COMPETITION SECTION (12)
Ελλάδα-Πράσινο Ακρωτήριο/Greece-Cabo Verde, 2014, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Αλέξης Τσάφας, Γιάννης Φώτου/ Alexis Tsafas, Yannis Fotou. Σεν./Scr.: Βάσια Καρυτινού / Vasia Karitinou. Φωτ./Cin.: Γιάννης Φώτου / Yannis Fotou. Μοντ./Ed.: Σταμάτης Μαγουλάς / Stamatis Magoulas. Μουσ./Mus.: Estudio Criola. Ηθ./Cast: Μαρία Στεφανίδου, Γιώργος Νούσης / Maria Stefanidou, Yorgos Nousis. Παρ./Prod.: Κυριάκος Χατζημιχαηλίδης, T-short / Kyriakos Michailidis, T-Short, Sales: T-short T. +30 210 3461 018
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www.t-short.gr. Διάρκεια/Dur.: 66΄.
Nineteen years, Zenainta has already experienced the hard face of the European dream. Born in Africa, a trafficking victim, trapped in an inhospitable city, just surviving, sharing her daily life among the clients of a modern brothel and hallucinations from the drugs which are offering an escape from the present, but are reviving past nightmares. A miserable life in the African favelas in absolute consistency with an arduous one in a European metropolis. The ultimate dead end.
Κροατία-Σλοβενία/Croatia-Slovenia,2014, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Zvonimir Jurić. Σεν./Scr.: Zvonimir Jurić,Jelena Paljan. Φωτ./Cin.: Branko Linta. Μοντ./Ed.: Dubravka Turić, Tomislav Pavlic.Μουσ./Mus.: Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjević. Ηθ./Cast: Ivo Gregurevic, Mirjana Karanovic, Igor Kovac. Παρ./Prod.: Ankica Juric Tilic, Kinorama, ForumLjubljana. Sales: New Morning Films. Διάρκεια/Dur.: 98΄.
Set in the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, this tense filmis composed by threeintertwined stories, over a single night, which are unfolding the drama of a guilty conscience.Mirjana leaves her stalled vehicle and walks down a dark, deserted road on which she encounters sad-eyed, tight-lipped Ivo. In spite of the hour, heis at work harvesting a cornfield. Nevertheless he drives the nervous woman to her car, determines that she'sout of gas and takes her to a gas station. Anxiety mounts when the station attendant, offers to drive her backhimself, telling her that Ivo is a convicted rapist.
Σερβία-Γερμανία/Serbia-Germany,2015, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.:Goran Radovanovic.Φωτ./Cin.: Axel Schneppat.Μοντ./Ed.: Andrija Zafranovic.Μουσ./Mus.:Eleni Karaindrou, Irena Popovic.Ηθ./Cast:Filip Subaric, Nebojsa Glogovac, Denis Muric.Παρ./Prod.: Nico Hain, Nama Filma, Sein + Hain, ZDF/Arte. Sales: . Διάρκεια/Dur.: 97΄.
Enclave is focused on a tiny Serb community living in a UN-protected enclave in Muslim Kosovo, examining the legacy of ethnic cleansing and internecine conflict through the eyes of a small boy, Nenad. Every day Nenad is taken from his father’s farm to a school with no other pupils in a KFOR armored car. Like any other boy, all Nenad wants are some friends his own age. Each day, through narrow observation slits in the military vehicle he sees an Albanian sheperd boy who has lost his father in the war and hates Serbs.
Ουγγαρία-Γερμανία/Hungary-Germany,2015, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.:Lili Horvath.Φωτ./Cin.: Robert Maly.Μοντ./Ed.: Daniel Szabo.Μουσ./Mus.:Gabor Presser.Ηθ./Cast:Kinga Vecsei, Zsolt Antal, Ede Kovacs.Παρ./Prod.: Popfilm, Detailfilm, Filmpartners. Sales: Hungurian Film Fund. Διάρκεια/Dur.:94΄.
Though only 19, Maja has her own place in a rundown housing project, where her boyfriend Krisz, a small-time hoodlum, often crashes. Their 4-year-old child, a blond cutie called Krisztian, still lives in the rural orphanage, a train ride away from the city, where Maja and Krisz met and grew up. Though the father makes a display of showing no interest in the “mute kid” Maja dreams of securing custody of little Krisz so they can live together. In order to achieve this, she decides to start a laundry applying for a small loan from the local community center
Αγγλία/UK,2015, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.:Helen Walsh. Φωτ./Cin.: Tobin Jones.Μοντ./Ed.: Kyle Ogden. Μουσ./Mus.: David A. Hughes.Ηθ./Cast: Lauren McQueen, Brogan Ellis, Stephen Lord. Παρ./Prod.: David A. Hughes, David Moores,Red Union Films. Sales: . Διάρκεια/Dur.: 92΄.
Shelly is a 15-year-old forced to forgo her teenage years by acting as a surrogate mother for her younger brother Jerome. Battling against the ignorance of her elder brother and the ineffectual advice of her social worker, she is drawn into local lender/pawn shop letch Mikey, who proceeds to take advantage of her teenage vulnerability. She thenmeetsand befriends Rachel, wholives in a gated paradise, unaware that the girl has her own ambiguous agenda. In fact the only one who really cares for her isheraffable neighbor Kieran who acts as her guardian angel.
Κύπρος-Σλοβενία-Ελλάδα/Cyprus-Slovenia-Greece, 2015, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.:Κύρος Παπαβασιλείου/Kyros Papavassiliou. Σεν./Scr.:Κύρος Παπαβασιλείου/Kyros Papavassiliou, Μαρία Βαρνακίδου/Maria Varnakkidou,Γιώργος Ζώης/Giorgos Zois, Φίλιππος Γιαννικούρης/Philippos Yiannikouris.Φωτ./Cin.: Κωνσταντίνος Όθωνος/Konstantinos Othonos.Μοντ./Ed.: Γιαννης Χαλκιαδάκης/Yannis Chalkiadakis.Μουσ./Mus.:Νίκος Βελιώτης/Nikos Veliotis.Ηθ./Cast:Μαρίσα Τριανταφυλλίδου/Marisha Triantafyllidou,Θοδωρής Πεντίδης/Thodoris Pentidis,Χριστόδουλος Μάρτας/Christodoulos Martas.Παρ./Prod.: Κύρος Παπαβασιλείου/Kyros Papavassiliou, Μόνικα Νικολαίδου/Monica Nicolaidou,Γιαννης Χαλκιαδάκης/Yannis Chalkiadakis, Γιώργος Πάντζης/Giorgos Pantzis, Bojan Mastilovic, dryTree Films, Filmblades, Restart Productions. Sales: . Διάρκεια/Dur.: 82΄.
What if Kostas Karyotakis was to return and relieve the last day of his life, knowing that he was going to commit suicide? Completely cut off from the past and his memories, the "passenger" meets his former lover and attempts to define himself by challenging his predetermined fate. She tells him that he is the famous poet who committed suicide in 1928 and that each year he returns to the same place on the anniversary of his death.
Γαλλία-Ελβετία/France-Switzerland,2015,εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.:Philipe Garrel.Σεν./Scr.:Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas, Philipe Garrel.Φωτ./Cin.: Renato Berta.Μοντ./Ed.: François Gédigier.Μουσ./Mus.:Jean-Louis Aubert.Ηθ./Cast:Clotilde Courau,Stanislas Merhar,Lena Paugam. Παρ./Prod.: Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt. Sales: Wild Bunch. Διάρκεια/Dur.:73΄.
Pierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. But the new girl in his life finds out that Manon has a lover. When she tells Pierre, the time comes for difficult decisions all round.
Τσεχία-Σλοβακία/Czech Republic-Slovakia,2015,εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.:Slávek Horák.Φωτ./Cin.: Jan Stastný.Μοντ./Ed.: Vladimír Barák.Μουσ./Mus.: /. Ηθ./Cast:Alena Mihulová,Eva Matalová,Bolek Polívka.Παρ./Prod.: Slávek Horák, Ceská Televize, TVORBA films. Sales: . Διάρκεια/Dur.: 92΄.
Everyone knows about the finality of human existence but the realization of life's actual limits comes to each of us individually and often unexpectedly. Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta is forced to reach outside of her comfort zone. Drama and gentle humor intertwine as Vlasta realizes that she might need some care too.
Γερμανία-Κόσοβο-ΠΓΔΜ-Γαλλία/Germany, Kosovo, FYROM, France, 2015, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.:Visar Morina. Φωτ./Cin.:Matteo Cocco. Μοντ./Ed.: Stefan Stabenow.Μουσ./Mus.: Benedikt Schiefer. Ηθ./Cast:Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi. Παρ./Prod.:Nicole Gerhards, NiKo Film. Sales: Heretic. Διάρκεια/Dur.:104΄.
Ten-year-old Nori and his father Gezim roam the streets of Kosovo selling cigarettes and barely earning a living. Only a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gezim is lured west to Germany, leaving his son behind in search of a new life. Feeling deserted and desperate to claim some sense of stability, Nori embarks on a dangerous journey to Germany in search of his father. His tenacity, resilience, and sheer grit must be enough to guide him.
Ελλάδα/Greece,2015,εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.:Δημήτρης Αθανίτης/Dimitris Athanitis.Σεν./Scr.:Δημήτρης Αθανίτης/Dimitris Athanitis,Γιώργος Μακρής/Yorgos Makris.Φωτ./Cin.: Γιάννης Φώτου/Yannis Fotou.Μοντ./Ed.: Σταμάτης Μαγουλάς/Stamatis Magoulas.Μουσ./Mus.:Papercut.Ηθ./Cast:Γιάννης Στάνκογλου/Yannis Stankoglou, Μενέλαος Χαζαράκης/Menelaos Hazarakis,Εύα Στυλάντερ/Eva Stylander.Παρ./Prod.: Δημήτρης Αθανίτης/Dimitris Athanitis, Πάνος Παπαδόπουλος/Panos Papadopoulos, DNAFilms,ProsenghishiLtd. Sales: . Διάρκεια/Dur.: ΄.
Set on the industrial suburban area of Aspropyrgos, Dimitris Athanitis develops a story of obsession and revenge. Aris is a lonely, divorced, 35 year old man who works in a factory. When suddenly he is fired from work without any notice, he decides to vindicate himself, as he feels a victim of an intolerable injustice. But Aris is not alone. He has with him his six year old son.
Ελλάδα/Greece,2015,εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.-Φωτ./Cin.:Νίκος Κορνήλιος/Nikos Kornilios. Μοντ./Ed.:Ευγενία Παπαγεωργιου/Evgenia Papageorgiou.Ηθ./Cast: ΆρτεμιςΙωάννου/Artemis Ioannou, Μελίσσα Κωτσάκη/Melissa Kotsaki, Θοδωρής Ματινόπουλος/Thodoris Matinopoulos.Παρ./Prod.: /Νίκος Κορνήλιος/Nikos Kornilios.Διάρκεια/Dur.: 75΄.
Enters your life learning details / from your past from your body / from your daily habits / Life without this gracious presence / no longer makes sense - and suddenly / departs and life is meaningless ... Mourning / lasts for a time and if you live - you live / you start retelling the same details / from the past, leaving your body / in another body, sharing again every day / This repetition teaches you. Teaches you to ignore / the certainty of affirmation. Teaches you to ignore / the spectacular architecture of a meaningful life.
Ρουμανία-Γαλλία/Romania-France,2015,εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.-Σεν./Scr.: Corneliu Porumboiu.Φωτ./Cin.: Tudor Mircea.Μοντ./Ed.: Roxana Szel. Μουσ./Mus.: /. Ηθ./Cast: Toma Cuzin, Adrian Purcarescu,Corneliu Cozmei. Παρ./Prod.:Marcela Ursu, 42 Km Film, Rouge International. Sales: Wild Bunch. Διάρκεια/Dur.:89΄.
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero - saviorand defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret: there's treasure buried in his grandparents' garden. If Costi will hire a metal detector to help locate it, he'll give him half of whatever they get. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot. For the sake of his family and despite every obstacle Costi refuses to be discouraged.