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39 Pounds of Love Documentary 39 Pounds of Love is the inspirational and humorous story of Ami Ankilevitz, a 3-D animator in Israel whose bodily motions are limited to a single finger on his left hand. At birth, Ami was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, later diagnosed as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and was predicted to survive only to the age of 6. Now, thirty years later, he leaves the woman he loves and returns to the United States to confront the childhood doctor who predicted his early demise. Along the way, he comes to terms with a major incident from his past and pursues a lifelong dream: to ride a Harley Davidson. 39 Pounds of Love is an emotional roller coaster, a fascinating, humorous and truly inspirational ride through life with someone who embodies the very term, carpe diem (seize the day). Director: Dani Menkin, Israel / U.S.A, 2005, Hebrew, English w/ English subtitles, 70 min.
Aunt Mary Documentary Film-maker Mary Gordon went in search of the hidden political history of the Great Aunt she was named after, but instead begins to unravel the journey she made from her country of birth. Director: Mary Gordon, South Africa / Scotland, 2005, 13 min.
Berlin Nights Fiction A mixture of painting and literature brought to vivid life on screen. One night in Berlin approaching the year 2000 – a portrayal of the city’s youth experiencing the excesses of the Berlin nightlife. Driven by a shared need to escape the monotony of their daily lives, Lutz, Nana, Luise and Dick Tracey are drawn into a nightclub. Inside, their day-to-day sorrows are drowned in the decadence of this artificial world. Dick Tracey, a TV-host, gets caught up in the constant search for sensations. He must ultimately confront the shocking truth about the dangers of this nightlife, to which his best friend has already surrendered. Director: Gabriela Tscherniak, Latvia / Germany, 2005, German, English w/ English subtitles, 40 min.
Big Bones - Big Business Documentary Whilst workers in Sibiria dig for mammoth tusks – and for little money – the bones hit top prices on the international markets. There they are sold off to the highest bidder either to land up in museums and scientific institutes or in the private collections of wealthy American fossil collectors willing to spend a small fortune on a new bone for the living room. Director: Ekaterina Eremenko, Russia/ Germany, 2004, Russian w/ English subtitles, 59 min Festivals and Awards: 2005 Dortmund International Film Festival 2005 Femme totale Festival
Chto proidet, to budet milo /What has passed will be dearNon-fiction “An elliptical idyll interrupted and enriched by memories on the air and water, carried in lapping waves, radio static, and cargo holds, to the music of glancingly edited compositions. Hold on an image too long and it might crumble under the weight of the lens. An ant at a picnic, Isaac Mathes' camera insinuates itself into the stolen rhythms of an afternoon's passing that fleetingly recalls the passing of so many others.”- Spencer Parsons, Cinematexas Director: Isaac Mathes 6:21 min., non-fiction, 2005 (Russia) Country of Origin: USA
Ephèbes et CourtisanesNon-fiction Intelligent, alluring, and as complexly interwoven as the passing glances, familiar greetings, and critical stares in a crowded Parisian café, Ephèbes et Courtisanes is a highly literary exchange of passages and thoughts on the merits and vices of loving girls or loving boys culled from Arabic poetry, scripture, and science, both ancient and modern, including such sources as Rumi and Abu Nuwas. Director: Oleg Tcherny 26 min., 16mm, 2005 (France) French, Arabic w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Belarus Festivals and Awards: Locarno international film festival, 2004, Rotterdam international film festival, 2005
Her Family and Other Animals Video Installation A video portrait of a Crimean backyard belonging to a house that burned some months ago. Baba Tamara sells her cows' milk in Coca Cola bottles; her son, fresh out of prison, hopes to make a living fixing damaged swimming aides. They share this life with the extended family of animals. The film is an essay about the backyard without a house that lives its own surreal life and could not care less about video art. Director: Alexandra Lerman 13 min. , 2005 (in progress) (Russia/USA) Country of origin: Russia
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Hitler, the First Superstar Experimental A reckless attempt to deconstruct Leni Refienstahl's famous Triumph des Willens sequence. Director: Darya Zhuk 1 min. , 2005, (USA) Country of Origin: Belarus
Festivals and Awards: Videopusto Video Art
Festival 2005 (Moscow),
59 Seconds Film Festival -permanent collection
(screened in New York, San Francisco, Torino)
HomelandDocumentary The elderly Hungarian inhabitants of a Central European village live a quiet life. However, underneath its peaceful exterior the village is a hot spot of geo-political dispute. As the villagers potter about their gardens and sit in the sun, they reminisce about their lives and piece together the extraordinary history of a forgotten corner of Europe. Director: Hannah Skrinar 55 min., documentary, 2005 (Slovakia / Ukraine) Slovac, Hungarian w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: UK Festivals and Awards: 2005 Jerwoods First Cuts Award 2005 Sheffield International Documentary Festival(First Cuts 3)
Journeys Across My City – Buenas Aires / Viajes por mi CiudadVideo Children retell the story of their parents' relationship. Director: Mark Raeburn and Anton Califano 12 min., video, documentary, 2005 ( England) Spanish w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: England / Argentina
Home Sweet Home / Lar Doche LarDocumentary The documentary LarDoceLar consists of eight portraits that show individual lifes focusing on ways of living. The film was shot in Lisbon with people between the ages of 20 and 30. Individuals talk about their living experiences, why they choose a certain lifestyle, and what their dreams are. The documentary is about the search for independence while managing responsibilities considering family, environment, and employment. It’s also a portrayal of loneliness and freedom. Director: Brigitte Shuster 22 min., 2005, DV, documentary (Canada / Portugal) Portugese w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Germany
Family TreeNon-fiction BOB (30) has never left home…literally! His religious guardians have unreservedly subjugated Bob and his two brothers. When Bob escapes imprisonment, he is rescued by FLOW (30), who has just escaped from a similar predicament. As Bob and Flow prepare to flee, Bob’s habitual behavior threatens to overwhelm him as he is drawn into Flow’s oppressive world. Bob must rescue himself! Director: Luke Mayes 8 min., DV, experimental fiction, 2005 (USA) Country of Origin: New Zealand
Love on The BrinkNon-fiction Hassid’s world revolves around his father butchery, where he works to save money to buy a car, and around Yanna, his pretty girlfriend. Hassid is in love with his girlfriend and their affection towards one another flourishes, but there is one problem that jeopardizes their relationship. Hassid gets extremely jealous when other men look at Yanna, especially when she dresses provocatively. Yanna, however, is not willing to take orders from her boyfriend and dresses whichever way she likes. The tension between them is unavoidable. Director: Hasid Hasidov 10 min., video, documentary, 2005 (Israel) Hebrew and Russian w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Russia
MercyFiction Making choices in the cold. Director: Julia Kots 15 min., DV, fiction, 2005 (USA) Country of Origin: Russia
Mishas HonorNon-fiction What respect is? Director: Misha Gilkarov 14 min., DV, documentary, 2005, (Israel) Hebrew, English w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Russia
Moscow FreestyleDocumentary Moscow Freestyle explores the laid-back existence of young Canadian and American English Teachers in Moscow until their lives are turned upside down by the worst terrorist attacks in Russian history including airplane suicide-bombings, metro bombings and Beslan school hostage-taking. That’s when Gwain, Ben and Todd are forced to seriously look at Russia -- and themselves. Director: Julia Ivanova Russia / Canada, 2006, 50 min.
The Table Experimental The Table is an experiment which demonstrates the interpretation of spoken word and its subtext during a creative process. Director: Lukas Schwarzkogler 3 min. 20 sec., 2006, (Austria)
Pillos / ThiefsFiction From the darkness emerges a strange and lanky thief, guilefully making his way through an old, decrepit building. He has come to steal food from an elderly man and his wife; In this depraved and overpopulated world, food has become precious. One after another, the tenants of the building pass through – A female couple and an unlikely lover, a mother and her small son - All to be reunited by the unruly burglar in one apartment. The unexpected discovery of a hydroponics greenhouse and the arrival of another burglar intensifies the situation, while outside the commotion of the city police comes intrusively close. Overwhelmed between glorious fruits and the pressing invasion, the bandits, aided by the small boy, are forced to make an unusual getaway. Director: Ernesto Solo, Venesuela/USA , 1998, Spanish w/ English subtitles, 15 min.
TwilightFiction It is the white nights of the northern Russian summer, a time of neither night nor day. A woman searches the streets of St. Petersburg for her missing daughter while coping with the indifference and ineptitude of a destitute bureaucracy. Another child appears, providing her with a fleeting moment of emotional respite. A second tragedy emboldens the woman to make a critical choice. Director: Victoria Gamburg 21 min. 35mm, documentary, 2005, (USA/Russia) Russian w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Russia Festivals and Awards: San Francisco
International Film Festival - Golden Gate Award—Best Narrative Short Palm Springs
International Festival of Short Films - First Place
Best Student Live Action Over 15 Minutes NextFrame International
Student Film and Video Festival - First Place Narrative Australian
Cinematographers’ Association - Gold Award Fiction Princess Grace Foundation
- Cary Grant Film Award Angelus Awards - Excellence in Filmmaking Grand
Prize Act One Hollywood - Outstanding Screenplay Award Lunafest Film Festival- Winner
UndesirablesDocumentary In the summer of 1998, as a part of a major drive to clear Moscow's streets of tramps and beggars of all ages before the International Youth Olympics, government officials conducted mass deportation of those they consider "undesirable." "Undesirables" is a documentary about the Russia Police Force and their determination to escort the homeless youth out of Moscow during high profile events such as the 1998 International Youth Olympics. The film follows the stories of four youths in different parts of Russia. Three of them have runaway from their provincial homes to Moscow. The film depicts Moscow's juvenile detention center, where the police herd runaway children during official events to keep them off the streets. "Undesirables" documents the children's eventually deportation from Moscow back to their abusive families, or to reform schools in the provinces. We also see the story of the child in the empoverished provincial town, thousands of miles from the well-off capital. Director: Marianna Yarovskaya 24 min., video, documentary, 2005 (USA) Russian w/ English subtitles Country of Origin: Russia Festivals and Awards: 2002 BEDDA Underground Film Festival 2001 Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Science – Student academy aword - Bronze Medal 2000 Slamdance Festival 1999 UNAFF
Untitled # 1Non-fiction Little dancer on the streets of St.Peterburg. Director; Masha Godovannaya 4 min.,16mm, experimental, 2005 (USA) Country of Origin: Russia
Urda BoneNon-fiction Director: Charles Officer and Ingrid Veniger 5:18 min., video, non-fiction, 2005 (Canada) Country of Origin: Canada / Slovakia
Where It ClicksNon-fiction “Where it clicks” is the place where a man meets a woman under absurd circumstances and where the question of having a child together arises in a way no less absurd. “Where it clicks” is the story where one fights, shouts and loses the nerve facing both the desire for a child and aspirations for career and self realization. “Where it clicks” is a movie with no certainty but one : time keeps running, clock keeps ticking even if sometimes it ticks out of joint Director Estelle Artus 12 min., 2005, (USA) Country of Origin: France
Beyond InvisibleMicrocosmic battle. Directed by Ondrey Rudavsky / Slovakia USA 2005, 7 min./ excerpt
Cats Walk Directed by Irina Margolina / Russia USA 2005, 5 min.
Cloning Factory 2Two scientists are determined to create and clone a perfect woman. They follow their plans but the results are not satisfactory. Instead they have created a multitude of happy genderless pink bunnies. Frustrated and tired they go destructive. The last bunny escapes and his memories are all that remains. Director: Alina and Jeff Bliumis 8 min., experimental/ animation, 2005 (USA) Country of Origin: USSR The project was partly completed at artist-in-residence program quartier21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria - invited by culture2culture and quartier21
Five Infomercials For DentistsFive bizarre infomercials introduce dentists to the substantial products of their trade: latex gloves, anesthesia, dental tools, crowns and chocolate. Directed by Signe Baumane / Latvia USA 2005, 3.5 min.
InsomniaShe comes at night quiet as a cat to take his sleep away until he feeds her. All she needs is milk brought by him somewhere between sleep and reality. Her name is Insomnia. Directed by Vladimir Lesciov / Lithuania Latviya 2005, 7 min.
The MermaidTwo lovers, who had been torn apart by the sea, will reconnect forever. Directed by Anton Trofymov / Ukraine Animation and production Mikhail Shraga / Ukraine Music by Aleksandr Kohanovskiy USA 2005, 3 min.
MilchOblique but perceptive storytelling, which through a myriad of closely-observed details takes us into an atmospheric, touching, sad story of childhood. Directed by Igor Kovalyov / Russia USA 2005, 13 min.
Ministry MessiahMinistry Messiah is a stunning animation packed with Christian iconography and backed by an astounding soundtrack…what are you waiting for? Directed by Gintis Apsits / Latvia Italy 2005, 3 min.
MiroAnimated music short commissioned by MaGiC Studios, based on the piano piece by Bach. Target audience are children from 3 to 5 years old. Directed by Alexey Budovskiy / Russia USA 2004, 1 min. 23 sec
Morning, Day, Evening, Night ... and MorningA sad and funny story about love, loneliness, and hope of an aging opera singer. Directed by Lev Polyakov / Russia USA 2005, 7 min.
Upgrade OS 8 1/2Orange revolution in the operating system Directed by Sergey Aniskov / Russia USA 2006, 10 min.
UrsonateA conversation between two birds, based on Kurt Schwitters’ sound poem Ursonate. Directed by Lisa Paclet / France Italy 2003, 2 min.
ZasukanecThe daily routine in the tailor's shop is so turbulent that in order to cope, it is sometimes necessary to trick a little. Fantasy and spontaneity are not always enough. When the tailor thinks he is alone he likes to let his thoughts do the work. But what happens when love comes into play, and his thoughts can no longer be controlled? Directed by Spela Cadez / Slovenia Germany 2005, 7 min. |
