
Director: Ching Yi Tseng
Title in English: 724 14th St Original title: 724 14th St
2010/ Taiwan/ super 8mm / 10’/ Experimental / Colour
CREDITS Photography: Ching Yi Tseng; Editing: Ching Yi Tseng; Producer: Ching Yi Tseng
Synopsis: This film is about a specific location and a specific kind of light and life.
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Director: Simeon Frohm
Title in English: Rafael, Remember Your Life Original title: Rafael, Remember Your Life
2011/ Sweden&Croatia/ HD/ 14’23’’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Filippe Gilló; Photography: Simeon Frohm; Editing: Simeon Frohm; Animation: Simeon Frohm; Music: Helios, Andreas Runeson, Kristoffer Byström; Sound: Simeon Frohm, Johan Eckeborn; Leading actors: Antoni Zabok, Gabriel Löfgren Lobo, Neo Slater, Arne Nordh, Emina Rostaan, Lisa Läckgren, Sixten Stensjö, Dominik Trakjovich, Ivo Mihajlovic, Dina Peckinpah; Producer: Michel Östlund
Synopsis: RAFAEL,memento vitae depicts some aspects of life’s phases through Rafael’s eyes. Hence the title. The story is enacted in the borderlands between fiction and documentary. The contrast between hard and meaningless, and attractive and warming scenes may awake personal memories. Is it well-reasoned decisions or those low-key conversations that cause us to pause and consider? What forms our choices in life? Is it the chance meeting,events or everyday life itself? Nothing is self-evident. Like life.
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Director: Chus Dominguez & Elena Cordoba
Title in English: The dance of the quail. First movement Original title: La danza de la codorniz. Primer movimiento
2011 / Spain / DVcpro / 7’/ Experimental / Colour
CREDITS Script: Chus Dominguez, Elena Cordoba; Photography: Chus Dominguez; Editing: Chus Dominguez; Sound: Chus Dominguez; Leading actors: Elena Cordoba; Producer: Jesus M. Dominguez
Synopsis: In the film by Jean Luc Godard’s “Vivre sa vie” Elena Córdoba, choreographer and dancer, heard a small dialog that talked about the nature of chickens and soul. From that text arose the idea of reviving the body of a quail ready to be cooked, and, following Godard, finding in it the soul of the dancer posthumously.
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Director: Nina Kurtela
Title in English: Transformance Original title: Transformance
2010/ Croatia/ HD/ 10’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Nina Kurtela; Photography: Nina Kurtela; Editing: Nina Kurtela; Animation: Nina Kurtela; Leading actors: Nina Kurtela; Producer: Nina Kurtela
Synopsis: Transformance is a video-event-work that activates and documents a five-month durational performance. Over this period of time, Nina Kurtela establishes a daily practice of visiting and witnessing the changes at the building site of the Uferstudios, Wedding, Berlin - the warehouse for the repair of public trams and buses becomes a dance institution. She is spectator to the making of an institution, an art institution, the making of the theatre stage.
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Director: Carlo Cagnasso
Title in English: Fratres Original title: Fratres
2011/ Italy/ MiniDv/ 5’/ Experimental/ B&W
CREDITS Script: Carlo Cagnasso; Photography: Carlo Cagnasso; Editing: Carlo Cagnasso; Music: Arvo Part; Leading actors: Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio; Producer: Carlo Cagnasso
Synopsis: Two twins fight against the chaos of the images.
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Director: Tuomas A. Laitinen
Title in English: Rising Original title: Rising
2010/ Finland/ HD/ 16’53’’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Editing: Tuomas Laitinen; Music: Jimi Tenor, Tuomas Laitinen; Sound: A. Laitinen; Leading actors: Mikko Salonen, Kea Nuorivaara, Lauri Paivanen; Producer: Johanna Wartio- McEvoy
Synopsis: Rising is a dreamlike work about the future, remembering and energy production. The story is centered around a power station built in the early 20th century.
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Director: Gerard Freixes Ribera
Title in English: The Homogenics Original title: The Homogenics
2010/ Spain/ MiniDv/ 4’/ Experimental/ B&W
CREDITS Script: Gerard Freixes Ribera; Photography: Archive Footage; Editing: Gerard Freixes Ribera; Animation: Gerard Freixes Ribera; Music: Earle Hagen; Leading actors: Dick Van Dyke; Producer: Gerard Freixes Ribera
Synopsis: The same people living in the same houses. Uniformisation turns everything into stereotypes. The Homogenics family sitcom is an extreme example of that.
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Director: Lee Hyung-suk
Title in English: Western Movie Original title: Seo-bu-yeong-hwa
2010/ South Korea/ 35mm/ 9’/ Experimental/ Colour-B&W
CREDITS Script: Lee Hyung-suk; Photography: Lee Sang-gil; Editing: Lee Hyung-suk; Animation: Shin Hyun-suk; Music: Lee Eun-suk, Sung Hwan; Sound: Park Hee-chan; Leading actors: Sheriff : Ko Kwan-jae; Producer: Kim Tai-yong
Synopsis: A sheriff crosses a desolate field on horseback and enters a village devastated by Native Americans. There are some eyes fixed on the sheriff in the town.
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Director: Theo Putzu
Title in English: Paper Memories Original title: Paper Memories
2010/ Spain/ HD/ 7’25’’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Theo Putzu; Photography: Theo Putzu; Editing: Theo Putzu; Animation: Theo Putzu; Music: Miguel Marin; Sound: Martin Ortega Granella; Leading actors: Josep Vilavert Manya, Elena España; Producer: Theo Putzu;
Synopsis: An Old man search for happiness in old photos…. two worlds divided by the inability to dream...
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Director: Joonas Makkonen
Title in English: The Chair Original title: The Chair
2011/ Finland/ HD/ 3’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Joonas Makkonen; Photography: Tero Saikkonen; Editing: Joonas Makkonen; Music: Jussi Huhtala; Sound: Ismo Mustonen; Leading actors: Raimo Hytti, Olli Saarenpää, Janne Anttila; Producer: Joonas Makkonen, Toni Vuomajoki
Synopsis:
An old chair is sharing his experiences in a studio interview. This short film is made within 48 hours, for a competition called "PlayOFF 2011". The film got 2nd prize in the competition.
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Director: Petra Lindholm
Title in English: To Anne Marie Original title: To Anne Marie
2010/ Finland/ HD/ 10’50’’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Petra Lindholm; Music: Petra Lindholm; Producer: Petra Lindholm
Synopsis:
Anne Marie, the aunt of Lindholm’s grandfather, was engaged to a Russian man called Mr. Obolenski. Due to a civil war in Finland, Mr. Obolenski had to escape from the country. Left behind, Anne Marie never heard back from him again. Anne Marie’s life story is told with atmospheric images, displaying subtle nuances of colours, and music made by the author.
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Director: Maja Kirovska
Title in English: Where Is The Exit? Probably Sisyphus Knows Original title: Where Is The Exit? Probably Sisyphus Knows
2011/ Macedonia/ DV/ 3’/ Experimental/ Colour
CREDITS Script: Maja Kirovska; Photography: Maja Kirovska; Editing: Maja Kirovska; Music: Maja Kirovska; Sound: Maja Kirovska; Producer: Maja Kirovska
Synopsis: It is a metaphor for us, modern Sisyphuses, preoccupied with our everyday repeatable actions, that by repeating, almost get unconscious character. It represents the “blessing” of unawareness and the unbearable heaviness of the moment of getting conscious of our position in the global movement of the things. The video shows a big number of ants that repeatedly are trying to climb up to the top, and at every attempt they slide to the bottom, not changing the starting position.
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