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BDFF CINEMA



Here you can watch some of the BDFF films of recent years. You can watch movies with "Watch it". You can like them with "Vote".




BDFF CINEMA - SHORT - 20 films



ADAPTATION
Bartosz Kruhlik



Poland, 2016
24'50"
Short



Adaptation: 1. Structural or functional evolution of an organism towards higher survivability. 2. Process of an individual becoming better suited to environment and more resistant to outer stress. 3. The ability of eyesight to adjust to seeing in the dark.

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Bartosz Kruhlik was born in 1985 in Poland. Graduated Film Directing at The National Film School in Lodz. His first documentary film "Tomorrow..." got 40 awards, and first short fiction film "http://" was screened at the festival in Karlovy Vary in section: "The Fresh Selection" as one of the five most promising student films. In 2013 received "The Prize of the Ministry of Culture" for outstanding artistic achievement. Someday he will make a movie about chess in a "Whiplash" style.

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ALL THESE CREATURES
Charles Williams



Australia, 2018
13'00"
Short



An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.

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ARIA
Myrsini Aristidou



Cyprus, 2017
13'35"
Short



Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old Aria, who is working at Jimmy’s local kebab place is waiting for a driving lesson with her father. When he nally arrives, it is not to go for a drive; on the contrary, he con des in her the care of a young Chinese immigrant who speaks neither Greek nor English.

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Born and raised in Limassol Cyprus, Myrsini Aristidou is an award winning filmmaker, based in New York and Paris. She graduated with an MFA in Film Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a full Scholarship. In 2013, she completed her BFA in Film and History of Art at Pratt Institute in New York where she was part of the President’s List.

facebook.com/AriaCourtMetrage/


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BACKSTORY
Joschka Laukeninks



Germany, 2016
8'00"
Short



As a young child our protagonist is left by his mother and has to live with his violent father. He fights his way through adolescence and falls in love with the woman of his dreams and just as everything seems to be finally working out for him, a sudden event changes the course of his life forever. A story about how everything we love, everything we learn, everything we build, everything we fear, will one day be gone.

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Joschka was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany in 1989. After finishing school, he decided not to take his place at the Berlin university, but instead follow his true passion for creating moving images and sounds...


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CHUCHOTAGE
Barnabás Tóth



Germany, 2016
8'00"
Short



During a professional conference in Prague, two simultanous interpreters in the Hungarian booth realize that only one person is listening to them.

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ndependent writer, director and producer since his diploma from Budapest Film School in 2003. Often works in international productions as assistant director. Owns his production company Tadam Film...


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DEL ARCO VACÍO
Micah Van Hove



United States, 2018
8'21"
Short



This is the story of Alex Carlo Delgado, a man who had everything and lost it all.

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Micah Van Hove is a director, producer, DP and film journalist who has been exploring the possibilities in micro-budget cinema since 2009. His first feature film MENTHOL (from the producer of BOYZ N THE HOOD) premiered at the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Micah's latest short film DEL ARCO VACÍO was selected as the #1 finalist for Black Factory Cinema's program with Werner Herzog in Peru...

facebook.com/spiritapefilms


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EXCUSE ME, I'M LOOKING FOR THE PING-PONG ROOM AND MY GIRLFRIEND
Bernhard Wenger



Germany, 2018
23'11"
Short



A Swedish couple is on a wellness trip in the Austrian mountains, but after an argument, Aron's girlfriend leaves, and slams the door behind her. Now, Aron is looking for his girlfriend but can't find her anywhere. He dives into the bizarre world of the alpine wellness resort and drifts along until the question arises if Aron is looking for his girlfriend or really himself.

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Bernhard Wenger was born in 1992 in Salzburg, Austria. After graduating high school he moved to Vienna, where he studied film theory and gained professional set experience. He was accepted to the Vienna Film Academy in 2014 and is currently pursuing degrees in both directing and production.


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FEVER
Celine Held, Logan George



United States, 2017
9'31"
Short



Four young people unknowingly walk toward a moment in their lives when a fever overtakes them, bringing out their most basic instincts.

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CELINE HELD is a 2012 graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and resides in Brooklyn, NY. Logan and Celine’s feature film script, Little, won the 2016 Gold Prize in Drama at the Page International Screenwriting Awards and was a semifinalist for the 2016 Academy of Motion Picture and Fine Arts Nicholl Fellowship...

LOGAN GEORGE is a director and actor based in New York City. He is best known for playing the title role in Zach Lasry’s Seth (2016 SXSW Official Selection, Vimeo Staff Pick). His feature film script, Little, co-authored with Celine Held, won the 2016 Gold Prize in Drama at the Page International Screenwriting Awards and was a semifinalist for the 2016 Academy of Motion Picture and Fine Arts Nicholl Fellowship...


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I WILL CRUSH YOU & GO TO HELL
Fabio Soares, Célia Paysan



France, 2017
21'57"
Short



At their father’s funeral, Colorado and Louise Fox discover the existence of an exclusive and mysterious heiress: Apple Pie. Together, they set out to find who she is and hit the road to get the money back… I Will Crush You & Go to Hell is a feminine and psychedelic road movie telling the journey of two sisters running away from their past to give their lives a new meaning. Raw, violent and poetic at the same time, the film is a quest about deliverance and freedom.

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FABIO SOARES (writer/director) Art Director educated at the Applied Arts in the first place, Fabio Soares revealed hisself in advertising during 10 years, through collaborations with international brands as: Orange, Samsung, Johnnie Walker, Cannes Festival, LG, iDTGV, SFR…

CÉLIA PAYSAN (writer/director) Parisian graduate in graphic design, Célia Paysan is passionate about any creative expression in its most diverse forms (music, design, cinema ...)...

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LA MECENE
Liomel Auguste



France, 2016
19'00"
Short



Antoine comes back home and finds his girlfriend in bed with a stranger. The lover quickly moves away but the expected argument doesn't take place. Instaed, a strange manipulation starts...

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"I am a french actor, mainly working for french TV and Spanish feature films. The PAtron is my first short as a writer, producer, director and actor."


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NEXT
Elena Brodach



Russian Federation, 2016
7'00"
Short



Another night, another naked body in her bed. She feels no love, just passion. A sharp lancet in her hands and a hidden box with her secrets. Only she knows how it all will end and who will be her next victim.

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Born on the 2nd of April 1984 in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from Moscow Architectural University in 2006. Studying for directing at High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow, Russia in a workshop of Vladimir Khotinenko, Pavel Finn, Vladimir Fenchenko.


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PASSION GAP
Matt Portman, Jason Donald



United Kingdom, 2017
20'00"
Short



Elani survived her brutal childhood by carefully watching people. Now she plans to use her relationship with Mikey to get out of Cape Town for good. All she has to do is manage his ego for one more night, but the seeds of violence were planted in her early on.

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Matt Portman was born in London and grew up in Switzerland. He studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree he began directing and producing music videos...

Jason Donald was born in Scotland and grew up in South Africa. He studied English Literature and Philosophy at St. Andrews University and is a graduate of the Glasgow University Creative Writing MA. His debut novel, Choke Chain, published by Jonathan Cape, was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and the Saltire First Book Award...


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PATISION AVENUE
Thanasis Neofotistos



Greece, 2018
18'00"
Short



Yanni’s mum is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.

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Thanasis Neofotistos is a Film Director, Writer & Architect from Athens Greece. Berlinale Talents 2016 alumnus. He initially studied Architecture (M.A/DUTh) and afterwards continued by studying Film Directing (B.A/QMU-AMC) and Acting (AKMI). One of his characteristic assets, Scenography/Art Direction, is an influence from his studies.

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RECALL
Dániel Reich



Hungary, 2017
19'50"
Short



We are in the 80’s, the young boy Beni spending the holiday with his mum and sister, Gilla at lake Balaton. Beni finds an old photo camera and starts taking photos, obsessively. Gilla suddenly disappears while swimming in the water. They caný find her, but Beni doesn’t give up the search and with the help of a local investigator they keep looking for her. 10 years earlier in the same place , a girl disappear in similar circumstances, so they both feel that the answer to be sought beyond rationality.

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Dániel Reich, born in 1986, is a hungarian director, cinematographer. From 2005-2010 he attended Hungarian FILMACADEMY (University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest), cinematography department. He made 3 feature films and more than 14 short films as a cinematographer. He won three times the Goldeneye Award from the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (H.S.C.) for his short film works. His directorial debut is a mystical short film, Recall...


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SHAME
Petar Krumov



Bulgaria,, 2017
24'17"
Short




Macho is a poor boy, who skips school to work on a construction site. The only ray of light for him is his girlfriend, Donna .Yet, she is ashamed of his mother, who works as janitor in their school. Macho has to chose between his mother and his love, and he finds his own way to deal with his emotions.

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THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER
Paul Philipp



Germany, 2017
29'00"
Short



East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now, before this issue leads to political tensions with the West. But then he brings something to light that makes this family tragedy especially political...

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Born in the 70ies in Freiburg, Germany. School in South Germany and South Australia. Abitur in Hessen, Germany. Alternative Service in Israel. Internships in film production and film courses in Copenhagen and Hildesheim. 1997-2000 study of cultural sciences at the University of Hildesheim, with focus on media...


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WALKING HOME
Max Richert



Germany, 2016
16'40"
Short



Two students from different countries meet on the last night of their school trips to Italy. Sharing dislike for their respective farewell parties, initial distance and reservations between them quickly turn into bonding and rapport.

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Max Richert was born 1990 in Munich, Germany, where he graduated from High School in 2010. After several years of internships, workshops and jobs in the film industry (among others with Werner Herzog, Tivoli and Nanukfilm) He founded his company “R&R Filmproduktion” in 2014 with the aim of producing narrative shorts and features. So far, Max Richert has written, directed and produced two films: In 2015 his micro-budget feature “What You Want Is Gone Forever”, and in 2016 his first short “Walking Home”. Both projects were self-funded and are completely independent productions.


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WALLS
Maik Schuster, Fatmir Dolci, Max Paschke



Croatia, 2017
7'00"
Short



A short film dealing with the energy generated through human confrontations with walls. The urge for freedom and fulfillment is just as human as the urge to build walls for everyday order. Three individuals in different countries are struggling under this tension - and finally decide to go all in.

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WALLS was directed by Maik Schuster, Fatmir Dolci and Max Paschke - all part of the collective of film makers I AM HERE. After years of joint work on various music videos, commercials and documentaries WALLS marks their biggest and most ambitious project to date. Besides a Vimeo Staff Pick they gained attention being in the Student Academy Awards semi-finals and got awarded at various festivals around the globe.


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WANNABE
Jannis Lenz



Austria, 2017
30'00"
Short



Coco is 17 and feels a desperate need to become famous even though she seems to lack the necessary talent. She is willing to do anything for recognition and avoid becoming an everyday "loser". She skips school to attend castings, music videos shoots, and to film YouTube clips but faces one humiliation after another and is quickly pushed to her limits. With her "Coco Channel", she tries to expand her notoriety on the internet and create the successful, loved, and confident character she wishes she really could be. As a crossmedia project, connecting film with the online video scene, WANNABE tells the story of a young YouTuber, who builds herself a fictitious world on the Internet.

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Jannis Lenz, born in Filderstadt, collected his first camera and directing experiences by filming himself and his friends doing Parkour, a performing art in urban environment


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WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN
Adrian Silisteanu



Romania, 2016
20'00"
Short



Outside a maternity ward, a Roma family is announced their underage daughter has just had a baby girl. Pardică (50) doesn’t seem to celebrate the moment; he is very displeased with this early pregnancy, for which he blames his wife. However, things become even tenser when a hospital employee asks them to sign some papers and discovers issues related to their IDs and their status as parents of the underage new mother. The imminent danger of state authorities separating them from their daughter determines Pardică to take action.

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Adrian Silisteanu was born in Bacau, Romania, in March 5th, 1975 and he graduated Cinematography in Bucharest. Studying also the Digital Cinematography at National Audiovisual Institute in Paris, he worked for a short period as Digital Imaging Technician. Romanian Director Adrian Sitaru’s film debut “Hooked” was also Silisteanu’s first film as Director of Photography...


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BDFF CINEMA - SUPER SHORT ( max. 5 min.) - 16 films



AFTER THE BEEP
Florian Bishon



United States, 2019
2'33"
Super Short



'After The Beep' chronicles the day to day life of a mother and her young son living in New York City. Bridging between her motocycle gang and her duties as a parent, she is urged to redefine the image of a single mother when she receives a message from her estranged ex after 2 years of silence.

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I could tell you that I was only 7 years old when I got my first camera and that my parents are super artsy fartsy – or I could tell you the truth. The truth is that I didn’t really get into the creative industry until I was 25 – I lived in Malaysia at that time and was lucky to get a good deal on my first DSLR camera...


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AGELASTA
Sara Gracia Jiménez



Spain, 2017
4'00"
Super Short



Laughter: Movement of the mouth and other parts of the face, that express happiness. What if someone doesn’t know how to do it?

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Sara Gracia started acting at the age of 12. She participated in several theatre companies. In 2011, she made her acting debut for the big screen. Since then she has participated in a number of shortfilms and feature films. In 2017 she decided to make her first shortfilm, only this time behind the camera. Agelasta is her directional debut.


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ELYSIUM FUTURUS
Roger Simonsz



France, 2017
2'00"
Super Short



To govern is to foresee and anticipate. Jacques Tardelli is a French president who can see the future. Consequently, all his political acts are determined by his worst fears.

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Roger Simonsz was born in The Netherlands and currently alternates between Paris and London. He spent his teenage years in South Africa ahead of moving to Great Britain where he was able to pursue his love of directing through his studies at Middlesex Polytechnic and the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London. After graduating college Simonsz worked in many different capacities in both theatre and film...



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IN BETWEEN
Filip Zaluska



Poland, 2020
3'00"
Super Short



Its a story shot during COVID Pandemic 2020. It touches the most important issue of our time, Climate Change. The story is told in a very poetic, artistic way, in contrary to most of the rest videos released about this subject.

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SAVE
Iván Sáinz-Pardo



Spain, 2016
3'54"
Super Short



Dawns . A baby breaks the silence .

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Iván Sáinz-Pardo (Madrid, 1972) is licensed in direction of cinema and television by the prestigious School of Cinema of Munich (HFF MÜNCHEN). With only a handful of shorts and more than 150 prizes in film festivals of the whole world, he has monopolized the attention and the international recognition of the public and the critique...


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SLURP
Florent Hill



France, 2018
4'14"
Super Short



Grandson tries to fix an annoying eating habit his grandmother has.

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Florent Hill grew up in Nice, where he first blossomed into judo practice, becoming a top competitor and junior French champion. Concluded in the French team, he moved to Paris to join the national training centers. He trains at night and attends law classes at the University of Paris 2 during the day. Soon he discovered reading, then writing, theater, opera. He realizes he has a lot to discover, to read and to look for who he is...


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TASTE OF LOVE
Paul Scheufler



Austria, 2017
4'32"
Super Short



„What is the taste of love?“ Could it be sweet, sour, bitter or even salty? A girl embarks on an aromatic journey of love, stimulating her taste buds to the point of climax. With all senses, she explores the various forms love can take on.

Paul is an Austrian newcomer in the film industry. He was born in March 1998 and just graduated at Ortweinschule Graz in Film & MultimediaArt. During education, he finished several short films, a commercial for Kunsthaus Graz and worked on documentaries in Vietnam and Kenya. Currently, he is living in Vienna and New York City.


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THE HOMEGIRL
Iván Sáinz-Pardo



Germany, 2016
3'40"
Super Short



Open the door, is your best friend. (Abre la puerta, es tu mejor amiga)

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Iván Sáinz-Pardo (Madrid, 1972) is licensed in direction of cinema and television by the prestigious School of Cinema of Munich (HFF MÜNCHEN). With only a handful of shorts and more than 150 prizes in film festivals of the whole world, he has monopolized the attention and the international recognition of the public and the critique...


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THE SENSE
Kaan Atilla Taskin



Turkey, 2017
4'34"
Super Short



A father who has lost his wife and children in the war in his country has been stuck in his own world in another country and the pain keeps hurt him every day.

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Kaan Atilla Taskin, born in 1988, Trabzon, Turkey. He graduated from Radio, Cinema and Television Depatment of Istanbul University in 2011. He got Cinema acting aducation at the Plato Film School by Ayla Algan. And then, He worked as a reji assistant at some films. He got ' Cinema Directing Education' for 8 months in 2013 at the center of cinema of Istanbul University.


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THE TENANTS
Ábel Regős



Hungary, 2018
1'00"
Super Short



A young gypsy couple is preparing for their appointment with an estate agent to rent an apartment in downtown Budapest. Ready to do anything to achieve their goal, they cope up with a peculiar method.

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Ábel Regős studied filmmaking at the Novus Art School in Hungary. He has worked for creative studios and NGO's since 2013, and has made music videos for several bands, as well as independent short and documentary films...


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THIS WAS BERLIN
Valentina D'Annunzio



Switzerland, 2019
3'34"
Super Short



"I've been to Berlin, and this is what I saw."

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"Hi, I'm Valentina and I'm from Switzerland. After completing my Bachelor Degree in Visual Communication I flew to London with the passion of Art, Photography and Film. I did few workshops in Motion Graphics and Video Editing, but only lately I discovered my biggest passion: traveling. This is how I started to mix all my passions and skills... I travel the world and I make video reportages showing the vision I have from the different realities."


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TRANSIENT
Dee Hood



United States, 2018
3'21"
Super Short



We are all transients, just passing through. A glimpse of bone memory or sensing the familiarity of now reminds us of our connection to all things past and present.

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Dee Hood ‘s experimental videos have shown in over 25 countries around the world. She has received numerous awards for art videos and her political videos have been featured in The Nation Magazine’s Opp- Art section. She is a Professor Emerita, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota Florida where she taught a range of art courses including time based media...


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TRIEB
Diego Hauenstein



Switzerland, 2017
3'07"
Super Short



Magdalena und Samuel spatzieren gemeinsam durch die Natur. Jeder von ihnen hat eine geheime Absicht.

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DIEGO HAUENSTEIN (born 1989) currently studies fiction film directing at the Filmakademie Baden- Wü rttemberg. Prior, he graduated with a Bachelor in film studies from the Zü rcher Hochschule der Kü nste. His first film he made at 16 years old - he has made over a dozen since. Some of them have been screened at festivals around the world, such as the Solothurner Filmtage, the Chicago Feminist Filmfestival and the Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival...


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YES, NO
Matteo Tibiletti



Italy, 2018
1'09"
Super Short



However its sound, a "No" never lose its meaning. Stop violence against women.

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Matteo Tibiletti was born in Varese the 23/10/1978. He has always had a deep passion for film, photography and creative writing. Scriptwriter, short story teller and playwright, he often lends himself to the direction of short films or photo shoots. He studied for five years at the Scuola di Teatro Città di Varese, a local theatre school. Since 2016, he has been one of the founding members and directors of the “Girodivite” company.


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WATER
Diana Taylor



United Kingdom, 2017
2'00"
Super Short



The film uses a lake as a central character in a futuristic world and takes a poignant reminder of the beautiful world we have lost.

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FILM EDITOR BBC TV AND DIRECTOR. fILMS SELECTED IN 30 COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE. DIRECTOR OF REDCLIFFE FILMS DOCUMENTARIES , FEATURE ,POETRY FILMS.


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WAY BACK
Per Kasch



South Africa, 2019
3'18"
Super Short



It is a coincidental discovery that tears a broke private detective out of his daily routine and turns his life upside down. He embarks on a search into the past to change his future.

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Per Kasch was born in 1980 on the North German coast, where he discovered his love for acting and photography at an early age. After his acting studies he went first as a photographer to Berlin, later Hamburg and Zurich. In his photography, Per is particularly interested in the stories and situations between people. Parallel to his work as a recognized photographer, Per decided to tell his stories in moving pictures. "Way Back" is his debut as a director.


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BDFF CINEMA - ONE MINUTE ( max. 1 min.) - 6 films



JAM TOMORROW
Eflatun Serbay Celebi



Spain, 2020
0'58"
One Minute



Man and Women find themselves in a huge vacuum after a long period of quarantine. The woman wants to go to the man and make peace and wants to keep the embers he has given himself in quarantine. But he can never ring that bell. The starting point of the film is the following sentences in Stefan Zweig's book titled "Letter from an Unknown Woman": ''but who are you for me? You, who never, never knew me, walked past me in a puddle of water, stepped on a stone, stepped on me all the time and always left me and leave me in an endless waiting for me, who are you for me?'

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"I am interested in all kinds of media. By blending different forms audio, visual, story telling etc. I saw that every project I did was different and every culture and accumulation created a different form. available my culture and my generation is to fit hybrid images into a big picture. It makes me happy to see that a visual inspiration carries traces of parts of my soul...


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NEVER
Ábel Százados



Hungary, 2018
0'49"
One Minute




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QUARANTINE CHORUS
Edoardo Sartori



United Kingdom, 2020
1'00"
One Minute



A small Italian town learns the spirit o co-operation during the Corona Lockdown.

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SPACE ODDITY
Seyhmus Altun



Turkey, 2018
1'00"
One Minute



Kevin is an astronaut who came back from the space. He is sad for the things he saw from the outer space. Will he dare again to go back there?

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THE FLAT
Lev Voloshin



Moldova, 2019
1'00"
One Minute



Every day, each and every one of us produces garbage: at work, at school, at home, on a walk. Everywhere. The short film describes the journey of trash on the planet. The ending of the film leaves open the question: what is the final destination of garbage and what happens to it?

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Lev Voloshin was born on November 13th, 1989. Graduated from the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. From 2009-2017 worked as animator and concept designer at Simpals Studio, “PeakGames” game company, “Idil-Studio” game company and “Wizartanimation” studio. In 2019 directed two short animated films produced by Simpals Studio: The Flat and The Ocean.


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φ
Marieta Landkroon



Netherlands, 2019
1'00"
One Minute



φ is a 1-minute film (entirely shot with a mobile phone) about the search for balance in response to climate change. The messages that we often see in relation to climate change often stem from a deep fear and loss of faith. Balance in yourself and in your immediate environment can, however, have a much greater influence than we often think. It's about refocusing, reflecting, forgiving ourselves and reconnecting. It is a dance of balance in which we must constantly maintain a discussion. Because one million steps become one giant leap.

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BDFF CINEMA - Animation - 19 films



ADAM
Evelyn Jane Ross



United States, 2016
2'27"
Animation



In the beginning of them She created us.

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Evelyn Ross grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She is interested in creating work out of tactile media such as sand, ink droplets, and clay. She has a background in dance and subconsciously uses that knowledge to choreograph movement in her work.


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CARLOTTA'S FACE
Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld



Germany, 2018
5'00"
Animation



As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around here to have faces. She even doesn’t recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.

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Valentin Riedl is a physician and neuroscientist studying the complexity of the human brain. For his endeavor to merge abstract science with the artistic form of film, Valentin won the 2016 Young Talent Award of the Cultural-Sparkassen-Foundation by suggestion of Wim Wenders...

Frédéric Schuld studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and founded the studio “Fabian&Fred” with Fabian Driehorst in 2011. He mainly works as a director and animator on short films, animation and documentaries. In 2014 Fabian&Fred received the scholarship of the Wim Wenders Foundation for the development of their first animated feature...


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CAT NOIR
O'Neil Bürgi



Switzerland, 2018
6'23"
Animation



A letter, a broken heart. The sound of the rain. A black cat, a plan.

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I wanted to do a project which reflects my preference for drama, tragedy and black humour - kinetic, cinematic and entertaining. The script was written at a time when I had health problems. Out of creative urge, I wrote down this fantasy story to distract myself from the physical pain I was going through at the time. This short film is also about pain. Who doesn't know the agonizing feeling of being ditched? How often have we done things out of lovelorn that we would never do otherwise?


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(FOOL TIME) JOB
Gilles Cuvelier



France, 2017
16'35"
Animation



Pedro has found a job. A rare occurence in this period of crisis. That's good news for him and his family. It's true that the job is rather strange... But the important thing is to have a job... Isn't it ?

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FREEZE FRAME
Soetkin Verstegen



Belgium, 2019
5'00"
Animation



Freeze frame: the most absurd technique since the invention of the moving image. Through an elaborate process of duplicating the same image over and over again, it creates the illusion of stillness. In this stop motion film, identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice, like archivists. The repetitive movements reanimate the animals captured inside.

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Soetkin Verstegen is an independent film maker from Brussels, Belgium. She previously made the short animated documentary 'Mr Sand' (2016) during AniDoxResidency at the Animation Workshop in Denmark. She was a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany, grant receiver at Saari residency in Finland and resident at Artists-in-labs programm, Switzerland. She works as a freelancer for animation short films and TV series and teaches animation workshops.


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KIDS
Michael Frei



Switzerland, 2019
9'00"
Animation



An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal?

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Born in Switzerland in 1987, he is a filmmaker and artist based in Zürich. He studied animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and at the Estonian Academy of Art in Tallinn. His Films «Not About Us» and «Plug & Play» received numerous awards all over the world. He was invited «Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo» in 2014. His interactive project «Plug & Play» became an internet phenomenon. Funny. He recently co-founded Playables, a production company for peculiar projects based in Zürich.


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LOOK
Meinardas Valkevičius



Lithuania, 2017
3'30"
Animation



Human activity does not always have a positive effect on our planet. The short animated film Look explores natural cycles of exchange between humans and animals. Dare to look and change the world.

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Meinardas Valkevičius has been interested in animation since childhood. In 2010, he graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, BA Animation course. During that period, he created many animated films, one of them “The Impossible Moon” has been sent to many global animation festivals. In 2012, he established animation studio “MeinArt”, during the 5 years the company created various animated films, one of them “Hunt” traveled around the globe to many animation festivals and has been viewed online for more than 2 million times. “MeinArt” and its directors vision is to invest part of its profits to create memorable animated films with a deeper meaning.


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MEDIUM RARE
Luca Cioci



United States, 2018
4'35"
Animation



Functional and aesthetic values in recurrent, yet questionable domestic scenarios.

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Luca Cioci is a filmmaker and visual artist from Italy. He recently graduated with a BFA in Animation from CalArts and currently resides in Los Angeles working as a multi-disciplinary freelancer.


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MEMORABLE
Bruno Collet



France, 2019
12'02"
Animation



Recently, Louis, painter, and his wife Michelle are experiencing strange events. Their world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furnitures, objects, people lose their realism. They are destructuring, sometimes disintegrating …

Born in 1965 in Saint-Brieuc, France, Bruno Collet got his Art Degree from The Fine Arts of Rennes in 1990. From 1993, he worked as a set designer on numerous productions in stop-motion before starting, in 2001, his career as an author-director.


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MIDST
Nirobon Yuenyong



Thailand, 2016
3'35"
Animation



Separation and divorce earnestly are painful processes that disrupt the live of families especially their children who have to cope with the crisis of parents’ separation. Midst is the story about a boy who has to learn to deal with the emotional trauma of separation. The conflicts remain unresolved when disagreements are brought up again and again that the boy often witnesses between parent and it results him in anxiety. Thus, the boy tries to distance himself from the arguments and tries to block out everything emotionally...

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"I would define myself as an animator and graphic designer who also enjoys hands on art such as drawing and painting. As a result, my animation incorporates knowledge from all aspects of visual art. Aesthetics such as lighting, space, and color are just as important in animations."


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NEKO NOI - CAT DAYS
Jon Frickey



Germany, 2018
11'09"
Animation



Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless case of cat flu. However, according to the doctor, this means that Jiro must be a cat. As father and son try to cope with the boy’s new identity, things go awry. Jiro’s father wishes him to connect with other cats at the animal shelter, but Jiro gets scratched. Complying with a handbook on raising cats, Jiro’s father sends his son outside. This leads to encounters with a friend, with nature and with a wild white cat. In the end, though, everything will feel right again.

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Jon lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is an illustrator and animation director. Previously, he worked in Berlin as an advertising art director.


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OUR WONDERFUL NATURE - THE COMMON CHAMELEON
Tomer Eshed



Germany, 2016
3'32"
Animation



„The feeding habits of the common cameleon as never seen before“

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Born in Tel-Aviv - 23. November 1977. 1995 Graduation-“School of Arts High School“ - plastic arts department, Jerusalem, Israel. 2004-2009 Student at the „Academy for Film and Television Konrad Wolf“- Animation department, Potsdam, Germany. 2010-2013 Director, Animator, Co founder- „Talking Animals“ Animation Studio – Berlin, Germany. 2013-2016 Director, Animator, Co founder – Lumatic GmbH & Co KG – Berlin, Germany / Director– Constantin Film GmbH – Munich, Germany.


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SELFIES
Claudius Gentinetta



Switzerland, 2018
3'40"
Animation



After the premiere in Locarno in 2018, SELFIES has been invited to over 200 international film festivals and won already over 30 awards. SELFIES is a fireworks display of grinning people who lose themselves in the abysses of human existence. A selfie race around the world. A view on people’s every-day obsession with portraying themselves.

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1968 born in Lucerne. Studies in graphic design and animation in Lucerne, Liverpool and Kassel. 1995 scholarship year in Cracow. Working as freelance graphic artist and animator in Zurich. Claudius Gentinettais one of the most acclaimed animation filmmakers in Switzerland. He is especially known for his award-winning short films THE CABLE CAR, SLEEP and ISLANDER’ S REST, which all became huge international festival hits.


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SOG
Jonatan Schwenk



Germany, 2017
10'00"
Animation



After a flood, some fish got stuck in old trees. In danger of drying-out they scream sharply. Woken up by the noise, the inhabitants of a nearby cave don't feel happy about the unintended gathering.

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Jonatan Schwenk, born in Göttingen, Germany in 1987 is an independent filmmaker and animator. He is studying Visual Communication at the University of Art and Design in Offenbach. Since 2014 he is a guest student at the Kunsthochschule Kassel in the animation class.


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THE ACT OF BREATHING
Hana Yamazaki



Hungary, 2018
6'50"
Animation



The concept of the film is based on the physical and emotional behaviour of breathing. This vital living function is manifested in an artificial and yet organic material, plastic, as well as in a human body. The film questions physical existence and movements as dance on screen, through the metamorphosis of a body.

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The Blissfull Accidental Death
Sergiu Negulici



Romania, 2017
15'00"
Animation



Entering an antique shop, a young man finds an intriguing drawing which is hiding a secret love letter on the back, written 70 years ago. After finding out that the author of the drawing is still alive, 105 years old, and persuasive in finding out if the story is real, the man goes on an unusual journey to meet her, the painter who befriended many important Romanian artists at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Sergiu Negulici was drawing and his parents took him seriously and studied arts - sculpture in Toniza Art College and National University of Arts Bucharest He started working in the first post production studio in post '89 Romania, Abis Studio, where he worked a lot of projects - as art director, visual artist, animator, lead animator, director , and he became part of the new wave of digital artists. He was participating with his art projects in few shows and art exibitions, he was also trainer In the romanian animation festival - Anim’Est during 5 editions...


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THE BOX
Dusan Kasteic



Slovenia, 2018
12'12"
Animation



You have probably heard of the phrase "To think outside of the box"? Well this is a film about such a box and the flat-headed creatures that live inside of it. Life in the Box is boring and miserable. Until one day when a new baby boy starts to grown in the middle of the Box! This baby is very different from other flat-headed inhabitants of the Box. He's happy, lively and curious. As the baby grows bigger and bigger, the flat-headed neighbours are becoming more and more annoyed with him. Until one day when he literally grows over their heads…

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Dušan Kastelic was born in a small mining town in central Slovenia. Being a sickly kid he was unable to carry on the family tradition and get a decent job as a miner. So he became a teacher. But he wasn’t smart enough to be a teacher.So he became an animator…


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TRUMPET MAN
Emily Wong



Hong Kong, 2016
13'50"
Animation



A turntable springs out a woman named Avocado, out of Avocado's instinct creates a man called Soul. A sudden passion joins and swings them in a trumpet mood. An uncertainty madness strikes Soul heavily. Seed of passion continue to breed conflict amongst five men without control, which eventually leads Soul to the fact of life.

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Emily Wong had graduated and studied film in Columbia College-Hollywood where she started experimenting stop-motion animation. She had worked in both Hong Kong and Canada as visual effects producer for several years. Afterward she studied a stop-motion program in Bristol, England. Recently, her “short animation was screened in Sundance Film Festival and won Jury award in 2016 Sundance Film Festival Hong Kong: Short Film Competition


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WILD WOMAN
Vanessa Sweet



United States, 2018
3'41"
Animation



Wild Woman is an animated poem to mankind which invokes current world issues such as drone-strikes and religious persecution in a plea for empathy. Scenes transform and melt as the animator also explores her personal struggle of becoming a mother and identifying as such in our current social and political climate.

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Vanessa Sweet is a multi-discipline artist who currently resides in Shishmaref, Alaska. Born and raised in Moosic, Pa, she and her husband, Nic, moved to his home state in 2012. After her daughter’s birth in 2013 she founded SleepingFox Studio, where Vanessa and Nic create illustrations, graphic design, and animations for various clients such as Fandango, Hallmark, and “General Hospital”. Vanessa was recently awarded a Rasmuson Individual Artist Award to complete her work on her upcoming animated short “Wild Woman”.


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BDFF CINEMA - DOcumentary - 9 films



3 STOLEN CAMERAS
RåFILM , Equipe Media



Sweden, 2017
17'15"
Documentary



The members of video activist group Equipe Media, from occupied Western Sahara, fight to keep their cameras. This is a story about breaking an absolute censorship with unique footage from an area where the Moroccan authorities have managed to implement a near total media blockade.

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*Equipe Media was founded in 2009 to document and spread information about the oppression of the Sahrawi people by the Moroccan occupiers...

RåFILM is a Swedish collective of filmmakers that connect film and activism. Through collaboration we facilitate the production of films that address social issues and have a critical approach...


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ANORMAL
Luis Galán



Colombia, Senegal, Spain, 2017
14'00"
Documentary



What has worried us today? What could we care about if we were a child without even shoes on the streets of Saint Louis? AnorMal is a sample of a journey to poverty, contained in lights and sounds, that makes possible to feel a bit of a reality that has very little to do with ours.

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Works exhibited in film festivals of more than 30 countries all around the world, including three selections in the SFC of the Cannes Film Festival. In TV and advertising, successful shows, and director for companies such as Google or Sony Music. As for the short films, more than 40 awards for documentary, drama, comedy and thriller. In addition, honored with the National Award of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain.


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BLACK SHEEP
Ed Perkins



United Kingdom, 2018
26'30"
Documentary



Everything changed for Cornelius Walker on the 27th November 2000 when Damilola Taylor was killed in what became one of the UK's most high-profile murder cases. Damilola was eleven - the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same colour skin.



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DIGNITY
Monica Mazzitelli



Italy, 2015
30'00"
Documentary



Twenty girls grow up in an orphanage called "O Viveiro" ("the nursery", in Portuguese), building their lives one millimeter per day, in the miserable and unhealthy town of Chitima, in Mozambique. Orphan or poor, or both, they get an opportunity to invest in themselves, learn knowledge or professions, re-educate to receiving affection, set fractures of what past experiences have shattered. Not all of them succeed.

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Monica Mazzitelli, born in Rome in 1964. Director, reviewer, writer. I am currently participating and winning over forty festivals with a documentary film shot in Mozambique called Dignity, a touching narration of a girls orphanage. I am also competing with a noir short-film called The Coltrane Code...



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IMAGO KRZYSIA
Adam Janisch, Barbara Janisch



Poland, 2017
44'26"
Documentary



"Krzys's Imago" is a film portrait of the polish performer, painter and educator Krzysztof Jung (1951-1998). The authors of the film - his godchildren - are trying to capture the phenomenon of Jung's personality, who fascinated people in his environment, through the passion he had for everything he did. What emerges is the picture of a highly creative and versatile artist with great sensitivity and awareness.

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*Adam Janisch was born and raised in Berlin. He is an alumnus of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he graduated as Master of Arts in 2013. He works as a director and producer in Berlin. * Barbara Janisch was born and raised in Berlin. Sie studied philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She participated in various artistic projects. Imago Krzysia is her first film.


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IN THE WOODS
Thomas Horat, Corina Schwingruber Ilić



Switzerland, 2017
13'00"
Documentary



Snow, sweat, testosterone and the sound of chainsaws. Every four years, over a period of three moths in winter, wood is being cut in a steep mountain high above Lake Ägeri and prepared for log rafting. Neither economic change nor technology has been able to replace this traditional and sustainable craft in Switzerland.

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- Just Another Day in Egypt / 2015 / 10:50 Min / Nomination for Swiss Film Award 2016 (Best Short) - Kod Ćoška (Down on the Corner) / 2013/ 15:20 Min / Awards: Best Swiss Short at the international Short Film Festival Winterthur 2013, udience Award for the best Short Documentary at CinEast 2014, Luxembourg - Baggern (Tons of Passion) / 2011 / 12:30 Min / Awards: Zurich Film Award 2012, Short Run Award at the 15th Int. Short Film Festival Winterthur (Switzerland), Pyongyang International Film Festival Award (North Korea), Best Documentary Film Award, International Film Festival Banja Luka (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Nomination for Swiss Film Award 2016 (Best Short), etc.


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THE SAD MONK
Diana Frankovic



Germany, 2016
11'23"
Documentary



In Western culture, when we find ourselves in crisis, it's natural to question our existence and the meaning of life. We are suffering; we want to change. Eastern philosophies, yoga and meditation are keys to happiness, or so preach the countless Western adherents of these far Eastern practices. Buddhism is one path to enlightenment. Following this path to Nepal we meet the young Tibetan buddhist monk, Tenzin, representative of a new generation, who is grappling with recognisable questions of modern life.

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Diana Frankovic is a Berlin-based radio host and award-winning journalist from Germany. For over a decade she has been working as a radio host for public service broadcasters (ARD) operating in Germany. What inspires her most are people and music from different cultures. True facts delivered through compelling conversation is the recipe for her life's work. She has traveled and reported all over the world, whether from Australia, South Iceland or Tibet. Her main focus lies on Asia, especially China.


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THREE RED SWEATERS
Martha Gregory



United States, 2017
8'00"
Documentary




...A filmmaker explores memory and the way that we use technology to record our lives - sometimes at the expense of being present for them - through her grandfather's Colvilleesque 16mm home videos.

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Martha grew up in San Francisco and moved to Brooklyn, NY after graduating from Kenyon College in 2010. She started out as an assistant editor at an advertising production company in Manhattan and eventually left to work as a freelance editor and direct her own films...


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TRACK
Reza Golchin



Iran, 2016
4'00"
Documentary



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BDFF CINEMA - Experimental - 11 films



3 DREAMS OF HORSES
Mike Hoolboom



Canada, 2018
5'30"
Experimental



“A triptych in which the figure of the horse becomes a medium for meditation on its various incarnations as symbol, domesticated animal for human domination, and its abstract power as spirit.” Images Festival

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Born: Korean War, the pill, hydrogen bomb. 1980s: Film emulsion fetish and diary salvos. Schooling at the Funnel: collective avant-geek cine utopia. 1990s: experimentalist features, transgressive psychodramas, questions of nationalism. 2000s: Seroconversion cyborg (life after death), film-to-video transcode: feature-length-found-footage bios. Fringe media archaeologist: copyleft author 7 books, co/editor 12 books. Curator: 30 programs + www.fringeonline.ca Occasional employments: artistic director Images Fest, fringe distribution Canadian Filmmakers. 80 film/vids, most redacted. 10 features. 70 awards, 16 international retrospectives. 4 lifetime achievement awards. www.mikehoolboom.com



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BARCELONA IN BLACK
Manel Cebrian



Spain, 2017
8'05"
Experimental



Few cities have undergone such a drastic and complete makeover in such short order while successfully retaining its enduring spirit and allure. “Barcelona in Black” captures the essence of this beautiful and multifarious city by chronicling the 30-year metamorphosis from an anchored to the past industrial city of the 80’s, through the painful pageantry of its Olympic revival, into its current cosmopolitan modernity...

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As a professional in the field of Cinema and Photography, over the last years, he has released several tourism films and collaborated in many television programs. Among them, it stands out the TV show "Catalunya Experience" of TVC (TV3, Catalonia Television)...


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CLOUD KUMO
Yvonne Ng



United States, 2016
14'46"
Experimental



CLOUD KUMO is an experimental film that recounts the devastation of Hiroshima atomic bombing when Satoko Ishii, a real atomic bomb survivor revisit the darkest days of her life. Reiko, her granddaughter who suffers from the genetic radiation poisoning draws strength from Satoko to choreograph dance performance based on her life story. Together they face the future with hope and perseverance.

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Yvonne Ng is an international multi-award winning photographer and filmmaker. Her debut short film CLOUD KUMO won the 43rd Student Academy Award, 59th Cine Golden Eagle Award, City Vision’s Technical Achievement Award 2016 and A Grant from New York Women In Film & Television. She also won the 2016 City Vision’s Best Cinematography (Fiction) Award for her work on “Astral Migrant”...


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CUCKOLD PICASSO
Lance Larson



United States, 2016
5'00"
Experimental



In this terrifying short, experiences of love, pain, and fear are melded together in a gripping look at human consciousness. Through unsettling cinematography and the intimate sound of human breath, Cuckold Picasso combines fear and philosophy to paint a picture of a tortuous experiment. Viewers will become the victim in this unforgettable and grueling look at the human psyche.

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FIRE WATER EARTH AIR AND TIME
Maria Reinhardt-Szyba



Germany, 2015
3'50"
Experimental



In a slightly surreal scene, two figures move through time, one forward and the other backward. Nevertheless, they communicate with each other and swap things. Ash turns to paper, water flows upwards. This all happens in a manner where the viewer can not always be sure in which direction the time is running.

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Maria Reinhardt-Szyba, born in 1982 in Preetz/ Germany, is a physicist, filmmaker, musician and mother of two sons. She studied physics until 2008 in Kiel and obtained her PhD in 2015 in Hamburg. As the singer of the band KNOTT she released two albums in 2008 and in 2010. Since she was seventeen, she has been making short films and participates in film projects in different positions frequently. So far she has directed more than fifteen short films and won several awards.


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FRAGMENTS OF WINTER
Gianluca Colitta



Italy, 2016
18'00"
Experimental



These fragments presented here are the remains of "L’inverno". That is, the remains of an unfinished film. A series of unforeseen production-related occurrences made the completion of the film impossible... and turned "L’inverno" into a film of appearances, a film of pieces, of... "Fragments".

...Gianluca Colitta is an Italian author and film director. Since 2004 he has realized several short films, which are distinguished by a particularly restless and rarefied narration, various performances, video installations and he has published a book. His works were presented and shown in Milan, Rome, Cosenza, Lecce, Brussels, Beijing, Bucharest, Glasgow. He lives between Italy and Belgium...


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I, AN ACTOR
Brian Zahm



United States, 2017
3'45"
Experimental



“I, An Actor” is an experimental mash-up constructed entirely of Ryan Czerwonko’s authentic audition tapes. This film satirizes an artist’s existential struggle via an actor who fights for survival in the belly of the entertainment beast.

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Brian is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide at film festivals, screening series, clubs, art galleries and on TV. Riding the analog-to-digital wave for twenty-five years, he works in narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking, performs and produces electronic music, indulges in photography and graphic design, and enjoys writing “fast-food” fiction...


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THE ALEPPO ROOMS
Viktor Witkowski



United States, 2017
14'30"
Experimental



"The Aleppo Room" takes place in Berlin, Germany and focuses on a group of museum guides who have been displaced by the ravages of war. The three Syrian women and one Iraqi man featured in the film are part of an organization called "Multaka", which provides Arabic-language museum tours free of charge to recently arrived refugees.

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Born in Poland, Viktor Witkowski is a visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Vermont (USA) and Leipzig (Germany). Viktor earned a Master's Degree in Art Education, Art History and Studio Art from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (HBK Braunschweig, Germany) in 2006 and a MFA in Visual Arts from Rutgers University in 2010. "The Aleppo Room" is Viktor Witkowski's second experimental short film.


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THE NAMES OF TREES
Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran



United States, 2017
14'30"
Experimental



Images of decay and regeneration photographed using a video camera whose sensor has been modified for infrared photography create a post apocalyptic, strangely alluring, but disconnected world. A mesmerizing series of largely deserted rural and urban landscapes concretizes the bittersweet memories of a lost love in Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran's film of Lucy English's poem, "The Names of Trees," part of her Book of Hours film project, whose collected poems have now been published in book form (https://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/the-book-of-hours-by-lucy-english)...

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Jack and Pam co-direct the films they make together, and they collaborate fully, even when they divide up the credits. Their poetry films usually start with a poem (often, but not always, one of Jack’s poems), which they think of as analogous to a script. However, when collaborating with Lucy English on “The Shadow” and “The Names of Trees,” the process was more dialectical: some images and sounds came first, then Lucy wrote the poems; the poems inspired more images, and eventually the edited film poems...


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THE NOISE OF THE LIGHT
Valentin Petit



France, 2018
23'20"
Experimental



Pablo and Marius make a disturbing discovery about their childhood friend Lou: she appears to be able to synthesise into sound the light she is exposed to. But as she soon becomes an instrument of their musical experiences, her gift turns into a sort of curse…

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Valentin Petit is a young French director based in Paris. He wrote several video clips for street music artists and directed a lot of commercials for famous brands such as Puma, Unicef, Adidas or Canal +. His passion for travel naturally led him to fiction, through which he was able to express a more neo-melancholic creation. He is currently developing many personal projects, among which short films that won multiple awards in French and international film festivals, like his latest experimental film: « A Portrait of Rafel Delalande ».


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THE YELLOW ROOM
Kitty Mc Namee



United States, 2017
4'46"
Experimental



In a series of increasingly lush and intimate encounters, two dancers are forced to confront each other and themselves, exploring the expansion of identity beyond solely masculine or feminine.

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"I’ve choreographed many live projects that evaporate as soon as the curtain comes down; I’ve been longing to create something lasting on film. DP and co-producer Jim Doyle shares my obsession with dancers and their ability to transmit story without the use of words. We decided to capture two dancers who each had a unique expression of both strength and fragility in a very confined space and see what happened! “The Yellow Room” is an opportunity to look beyond gender and catch a glimpse of the beautiful duality that each of us possesses."...


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Blue Danube Film Festival