Archive for category: Archive

regia/director laurent achard
sceneggiatura /screenplay laurent achard
fotografia/cinematographer laurent desmet
montaggio/editing martial salomon
suono / sound dolby sr
cast/cast mireille roussel, martin buisson
genere /genre fiction
formato originale/original format 16 mm – color
durata/running time 8’
anno di produzione/year of production 2004
paese di produzione/country of production francia – france
produzione/production les films hatari
distribuzione/distribution les films hatari

Has worked as director’s assistant for the film “Faubourg Saint-Martin” (1986) by Jean-Claude Guiguet, and “Après après-demain” (1990) by Gérard Frot-Coutaz. He has been making short films since 1992 and in 1998 he directed his first full-length film, “Plus qu’hier, moins que demain”, which won the Cyrill Collard prize. He is now working on a new full-length film.

2004 La peur, petit chasseur (corto, short) 1998 Plus qu’hier, moins que demain (lungometraggio, feature) 1997 Un Odeur de géranium (corto, short) 1994 Dimanche ou les fantốmes (corto, short) 1992 Qu’en savent les morts (corto, short)

A house in the countryside, on a November day. In a garden, a child is silently waiting in a corner.

regia/director charles barker
sceneggiatura /screenplay charles barker
fotografia/cinematographer mate tuth
montaggio/editing stuart gazzaro
musica / music steve reich
suono / sound stereo
cast/cast keir charles, kate burdette
genere /genre fiction
formato originale/original format 35 mm – color
durata/running time 3’
anno di produzione/year of production 2003
paese di produzione/country of production inghilterra – england
produzione/production stuart fenegan

Charles Barker’s first degree was in fine art painting at Central St Martins. On leaving college, Charles continued working as an artist creating both paintings and prints. Having always had an interest in film he also started to make experimental films and finding this a more rewarding medium, his subsequent work has been predominantly film based. In 2000 Charles decided to go back to college to study an MA in Film direction. While a student at the NFS he was the winner of the 2002 Kodak competition. Since graduating in 2002, Charles has directed commercials and is represented by Arden Sutherland Dodd. He has also completed a number of shorts, shown at festivals around the world, and has just finished writing his first feature script: ‘The half brother’.

2003 Indecision (corto, short) 2002 4am (corto, short) 2001 The track (corto, short) 1999 Minicab (corto, short) Microworld (corto, short)

Breaking up is never easy… Jack wants to put an end to things with Sarah. Or does he? When he tries to finish his relationship, his life spins out of control (literally.) A short, quirky comedy that plays with the kinetics of cinema.

regia/director marco cucurnia
sceneggiatura /screenplay emanuele fantozzi, marco cucurnia
fotografia/cinematographer luigi verga
montaggio/editing stefano porru
musica / music emilio tieri
suono / sound dolby stereo
cast/cast margot sikabonyi, vamessa fulvio, michele baronio, nini salerno
genere /genre fiction
formato originale/original format 35 mm – color 4
durata/running time 11’ 45’’
anno di produzione/year of production 2004
paese di produzione/country of production italia – italy
produzione/production parus film
distribuzione / ditribution marco cucurnia

GENOVA FILM FESTIVAL
Categoria Fiction – Premio Kodak

Marco Cucurnia was born in Genoa in 1975. His relationship with the cinema has focused on Italian-style comedy and on Mario Monicelli.
Driven by this passion, he leaves his hometown at the age of 18 and he heads for Tuscany where he meets Mario Monicelli. In Rome he works for more than 10 years with the great director.
In 1996 his first works as director and scriptwriter. His first short was “Alta Velocità”. It won the Nanni Loy Prize. Then come other works such as “La città violata” that deals with the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa.
In 2001 his dream comes true: telling the story of Mario Monicelli in the documentary “Mario Monicelli, l’artigiano di Viareggio” produced by Directory Media, presented at the 2002 Lugarno Festival and broadcast by RAI UNO. This marks the beginning of his cooperation with RAI, where he works in the promotionals dept.
In 2003 he receives two prizes from the Italian Ministry of Culture and Performing Arts: one for the film short “Làlibi”, the other for the movie “SoloMetro”.
“Làlibi” also receives other awards: first prize at the 2004 Genoa Film Festival, Kodak Prize and the Cinema School Prize at Cinecorto 2004 in Rome. It also participates in the 2004 Granada International Festival.
In 2004 he tells of his city in the documentary “Genova, amore mio” with Paolo Villaggio, produced by Directory Media and broadcast on RAI TRE.

2003 L’alibi (corto, short) 2001 Mario Monicelli, l’artigiano di Viareggio (documentario, documentary); La città violata (corto, short) 1998 Alta velocità (corto, short)

After a road accident, Eugenio goes into coma. After ten days he wakes up in a hospital room. First he sees a pretty nurse, Lucia, then the doctors. They want to know if he remembers what happened. In that moment Eugenio sees the possibility of gaining freedom: pretending to remember anything.
He will finally be able to get rid of his old life, parents, girlfriend, job, to start all over again. At the beginning the trick seems to work, but, as time goes by, it backfires on him. Eugenio cannot escape anymore. He must absolutely return to reality…

regia/director piotr levandowsky
sceneggiatura /screenplay piotr levandowsky, carsten strauch
fotografia/cinematographer frank lamm
montaggio/editing daniel olteanu
musica / music manana khundadze
suono / sound tilman braun
cast/cast roland silbernagel, cornelia niemann, rainer ewerrien
genere /genre fiction
formato originale/original format beta sp – color
durata/running time 9’
anno di produzione/year of production 2003
paese di produzione/country of production germania – germany
produzione/production carsten strauch filmproduction & filmakademie baden – dürtten
distribuzione/distribution kurzfilm agentur hamburg

Piotr Levandowsky, born 1975 in Warsaw. Since 1994 studying at various universities in Warsaw, London and Germany: at the HfG Offenbach/Main (Pre-Diploma in Visual Communication) and at the Film Academy of Baden – Württemberg (Pre-Diploma in “Film und Medien”). In 1996 completed job training as a technician, EDP programmer and graduated as a graphic designer “Warsaw).

2003 Heavy Pregnant ( corto, short) 2001 Projekt 02 ( corto, short) ; Little Computer People (corto, short); Aromabar: Father (corto, short)

What happens if a child, which is after 27 years still connected with its mother by the umbilical cord, refuses to leave her ? The satire of a child’s late-puberty, this refusal to enter adulthood and the doctors who care for him.