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28.02/01.03/02.0320198TH ASCONA FILM FESTIVAL
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Welcometothe8thAsconaFilmFestival
ÈcongrandepiacerechepresentoquestaVIIIa edizione dell’Ascona Film Festival2019.
L’avventura nasce 8 anni fa e conta atutt’oggi più di 18’000 candidature da125paesi.Anchequest’annolaselezioneartistica,vistol’elevatonumeroelaqua-lità dei film giunti da ogni dove, vedecortometraggi pluripremiati a livello in-ternazionale in una sorta di “Millesime2019,selezionespecialeAscona”.
Quasiognifilmdamevisionatoeselezio-natopersonalmenteperVoièvincitorediunoopiùFilmFestivaldilivellointerna-zionale,senzadisdegnareperònatural-mente anche corti appena entrati nelcircuito.
QuestaVIIIaedizioneèdedicataallamostraLuigi Pericle (1916-2001)_Beyond the visiblechesisvolgeràpressol’AreaScarpadellaFondazioneQueriniStampaliadu-ranteiseimesidella58.Biennaled’ArtediVenezia.
Viaspettiamoall’HotelAsconapervedereinsiemequestipiccolimiracolicinemato-grafici.
Buonavisione
Andrea Biasca-CaroniAsconaFilmFestival
Cariamicicinefili,benvenutiall’VIIIaedi-zionedell’AsconaFilmFestival2019.
Innanzitutto vorrei ringraziare il nostroaffezionatopubblicoedinostriPartnersperlafiduciachehannoripostoinnoieperl’affettoconcui,intuttiquestianni,cihannoseguitoinquestameravigliosaavventura.Sonotantiigiovani(emenogiovani)cineastinazionalie internazio-nalichehannotrovanonell’AsconaFilmFestivaluntrampolinodilancioperilorofilmesoloilvostrosostegnohapermessocheciòpotesseaccadere.
Lamanifestazione quest’anno si occu-perànaturalmentedicinemamaanchediarte, letteraturaebellezza intesacomerapportomutevoleecreativotrauomoemondoecomerelazionediscambioreci-proco.
I cortometraggi presentati, come i lorotemi,sonomoltoattualirappresentandoilmondochecicircondaeilsuorapportoconl’uomo,lesueillusioni,lesuegioie,lesuedebolezzeeforze.Laselezionearti-sticadiAndreaBiasca-CaroniciporteràinPaesianoidistantimanellostessotempocifaràviaggiareall’internodinoistessiriconoscendo,inmoltideicortiinconcor-so, quell’universalità tipica delle grandiopere.
Spiccano Ospiti d’Onore d’eccellenza: IlLabirintodellaMasonedell’editoreFrancoMaria Ricci con il corto Éphémère - La Bellezza inevitabile,LuigiPericle,maestroritrovato della pittura del ‘900, con lamostraaluidedicatapressol’AreaScarpadella Fondazione Querini Stampalia diVenezia,UmbertoLucarelli,scrittore,re-gistaeoperatoresociale,chepresenteràlesueopereed ilpluripremiatoregistaticineseVictorTognola.Il tutto nella splendida ed accoglienteatmosfera dell’Hotel Ascona che, comediconsueto,aprelesueporteallastagione2019 propio in occasione dell’AsconaFilmFestival.Auguroavoi tutti tantodivertimentoeBuonavisione!
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Program28.02/01.03/02.032018
DAY 1(pp.10-26)
Thursday February 28th
06.30PM Standingdinner
07.30PM OpeningCeremony
08.00-10.30PM Shortfilms
DAY 2 (pp.28-41)
Friday March 1st
06.30PM Standingdinner
08.00-10.30PM Shortfilms
11.00PM FestivalParty
DAY 3(pp.43-53)
Saturday March 2nd
06.30PM Standingdinner
08.00-10.30PM Shortfilms
10.30PM PrizeAwardCeremony
11.00PM Closingparty
Limited seats available.
AllmoviesareshownintheiroriginallanguagewithEnglishsubtitles.
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Day 1 ThursdayFebruary28th
08.00PM 1 Under pressure Spain, Czech RepublicJoseKattau,DiegoFandosComedy,romance(10’37’’)
2 Elvis ItalyAndreaDellaMonicaFiction,comedy(8’00’)
3 Edmond SwitzerlandJoelBaudComedy(9’15’’)
4 The camel boy TunisiaChabnameZariâbDrama(15’13’’)
Break10’
5 Icare BelgiumNicolasBoucartDrama(26’59’’)
SPECIALPROGRAM
GUESTOFHONOUR
Outofcompetition
Presentazione Fondazione Querini Stampalia VideoShot(6’50’’),presentedbyChiaraGatti
Monte VeritàWernerWeickTrailer,presentedbyNicolettaMongini
Freak out! C.Javér,A.Jonsson,F.Lange,D.WingateTrailer,presentedbyNicolettaMongini
The blockchain in the film industry JordanMattosPresentation
6 Forget me not SwitzerlandFlorine&KimNüeschDrama(15’02’’)
7 DNA of wild beasts FranceDelphineMontaigneFiction(18’00’’)
8 iRony AustraliaRadheyaJegathevaAnimation,film-poem,documentary(7’54’’)
9 Inga-Dingo – Real love IsraelEyalBeMusicvideo(4’26’’)
10 Blue moon ItalyAndreaMonetaScifianimation(11’16’’)
End10.30PM
11 Barbaer SwitzerlandLuziaSchifferle,TobiasSpeiserComedy(2’24’’)
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08.00PM 12 Very long play vinyl RussiaVladimirMorozovExperimentaldocumentary(10’13’’)
13 A father ItalyRobertoGneoDrama(15’00’’)
14 The cornfield France, BelgiumMichaëlGuerrazFiction,thriller(20’00’’)
Break10’
15 Flowers FranceBaptistePetit-GatsDrama(21’30’’)
SPECIALPROGRAM
GUESTOFHONOUR
Outofcompetition
E. M. Remarque, M. Dietrich, P. Goddard Samadhi - We are one VictorJ.TognolaTrailers
MOPS_DanceSyndrome(associazioneno-profit) ElaFranscellaPresentation
Non vendere i tuoi sogni, mai RivotrillVicolo CaluscaUmbertoLucarelliTrailers
Ordine Teosofico di ServizioPresentationanddonation
16 Nikki Marianne FranceGuillaumeCaramelleDramedy(15’00’’)
17 The perfect way BelgiumIngridHeiderscheidtDramaticcomedy(24’30’’)
18 Ivan GreeceVasilisTsiouvaras,TaxiarchisDeligiannisDramedy(9’30’’)
19 There’s no love stronger than ours FranceLaureBourdonZaraderDrama(13’01’’)
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20 The last cruise UzbekistanHristinaBelousovaDrama(1’24’’)
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Day 3 SaturdayMarch2nd
08.00PM 21 Il mondiale in piazza ItalyVitoPalmieriFiction(15’00’’)
22 By a hair FranceLaurianeEscaffreandYvonnickMullerComedy,drama(20’57’’)
23 In your place ItalyGiuseppeCarleoFiction,comedy(14’39’’)
Break10’
24 Nena & Dave Stewart: be my rebel GermanyVirgilWidrichMusicvideo(3’45’’)
SPECIALPROGRAM
GUESTOFHONOUR
Outofcompetition
Éphémère. La bellezza inevitabile B.Ainis,S.Marcelli,L.CasalisRicci,E.PepinoDocumentary(19’53’’)
25 Quiet land good people SwitzerlandJohannesBachmann,LeaPasinettiDrama,fiction(25’09’’)
26 Kapitalistis France, BelgiumP.MunozGomez,S.Schenkel,X.SeronComedy(14’45’’)
27 The graffiti FranceAurélienLaplaceComedy(9’30’’)
End10.30PM
28 Are you volleyball? IranMohammadBakhshiDrama,fiction,sport,war(15’00’’)
10.30PM Prize Award Ceremony
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Themoviesofthe8thAsconaFilmFestival
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GenreComedy,romance
Runtime10’37’’
Year2014,2017
(reedited,reworked)
CountrySpain,CzechRepublic
Filming locationPrague,
CzechRepublic
LanguageNodialogue
MusicKeithRamsay
(composer),LaliPuna(song)
Awards & FestivalsLoveahumanFestival,
PolandSilverHeart
LuxFilmFestival,Italy
Bestshortfilm
4thCinemawayFestival,Ukraine
Specialreward
Writer:JoseKattau,DiegoFandosProducer:JoseKattau,DiegoFandosCast:GeorgiUnkovski,RebeccaLabbé,JakubKohák
Heenjoysswimming.Sheenjoysswimming.Hetrainshard.Shetrainshard.Helikesher.She…
Jose Kattau,isaPortuguesewriterandeditor.Cur-rently,heworksasSeniorVideoEditorinSPTelevisao.DiegoFandosisaSpanishwriterandfilmmaker.Heistherecipientofanumberofliteraryawardsbasedonhisshorts.Hisfirstfeature-Cosmos-competedintheFestivalofSanSebastian2007andwascommer-ciallyreleasedin2008.Currently,DiegoworksinthescreenwritingdepartmentofPragueFilmSchool.Hisfirstbook(LemonLoves)waspublishedon2015.HehasjustlaunchedtheebookWritingforshortfilm.
Under pressureJoseKattau,DiegoFandos
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GenreFiction,comedy
Runtime8’00’’
Year2018
CountryItaly
Filming locationNaples,Italy
LanguageItalian
Writer:AndreaDellaMonicaProducer:DavideMastropaoloCast:GiuseppeFiscariello,SergioDiPaola,DianaDiPaolo,MarcoCavalli
Employeeinawarehousebyday,Elvisimper-sonatorbynight.Sandro’sperformanceatanightclubmakessuchabig impression, thatanunlikelymanageroffershimtotourChinatogether.Tornbetweenthedreamofalifetimeand his Neapolitan emasculating mother,Sandrowill have to face themost difficultthingforhim.Tomakeachoice.
Andrea Della Monicagrewupandworkedforyearsasassistanttodirectorandtoeditorforshortfilms,commercialsand featurefilms inNaples.He thenmovedtoLondonandgraduatedfromLondonFilmSchoolwithhisshortfilmUoldìsnei–nomineeoftheBestUKShortattheRaindanceFilmFestival.Hewasselected for the Making Waves workshop duringBERLINALE64.AfterworkingasassistantdirectorintheUK,hehasrecentlymovedbacktoItalyandcom-pletedthreenewshortfilmsasawriter/director.
ElvisAndreaDellaMonica
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Writer:JoelBaudProducer:JoelBaudCast:BastianVerdina,VirginieJanelas,DerekRobin
Edmondgoestohiswedding,ontheroadhewillmakearatherunexpectedmeeting.
Joel Baud,afterachievinghisfilmstudiesinSwitzer-land,wherehegraduatedin2013withtheAwardforBestScreenplay,hasbeenworkingasadirectoronfictionfilms,musicvideos,commercialsandcor-poratefilmsfor4yearsnow.He’sayoungdirectorand screenwriter whose creative mind alwayssearches for new challenges. Passionate aboutdrama,darkcomedy,auteurfilmsandenthusedbytheimageingeneral,Joeliscurrentlyworkingonthedevelopmentofseveralfeaturesfilms.
GenreComedy
Runtime9’15’’
Year2018
CountrySwitzerland
Filming locationSwitzerland
LanguageFrench
Awards & FestivalsSandpointFilm
Festival20182ndplacenarrative
3 EdmondJoelBaud
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GenreDrama
Runtime15’13’’
Year2018
CountryFrance
Filming locationTunisia
LanguagePersian
MusicMarjanFarsad,
HusseinZahawy
Awards & FestivalsFestivalde
Saint-Jean-de-LuzPublicAward
SlemaniInternational
FilmFestivalBestshortfilm
PostAlleyFilmFestival
HonorableMention
Writer:ChabnameZariâbProducer:ZangroCast:BehzadMahaq(Ramine),SyrusShahidi(Mustapha)
Somewhere in the desert, a little boy isplunged by force into an intimidating andcompletely foreignnewworld: theworldofcamelracing.Willthedistanthopeofseeinghismother againgivehim the strength toovercomehisfearsandfindhisplaceinthishostileenvironment?
Chabname Zariâb,borninKaboul,Afghanistan,is7years-oldwhenshe immigrates inFrancewithherparents.Shegrowsupinaveryliteraryfamilyandstudiesright,andrealestatebeforeworkinginthedamageexpertassessmentfield.In2015,shegoesbehindthecameraforthefirst time,withherfirstshortfilm“Whenyouhearthebells”,whichhashadagreatsuccess in festivals in thewholeworld,bywinningaroundfiftyawardsandwhichwasnotablynominatedtotheFrenchCesar2017.Currently,Chab-namefinishedhersecondshortfilm,“L’EnfantCha-meau”,alongsidethewritingofthescriptofherfirstfeaturefilm.
The camel boyChabnameZariâb
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Writer:NicolasBoucartProducer:AnthonyReyCast:PhilippeRebbot,MaximeBessonovetAlbertChassagne
Ona tiny islandencircledbysteepcliffs,auniquehouse standsalone facing the sea.Obsessedby thedreamthat,oneday,manmaybeabletoflyjustlikeabird,aninventorexperiments with machines on this aban-donedpieceofland.Forthisman,onlyapure,lightandnaivesouliscapableofsuchafeat.Recruited from the continent, 11-year-oldJosephseemstobetheperfectcandidate.
Nicolas Boucartwasbornon January10,1981 inTournai.AfterfinishinghisfilmstudiesatINRACI,theBelgianFilmSchool,inBrussels,hebeganacareerasasceneshifterandcameramanonmoviesets.Whilst honing his technical skills in the field, hequickly started towrite anddirect short fictionalfilms.In2016,afterworkingasatechnicianonoverfifty short and feature-length films, and havingdirectedthreeshorts,hedevotedhimself full-timetowritinganddirecting.
GenreDrama
Runtime26’59’’
Year2017
CountryBelgium
LanguageFrench
Awards & FestivalsNicolasBoucart
ShorlisteOscare2019
BestInternationalNarrativeShort
atNashvilleFilmFestival2018
GrandPrixatBrusselsShortFilmFestival2018
5 IcareNicolasBoucart
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SPECIALPROGRAM
GUESTOFHONOUR
Outofcompetition
Runtime6’50’’
Year2013
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
ArchivioLuigiPericlec/oHotelAscona
ViaSignoreinCroce,1CH–6612Ascona
+41(0)792450965+41(0)796212343www.luigipericle.org
Presentazione Fondazione Querini Stampalia Writer:VideoShotProducer:FondazioneQueriniStampaliaonlus,VeneziaDirector:VideoShot
La Fondazione Querini Stampalia (nata nel 1869)siproponecomeluogodiproduzioneculturale, basata sullo studio del propriopatrimoniostoricoemusealeesulla rifles-sioneattentaacoglierelepropostepiùavan-zatedellacontemporaneità.Visonoallestiti:laBiblioteca; ilMuseod’ambiente;un’areaper esposizioni temporanee.Una strutturaunica,complessaeflessibile,dovesaleanti-chesiaffiancanoainterventidiarchitetturacontemporanea realizzati da Carlo Scarpa,ValerianoPastoreMarioBotta.LacollezionedelMuseosièdapocoarricchitadelPatrimo-niod’ArtedelGruppoIntesaSanPaolotracuispiccanocapolavoridelTintoretto,CanalettoeTiepolo.
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Neldicembredel2016acquistammo“CasaSanTomaso”sullependicidelMonteVeritàadAscona, inSvizzera.Decidemmodiacquistare, insiemeallacasa,anchetutto ilsuocontenuto, leopere, idocumentie libridelprecedenteproprietariodellavilletta,LuigiPericleGiovannetti.Neltogliereivolumidagliscaffali,invistadeilavoridiripristinodeilocali,trovammouncatalogodel1991dal titolo“Nafea”diHans-JoachimMüllerdove idipintidiLuigiPericleeranopubblicatiaccantoaoperediPicasso,Hodler,VanGogh,Matisse.Dopo l’inizialesbigottimentofuchiarochequalcosad’importanteeraaccadutonelpassatodiPericle;avevaunastoriadarac-contareeilnostrocompitoeraquellodisvelarla.
Nel maggio del 2018 è nata l’esigenza di creare l’associazione non-profit “Archivio Luigi Pericle”(www.luigipericle.org)volendostrut-turareillavorodicoordinamentoericerca.L’Archiviostapromuovendouncalendariodiappuntamentimusealieconferenzeper lavalorizzazionedell’artistainambitointernazionale.
“Luigi Pericle (1916-2001)_Beyond the visible” presso l’Area Scarpa della Fondazione Querini Stampalia in occasione della Biennale di Venezia sarà la prima retrospettiva dell’artista. Lamostraapriràalpubblicosabato11maggiofinoal24novembre2019.IlprogettoèacuradiChiaraGatticonlacollaborazionediMarcoPasi,MicheleTavolaeLucaBochicchio.L’eventoèpatrocinato,traglialtri,dalConsigliodiStatodellaRepubblicaeCantoneTicino,dallaDivisionedellaCulturaedegliStudiUniversitaridelDECS,dalConsolatoGeneralediSvizzeraaMilano,dallaFondazioneMonteVeritàdiAscona,dallaFondazioneEranosdiAsconaedall’UniversitàCàFoscaridiVenezia.Isaggicriticiacatalogoaffronterannonessidiversi:conleistanzedell’astrattismoliricodiKlee,oconilsurreali-smodiMirò;perpoicalarePericleall’internodelsuomomentostorico,intrecciandolasuaesperienzaconquelladeicolleghiattivifranordesudd’Europa. Il tuttoguidatodaununicoscopocheaccomunalasuaoperapittorica,letterariaefilosofica:«renderevisibilel’invisibile».
AndreaeGretaBiasca-Caroni
Un maestro (ritrovato) della pittura del Novecento alla Fondazione Querini Stampalia di Venezia
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Outofcompetition
Presentation and trailer
GenreDocumentary
Year2012
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageItalian
Presentation and trailer
GenreDocumentary,
animation,biography
Year2014
CountrySweden
LanguageEnglish
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Title: MonteVeritàWriter:WernerWeickProducer:WernerWeickDirector:WernerWeick
ThedirectorlooksbackoverthehistoryofMonteVeritàandtheregionasawholethroughtheuto-pianvisionsofthecharacterswholivedthere,coveringtheEranosconferences,theElisarioninMinusio,theIslandsofBrissagoandthehundredsofutopians,mystics,anarchists,artistsandwriterswhofoundinspirationonthishillinAscona,justasHaraldSzeemanndidinhishistoricexhibition“MonteVerità.Lemammelledellaverità”(1978).
Title: FreakOut!Writer:CarlJavér,AndreasJonsson,FredrikLange,DavidWingateDirector:CarlJavérProducer:VildaBombenFilm
In1900agroupofmiddleclasskidsrevoltedagainsttheirtimeandstartedtheoriginalalter-nativecommunity-MonteVerità,themoun-tainoftruth.Acommunitybasedonveganism,feminism,pacifismandfreelove.Thiscreativedocumentarymixes interviews, archive andanimationinabeautifulcombinationbringingyoustraightback to theearly1900as seenthroughtheeyesoftheseyoungradicals.
Monte Verità & Freak out!Trailers
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MusicXXX
Awards & FestivalsXXX
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Jordan Mattos,withover5yearsofexperienceinrightsmanagementandcontentacquisition,createstailored release strategies for niche films, andestablisheskey relationshipswithmulti-platformpartners.Hehasledthelicensinganddistributionofover50internationallyaward-winningfilmsintheUS,workingwithfilmmakerssuchasChiemiKaras-awa,LeahMeyerhoff,NoazDeshe,Miguel LlansoandDanielHoesl.AtCinemarketJordanfocusesonqualitycontentmanagementandhelpingtomaketheplatformuser-friendlyforfilmmakers.
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SPECIALPROGRAM
GUESTOFHONOUR
Outofcompetition
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6 Forget me notFlorine&KimNüesch
GenreDrama
Runtime15’02’’
Year2018
CountrySwitzerland
Filming locationUSA
LanguageEnglish
MusicStephenRennicks
Awards & FestivalsYoungDirectorAward,
Cannes,Silverin
ShortFilmCategory
ThunderdanceFilmFestival,London,
RunnerUpAwardforBestActor/Actress
Writer:Florine&KimNüeschProducer:MalcolmDuncanCast:EmilySwallow,BrookeFontana,AshleySilverman
Setinthe1970’s,thefilmcentersontwolittlegirls,whostrugglewiththeirmother’sbipolardisease that constantly disrupts their livesandburdensthemtogrowupearly.Astheirmother’s illness takesadark turn, thegirlshavetocometotermswiththefactthattheirmotherwillneverbenormal.
Florine & Kim Nüesch,sisters,areanawardwinningdirectingduofromSwitzerlandbasedinLosAngeles.TheybegantomakefilmsataveryyoungageandlateronmovedtoLosAngelestostudydirectingandwritingatArtCenterCollegeofDesign.Theirshortfilm“Forgetmenot”wonsilverattheYoungDirectorAward at Cannes andwas selected by numerousinternationalfilmfestivals includingtheLAShortsFestivalandtheHollyShortsFilmFestival.Currentlytheyareworkingonmultipleprojectsincludingtheirfirstfeaturefilm.
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Writer:DelphineMontaigneProducer:LaurianeCoulonCast:DelphineMontaigne,TanyaMattouk,ChristopheKourotchkine,GuyLecluyse
Alongherteam,the“36’,Lea,commanderofoperation, faces the true faceof thenews,filledwithbloodcrimes,andisonethetoponthe French police force.Protected and con-nectedbytheir invisiblebondsweaknessesandsolidarityisintheirDNA…
Delphine Montaignewasorn inLyons.Trained indramaartsinNiceandParis,France.DelphineMon-taignehasbeenacomediansinceage13.Commer-cials, documentaries, shehas spokena thousandvoicesandhas incarnated justasmanycharacters.Sheenjoysthesubtlereassuranceandtranquillityofbackstageanddubbingstudios.Sheswitchesuni-verses,fromstages,tosets,tomikes,andhasalwaysdoneso.Sheneverstoppedworking,inotherwords,neverstoppedplaying.
GenreFiction
Runtime18’00’’
Year2017
CountryFrance
Filming locationParis,France
LanguageFrench
Awards & FestivalsTopshortUSA,
USABestShort
FestivaldeSaint
Tropez,FranceBestShort
BiiffAllemagne,
GermanyBestShort
7 DNA of wild beastsDelphineMontaigne
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Life is a race.
Giubiasco | Riazzino | winteler.ch
Le aspettative nei confronti di un’auto sportiva moderna si fanno sempre più complesse ed eterogenee, proprio come la vita di oggi. Per questo la gamma AMG GT si è ingrandita: la nuova Mercedes-AMG GT Coupé a 4 porte coniuga le prestazioni sen-sazionali di una sportiva, con l’idoneità all’uso quotidiano di un’elegante quattro porte.
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GenreAnimation,film-
poem,documentary
Runtime7’54’’
Year2017
CountryAustralia
Filming locationAustralia
LanguageEnglish
MusicRadheyaJegatheva
Awards & FestivalsLesUtopiales,Festival
InternationalDeScience-Fiction,Nantes
PublicPrize
CrossoverFilmFestival,Woodbridge
(Virginia),USABestWrittenConceptFilm
Writer:RadheyaJegathevaProducer:RadheyaJegathevaCast:JayJayJegathesanVoices:JayJayJegathesanIllustrations/Animations:RadheyaJegatheva
Afilmthatexplorestherelationshipbetweenmanandtechnology...toldfromtheperspectiveofaphone.VariouslydescribedasanAnima-tion,anExperimentalFilm,aNarrative,aDoc-umentaryoraFilm-Poemdependingonwhoyouspeakto,thishanddrawnanimatedfilmisbasedonthepoem‘SevenBillion’writtenbythefilmdirectorthatwon2Nationalpoetryawards:TheYoungAustralianWriter’sNationalAward forPoetry, selectedoutofafieldof30,000andtheKarenWTreanorPoetryAward(Youth).
Radheya Jegathevafilmshavebeenselectedto7AcademyAwardQualifyingFestivalsalongwithanAustralianAcademyofCinema&TVArts (AACTA)Award nomination, Australia’s equivalent to theOscars. Radheya anAustralian filmmaker born in1999 inMalaysia toparentsof SouthKoreanandMalaysianancestry.He isaBachelorofCommerceandArtsstudentatCurtinUniversity.Radheya’sfilmshavewonawards in6of theworlds7continentswiththelastfrontierbeingbreachedin2018,wheniRonyplayedatAntarctica’sDavisResearchStation.
iRonyRadheyaJegatheva
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Writer:EyalBeProducer:DoronButnik
Whathappenswhenyourex-boyfriend isavideoeditorthatkeepstrappingyouinaloopinordertostopyoufrommeetingyournewboyfriend?Thisistheideabehindthemusicvideofor“RealLove”bytheIsraelialternativeband,Inga-Dingo.
Eyal Be isanacclaimedIsraelivisualeffectsartistperformingvariousrolessuchasfilmmaker,director,animator,illustrator,writeranddesigner,andcomicartist,with credits ranging fromEretzNehederet(IsraeliversionofSaturdayNightLive) topopularsketch comedy and entertainment shows wherevisualartswerethefocalpointoftheproductionandviewingexperience.EyalwasnominatedasVisualEffectArtistof theYear forhisworkonTheGreenProjectin2012andagain,in2014and2016,forhisworkonEretzNehederet.
GenreMusicvideo
Runtime4’26’’
Year2018
CountryIsrael
Filming locationNewYork
LanguageEnglish
9 Inga-Dingo – Real loveEyalBe
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Writer:AndreaMonetaProducer:AndreaMonetaIllustrations/Animations:AndreaMoneta
1959, thespacesovietprogramsentLuna1(space probe) to the Moon. The spaceshipmissedthetargetandlostinspace.Thisani-mation,looselybasedonhistoricalfacts,trytofindoutwhat“really”happenedtoLuna1.
Andrea Moneta isa totalauthor(director,screenplayer,animator,videoeditor,etc.)whomakesani-mation inCG.AndreaMonetawasborn inAncona(Italy)in1974,hestudyedphilosophyandnowheisaphilosophyteacherinPise(Tuscany),scholaratuni-versity.In2005hestartedtorealizehisphilosophicalideas incomputeranimation,makingseveralshortmovies.Someofthemobtainedprizesandrecongni-tionsininternationalfilmfestivalallovertheworld.
GenreScifianimation
Runtime11’16’’
Year2018
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish/Russian
Awards & FestivalsOfficialselection
TriesteSci+FiFilmFestival
OfficialselectionLUCSACaribbean
FantasticFilmFestival
FinalistROSFilmFestival
10 Blue moonAndreaMoneta
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Writer:LuziaSchifferle,TobiasSpeiserProducer: Hochschule Luzern- Design und Kunst,StudiengangAnimation,JürgenHaasVoices:OlavLervik,DustinRees, JochenEhmann,ThomasGassmann
VikingchiefUlfhaslosthisdesiretobeaVikingandhisbestfriendBerthtriestoreignitehispassionfortheaxe.AftersomefailedattemptsBerthaccidentallyinspiresUlftopickupanewoccupation.ThechiefopensupahairsaloonforhisfellowVikingwarriorsandhencetheyallplungeintobattleperfectlystyled.
Luzia Schifferle studiedattheLucerneUniversityofAppliedSciencesandArtsandgraduated2018withaBachelorsDegree in FilmwithSpecialisation inAnimation.Tobias SpeiserstudiedattheLucerneUniversityofAppliedSciencesandArtsandgraduated2018withaBachelorsDegree in FilmwithSpecialisation inAnimation.
GenreComedy
Runtime2’24’’
Year2018
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageNodialogue
MusicRiccardoVenanzi
11 BarbaerLuziaSchifferle,TobiasSpeiser
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Writer:VladimirMorozovProducer:VladimirMorozov
Our life isaccompaniedbysubtlemelodiescomingfromunknownplaces.Thesemelodiesarefewinnumbers,andallofthemcouldfitononesideofaconventionalstereovinyl…
Vladimir Morozovwasborn in1967.FinishedtheKalugaregionalCollegeofCultureandArts.WorkedattheRussianNationalStateTVandRadioCompany«Kaluga», thefilmstudio«Eurika»(Izmail,Odessaregion)andthebroadcastingcompany«NikaTV»(Kaluga).Aparticipantofcompetitiveprogramsofmorethan30festivalsin20countries.
GenreExperimentaldocumentary
Runtime10’13’’
Year2015
CountryRussia
LanguageEnglish
Awards & FestivalsDocumentaryTirana
InternationalFilmFestival2015,Tirana,
Albania)BestShort
DavisInternationalFilmFestival2015
Davis,USAFinalist
VIMikroFAF2015Belgrad,Serbia
BeyondFragmentsAward,thebestsocially
engagedmovie
12 Very long play vinylVladimirMorozov
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GenreDrama
Runtime15’00’’
Year2017
CountryItaly
Filming locationFerrara,Italy
LanguageItalian
MusicLuigiMariaMennella
Awards & Festivals9thCortisonanti
InternationaleFilmFestival2018,Napoli,
ItaliaAwardfor
BestCinematography
PRISMAIndependentFilmAwards2018,
Roma,ItaliaOfficialSelection
Writer:RobertoGneoProducer:RobertoGneoCast:LucaLionello(father),MajaLionello(Silvia),CinziaCarrea(mother)
Inthemiddleofthenight,Silviaquarrelswithherboyfriend,who leavesheralone in thestreetoutofspite.Atthistimeofthenight,publictransporthasstoppedrunning.Thegirlcallsherfatherandwakeshimup.Theyfinallyarrangeanappointment.Thefather’scarridetoreachhisdaughtercausesthebeginningofaparallelinnerjourneythatbringsbacktohismind thepivotalelementsofhis father-to-daughter relationship:bluntness,complicityandlove.
Roberto Gneo(Italy,March28,1971)graduatedin1991attheInstituteofCinematographyandTelevision“RobertoRossellini”asCartoonistDesigner.In1992heattendedtheLiteraturecourseswithspecializationinCinemaHistoryattheUniversitySapienzaofRomeandthenDAMScoursesoftheUniversityRomaTre.1996-97hegraduatedinCinematographyandEditing.–2014“L’amoreormai”(Theremainsoflove)–2017“Unpadre”(Afather)
A fatherRobertoGneo
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GenreFiction,thriller
Runtime20’00’’
Year2018
CountryFrance,Belgium
Filming locationFrance
LanguageFrench
MusicMathieuLamboley
Awards & FestivalsShortoftheYear,Spain
SpecialMention
26thFestivalLeCourtenDitLong,Paris,France
RTBFSpecialAward
4thFestivalDesNotesetdesToiles,France
BestShortFilmAward
Writer:MichaëlGuerrazProducer:JonathanHazanCast:VirgileBramly,MaudWyler,Jean-MichelVovk
Yveshasacceptedtoplantanexperimentalcornfieldonhisfarm.Thisdecisionallowsthecoupletobemorefinanciallystable.Astheyhaveababyontheway,everythingseemstobeontheup.Thatis,untiloneday,whenYvesdiscoverssomestrangesapflowingdownanearofcorn.
Michaël Guerraz,atrainedfilmeditor,wasborninGrenoble,1974.Afterdirecting5selfproducedshortfilms,in2007hewasawardedadirector’sgrantattheGrenobleShortFilmFestival thankstohisfilmContacts,producedbytheG.R.E.C,2009.Sincethen,Michaelhasdirectedtwoshortfilms,bothproducedbyLesFilmsduCygneandwrittenbyOlivierDreux:Clay(2012)whichwasselectedforover80festivalsandawardedmorethan20prizes,aswellasbeingpreselectedforthe2014CésarShortFilmAwardandmorerecently,TheCornfield.
The cornfieldMichaëlGuerraz
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GenreDrama
Runtime21’30’’
Year2018
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
MusicRomainTrouillet
Awards & FestivalsPrixUnifranceforshort
films2018,FranceSelected
Flicker’sRhodeIslandFestival,USA
BestPhotographyAward
ChacunsonCourtFestival,Strasbourg
Competition
Writer:BaptistePetit-GatsProducer:NelsonGhrénassiaCast:CatherineSalée,VictorRivière
ItisAllSaints’Day.Bérénicewandersthroughthecity.Shemustfindflowersforthegrave.Sacha,herson,hasotherplans.Toobad.Shemustfindflowersforthegrave.
Baptiste Petit-Gats,editor formanyshortmovies(MidnightRamblersby JulianBallester2017)anddocumentaries,signswithFLOWERShisfirstfictionprojectasadirector.
FlowersBaptistePetit-Gats
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Presentation and trailer
GenreDocumentary
Year2010
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageItalian,German
Presentation and trailer
GenreDocumentary
Year2017
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageEnglish,French,German,Italian,
Indonesian
Title:E.M.Remarque,M.Dietrich,P.GoddardWriter:VictorJ.TognolaProducer:Anne-MarieRodeghieroDirector:VictorJ.Tognola
ThisdocumentarytellsthestoryofthewriterErichMariaRemarqueandthe lovetrianglethathehadwithMarleneDietrichandPau-letteGoddard.
Title:Samadhi-WeareoneWriter:VictorJ.TognolaProducer:Anne-MarieTognola,FramaFilmInternationalDirector:VictorJ.Tognola
Thisdocumentaryfilmwantstoshowhowwecan livewithout fear.Sevenstoriesof love/empathycanbeseenwithwolves,marmots,orangutans,aBengaltiger,abullfightingbull,adogandtwohorsesfromtheSevenMountains.
E. M. Remarque, M. Dietrich, P. Goddard & Samadhi - We are oneTrailers
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Presentation and trailer
GenreShort,art,
experimental
Year2016
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageNodialogue
Writer:ElaFranscellaProducer:MOPS_DanceSyndromeAssociationDirector:ElaFranscellaCast:MOPS_DanceSyndromeDancers:SimoneLunardi,AmedeaAloisi,MarieCourtin,VinzenzHäussermann,GaiaMereu
“HereIam,outsidethetimeofgenerations,myessentialbeing.”DancerswithDownsyn-drome,bearersofwisdomandhope,wendtheirwaytowardsalchemicalplacesandspacesofmeditation.Atriptoameetingwithlight,intheintimate,numinousgeographyofthesoul.
Ela Franscella,multidisciplinarySwissartist,chore-ographeranddirectorisfocusingonresearchinganddevelopingnewidiomsofdancedmovement,VideoArtandtheplasticarts.Theworksshecreatescanbelocatedatthe interfacesbetweenseveraldifferentterrains-Body/Video/Painting Art and perfor-mance-andaredistinctiveforthemysterious,savageyetsagebalanceinwhichexpressionmeetsimagery,intuitiveintelligenceandmeditation.ShecreatedtheMOPS_DanceSyndromecontemporarydance com-panywhosedancersallhavetheDownsyndrome.
Sparkling silencePresentation
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Presentation
Presentation
Title: Nonvendereituoisogni,maiWriter:UmbertoLucarelli
UmbertoLucarellipresentalasuaultimafatica:
Vicolo Calusca @Feltrinelli 2018
VicoloCaluscaèuncamminointerioreeunandareperleviedelTicinesesulletraccedeiluoghidell’estremasinistramilanesedeicosiddettiannisettanta.
Presentation and trailer
GenreSurreal,
dramatic,comedy
Year2017
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Title: RivotrillWriter:UmbertoLucarelli,GiovanniSansoneProducer:MatrioskaIntegratedSocialCooperativeDirector:UmbertoLucarelli
Thefilmtellsaboutameetingbetweentwopeople.One isaso-called“able-bodied”andtheother isapersonwithadisability.Ratherthananencounter,itisaclash:RivotrillishitbythecarofCiglione,aprofessorofphilosophy.Thetwoarenolongerabletomovefromtheplaceoftheaccident,theyremaininthemiddleoftheroaddespitethemselvestoconfront,totalk,totell,withoutbeingabletotaketheiniti-ativetoseparate…
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The 8th Ascona Film Festival supports:OrdineTeosoficodiServizio
L’Ordine Teosoficodi Servizioè stato fondatodalla dottoressa Annie Besant nel febbraio1908, seimesidopo la suaelezioneaPresi-dente Internazionale della Società Teosofica,inrispostaall’aspirazionedimoltimembrichedesideravanopromuoverel’applicazioneprati-cadeiprincipiteosofici, inparticolaredelpri-moscopo:“FormareunnucleodellaFratellan-zauniversaledell’umanitàsenzadistinzionidirazza, credo, sesso, casta o colore”. Nel sup-plementoaTheTheosophistdelfebbraio1908,AnnieBesantannunciò infatti la creazionediunaorganizzazionelacuimissioneera–edètuttora–“quelladiuniretutticolorocheamano,nelservizioacolorochesoffrono”.
Attività in ItaliaInItalialeattivitàdell’O.T.S.sonomolteplicievannodallameditazioneperlapacealleadozioniadistanza,dall’assistenza a malati ed anziani alla promozionedell’etica vegetariana, alla tutela degli animali, alleraccoltefondipersostenereorfanotrofi,scuole,inter-ventisanitari,stampaeristampeditestiteosoficiecc.Farpartedell’O.T.S.significavolerfareladifferenzainunmondoindifferente,faredellacompassionelabasedellapropriavitaevivereinsintoniaconl’universoeselacausadellaqualecioccuperemoègenuinamen-tefilantropica,altruistaeimpersonale,troveràsempresupportopoichécanalizzeràl’aiutonecessarionelmo-mentodelbisogno.
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Fondatrice:AnnieBesant(1908)
SegretarioInternazionale:NancySecrest
ResponsabiliNazionaliperl’Italia:
SandraSartorieStefaniaSchiavo
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GenreDramedy
Runtime15’00’’
Year2017
CountryFrance
Filming locationMontreuil,France
LanguageFrench
MusicWorakls
Awards & Festivals4thLosAngeles
Cinefest,LosAngelesSemifinalist
12thFeelthereel
InternationalFilmFestival,Glasgow
3rdBestoftheFestBestactor,bestediting
TheMonthlyFilmFestival,GlasgowCinematographer
ofthemonth
Writer:GuillaumeCaramelleProducer:GuillaumeCaramelleCast:OscarBerthe,TessBoutmann,BaptisteCaillaud,Samuel Messberg, Bartholomew Boutellis, VictorMeutelet
Peter,anordinaryboy,isinlovewithNikki,agirlasbeautifulasinaccessible.Atacelebrationbetweenhighschoolstudents,heseeshergettingalongwitha thirtyyear’soldman.Peterisjealous.Especiallyasthismysteriousmanseemstoseduceherwithdisconcertingease...
Guillaume Caramelle is a young multi awardeddirector(shortfilmsandadvertisements)andscreen-writerwho scrutinizes society to translate it intoimages.Hisfilmstellhisstory,butmoregenerallythatofadissoluteyouthinsearchofidentity.Cara-melle’sgoalisnotonlytoobserve,buttoprobethewoesofoursocietyandexploreitslimitsinadecid-edlymoderntonethatalternatesbetweensarcasmandsolemnity.At25,hedirectedhisfirstshortfilm,AuSouvenird’unelune,whichfollowsayounggrad-uateanxiousabouthisfuture.
Nikki Marianne GuillaumeCaramelle
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Writer:IngridHeiderscheidtProducer:JulieCarrière,MathieuToulemonde,MaximeFeyersCast:IngridHeiderscheidt,AnneMarieLoop,MarcelDelval,AnneSylvain,BenoitSacrè,MurielBersy
Sabine goes daily to the site “suicidal.be”underthepseudonymEvaB.Insearchofthefamous“SuicideInstructionManuel”,censoredafewyearsafterhisrelease,shecrossesthevirtual linktomeetDarkBoy,BarbieTurik…andfindtheperfectwaytoenditonceandforall…withoutpain!
Ingrid Heiderscheidtisabelgianactress.Intheatre,sheplayedforFabriceMurgia,JoelPommerat,JeanMichel Frère, Christine Delmotte. In cinema, wecouldseeherin“Lasage-femme”byMartinProvost,Fautpasluidire”bySolangeCicurel,“Çarendheu-reux”deJoachimLafosse,“Ultranova”deBouliLan-ners… But also, in several short films, including“Calamity”bySéverinedeStreyckerandMaximeFeyers(several interpretationprizes).Sheendsupwritinganddirecting“ThePerfectWay”,herfirstshortfilm.
GenreDramaticcomedy
Runtime24’30’’
Year2018
CountryBelgium
Filming locationBelgium
LanguageFrench
MusicJefMercelis
Awards & FestivalsHUy,Belgium
SpecialMentionat“LesEnfantsTerribles”
IzmirInternationalShortFilmFestival
17 The perfect wayIngridHeiderscheidt
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Writer:VasilisTsiouvaras,TaxiarchisDeligiannisProducer:PanagiotisKountouras,VasilisTsiouvaras,TaxiarchisDeligiannis,EleniAfentaki,ChristosStergioglouCast:ChristosStergioglou
Can you consume your human nature in ameal?Whenhidden instinct is transformedintomorbidobsession,thenself-preservationturns intoameaningless ritualof imitation,anactofemptylogic.
Taxiarchis Deligiannis and Vasilis Tsiouvarashavewrittenascreenplayforafeaturefilm(currentlyinpre-production), and screenplays for short films,suchas “Ivan” (dir.PanagiotisKountouras-officialselection Leeds International Film Festival 2018,Bucharest International Film Festival 2018 ( JuryAward)andOxfordFilmFestival2019),“Karim&Her-cules”(AnnecyInternationalAnimationFilmFestival2018)& “Onemorehour of life” (best short filmscreenplay award by the Scriptwriters Guild ofGreece).
GenreDramedy
Runtime9’30’’
Year2018
CountryGreece
Filming locationAthens,Greece
LanguageNodialogue
MusicSoundDesignOnly
Awards & FestivalsLeedsInternational
FilmFestivalShortFilmAudience
AwardsOfficialSelection
BucharestShortFilmFestival
OfficialSelectionJuryAward
ofRecognition
IvanVasilisTsiouvaras,TaxiarchisDeligiannis
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GenreDrama
Runtime13’01’’
Year2018
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
MusicEthanSelcer
Writer:LaureBourdonZaraderProducer:AlexisBoulanger,PhilippeFerreiraDaCosta,EthanSelcer
PaulineandNohamlovedeachothermadly.WhenPauline’smothertoldhertheymovedto Paris, Pauline couldn’t accept to looseNoham,anddecidetostayinParis.ButPaulineisonlyten…
Laure Bourdon Zarader,afterstudying literature,joinedtheSorbonneincinemabeforegraduatingamasterdegreeat theBerlinUniversityof theArts.Her first documentary Mediosos (Les Films d’Ici,2012)washergraduationfilm. In2015, she thendirectedherfirstfictionshortfilm,“Dolça”,followedby“WildLife”(2016)whichwasainternationalfesti-valsuccess,anddirected“There’sno lovestrongerthanours”in2018.
There’s no love stronger than oursLaureBourdonZarader
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Writer:HristinaBelousovaProducer:DanteRustavIllustrations/Animations:AnnaFokina,HristinaBelousova,AskarUrmanov
Everyonehasgotaticketforthisshipbut itsails…alwaysatdifferenttimes.
Hristina Belousovawasborn inTashkent(Uzbeki-stan)in1987.AfterschoolshewasacceptedintoMarkWeil’s theatre school in2006.Graduated from thisschoolshebecameanactressatthe“Ilkhom”theater.In2015togetherwithDanteRustavshefoundedthecompany on production of movies “Dante RustavFilms”.Andsameyear,sheshot thedebutmovie.Since2017shedrawscartoons.Hershortfilmsandcartoon artworks have won different awards andhavebeenfeaturedonvariousfestivals(more100InternationalFilmFestivals).
GenreDrama
Runtime1’24’’
Year2018
CountryUzbekistan
LanguageNodialogue
Awards & Festivals16thInternationalFilm
Festival“OneShot”2018Erevan,ArmeniaSpecialMention
3thAcharyaTulsiShortFilmFestival2018
Bikaner,India2ndWinnerInstitutional
Award
3thInternationalArteNonStopFestival2018BuenosAires,Argentina
SpecialMention
20 The last cruiseHristinaBelousova
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Creative communication studio
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Lucasdesign ha fi rmato la concezione e la coproduzione di vari TV-spot, fi lmati istituzionali e shooting fotografi ci, tra i quali il fi lmato promozionale “La via dell’energia” dell’Azienda Elettrica ticinese.
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Creative communication studio
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Lucasdesign ha fi rmato la concezione e la coproduzione di vari TV-spot, fi lmati istituzionali e shooting fotografi ci, tra i quali il fi lmato promozionale “La via dell’energia” dell’Azienda Elettrica ticinese.
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GenreFiction
Runtime15’00’’
Year2018
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Writer:VitoPalmieriProducer:IvanOlgiati,ChiaraGalloni
The Italian national football team doesn’tqualify for the2018WorldCup.Agroupoffriendsdecidetohavetheirown“WorldCup”onthemainsquareoftheirtownintheSouthofItaly.Theyaskpeopletoparticipaterepre-senting theirhomecountries.However, anItalian national teammadeby immigrantsinsiststobetheItalianteamaswell.TwoItaliannational teamscompetethen inone“WorldCup”.Whowillbethewinner?
Vito PalmieriisanItaliandirectorbornin1978.In2006hedirectstheshort“TanaLiberatutti”,nomi-natedforDaviddiDonatelloandawardedwithmorethan50prizes.In2012hedirectsMatilde,presentedinBerlinale2013andwinnerofthebestlive-actionshortfilmawardatTIFF(TorontoInternationalFilmFestival),Kidssection.In2018,hedirectsTheworldcup in the square, awarded as the best short in“Migrarti”,withinVeniceInternationalFilmFestival.
Il mondiale in piazzaVitoPalmieri
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GenreComedy,drama
Runtime20’57’
Year2019
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Awards & FestivalsFestivaldu
courtmétraged’humourdeMeudon,
France
Festivalducourt-métragedeClermont,France
Festivalinternationaldecomédie,France
Writer:LaurianeEscaffreandYvonnickMullerProducer:EmmanuelWahl
Inthreedays,Elodieistakinganexamtogetabeautytherapydiploma.HerfatherChristo-phe,abutcher,wouldlikemorehelpfromhisdaughter in his butcher shop. But at themoment,Elodiedealswithanotherissue,shehastofoundamodel.Ahairymodeltopasshertest.
Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller,comedians,LaurianeandYvonnickhaveplayed in thecinemaunderthedirectionofmanydirectors(PierreJolivet,CyprienVial,TonieMarshall,PhilippeLeGuay,Abdel-latifKechiche,IsabelleBrocard,MadsMathiesen...).In 2011, the desire to be at the base of projectspushes themto formtheHappyCollective,whichbringstogetherwriters,directors,andactors.Theyco-write and co-direct three short films that areselected and awarded at many festivals (Alped’Huez,Raindance,Meudon...),andbroadcastonTVinFranceandabroad.“PilePoil” is theirfirstshortproduced, by Qui Vive! Lauriane has a degree inscreenwriting fromLa Fémis, andYvonnickhasascreenwritingtrainingattheCEEA.Theyarecurrentlywritingontwofeaturefilmprojects.
By a hairLaurianeEscaffreandYvonnickMuller
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GenreFiction,comedy
Runtime14’39’’
Year2018
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian,Siciliandialect
Writer:GiuseppeCarleoProducer:RitaVinci,NicolettaCataldo
Annachiara lives in thesuburbsofPalermowithherfamily.Shewantstowinbackherexboyfriend. Her grandma suggests that sheusesanancientritethatcouldsavethedestinyofherlostlove.
Giuseppe CarleowasborninPalermoin1988.HestudiedatCentroSperimentalediCinematografiainRome where he graduated in acting. In 2012 hestudiedfilmdirectionatCentroSperimentaleaswell.That’swhenhestartedexploringhisSicilianorigins,abigsourceofinspirationforhiswork.
In your placeGiuseppeCarleo
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Writer:VirgilWidrichProducer:PhilippPalmCast:DaveStewart,NenaKernerVoices:NenaIllustrations/Animations:OlegProdeus
Childrendreamofwhattheywillbeasadultsandadultsdreamabouttheirchildhood.Butsometimes,whenorderlylifebecomespara-lyzedinroutine,adultsneedtheinnerchildtobringaboutchange:“Bemyrebel”,thefirstcollaborationofthetwomusiclegendsNenaandDaveStewart,premieredatNenas40thanniversary on stage. The accompanyingvideobyOscar-nominatedfilmmakerVirgilWidrichtransfersthestory intoadreamlike,glassmirrorworld that ispoweredbyDaveStewartatthecontrolsofhisclassicmodularsynthesizers.
Virgil Widrichisascreenwriter,filmdirector,multi-mediaartistandprofessorof“Art&Science”attheUniversity of Applied Arts Vienna. His short film“CopyShop”wasnominatedforanOscar.Intotal,hisworkhasbeenawardedmorethan130internationalawards.VirgilWidrichisinvolvedinavarietyofrolesas project manager, conceptionalist, exhibitiondesignerorartisticdirectorinthecreationofscreen-plays,shortandfeaturefilms, installations,exhibi-tionsandentiremuseums,aswellasininternationalresearchprojects.
GenreMusicvideo
Runtime3’45’’
Year2018
CountryGermany
Filming locationHamburg,Germany
LanguageEnglish
MusicDaveStewart,NenaKerner,
DerekvonKrogh
Awards & FestivalsFusionInternational
FilmFestivalsLondon,England
NominationforBestMusicVideo
FusionInternationalFilmFestivals
London,EnglandNominationforBest
Cinematography
24 Nena & Dave Stewart: be my rebelVirgilWidrich
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GenreDocumentary
Runtime19’53’’
Year2017
CountryItaly
Filming locationItaly,France,Germany,
Argentina
LanguageItalian
MusicFrancescoBorghi
Awards & FestivalsSalentoInternational
FilmFestival2019,Tricase,Lecce,Italy,BestDocumentary
Award
Writer:BarbaraAinisProducer:BarbaraAinisDirector:SimoneMarcelliCast:FrancoMariaRicci,AuraMarcelli,MayaSalaInterviewed:BernardoBertolucci,MariaKodama,Borges,VittorioSgarbi,IngeFeltrinelli,UlricoHoeplyVoices:MarioZucca
Somepeoplelookatthepast,thepresentandthefuturewithaclearvision, imprintingtheirsignatureinanindelibleway.FrancoMariaRicciisoneofthem.StartingfromtheSeventiesofthe lastcentury,hehasbroughtuptheartofprinting,influencingthetasteforthebeautyofmillionsofbibliophiles.Publisherof themostelegantartbooks,graphicartist,collectorandaesthete,hehadthecouragetodictatehisownoriginalconceptofbeauty.Riccihimself,amongthebamboocorridorsofhislabyrinth,tellshisstoryinthisdocumentary.Notacomprehensivebiography,butalongseriesofemotions,surrealadventures,encountersanddeepfriendships.Someofthosefriends-includingBernardoBer-tolucci,VittorioSgarbi,IngeFeltrinelli,BenediktTaschen and Guy Cogeval – take part in thestory,paintingthemultifacetedprofileofafun,brilliantman,arealItaliangenius.FromParmatoParis,fromNewYorktoBoges’BuenosAires,thedocumentarycoversthelifeanddreamsofoneofthemostinfluentialmaîtreàpensersofthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury.
Éphémère. La bellezza inevitabileB.Ainis,S.Marcelli,L.CasalisRicci,E.Pepino
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Writer:JohannesBachmann(Director),LeaPasinetti(Script)Producer:ZurichUniversityofArtsCast:Anna-KatahrinaMüller,JonUntersander,InannaLincke,MatthiasHungerbühlerIllustrations/Animations:JohannesBachmann
Sybille,aheadmistressandpolitician,isinthemiddleofanelectioncampaignformunicipalcouncilpresident inherSwissvillagewhenhersonisaccusedbyaclassmateofmistreatingher.Sybillehastochoosebetweenmoralityandcareer.Eitherway,herreputationinthecommunityisatstake!
Johannes Bachmann(*1992)grewupinMunichinaSwissmusicianfamily.HehasbeenstudyingBachelorofArtsinFilmattheZurichUniversityofArts.BesidesdirectinghisownmovieshealsoworksasaDoPandeditor.Occasionally Johannesworksasanactor inGermantelevisionproductions.InFall2016JohannesstartedhismasterstudiesinFeatureFilmDirectingattheZHdK.
GenreDrama,fiction
Runtime25’09’’
Year2018
CountrySwitzerland
Filming locationSwitzerland
LanguageSwiss-German
MusicMoritzWidrig
Awards & FestivalsZubroffca
FoyleFilmFestival,North-Ireland,
OfficialSelection
Zubroffca,Bialystok,OfficialSelection
40thFilmFestivalMaxOphülsPreis,Saarbrüclen,
Short-Film-Contest
25 Quiet land good peopleJohannesBachmann,LeaPasinetti
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GenreComedy
Runtime14’45’’
Year2017
CountryFrance,Belgium
LanguageFrench,Greek
Awards & FestivalsLocarno
InternationalFilmFestival,Switzerland
MedienPatentVerwaltungPrize
LesEnfantsterriblesFilmFestival,Belgium
Specialmentionofthenationaljury
Writer:PabloMunozGomez,SarahSchenkel,XavierSeronProducer:RoueLibre(BE),OrigineFilms(FR)Cast:GeorgesSiatidis,NikolaosSachas,WimWillaert,Anne Paulicevich, Marouan Iddoub, Jean-BenoitUgeux,CatherineSalée,IngridHeiderscheidt,etc.
Santaiscapitalist.Hebringstoystotherichkidsandsweatshirtstothepoorones.Nikos,5yearsold.
Pablo Munoz Gomez,graduatedfromIADin2013inLouvain-La-Neuve,Belgium.In2012,heco-directedhisfirstshortfilm“Jan”withRémiAllier.Hissecondfilm,Welkom(2013)receivednumerousawards invarious festivals including the Magritte for BestShort Film in2014. In2016,hedirectedhis thirdshortfilm,Kapitalistis,(ProducedbyRoueLibrepro-ductionandOrigineFilms)andmadehisdebut indocumentarydirectingwithIntegrationInch’Allah.
KapitalistisP.MunozGomez,S.Schenkel,X.Seron
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Writer:AurélienLaplaceProducer:Jean-FrançoisMoussié,ThomasMagneronCast:FrançoisBerland,ChristianBujeau
Stupor in the city: this morning, someonesprayedagraffitionthewallofahistoricalmonument!Themainpeopleconcerned,theMayorandDr.Robin,willhavetoexplain…
Aurélien Laplace,since2001,wroteanddirectedsixshortfilmsandtwoclipsforHkuandSeldomColin.Witheachnewfilm,heexploresthethemeof theunsettlingofdailylifeorhowcharactersentangledinaroutineseesuddenlytheirlifeswitchandtheirupended bearings among other. This led him todevelopcomediestooffbeat tone.Aurélien isalsocurrentlyworkingonanewcomedyfeaturefilm.
GenreComedy
Runtime9’30’’
Year2019
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
MusicSeldomColin
27 The graffitiAurélienLaplace
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Writer:MohammadBakhshiProducer:NimaRabieiCast:NaeimSheikhMahboubi,YasamanSolhi,EbrahimAmoure,MehdiHosseini,MohsenDadashZadeh
AgroupofArabian spokenasylumseekersarrivetoanEnglishspokencountryborderandcan’t keepgoing. They conflictwithbordersoldiers everyday till a deaf-mute babybecomesacatalystforbettercommunicationbetweentwogroups.
Mohammad BakhshiwasborninRafsanjan,Iran,in1987.He receivedhisbachelors indirecting fromTehranuniversityofdramaticartandhismastersindirectingoftheatrefromAzaduniversityofTehran.Hehasmadefourshortfilmsandtwolongdocumen-tariesandhasgained80awardsandthirtynomina-tionsfrommorethan260nationalandinternationalFilmFestival.
GenreDrama,fiction,
sport,war
Runtime15’00’’
Year2018
CountryIran
Filming locationIran
LanguageArabic,English
MusicBehnoudYakhchali
28 Are you volleyball?MohammadBakhshi
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