Child K

Italy | 2014 | Red Epic | col. 19′

Based on a true story. Pomssen. Saxony, 1937. Richard and Lina Kretschkopf are a young peasant couple who live in a small house in the country, in the middle of the German hills. Richard’s desire to have a child has grown to the point to become an obsession.

 

regista / director     Roberto De Feo, Vito Palumbo

sceneggiatura / screenplay       Vito Palumbo, Roberto De Feo

fotografia / cinematographer      Federico Annichiarico

montaggio / editing       Roberto De Feo, Vita Palumbo

musica / music      Rosario Di Bella

tecnico del suono / sound editor       Seagull Post

costumi / costume designer      Sabrina Beretta

scenografia / set decoration      Marta Marrone

cast       Lorenzo Patanè, Carlotto Verny, Ralph Phalka

genere / genre        Fiction

produzione / production      Colorado Film

distribuzione / distribution        Premiere Film c/o Roberto De Feo

 

Cuerdas

Spain | 2014 | Digital File | col. 11′

María’s routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.

 

regista / director     Pedro Solís García

sceneggiatura / screenplay      Pedro Solís García

fotografia / cinematographer      Juan Jesús García Galocha

montaggio / editing       Pedro Solís García

musica / music      Víctor Peral

tecnico del suono / sound editor       Fernando Román

suono / sound      MONO

costumi / costume designer      Juan Solís

scenografia / set decoration      Jaime Otegui

cast       Belén Rueda, Miriam Martín

genere / genre      Animation

produzione / production      La Fiesta PC

distribuzione / distribution       Nora Marco Alario

 

Drone Strike

United Kingdom | 2013 | Digital | col. 20′

A day in the life of a devoted family man and serving RAF drone pilot. Flying a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) over Afghanistan from a base in Lincolnshire means Will Brydon (Mark Bazeley) gets to live at home, and even drop his son off at school on his way to work – but in return he has to deal with the warped reality of firing Hellfire missiles 4000 miles away for a day job. Drone Strike tells the story of how one fateful decision shatters his conviction, and the effects of that decision on a family in Helmand Province.

 

regista / director      Chris Richmond

sceneggiatura / screenplay       Chris Richmond, Mike Sedgwick

fotografia / cinematographer       Franklin Dow

montaggio / editing      Mica Sherdkin

musica / music      Lee Baker

tecnico del suono / sound editor     Haresh Patel

suono / sound     MONO

costumi / costume designer       Winston Winn, Boazza Waradi

scenografia / set decoration    Francesca Massariol, Hakim Mourabit

cast       Mark Bazeley, Hamid Botbaldin, Andrew Lee

genere / genre     Fiction

produzione / production      Scout Films Limited

distribuzione / distribution       Magnetfilm

 

 

El amor me queda grande

Spain | 2014 | Digital, Red Mysterium | col. 19′

Samuel is 10 years old and madly in love with Lucia. Lucia is 12 years old and has a master plan to get rid of, after her father’s mysterious death in a car crash, the only obstacle in her life preventing her from becoming what she desires: a writer, film critic and rich.

 

regista / director       Javier Giner

sceneggiatura / screenplay       Javier Giner

fotografia / cinematographer       Joaquín Manchado

montaggio / editing       Cyrus Aliakbari

musica / music       Mariano Marín

tecnico del suono / sound editor       Daniel Molina, Oscar Paniagua

suono / sound       5.1 Stereo

cast       Lucía Caraballo, Izan Corchero, Mariola Fuentes, Teresa Quintero, Iñigo Giner

genere / genre       Fiction

produzione / production       Actus Producciones, S.L.

 

 

Ex.Amen

Russia | 2014 | FullHD | col. 16′

A prosperous Moscow banker came to take his son out of the school and met with himself and the ghosts of his childhood.

 

regista / director      Yury Sukhodolskiy

sceneggiatura / screenplay      Yury Sukhodolskiy

fotografia / cinematographer      Ruslan Gerasimenkov

montaggio / editing       Yury Sukhodolskiy

musica / music       Alexander Simonenko

tecnico del suono / sound editor       Ludmila Danilova

suono / sound      DOLBY SR

genere / genre      Fiction

produzione / production       ArtContinent

distribuzione / distribution        ArtContinent

 

Partouze

Belgium | 2013 | HD | col. 20′

Celine and Brigitte are tired of organising Tupperware parties.

 

regista / director      Matthieu Donck

sceneggiatura / screenplay      Matthieu Donck

fotografia / cinematographer    Manu Dacosse

montaggio / editing     Sophie Vercruysse                                     

tecnico del suono / sound editor     Olivier Struye

suono / sound      DOLBY SR

costumi / costume designer       Jackye Fauconnier

scenografia / set decoration     Catherine Cosme, Eve Martin

cast      Yoann Blanc, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Catherine Salée                                                                

genere / genre     Fiction

produzione / production    Hélicotronc

distribuzione / distribution    Origine Films

 

 

Foad

Norway | 2013 | DCP | col. 20′

A film about Foad, who lives in a coastal town in Morocco. He makes his living from all sorts of odd jobs to survive. Many refugees from all over Africa gather in this seaside town, and pay a lot of money to get to Europe by boat. Foad sees a business opportunity in the boat refugees

 

regista / director      Farzad Samsami

sceneggiatura / screenplay       Farzad Samsami

fotografia / cinematographer       Philip Øgaard

montaggio / editing      Rolf Thomas Løvif

musica / music       Tom Roger Rogstad

tecnico del suono / sound editor       Håkon Lammetun

suono / sound        DOLBY SRD

costumi / costume designer        Roukia El Idrissi

cast        Oussama Zemmourri, Mly youssef Ezzahr, Trond Høvik, Youssef Derkaoui, Serge Balita Buhendwa, Sow Alpha Mamadou

genere / genre       Fiction

produzione / production     Blinkfilm as

distribuzione / distribution Norwegian Film Institute

money to get to Europe by boat. Foad sees a business opportunity in the boat refugees

Dinner For Few

Greece, United States | 2014 | HD | col. 10′

“Dinner For Few” is an allegorical depiction of our society. During dinner, “the system” works like a well-oiled machine. It solely feeds the select few who eventually, foolishly consume all the resources while the rest survive on scraps from the table. Inevitably, when the supply is depleted, the struggle for what remains leads to catastrophic change. Sadly, the offspring of this profound transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents.

 

regista / director      Nassos Vakalis

sceneggiatura / screenplay     Nassos Vakalis

fotografia / cinematographer     Nassos Vakalis

montaggio / editing     Nassos Vakalis

musica / music      Kostas Christides

tecnico del suono / sound editor      Kostas Fylaktidis, Ioannis Giannakopoulos

suono / sound     DOLBY SRD

genere / genre     Animation

produzione / production      Nassos Vakalis

distribuzione / distribution     MAGNETFILM GmbH

 

[:it]Giovedì 28 maggio presentata la nuova sezione SweeTS4Kids

ON THURSDAY 28TH MAY AT THE ARISTON, DIRECTOR CLEMENTE BICOCCHI PRESENTED THE DOCUMENTARY “EDUCAZIONE AFFETTIVA”.

DURING THE EVENING THE NEW ‘SWEETS4KIDS’ SECTION OF SHORTS ORGANISED BY MAREMETRAGGIO WAS INTRODUCED.

On Thursday 28th May at both 18:30 and 20:00 at Trieste’s Ariston Cinema, “Educazione Affettiva”, a documentary by Clemente Bicocchi and Federico Bondi was screened. Director Clemente Bicocchi and journalist Elisa Grando (Ciak) attended, with a presentation to the audience programmed at 19:30 between the two screenings. Being so close to the end of the school year, La Cappella Underground wanted to pay tribute to the fundamental and irreplaceable work of the teachers and to the difficult but wonderful “work” of the parents, programming a film that gives voices to those that give life to school, live it, build it and sometimes suffer it: children, the main characters in this mini-world, and their mentors as they grow up, the teachers. In the course of the evening, the new section SweeTS4Kids was also presented, dedicated to children between the ages of 8 and 13, that will take place in the context of the ShorTS  International Film Festival.

A real festival within a festival: SweeTS4Kids, with artistic director (size XS), Tommaso Gregori, 10 years old and brought up on bread and cinema, son of film critic Beatrice Fiorentino.

In competition, chosen by Tommaso Gregori from over a hundred films, 27 short films conceived for children from all over the world. Tommaso is the youngest artistic director on the festival scene, truly showing that children have opinions and that it is right for them to choose what they like and what they don’t like, instead of giving this privilege to adults who usually decide for them.

 

 

Maremetraggio Section – short film in competition

The selection for the 16th edition of ShorTS – International Film Festival is closed! Here is the list of the short films competing in the Maremetraggio Section:

A questo punto… by Antonio Losito

Aharit Davar by Zvi Landsman

An der Tür by Miriam Bliese

Bang bang! by Julien Bisaro

Berlin Troika by Andrej Gontcharov

Bold by Davide Gentile

Child K by Roberto De Feo, Vito Palumbo

Cigano by David Bonneville

Coming Out by Gina Wenzel

Cowboys Janken Ook by Mees Peijnenburg

Cuerdas by Pedro Solís García

Dinner for Few by Nassos Vakalis

Domoj Simona Feldman

Drone Strike by Chris Richmond

Eine gute geschichte by Martin-Christopher Bode

El amor me queda grande by Javier Giner

El corredor by José Luis Montesinos

En Eftermiddag by Søren Green

Erledigung einer Sache by Dustin Loose

Ex.Amen by Yuri Sukhodolskiy

Ferdinand Knapp by Andrea Baldini

Firme usted aquí by Rodrigo Zarza Rioja

Foad by Farzad Samsami

Fool’s day by Cody Blue Snider

Hatatzpitanit by Noa Gusakov

Helium by Anders Walter

Here by Colum Eastwood

Hjónabandssæla by Jörundur Ragnarsson

How I Didn’t Become A Piano Player by Tommaso Pitta

Inside the Box by David Martin-Porras

Iskupljenje by Mirna Dizdarević

Italian Standoff by Marcel Becker-Neu

Ja vi elsker by Hallvar Witzø

José by Alexandre Bouchet

Juan y la nube by Giovanni Maccelli

L’attesa del maggio by Simone Massi

L’impresa by Davide Labanti

La gita by Giampiero Bazzu

La lampe au beurre de yak by Hu Wei

La noche del ascenscor by Antonio Such

La valigia by Pier Paolo Paganelli

Lady with flower-hair by Sarah Tabibzade

Las cieni by Andrzej Cichocki

Le doigt d’honneur by Malika Pellicioli

Le vélo de l’éléphant by Olesya Shchukina

Lothar by Luca Zuberbühler

Luigi e Vincenzo by Giuseppe Bucci

Mathieu by Massimiliano Camaiti

Meanwhile by Stephen McNally

Mit besten grussen by Bernhard Wenger

Neko od nas by Anja Kavić

Nena by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa

Oripeaux by Sonia Gerbeaud e Mathias de Panafieu

Partouze by Matthieu Donck

Père by Lotfi Achour

Pflegestufe by Julia Peters

Pineapple calamari by Kasia Nalewajka

Serori by Pedro Collantes

Simulacra by Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson

Skinship by Nichola Wong

Snowflake by Francesco Roder

Swan by Oleksandr Danylenko

Taxistop by Marie Enthoven

The Gallant Captain by Katrina Mathers and Graeme Base

The Gunfighter by Eric Kissack

The Landing by Josh Tanner

The Nostalgist by Giacomo Cimini

The Weather Report by Paul Murphy

Thriller by Giuseppe Marco Albano

Tin&Tina by Rubin Stein

Tobacco Burn by Justin Liberman

Tormus by Sari Bisharat Bisharat

Tzniut by David Formentin

Un amato funerale by Luca Murri

Un parfum de citron by Sarah Carlot

Whisker by Steve Saussey

Wrapped by Florian Wittmann, Roman Kälin and Falko Paeper

Yo te quiero by Nicolás Conte

Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen by Dustin Loose

Here you have the ten short films that applied to Last Chance and have been selected to compete in the Maremetraggio Section:

Amazing Adventure by Danny Clark

Arroz y fósforos by Javier Beltramino

Fumer tue by Denise Powers

Litio by Rodrigo Canet

Melody night by Kayhan Anwar

Pożegnanie by Marta Prus

The Shift by Francesco Calabrese

The Sound of Crickets by Justine Klaiber

The Сause by Marco De Luca

Under_Construction by Marcin Wojciechowski