Archive for category: 2007

A girl, her parents and their ball.

A girl, her parents and their ball.

ERIKA TASINI
Erika comes from Emilia Romagna and lives in Los Angeles, where she got a master degree in film directing at the UCLA Film School. She also graduated in foreign languages at the University of Bologna, wrote and directed five short films. She worked in theatres and directed “The bold singer”, “Scimmia” and was assistant director to Jon Kellam for his film “I tamburi nella notte”, based on a novel by Bertold Brecht. She is now shooting “M. Perfect”, a short film shot in Rimini, and writing screenplays for two long feature films. Film directing, she claims, will always be her greatest passion.

2006 M. Perfect (corto, short), Cjronicles of impeccable sportsmanship (corto, short); 2004 Winter Sea (corto, short); 2002 The Burrow (corto, short); 2000 Vermilion (corto, short); 1999 S (corto, short).

Dunkerque, North of France. It’s Carnival and a masked figure wanders the streets alone. No one is there, the town is empty. From the beach, the boisterous Carnival music and songs seem to be coming from the sea.

Dunkerque, North of France. It’s Carnival and a masked figure wanders the streets alone. No one is there, the town is empty. From the beach, the boisterous Carnival music and songs seem to be coming from the sea.

GILLES CUVELIER
Gilles Cuvelier was born in 1977 in Lille.  After studies of applied arts, he enters the first promotion of the « cinema of animation » DMA of the E.S.A.A.T School of Arts in Roubaix, then the Gobelins’ Image School, in Paris.  Back in the North of France, he starts as animator assistant for the Frits Standaert’s short «The Writer », produced by Arnaud Demuynck.  Since this first collaboration, he works successively on « The Wallet », by Vincent Bierrewaerts, « Bonhommes » by Cecilia Marreiros Marum, « Delirious Tales », by Fabrice Luang-Vija and « Signs of Life », by Arnaud Demuynck, all produced by the production company Les Films du Nord. « Chahut » is his first film as a director.

2005 Chaut (corto, short).

Tomoko arrives in London and accidentally discovers a secret and cheerful city beneath it, inhabited by friendly aliens and beautiful blossoms.

Tomoko arrives in London and accidentally discovers a secret and cheerful city beneath it, inhabited by friendly aliens and beautiful blossoms.

GAËLLE DENIS
Studied at Ecole Suprieure des Arts Appliqués Duperre, alla Central St. Martin’s, London. In 2000 she graduated in animation at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. In 2001 she got some courses in animation at Kyoto University of Arts e al Royal College of Art, London.

2004 City paradise (corto, short), 2002 Fish Never Sleep (corto, short), 2001 Abubacar and the Afrodisiac (corto, short),  2000 Cho wa dada? (corto, short),  1998 Emma (corto, short)

Mari comes from Hungary to Berlin to meet her early love,. But instead of meeting, she meets his pregnant girl-friend Britta and his friend, the musician Jasin… Mari realized in that night that there’s no common future for her and, and that they ceased to be those who they once wanted to be for each other.

Mari comes from Hungary to Berlin to meet her early love,. But instead of meeting, she meets his pregnant girl-friend Britta and his friend, the musician Jasin… Mari realized in that night that there’s no common future for her and, and that they ceased to be those who they once wanted to be for each other. Mari returns to Budapest with the consciousness that she has lost Bálint forever, but on the other hand she knows that she has regained control over her own life.

RITA LENGYEL
Born 1975 in Düsseldorf-Germany, grown up in Cologne, Budapest and Berlin. Since 1990 actress at several Movie, TV und Theater productions. Since 2003 also student for film-directing at filmschool HFF “Konrad Wolf “Potsdam–Babelsberg, Germany. She lives in Berlin.

2006 Gabriel (corto, short), Berlin Budapest (corto, short); 2004 Ovomaltine (documentario, documentary); 2003 Laci’s Day (corto, short), How are you … (documentario, documentary); 2002 Keine Zeit  (corto, short),  2001 Volo (corto, short).

The cancellation of geographical distance between two friends becomes possible through long letters they write to each other behind calendar pages.

The cancellation of geographical distance between two friends becomes possible through long letters they write to each other behind calendar pages.

ELISABETTA BERNARDINI
Elisabetta Bernardini is mainly a photographer. Her interest in cinema arose when she began working as script girl and assistant director for both short and long feature films. Her works have been nationally and internationally recognized. Between 2003 and 2005 she participated in various internships with film directors Abbas Kiarostami, Jabe Campion and Fernando E. Solanas. His short film “Servizio Giardini” received a special mention at the “Golden Globe Awards 2003 – 2004”.

2005 Baiano (corto, short), Il vero amore (corto, short); 2004 Indelebile (corto, short); 2003 Servizio Giardini (corto, short); 2002 Lo spaventapasseri (corto, short); 2001 Besame mucho (corto, short)