Archive for category: Maremetraggio Section 2007

Clara and Julien have their first date at a restaurant. She, a lovely secretary, tries hard to seduce him, especially as she feels ill at ease in this environment, hoping to see him again. He, young diplomat, is restless and tries everything to cut the evening short…

CÉCILE VERNANT

Cécile Vernat was born in 1973 and grew up in Martinique. She arrived in France at 18, and after a Aster Degree of English and American Literature at the University, she entered an acting school. After a while, she decided to work on both sides of the camera.

2006 Le diner (corto, short); 2005 Once up a time… Sasha and Désiré (corto, short); 2004 Spin the bottle.

Two weeks. That’s all the protagonist asks for. Two weeks that may change her life.

CARLOTA CORONADO

She was born in Madrid in 1978. She graduated in communication sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1996-2001). From 1997 to 2002 she contributed to the production of more than ten short films. As a director and screenwriter she made four short films (“Insensatez”, “Caffè per due”, “Necrópolis” and “Libra”) and directed the documentary film “Basilio Martín Patino. Sobre espejos rotos”, which won the Doc’Amateur festival of the Documania satellite channel. In 2001 and 2002 she attended film directing and editing courses at Griffith2000 – Accademia di Cinema e Televisione, Cinema and Television Academy – in Rome. In 2002 and 2003 she taught short film production at Tedavi’98 (Florence). From 2003 to 2006 she attended courses of film history at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid.

2006 Libra (corto, short), Necrópolis (corto, short); 2005Caffè per due (corto, short); 2002 Insensatez (corto, short).

”Hanna, it´s about your belly again. Lena or Dave. You have to decide.” It is Hanna. And Hanna has to decide. Something – which is impossible to decide. She is under great pressure. Until nearly nothing remains. Nothing is in her but a tiny something. But this is sufficient. It grows legs. And Hanna watches.

PHILIPP HIRSCH
He was born in Crimmitschau in 1973 and studied design at Bauhaus-University Weimar. In 2004 and 2005 he participated in many video projects.

2006 Don`T Go Any Further (corto, short), 2005 Inside (corto, short), 2005 Hütte (corto, short), 2004 In (corto, short).

In the war and austerity period, two lovers talk about their future at a party. They don’t realize that an old man is watching them through some peepholes in the wall and thus relives his past.

NICOLAS BARY
Nicolas Bary worked in numerous feature films as a technician, but never forgot his own projects, making three short films in the past four years : “Fragile” (2002), “Bifore” (2004) and “Judas” (2005). Stemming from a family of classical musicians, Nicolas holds music as an essential part of his filmmaking. He plays the violin, the clarinet and the bass and shares his creativity with Jean-Michel Ferran, who composed the original soundtracks of his films. While developing his first feature film with “Chapter 2”, Nicolas shot three advertising films for trademarks such as Total and Kinder.

2002 Fragile (corto, short), 2004 Before (corto, short), 2005 Judas (corto, short),  2005 Kinder (spot), 2005 Tabasco (spot), 2006 Total (spot).