The feature program includes some non-kindergarten films, too. Take New York animation maverick Bill Plympton’s brand new film Idiots and Angels for example: a story of a guy who accidentally grows wings but has difficulties with turning into an angel. Or check out Ari Folman’s much acclaimed Waltz with Bashir – an animated drama about Israeli soldiers in the Lebanon war. And then there’s Nina Paley’s Annecy-winning movie, Sita Sings the Blues, which is said to be the greatest break-up story ever told. It’s actually two break-ups in one: the epic Ramayana and a present-day breaking-up-by-email story, accompanied by Annette Hanshaw’s heartbreaking songs from the 20s. Following the path from America to the Middle East to India, the festival also serves up two brand new Japanese animations, the visually explosive big screen version of Evangelion 1.0, and a unique anime-musical titled Piano Forest. And finally, to truly get away from the kindergarten, Anilogue will give us Dead Space, probably the bloodiest zombie animation ever made.

Anilogue’s call for the best European animated short film produced more than 500 entries this year. A 32-strong selection of competition shorts are in the final round and the winner will be announced in Vienna’s Filmcasino on the evening of December 3rd. The seven days of Anilogue 2008 also includes the Toons&Tunes workshop with comparative screenings of Walt Disney and Fleischer Brothers studios from the early 1930’s and actual hands-on composing sessions with the composer and workshop leader Nik Phelps. You’d also be a badly drawn fool if you missed the year’s most awarded animations in the World Panorama, and of course the seven-hour-long cartoon marathon that is Animated Night. Your life is dull – animate it at last!

(Thanks for this article to Budapest Funzine!)

The 15 jury members announced the results the 22nd of November 2008 during the 4th edition of the One Take Film Festival in Zagreb (Croatia). The 3 European winners will have their scripts produced with the support of NISI MASA. They will also participate to the master class “European Short Pitch” in February 2009 at the Moulin d’Andé – Céci (France), the Centre for Film Writing.

And the winners are:

Scamps
Ülkü Oktay - Turkey

The Wedding Tape
Ariel Shaban - Kosovo

Furniture
Melissa Suárez del Real- Spain

Congratulation to the winners!

more info: www.nisimasa-scriptcontest.eu

President of the jury: Jíri Menzel Oscar-winner film director
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Participating crews (that may be a one-man-crew as well) must make their maximum 2 minute long movies about the given topic in 24 hours and upload them on the Internet to our server. There will be three compulsory elements for every movie that will be revealed to the contestants only on the morning of the starting of the game. All films completed within 24 hours will be viewed and evaluated by international juries in Hungary. movies The announcement of the Winners at an Awards Gala will be webcast via live streaming on the Internet on the 23rd of November, 2008.

Planned international spots: Asia: Philippine Islands (Manila), India (New Delhi) Australia: Melborune Africa: Congo (Kinshasa) Europe: Albania (Tirana), Hungary (Budapest), Switzerland (Bern), Serbia (Belgrad) South-America: Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), Ecuador North-America: United States of America (New York, Los Angeles)

The success of the film lies in the pure storytelling without using any dialogues, its narration built on a single gag, its special atmosphere. All of these elements are present in the original short story of András Nagy Bandó, which was adapted to screenplay by Márton Szirmai.

“A delicious recipe for a quick lunch, from a vanishing age, served fresh and hot at a roadside shack.

Sharing a meal like this with anyone should be a pleasurable thing. Except when it has a suprising twist…” - Márton Szirmai

 Read the interview with Márton Szirmai below!

 Filmography:

- Summertime (2008)

- The Sinking Village (2008)

- Born Loser (Tv series - 3 episodes 2007)

- Szalontüdő (2006)

- The Treasure of Pécs City (2006)

Where does the story of “Tripe & Onion” come from?
There is a short story by András Nagy-Bandó I heard on the radio about 15 years ago. It has stayed with me ever since. I wanted to shoot a short film in 2006 and realized this is the perfect story to use.

How did you get your crew and the financing of the film?
The Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary also funded the project but but the lion’s share of the money I raised myself. The crew was mainly formed by the “Közgáz Vizuális Brigád”, but there were some people I had worked with for the first time.

How have you tried to find your audience? What channels did you use?
The film was selected to more than 80 film festivals. Duna Televison bought it for broadcasting. We got a great award at an Italian festival: seventeen 35mm cinema copies, which gave the opportunity to screen the film before long feature films in German and France cinemas. And now it’s time to go to the Internet! Tripe & Onion can be watched on the web only on Daazo.com

Which festival screening was the most important to you?
It sounds very sentimental but all the screenings were very important to me. Of course the festivals I was able to attend had more impact on me. (Sarajevo, Dresden, Triest)

What was your aim with this film?
I wanted to tell the story without using any dialogues. I adapted the story so that I could concentrate on the images.

What are your future plans?
My secret plan is to shoot a film based on Stanislaw Lem’s short stories. But I would like to grow up to this difficult task by making several other short films before.

It is not the first by Ákos Mester on Daazo. A few months ago we premiered Aqua Run, which is the direct opposite of Absence - a  dark thriller. So Ákos has already proven his talent in several genres. Carry on filming, Mr. Mester!

Ákos Mester’s Filmography:

- My Short, But Tough Life (2008) - Cinematographer

- The Last Beautiful Film (2007) - Cinematographer

- Aqua-Run (2006) - Director

- Absence (2006) - Director

Festival Awards:

Special Jury Award EuroMedCafe Film Festival 2004,

Gold Special Jury Award, WorldFest Houston, 2005,

Festival der Nationen (Austria) including UNICEF Award for best film.

About the Director:

Steph Green has Honours & Masters Degrees in Film studies. She has worked on dozens of 16mm student films & many professional 35mm shorts and features and has worked in film in both Ireland and USA, including assisting directors Ron Howard and Spike Jonze. Stephanie is currently working on short and feature film scripts and promoting Push Hands.

Filmography:

New Boy (2007)
Push Hands (2004)
Copywrite (2001)

FILMINI’s primary goal is to expose our audience to new cinema through the work of international filmmakers. In addition, the Festival aims to become a platform for filmmakers and cinema fans. Finally, through its various events & workshops, FILMINI ISFF hopes to increase the awareness, knowledge and distribution of short films in Bulgaria, discover and support new Balkan voices and encourage the experimental, independent and innovative styles of today’s cinema.

The organisers (Elena and Juri) are great friends of Daazo. And the new film of the young Bulgarian director Toma Waszarow is in the competition. We can’t wait to watch ‘Anything for You’! Till that enjoy ‘The Kiss’ - just can’t get enough of it.

]]> http://blog.daazo.com/2008/10/22/filmini-20-is-about-to-start/feed/ http://blog.daazo.com/2008/10/20/daazo-produced-its-first-short-film/ http://blog.daazo.com/2008/10/20/daazo-produced-its-first-short-film/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:02:21 +0000 Zoltan http://blog.daazo.com/2008/10/20/daazo-produced-its-first-short-film/ Since a while we are thinking about how nice it would be to produce a short fiction films. Now we are proudly inform you that we produced our first short film, directed by Balázs Simonyi. Daazo works as a co-producer in the project since the script is co-written by Zoltán Aprily, one of the founder of the site. Of course Daazo sponsored the film financial wise too.  A workshop (Celluloid Workshop) being held every year in Hungary set the technical and equipmental framework for the production. The shooting took place in Miskolc and Emőd in Hungary.

The 12 mins long comedy film “Tour” is a tale about a man who dared to dream, a tale about a surveyor and hobby-cyclist, who believes that one day he will be able to ride 183 kilometer, just as pro’s do at Tour de France.

Well, the film is in the box and ready to start its festival circle and we hope it will earn many awards.

We will let you see a short preview from the film soon. Stay tuned!

Do you remember? Mice… This one is by Mr. Fazakas, who used to be the directors of cool ads. Just like Mr. Keményffy who’s film was shown almost a year ago on Daazo, the Lucky Man.

They career is a good example, who to become a feature film director step by step. Many quality ads, well made, professional short, than a well prepared script (the screenplay of Para won the Hartley-Merrill contest).

Para is a story of a retired cop, who was coming back from the gate of death. He worked as a security man till he broke an expensive sculpture - he needed to pay for it. His friends were obsessed in psychomancy - and tried to get help from ‘out there’…

In the tradition of “My Sweet Little Village” and “Waking Ned Devine” Fluke is a satire about a small village full of colorful characters, whose lives radically change due to a miracle. Or a simple crime.

So good luck guys in the world of long feature films! But don’t forget to make cool shorts again!