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EFA Short Film Selection 2011 completed

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

As announced at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), the Italian fiction short THE WHOLLY FAMILY by Terry Gilliam has been selected by the jury for a nomination for the 24th European Film Awards. The annual cycle is completed with this fifteenth short film nominated for European Film Academy Short Film 2011, an award presented in co-operation with a network of festivals across Europe.

The nominees for 2011 are

THE WHOLLY FAMILY
by Terry Gilliam
Italy 2011, 20 min., fiction
In the Drama nominee, an American couple is on a holiday in Naples with their son Jake. During a tour of the city, the couple is constantly arguing because of the caprices of the child and does not realize having lost their son. Jake stopped at a stall, attracted by the carved shapes of Pulcinella… holy images, cribs, horns… strange characters who will accompany Jake on a dreamlike journey between reality and imagination throughout the most hidden places and symbols of Naples.

HYPERCRISIS
by Josef Dabernig
Austria 2011, 17 min., fiction
The Venice nominee shows in meditative and mysterious ways the crisis of a poet. The location is a former Soviet artist’s home. For the jury, the filmmaker “presents a clever, concise examination of creative block and cultural entropy”.

TSE
(Out)
by Roee Rosen
Isreal 2011, 35 min., fiction
The Sarajevo nominee’s central scene depicts a domination/submission thrashing, set in a mundane living room. But in this session, the painful blows meted out by the Dom cause the sub to spew out sentences, all of which are quotes from Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, renowned as one of the most extreme right-wing politicians in the country.

DIMANCHES
(Sundays)
by Valéry Rosier
Belgium 2011, 16 min., fiction
The Vila do Conde nominee reflects on Sundays or how Mankind faces the passage of time. That free time we are trying to fill at all costs. That same time we look at passing by, with laughter or boredom. It’s the second nomination for Valéry Rosier after 2009 for his short film BONNE NUIT.

The Wholly Family by Terry Gilliam

LA GRAN CARRERA

(The Great Race)
by Kote Camacho
Spain 2010, 7 min., fiction
The Grimstad nominee documents the Lasarte horse race of 1914 with its never-before-seen prize for the winning horse. Eight of the best horses and mares in the world have registered. Fans and gamblers from all continents gather to participate in the great event. „The Great Race“ is made up of only one minute of found footage.

PAPARAZZI
by Piotr Bernaś
Poland 2010, 33 min., documentary
The Cracow nominee follows the work of a Polish paparazzo who, just like his Western colleagues, follows the rich and the famous, hunting for sensation. But unlike those in Los Angeles, Polish celebrities lead boring lives. That is why the paparazzo, tempted by big money, decides to play for really high stakes.

APELE TAC
(Silent River)
by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
Germany/Romania 2011, 30 min., fiction
In the Tampere short film nominee, a man and a woman try to flee Romania. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.

ÅTERFÖDELSEN
(The Unliving)
by Hugo Lilja
Sweden 2010, 28 min., fiction
The short film nominee selected at the Berlin Int’l Film Festival is set in a society 30 years after a zombie outbreak when people have got used to living alongside them. Zombies are a cheap source of labour. Zombie-hunter like Katrin and Mark are catching and taming them. Their relationship is already on the verge of falling apart, when Mark brings someone home.

Silent River by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu

I LUPI

(The Wolves)
by Alberto de Michele
Italy/the Netherlands 2010, 17 min., documentary
Selected at the Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam, this documentary short tells the story of a group of 40-to 70-year old thieves from the north of Italy called ‘I Lupi’, the Wolves. The only time they steal is when it`s very foggy. The fog makes everything invisible including them. They rob houses, banks, jewelers, trucks – everything they can profit from. “I Lupi” was made in collaboration with the Wolves.

JESSI
by Mariejosephin Schneider
Germany 2010, 31 min., fiction
In the Angers short film nominee, eleven-year-old Jessi lives with a foster family, her mother is in prison. Her longing for identity takes her back to the village she grew up in. Here she discovers that her search will have to continue beyond the confines of her old life.

DERBY
by Paul Negoescu
Romania 2010, 15 min, fiction
In the Bristol short film nominee is the story of a man who, before dinner, believes he hears his teenage daughter having sex. At dinner, the family gathers around the kitchen table with the girl’s boyfriend present. The father provokes a conversation, which leads the father and the boy to find out that they are fans of the two rival soccer teams of Bucharest.

HÄNDELSE VID BANK
(Incident by a Bank)
by Ruben Östlund
Sweden 2010, 12 min, fiction
This fiction short, nominated at the Cork Film Festival, is a detailed and humorous reconstruction of a failed bank robbery witnessed in June 2006. A realtime study with over 96 people choreographed for the camera.

Little Children, Big Words by Lisa James-Larsson

SMÅ BARN, STORA ORD
(Little Children, Big Words)
by Lisa James-Larsson
Sweden 2010, 12 min, fiction
In the Valladolid short film nominee, an uncomfortable discussion begins when it’s Alex’s turn to tell his seven year old class mates what he wants to be when he grows up. The teacher’s explanation reveals her own story – a story of victim and offender.

BERIK
by Daniel Joseph Borgman
Denmark 2010, 16 min, fiction
The Ghent short film nominee is a short drama about friendship and understanding that takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan. Berik, 33, blind and deformed due to radiation poisoning, spends his days at home alone, while his brother is at work. That is until Adil, 11, the smallest and least popular of the kids in the apartment block, turns up on Berik’s doorstep looking for the local bully’s football, which he has lost.

The nominees will now be presented to the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy and it is they who will elect the overall winner: the European Film Academy Short Film 2011 which will be presented at the 24th European Film Awards Ceremony on 3 December in Berlin.

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8. International KinoKabaret Berlin 2011

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Make films in 3×3 days and present them in the cinema!
Join this week of filmmaking frenzy and bring your ideas and equipment!

Event dates: September 2 – 11
Location: Jugendclub ELOK
Screenings on September 4, 7, 10 at Kino Moviemento

Kino encourages participants to learn about the craft of filmmaking by making films, unshackled by the burden of resources, time and money. Kino provides filmmakers of all skillset, background, ability and experience with a sup-port network to write, shoot and edit their projects as well as an opportunity to show the work to a large audience. Founded in Montreal ten years ago, the movement has spawned cells in cities around the globe. The week-long filmmaking experiment will pair veterans with newbie filmmakers, actors and crew members (absolute beginners or industry professionals). More experienced kinoïtes will mentor teams and infuse the workshop with their own unique perspectives, skills and culture. Participants will team up to write, shoot and edit short films during the 2 or 3 days of each round, at the end of which the resulting work will be screened to a cinema audience. The last screening will be followed by a party in honor of the participants and organizers. The films are broadcast & maybe uploaded.

AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PROJECT

Participants will meet and edit in the KINO LAB, situated at ELOK, Laskerstrasse 6 – 8, Berlin Friedrichshain, S Ostkreuz. The KINO LAB will be fitted with a little bit of filmmaking and editing equipment. The KinoKabaret is a non-competitive, collaborative project: participants with experience will assist those who need it. Sharing equipment, lodging and skills is the backbone of this workshop. Please carefully read the GUIDE TO THE KINOKABARET (explanation, procedure, technical information) and the RULES (code of conduct, safety, insurance, broadcast agreement). With your application and signature you accept them. Please be punctual for the production meetings at 10 AM! Please label all your equipment with your name. What makes KinoKabarets special is its mix of participants: amateurs mix with more experienced people, artists mix with technicians, locals mix with international participants, and people of all abilities learn from one another. The concept is successful and a lot of fun precisely because it is inclusive and non-judgmental. As we endeavor to make the KinoKabaret an accessible event, the KINO LAB will be made accessible for people with a disability. We have a ramp.

The number of participants is limited. Participants from Berlin should host international guests!

APPLICATION FORM

More info: kinoberlino.contentcontrol-berlin.de

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Call for Participation: Black Shorts Film Workshop Georgia

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

They are searching for 20 participants to create experimental films at a 12-day research workshop in Georgia around the theme of BLACK. Unwearable, but hopefully not unbearable, these BLACK SHORTS will then be editing during a second workshop in Budapest before being screened in cinemas and published online. Previous experience in filmmaking is welcome but not necessary, just an inquisitive mind, an eagerness to learn and a willingness to collaborate. Do you want to spread rumours of everyday life in Georgia? Then read below to find out more.

So what exactly does the BLACK SHORTS project consist of?
1. A 12-day training, research and filming workshop in Georgia with 20 young people from across Europe (May 10th – May 22nd 2011).
2. A 4-day video editing workshop in Hungary (June 5th – 9th 2011).
3. Public premiers of the finished films at downtown cinemas in Budapest, Tbilisi and Berlin (June).
4. The distribution of the finished films online, at film festivals and via DVD.

Why Georgia? Why Black?
They are aware that blackness in Georgia can invoke the past. It might be associated with the dark 90’s – with armed street gangs, bullies and cleptocracy. Or that black could also refer blackouts that plagued Georgia throughout the 90s and early 2000s, or the caravans of black BMWs and Mercedes owned by the wealthy and the ruling class. If this is black, then maybe the Revolution of Roses in 2003 was meant to signal the start of a colourful future? That it was in part about the suppression of the black-side of Georgian society? A top-down and coloured modernisation that has physically manifested itself through colourful street repainting, gentrification and upbeat styles? Of course, we might be taking black a bit too far – its roots lie in everyday life. After all, if you asked most foreigners to think of black in Georgia then it would be the Black Sea that springs to mind, whilst for many Georgians it’s another sea of black they see on a day-to-day basis – the sea of black clothing in which most people clad themselves.

Thus black is both a colour of everyday life and a colour full of symbolic tension – a tension that can be artistically exploited. Turning black on its head, we want to use the colour to shed light on stories of everyday life in Georgia. Whilst the topic of black can be broad, what unites the possible film-topics is the colour’s underlying subversiveness, outsiderness and supposed legitimisation of all that is ‘white’, legal and proper. We feel ill at ease with both the bright promises of modernity, as well as the dark undertones of local-based resistance. Instead, we care for smaller stories of everydayness that are (dis)coloured – symbolically or physically. Intrigued and inspired, we want to slip under state-based radars to bring black rumours of everyday life.

Give me more details! What will happen at the workshops?
During the first two days of the filming workshop in Georgia, you will be trained in the basic camera and sound techniquesand be given an introduction into how to develop a story within a film. We will also form five teams of filmmakers, based on research interest, film skills and local language ability. Within the team you will develop your common idea for a film with an expert tutor. The teams will then have a little over a week to film their chosen topic. The final days of this first workshop will be for reviewing footage and deciding upon how your final film will look. During the editing workshop in Budapest, you will (having solved conceptual, thematic etc. issues in Georgia and via email) make the final edit of your film. On the final day we will screen the films in a downtown cinema in Budapest.

Who are you?
They are the central and eastern European magazine Plotki, the Georgian documentary film company Sakdoc Film and the Centre for Arts and Culture at the Central European University in Budapest.

Who am I?
If you’re under 35, creative, willing to learn, inquisitive and speak good enough English to work in a multi-national team, then we’d love you to apply. Though local language ability is an advantage, you don’t have to speak Georgian or Russian as each team will have one Georgian/Russian speaking participant. Though previous filmmaking experience is not necessary, they encourage filmmakers to apply (though you should have realistic expectations and be willing to work with those who are less experienced). They will select participants based on their profile and the proposed film idea (see application form below). Whilst they would like to cover all participants’ travel costs, if you live outside Europe then it’s unlikely that they will be able to fund the full amount due to budget limitations.

How much will this cost me? What will I get in return?
If you’re living in Georgia the participation cost is 10EUR, if you’re not from Georgia the cost is 120EUR (to reflect the differing travel-costs). In return you’ll get travel to and from the Georgian workshop, living expenses in Georgia, travel to and from the Hungarian workshop and living expenses in Hungary. You’ll also get training sessions on using film equipment, conceptualising documentary films and editing films. Finally, and most importantly, you’ll get the chance to design, plan, shoot and edit a short film as part of a multi-national team.

What type of film do you expect?
They are looking for short (average 15mins) experimental film on the theme of black in Georgia.

Deadline for applications is March 15th (application form below).
Please submit to: blackshorts@plotki.net
www.plotki.net/blackshorts

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No Ice or Snow: The Berlinale Outdoors in Summer!

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

At the 8th Summer Berlinale from July 16 to 19, the Open Air Cinema in Friedrichshain is presenting – in collaboration with radioeins – five highlights from the 60th Berlin International Film Festival’s
programme. These films have yet to be released in German movie theatres.

Besides Bal (Honey), winner of this year’s Golden Bear, three audience favourites will be shown from the Panorama, Forum and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections. Festival Director Dieter Kosslick will open the Summer Berlinale, and heads of the Berlinale sections Wieland Speck, Christoph Terhechte and Linda Söffker as well as programme manager Thomas Hailer will present the films.

For more information, go to www.freiluftkino-berlin.de

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