THE FAERIES OF BLACKHEATH WOODS

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Something peculiar happened that day. Curious Melissa was enchanted by real Faeries. Ignoring her mother’s warning, she followed them down into Blackheath Woods… Melissa never came back.

 

regia / director ciarán foy

sceneggiatura / screenplay ciarán foy

fotografia / cinematographer patrick jordan

montaggio / editing ciaran foy

musica / music liam bates

suono / sound dolby srd

cast / cast katie Keogh, orla o’rourke, bernard kelleghan

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format 16 mm – color

durata / running time 3’45’’

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production irlanda / ireland

produzione / production once off films

distribuzione / distribution network ireland television

 

Something peculiar happened that day. Curious Melissa was enchanted by real Faeries. Ignoring her mother’s warning, she followed them down into Blackheath Woods… Melissa never came back.

 

CIARÁN FOY

 

Ciarán Foy studied film at the National Film School of Ireland (IADT-DL). In that period, he shot over twenty short films, some of which have been awarded various prizes at film festivals around the world. He has recently received funding by the Irish Film Board to write a script entitled “Citadel”, an urban-based psychological horror film he is going to direct.

 

2006 The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (corto, short), 2002 The Puppet (corto, short), 2002 Scum-Bot (corto, short), 2001 Wired 03:36 (corto, short), 2000 1902 (corto, short).

 

UN INGUARIBILE AMORE

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A man and a woman talk about their life together. After ten years of marriage, they realize that things have not gone they way they had wished. But they are still there with an unwanted, silent, deadly third party. Ready to face together anything that may come.

 

regia / director giovanni covini

sceneggiatura / screenplay giovanni covini

fotografia / cinematographer roberto tronconi

montaggio / editing giovanni covini

cast / cast stefania bastianello, cesare scoccimarro

genere / genre documentario / documentary

formato originale / original format mini dv – color

durata / running time 16’

anno di produzione / year of production 2005

paese di produzione / country of production italia / italy

produzione / production giovanni covini

distribuzione / distribution shortvillage

A man and a woman talk about their life together. After ten years of marriage, they realize that things have not gone they way they had wished. But they are still there with an unwanted, silent, deadly third party. Ready to face together anything that may come.

 

GIOVANNI COVINI

Giovanni Covini was born in Milan in 1968. After attending the Giuseppe Verdi music school in Milan, he graduated in direction at the “Paolo Grassi” Civic School of Dramatic Arts. He attended a postgraduate course in screenwriting with Robert McKee, Jean-Claude Carrière, Davide Pinardi and Doriana Leondeff, and has made numerous documentaries and short films who have been selected for and have won numerous national festivals. He has also made various short films in collaboration with primary and secondary schools in Cologno Monzese within the framework of the “Facciamo un film” project (“Let’s make a film”). He is a teaches in a postgraduate screenwriting course in Gorgonzola within the framework of the New Cinema Festival 2005, for C.S.E. operators. In 2005 he shot “Un inguaribile amore”, a digital documentary film winning the David di Donatello award as best short film in 2006.

 

2006 Un inguaribile amore documentario, documentary); 2004 Una cosa normale (corto, short); 2003 L’orizzonte degli eventi (corto, short); 2002 Lo sportello vuoto (documentario, documentary), Un momento da Dio documentario, documentary), L’amore congenito (corto, short), Tredici (corto, short); 2001 La periferia del viaggio (documentario, documentary), Gea, genitori ancora documentario, documentary), Metropolitan Voyagers (documentario, documentary), Una specie di silenzio documentario, documentary).

 

ZAKARIA

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– I’m Zakaria.- Me too.

 

regia / director gianluca e massimiliano de serio

sceneggiatura / screenplay gianluca e massimiliano de serio, michele faro’

fotografia / cinematographer piero basso

montaggio / editing stefano cravero

suono / sound dolby sr

cast / cast zakaria habib ed dine, zoubida ben filane, zakaria zahri

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format 35 mm – color

durata / running time 15’

anno di produzione / year of production 2005

paese di produzione / country of production italia / italy

produzione / production g&m autoproduzioni e antiloco

– I’m Zakaria.
– Me too.

 

GIANLUCA E MASSIMILIANO DE SERIO

Gianluca and Massimiliano are twins and were born in Turin in 1978. Massimiliano graduated in History of Art Criticism, and Gianluca in Film History at DAMS, in Turin. They have been making short films and documentaries since 1991, some of which have been awarded the first prize at national film festivals and participated in numerous international ones. Gianluca attended a workshop at the Holden School in Turin with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, while Massimiliano is now studying to get a Master degree in Contemporany Art at the University of Turin and Rivoli Castle.

 

2005 Zakaria (corto, short); 2004 Mio fratello Yang (corto, short); 2003 Maria Jesus (corto, short); 2002 Il giorno del santo (corto, short); 2001 Poche cose (corto, short); 2000 Il fiore (corto, short); 1999 Domino (corto, short).

 

SNIFFER

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In a society where anyone can fly, people anchor themselves to the ground by means of “gravitational boots”. Deprived of sunlight and open air, they live their routine lives hoping for a personal satisfaction. However, one day a man realises he’s been trying to change his status quo for far too long.

 

regia / director bobbie peers

sceneggiatura / screenplay bobbie peers

fotografia / cinematographer jakob ingimundarson

montaggio / editing pål gengenbach

musica / music evan gardner

suono / sound dolby sr

cast / cast danny sclesinger, kristin krosh sissner

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format 35 mm – color

durata / running time 9’39”

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production norvegia / norway

produzione / production dream factory as

distribuzione / distribution norwegian film institute

 

In a society where anyone can fly, people anchor themselves to the ground by means of “gravitational boots”. Deprived of sunlight and open air, they live their routine lives hoping for a personal satisfaction. However, one day a man realises he’s been trying to change his status quo for far too long.

 

BOBBIE PEERS

Bobbie Peers (born on July 13, 1974) graduated from the London International Film School in 1999. Since then, he has been working as script writer and director.

 

2006 Sniffer (corto, short).

SOLO DUETS

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Inspired by the works of Rilke, and the paintings of Balthu, a detailed puppet animation portraying a man, suspended in the emptiness of his memories, visited by the figure of his younger self, in a confrontation to remind him of his life’s regrets.

 

regia / director joseph feltus

sceneggiatura / screenplay joseph feltus

fotografia / cinematographer joseph feltus, tobias feltus

montaggio / editing joseph feltus

musica / music david dela haye, erik satie, a. cicognini

suono / sound magnetical dolby a

genere / genre animazione / animation

formato originale / original format mini dv – color

durata / running time 8’53’’

anno di produzione / year of production 2005

paese di produzione / country of production regno unito / united kingdom

produzione / production feltusfeltus, edimburg college of art

Inspired by the works of Rilke, and the paintings of Balthu, a detailed puppet animation portraying a man, suspended in the emptiness of his memories, visited by the figure of his younger self, in a confrontation to remind him of his life’s regrets.

 

 

JOSEPH FELTUS

Born in Washington DC, Joseph Feltus has lived most of his life in Europe, among artists (his parents are the painters Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin), writers, and other creative beings, where from his early years he began to write and draw and mentally create epic films. Due to his upbringing, he is deeply influenced by the works of figurative painters, poets, classical composers, and great film-makers.

 

2005 Solo Duets (corto, short); 2004 Haphazard Symphony (corto, short).

 

 

SOTTO LE FOGLIE

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On his first day at work in a gift shop, a guy notices a girl behind the big shopping window peeking out at him from inside her car. His impression seems to be correct when she gets off the car and goes up to him to talk face to face. But nothing is ever the way it seems.

 

regia / director stefano chiodini

sceneggiatura / screenplay stefano chiodini, nicola morgantini

fotografia / cinematographer agostino vertucci

montaggio / editing gianni vezzosi

musica / music celles

suono / sound dolby sr

cast / cast valerio mastandrea, cecilia dazzi

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format s16 mm – color

durata / running time 12’15”

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production italia / italy

produzione / production mood film srl

distribuzione / distribution village film

On his first day at work in a gift shop, a guy notices a girl behind the big shopping window peeking out at him from inside her car. His impression seems to be correct when she gets off the car and goes up to him to talk face to face. But nothing is ever the way it seems.

 

STEFANO CHIODINI

Stefano Chiodini was born in Grosseto and obtained his diploma at the Arts Institute in Siena. In 1998 he moved to Florence and obtained a second diploma at the Scuola Cinema Immagina. His first short film, “Ti aspetterò con l’acqua alle caviglie”, was winner at a film festival and received a special mention at the Fano Film Festival. In 2000 he wrote, directed and produced “L’erba alta tra gli ulivi”, which won several festivals, including the Pescara Film Festival. In 2001 he shot “La prima volta un bacio”, winner of the Sonar Video Competition, second best film at Prato’s Video Minuto Pop and broadcast on Coming Soon Television and RAI. His 2002 short film “La croce, il lenzuolo e l’aquilone” received special mentions at five different festivals. He then shot “Ifonì”, a short film included in the film “A Levante”, produced by Edoardo Winspeare in 2004. At the end of 2004 he directed the short film “Sotto le foglie” with Cecilia Dazzi and Valerio Mastandrea. He has recently directed a TV advertisement for Adiconsum, with Barbara Enrichi.

 

2005 Sotto le foglie (corto, short); 2003 Ifonì (corto, short); 2002 La croce, il lenzuolo e l’aquilone (corto, short); 2001 La prima volta un bacio (corto, short); 2000 L’erba alta tra gli ulivi (corto, short); 1999 L’erba alta tra gli ulivi (corto, short), Ti aspetterò con l’acqua alle caviglie (corto, short).

 

 

SRETAN PUT NEDIME

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When they arrive at the Slovenian border, a young policeman forbids Amir and Nedim to drive on because Nedim doesn’t have a valid visa. Nedim is in the terminal stage of cancer and doesn’t want to die in Germany but in his homeland, Bosnia. Amir is determined to help his brother at all costs.

 

regia / director marko šantić

sceneggiatura / screenplay marko šantić, goran vojnović

fotografia / cinematographer jure černec

montaggio / editing matjaž jankovič

musica / music marijan mlakar

suono / sound dolby sr

cast / cast milan pavlović, jaka lah, tomaž češnjevar, dario varga

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format beta sp – color

durata / running time 13’

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production slovenia / slovenia

produzione / production agrft

distribuzione / distribution agrft

When they arrive at the Slovenian border, a young policeman forbids Amir and Nedim to drive on because Nedim doesn’t have a valid visa. Nedim is in the terminal stage of cancer and doesn’t want to die in Germany but in his homeland, Bosnia. Amir is determined to help his brother at all costs.

 

MARKO ŠANTIĆ

Marko Šantić was born in 1983 in Split, Croatia. In 2002 he enrolled at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His first work was a short documentary, “Remembrance Home” (2004). “Good Luck Nedim” (2006) is his first short film.

 

2006 Good luck Nedim (corto, short), 2004 Rememberance Home (doc).

 

PYESA DLYA TREKH AKTORIV

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Like actors following the director’s wishes, puppets obey the orders of their puppeteer. However they do sometimes step out of line. This film explores how people change under the influence of varying circumstances, forces and events.

 

regia / director alexandr shmigun

sceneggiatura / screenplay alexandr shmigun

fotografia / cinematographer vadim ilkov

grafica / graphics mariya shub

musica / music vladimir khrapachev

suono / sound dolby srd

genere / genre animazione / animation

formato originale / original format beta sp – color

durata / running time 9’56’’

anno di produzione / year of production 2004

paese di produzione / country of production ucraina / ukraine

produzione / production ukranimafilm

distribuzione / distribution ukranimafilm

Like actors following the director’s wishes, puppets obey the orders of their puppeteer. However they do sometimes step out of line. This film explores how people change under the influence of varying circumstances, forces and events.

 

ALEXANDR SHMIGUN

Shmigun Alexandr Vitalyevich was born in Kiev in 1976. He works in the field of 2D Paint / Cel Animation, he is also a 3d modeler and animator. A.Shmigun studies at the Karpenko-Kary Cinema and Television Institute. He attends the animation workshop of the director and professor Evgeniy Sivokon. A.Shmigun is a fouth-year student presently. A.Shmigun is the director of animation in the “Boston Animation” Kiev studio. In 2004 he makes his debut as the film director, working in the puppet film “The play for three actors” produced by the Ukrainian state studio “UKRANIMAFILM”.

 

2004 Pyesa dlya trekh akteriv (corto, short).

 

PURE LAINE VIERGE

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Edward, an interesting young man, meets Catherine, a wild young women clothed in wool. Charmed by one another, the two share a sensual and unique experience. And if the phantasm were wild small animals with murderous appetite?

 

regia / director emmanuel malherbe

sceneggiatura / screenplay emmanuel malherbe

fotografia / cinematographer emmanuel malherbe

montaggio / editing arnaud petit

musica / music nicolas jorelle

suono / sound mono

cast / cast viviane monelli, nahel

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format mini dv – color

durata / running time 14’

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production francia / france

produzione / production scribe production

distribuzione / distribution scribe production

Edward, an interesting young man, meets Catherine, a wild young women clothed in wool. Charmed by one another, the two share a sensual and unique experience. And if the phantasm were wild small animals with murderous appetite?

 

EMMANUEL MALHERBE

Emmanuel Malherbe, born in 1968, is a graduate of the Louis Lumière film school. During nine years, he had been working as assistant cameraman on such films as gazon maudit, Germinal. Since 2000, he has been director for more than 50 ads.

 

2004 Pure laine vierge (corto, short), 1998 La fée Clochette (corto, short), 1996 Gorille, mon ami (corto, short).

 

PURCHÉ LO SENTA SEPOLTO

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The fragment of a family against the background of a sluggish and dormant nature, just like Samuele’s life. Samuele is a schizophrenic and completely mystified boy because of his father’s death, and stubbornly carries out experiments in order to become closer to him again. He receives support from…

 

regia / director gianclaudio cappai

sceneggiatura / screenplay gianclaudio cappai

fotografia / cinematographer andrea foschi

montaggio / editing sara pazienti (a.m.c.)

musica / music piernicola di muro

suono / sound dolby sr

cast / cast pierantonio di Gaetano, davide aru, sabrina santucci

genere / genre fiction

formato originale / original format 35mm – color

durata / running time 18’

anno di produzione / year of production 2006

paese di produzione / country of production italia / italy

produzione / production hirafilm

The fragment of a family against the background of a sluggish and dormant nature, just like Samuele’s life. Samuele is a schizophrenic and completely mystified boy because of his father’s death, and stubbornly carries out experiments in order to become closer to him again. He receives support from Fabrizio, who brings him the necessary dead little animals every day. With the pure and dejected innocence typical of children, Samuele thus believes to be less lonely.

 

GIANCLAUDIO CAPPAI

Gianclaudio Cappai was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1976. He obtained his diploma in film directing and screenwriting at the “Accademia internazionale per le arti e le scienze dell’immagine”, the International Academy of Image Sciences and Arts in L’Aquila. He now works and lives in Rome. He wrote some stories and reviews for various Internet websites and journals and directed some short films. “Purché lo senta sepolto” was won the audience award “Achille Valdata” at the 2006 Turin Film Festival.

 

2006 Purchè lo senta sepolto (corto, short); 2005 L’incosciente Cristo di paglia (corto, short); 2004 tre maschere ancora (corto, short); 2002 Voce del verbo morire (corto, short).