Sikharulidze Producer: Levan Sikharulidze Animator: n/a DOP: Guri Goliadze Sound: Nino Tevdorashvili Editor: Giorgi Ghvinianidze Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: A traditional Georgian home-held panikhida. Brother and sister are mourning for their mother's sudden death. Yet everything changes when a family friend brings the death cause document... |
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) | Georgia | 0 |
| 63-66 | WORDS
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Emilio Alonso Director: Emilio Alonso Producer: Cine TAI (Aula Abierta S.A) Animator: n/a DOP: Alejandro Carelli Del Campo Sound: Pablo Cebrian Editor: Manuela Gabriel Espada Production Designer: n/a Synopsis: Madrid 2008, Marcos and Clara are a couple to the one that is not OK the things, even this way they decide to be going to be lived united. Clara fights to be a journalist and waits for a good opportunity that makes open a hollow in the television world, Marcos is a photographer who already has known the success, wants to be going to live through Canaries and to take a calm life together with his brother. |
Escuela Superior de Artes y Espectáculos | Spain | 0 |
Documentary
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | THE TIME WE HAVE
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Details:Length: 25'Screenwriter: Mira Jargil Director: Mira Jargil Producer: Elisabeth Victoria Poulsen Animator: n/a DOP: Adam Wallensten Sound: Thomas Huus Editor: Rasmus Gitz-Johansen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Ruth and Arne have known each other since they were young and fell in love. Ruth is dying, and Arne must say goodbye to the love of his life. Bravely he helps her through her final hours. |
National Film School of Denmark (DDF) | Denmark | 101 |
| 2-3 | EIGHTY EIGHT
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Seb Feehan, Josh Bamford Director: Seb Feehan Producer: Hannah Bone Animator: n/a DOP: Josh Bamford Sound: Seb Feehan, Josh Bamford Editor: Seb Feehan, Josh Bamford Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Champion roller skater, cyclist and swimmer: Ralph Settle refuses to let old age get the better of him. Now 88 and a widower, everyone on the streets of Cornwall knows “The Banjoman”. |
University of South Wales | United Kingdom | 43 |
| 2-3 | LOVE HACKING
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Jenni Nelson Director: Jenni Nelson Producer: Jenni Nelson Animator: n/a DOP: Jenni Nelson Sound: Jenni Nelson Editor: Jenni Nelson Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A virtual relationship becomes a reality when a robot inventor journeys to Nepal to meet his fiancé for the first time. |
Stanford University | United States | 43 |
| 4 | 9 SCENES OF VIOLENCE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Michael Krotkiewski Director: Michael Krotkiewski Producer: Michael Krotkiewski & PeA Holmquist Animator: n/a DOP: Lars Siltberg Sound: Michael Krotkiewski, Calle Budde Roos Editor: Erik Andersson Production Designer : Anna Weitz Synopsis: Violence is a potential force within all of us. In this documentary, people return to the moment when impulse transcended into action, and when their lives -or someone else's life - were forever changed. Without explanatory circumstances, this film opens the forbidden doors to the darker side of the human psyche. |
Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) | Sweden | 42 |
| 5 | DUSTY NIGHT
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Details:Length: 19'Screenwriter: Ali Hazara Director: Ali Hazara Producer: Ateliers Varan, France Animator: n/a DOP: Ali Hazara Sound: Nooroallah Hussaini Editor: Reza Serkanian Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: At dusk, a team of sweepers come in from the outskirts and work at night, Shadows among shadows, displacing the heavy dust, along an avenue in the flashing lights of cars and glimmering shops or gas station. |
Ateliers Varan | France | 41 |
| 6 | SAYDA
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Details:Length: 18'Screenwriter: Michael Abi Khalil Director: Michael Abi Khalil Producer: IESAV Animator: n/a DOP: Mokhtar Beyrouth Sound: Tania Kammoun Editor: Michael Abi Khalil Synopsis: Lee-Zayda was a Filipino maid working for Majdi's family until their relationship evolved, and they ended up getting married. As expected in their conventional village, their neighbors and relatives do not approve. |
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) | Lebanon | 25 |
| 7 | ESTONIA
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Lucas Bonolo Director: Lucas Bonolo Producer: Camelia Farfán Animator: n/a DOP: Camilo Soratti Cirianni Sound: Sergio Fernández Borrás Editor: Juan Manuel Gamazo Pérez Production Designer : Yannis Lobaina Synopsis: It’s been 40 years that Bonifacio works to the Cuban State as a piano tuner. Every week he visits a conservatory in Havana downtown to tune an old grand piano. Protected from the chaotic city, he finds through the music a sort of spiritualism which becomes a whole world of sound. |
International School of Film and TV (EICTV) | Cuba | 21 |
| 8 | VERA KLEMENT: BLUNT EDGE
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Details:Length: 11'Screenwriter: Wonjung Вае Director: Wonjung Вае Producer: Wonjung Вае Animator: n/a DOP: Wonjung Вае Sound: Christopher Puente, Stephen Lynch Editor: Wonjung Вае Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: What makes a painter "successful"? Is success defined differently if the artist is a woman? In her eighth decade, Chicago painter Vera Klement shows that all it takes is great curiosity, loads of talent, and years of hard work. |
Columbia College Chicago (CCC) | United States | 20 |
| 9 | FINDING BENJAMAN
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: John Wikstrom Director: John Wikstrom Producer: John Wikstrom Animator: n/a DOP: Ryan Cook Sound: Idan Menin Editor: John Wikstrom Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In 2004,”Benjaman Kyle” woke up without any clothes, identification or memories. Seven years later, the FBI still hasn`t figured out who he is. Neither has he. |
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) | United States | 18 |
| 10 | THE SIEGE
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Details:Length: 15'Screenwriter: Tiziana Poli Director: Tiziana Poli Producer: ZeLIG, School for Documentary; Television and New Media Animator: n/a DOP: Livia Romano Sound: Beniamino Casagrande Editor: Beniamino Casagrande Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A no-place in an indefinite time: a massive military presence occupies a city. The siege drifts along the tracks of some borderline. The survivors wander among ruins of fortification and abandoned barracks. They recall their military service: a journey into the roots of fear. |
ZeLIG - School for Documentary, Television and New Media | Italy | 17 |
| 11-12 | DYING GREEN
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Ellen Tripler Director: Ellen Tripler Producer: Ellen Tripler Animator: n/a DOP: Stephen Tringali, Kevin Wells Sound: Doug Burnette Editor: Emily Gaines Brigham, Kelly Donnellan Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, Dying Green explores one man's vision of using green burials to conserve land. Dr. Billy Campbell, the town's only physician, has radically changed our understanding of burials in the United States. Dr. Campbell's dream is to conserve one million acres of land. Dying Green focuses on the revolutionary idea of using our own death to fund land conservation and create wildlife preserves. |
American University | United States | 14 |
| 11-12 | WHERE HAVE ALL THE GERMANS GONE
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Details:Length: 30'Screenwriter: Petra Nesvačilová Director: Petra Nesvačilová Producer: FAMU Animator: n/a DOP: Jan Látal, Tomáš Jelínek, Vít Klusák Sound: Ladislav Greiner Editor: Josef Krajbich Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Film EXPULSION looks at several figures in order to explore the post-war relationship between Germans and Czechs. The main protagonist is Bernd Posselt, today a member of the European Parliament, who has based his political career on the expulsion. In private, he is kind, accommodating, and somewhat awkward. But this all changes when he begins to speak to his countrymen. |
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) | Czech Republic | 14 |
| 13-15 | I WISHED YOU WERE BY MY SIDE
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Niina Vuorisara Director: Niina Vuorisara Producer: Vilja Savonlahti Animator: n/a DOP: Saara Marttinen, Sakari Mäkelä Sound: Mikko Aspelin Editor: Niina Vuorisara Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A young woman's story about a broken relationship with her mother, about hope and the burden of forgiveness. |
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) | Finland | 10 |
| 13-15 | THE EMPEROR
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Details:Length: 24'Screenwriter: Nikolaj Vodošek Director: Nikolaj Vodošek Producer: Jožica Blatnik Animator: n/a DOP: Uroš Hočevar Sound: Jure Strajnar Editor: Katarina Šedlbauer Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Along the Styrian highway lies a 600-meter long castle wall - Niko Kaiser's empire. The owner of a huge junkyard, a restaurant manager, a hotelier, a sculptor and a mayoral candidate in spite of all difficulties and problems stubbornly fights for a better tomorrow. If only Slovenia would not stand in his way! |
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) | Slovenia | 10 |
| 13-15 | THE MOON IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: n/a Director: Anne Maschlanka, Viktoria Gurtovaj Producer: Anne Maschlanka Animator: n/a DOP: Viktoria Gurtovaj Sound: Simone Knappe Editor: Simone Knappe Synopsis: Nurie is 8 years old and lives with her family in Albania, in the historical center of the city Berati. She looks down on her native country, which changes. Nurie tells us about her love for her place of birth and why she can't match it with her dreams about the future. |
international film school cologne (ifs) | Germany | 10 |
| 16 | ATLAS
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Details:Length: 22'Screenwriter: Emilio Reyes-Bassail Director: Emilio Reyes-Bassail Producer: Astrid Dominguez Animator: n/a DOP: Aníbal Barco Sound: Bernardo Loce Editor: Emilio Reyes-Bassail Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: What bonds a bodybuilder with catastrophe? Atlas explores through a poetic mode the deep relationships that bodies keep with politics, architecture and dystopia. Through montage, this documentary tries to develop an open reflection on bodies that grow without boundaries. |
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) | Mexico | 8 |
| 17 | WAVES
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Details:Length: 21'Screenwriter: Samantha Lee Director: Samantha Lee Producer: Joe Alandy Animator: n/a DOP: Samantha Lee Sound: n/a Editor: Samantha Lee Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: AGOS (Waves) gives us a glimpse of the life of surfer Mocca Eduzma as she goes about her daily life in a rural village in the Philippines. It goes beyond the stereotype of the surfing lifestyle is while at the same time exploring its fundamental values like perseverance, simplicity and passion. |
University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) | Phillipines | 7 |
| 18-19 | REQUIEM FOR ETERNITY
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Details:Length: 12'Screenwriter: Alberto Resendiz Gomez Director: Alberto Resendiz Gomez Producer: Armando Casas Animator: n/a DOP: Victor Davila Sound: Gabriel Herrera, Rodolfo Torres Editor: Alberto Resendiz Gomez Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: In August, 2007, after some medical studies, I was diagnosed with bone cancer. This movie is based on the memories that I keep of those days. |
National School of Film Arts / National Autonomous University of Mexico (ENAC/UNAM) | Mexico | 4 |
| 18-19 | THE OLD MASTER
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Details:Length: 26'Screenwriter: Katarina Bulajić Director: Katarina Bulajić Producer: Dušan Đoković Animator: n/a DOP: Nikola Brajović Sound: Aleksandar Tomanović Editor: Stefan Dimitrijević Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Urošu Tošković, one of the best drawers in the world, who lives reality and art as one, talks about his childhood, growing up and other things that affected him, his way of living and his art. He doesn't obey any rules; he is a free man. |
Academy of Arts, Belgrade | Serbia | 4 |
Animation
| Place | Title | School | Country | Points |
| 1 | ABUELAS
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Details:Length: 9'Screenwriter: Francesca Gardiner Director: Afarin Eghbal Producer: Kasia Malipan Animation: Afarin Eghbal, Abbie Alvarez, Matthew Barton, Patxi Gil Crenier, Claire Ransom DOP: Claire Buxton Sound: Nikola Zivojinovic Editor: Katherine Lee Production Designer : Ines Afonso Synopsis: In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years. Using real-life testimonials this animated-documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss. |
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) | United Kingdom | 113 |
| 2 | THE RENTER
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Details:Length: 10'Screenwriter: Jason Carpenter Director: Jason Carpenter Producer: Jason Carpenter Animation: Jason Carpenter DOP: Jason Carpenter Sound: Jeff Shiffman Editor: Jason Carpenter Production Designer : Jason Carpenter Synopsis: A boy is dropped off at an elderly woman's home for the day. A lone man, who rents a room, adds to the unsettling atmosphere. The slaughter of a chicken makes this daycare a harsh and confusing world for the boy, who learns caring can be shown in unexpected ways. |
California Institute of the Arts | United States | 74 |
| 3 | HOWL
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Details:Length: 7'Screenwriter: Nattalie Bettelheim, Sharon Michaeli Director: Nattalie Bettelheim, Sharon Michaeli Producer: Nattalie Bettelheim, Sharon Michaeli Animation: Nattalie Bettelheim, Sharon Michaeli DOP: n/a Sound: Yoav Brill Editor: Nattalie Bettelheim, Sharon Michaeli Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A mother to an exceptional child dreams of reaching into her daughter's world. |
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) | Israel | 51 |
| 4 | MURKY PAPERS
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Heta Jokinen Director: Heta Jokinen Producer: Eija Saarinen Animation: Heta Jokinen DOP: Heta Jokinen Sound: Heta Jokinen Editor: Heta Jokinen Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: Everybody needs a hiding place but it can only last a while. |
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Arts Academy / Degree Programme in Film and Media | Finland | 40 |
| 5 | THE PLATFORM
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Ruairi Twohig Director: Ruairi Twohig Producer: Ruairi Twohig Animation: Ruairi Twohig DOP: Ruairi Twohig Sound: Mirko Uhlig Editor: Ruairi Twohig Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An old man sits waiting for a train as the world around him slowly crumbles apart. |
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Ireland | 31 |
| 6 | PHOTOGRAPHS
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Details:Length: 6'Screenwriter: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique Director: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique Producer: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique Animation: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique DOP: n/a Sound: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique Editor: Brendan Clogher, Christina Manrique Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: An elderly woman living in an abandoned town finds a camera, which becomes a means for her to recreate her past life and remember a lost love. |
Loyola Marymount University / School of Film and Television (LMU) | United States | 28 |
| 7 | THE WEDDING
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Jack Vening Director: Simon Cottee Producer: Simon Cottee Animation: Simon Cottee DOP: Simon Cottee Sound: Dan Brumm Editor: Simon Cottee Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A melancholy boy attends his estranged Father's wedding to a large Latino woman aboard a small and cramped boat on a shark infested sea. |
Griffith Film School (GFS) | Australia | 27 |
| 8 | JACK OF DIAMONDS
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Details:Length: 14'Screenwriter: Pavel Sokolov Director: Pavel Sokolov Producer: Pavel Sokolov Animation: Andrey Shatalov, Tatyana Polyakova, Leonid Starkov, Vitaliy Shubin, Vladislav Lanniy, Roman Auzyatov, Olya Suvorova, Slava Dudin, Aleksey Nekrasov, Grigoriy Sadovnikov DOP: Anna Solovieva Sound: Pavel Sokolov Editor: Natalya Sokolova Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The protagonist of this film is Herman. His big passion is gambling. He loses everything. But luck comes his way when he is offered a job as a groom for a rich old countess, which he accepts. Herman is faced with a question: Kill the countess and steal her money or to marry her and wait until she dies. The fate of his soul rests upon his choice while an Angel and a Demon struggle against each other trying to persuade him to come to their side. |
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL | Russia | 21 |
| 9 | A FEW MILLIMETERS UNDER THE ROOT
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Details:Length: 8'Screenwriter: Michal Haruštiak Director: Michal Haruštiak Producer: FTF VŠMU (executive producer: Zuzana Jankovicova) Animation: Michal Harustiak DOP: n/a Sound: Peter Hilčanksý, Jano Flaškár Editor: Michal Lipa Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: The old man is struggling for finding a peaceful place to read his favourite book, but instead he is made run away from intensified noise. But one cannot always run away from problems, it may lead to a place where is no escape. |
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) | Slovakia | 20 |
| 10 | THE GIFT
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Details:Length: 3'Screenwriter: Sava Komitski Director: Sava Komitski Producer: Prof.Ph.D. Stanislav Semerdjiev Animation: Sava Komitski DOP: Sava Komitski Sound: Sava Komitski Editor: Sava Komitski Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A man is trying to get the attention of a girl, who is sitting on a bench reading a book. The man starts bringing her gifts, one after the other, but what could be the most special gift? |
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) | Bulgaria | 16 |
| 11 | HAIRPINS
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Details:Length: 5'Screenwriter: Ramona Mismetti Director: Ramona Mismetti Producer: Milano Cinema е televisione Animation: n/a DOP: Paolo Zaninelli, Fabzo Possanzini Sound: Andrea Carenzi, Mirko Andrina Editor: Ramona Mismetti Production Designer : n/a Synopsis: A woman is undoing her hairstyle in front of the mirror. As she puts the hairpins on the shelf and leaves, they start fighting and one of them falls down the sink: it's the start of an amazing voyage in a wonderful world. |
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) | Italy | 8 |
