EFA - Short Matters! (European Award Winners)
Under the heading Short Matters, 14 EFA winners from
European festivals are presented, all nominated for the
European Film Awards 2014.
The European Film Academy (EFA) is the organizer
of this short film tour, with the intention of giving as
many audiences as possible the opportunity to enjoy
this panorama of young, contemporary European
filmmaking.
Ultimately, the Croatian/German THE CHICKEN by Una Gunjak drew the longest straw and was awarded the EFA short film Grand Prix. The films are presented in three parts on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Contact: European Film Academy e.V. - Bettina Schwarz, e: bschwarz@europeanfilmacademy.org,
t: +49 308871670
->Part 1 / ->Part 2 / ->Part 3
Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music
GEO 2013 | Fic. | 15 min. |
DINOLA I det røffe fjellandskapet i Svaneti i Georgia er lykken kort, og Dinas elskede mann dør. Tradisjonen dikterer at hun må forlate barnet sitt og gifte seg med den første mannen som tilbyr henne ekteskap. In the harsh mountainous countryside of Svaneti (Georgia), happiness is brief and the beloved husband of Dina dies. Tradition says she must leave her child and marry the first man who offers his hand. Script: Mariam Khatchvani | Camera: Konstantin Esadze | Editing: Levan Kukhashvili | Production Design: Dimitri Arsanis | Cast: Nutsi Khaptani, Katie Lortkipanidze, Vakhtang Chachanidze, a.o. Production: Vladimer Katcharava -
20 Steps Productions,
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IRL 2013 | Ani. | 7 min. |
THE MISSING SCARF George Takei har fortellstemmen i denne fabelen om et klokt ekorn på en stadig mer eksistensiell søken etter skjerfet sitt. George Takei narrates this fable about a wise squirrel on an increasingly existential quest to find its scarf. Script, camera, editing, production design: Eoin Duffy | Sound Design: Gavin Little, Joe McHugh | Music: Tobias Norberg, Gavin Little | Animation: Eoin Duffy | Cast: George Takei (narrator) Production: Eoin Duffy – Belly Creative Inc.,
t: +1 604 728 244, |
NLD 2014 | Doc. | 15 min. |
SHIPWRECK Den 3. oktober 2013 sank en båt med 500 eritreiske flyktninger utenfor den italienske øya Lampedusa. Mer enn 360 mennesker druknet. Abraham, en av de overlevende, vandrer gjennom en kirkegård av skipsvrak og gjenopplever marerittet. On 3 October 2013, a boat carrying 500 Eritrean refugees sunk off the coast of the Italian island Lampedusa. More than 360 people drowned. Abraham, one of the survivors, walks through a graveyard of shipwrecks and vividly remembers the nightmarish experience. Camera, editing: Morgan Knibbe | Music: Carlos Dalla-Fiore Production: Jos de Putter, Wink de Putter – Deepfocus,
t: +31 6 51038855, |
ESP 2013 | Fic. | 16 min. |
LITTLE BLOCK OF CEMENT WITH DISHEVELED HAIR CONTAINING THE SEA En hund og en hoppe legger ut på en reise sammen. For hvert skritt de tar blir ulikheten dem imellom uunngåelig tydeligere; likevel viser den dype gjensidige kunnskapen de sammen utvikler potensialet til plutselig å skape et lysende øyeblikk mellom de to. A dog and a mare embark upon a voyage together. With every step they take, the differences between them become inevitably clearer, and yet the profound mutual knowledge they develop shows the potential to suddenly produce a luminous moment between the two. Script, editing: Jorge López Navarrete | Camera: Carlos Mora | Production Design: Cristina Martínez, Carlos Enríquez | Music: Carlo Marchionni | Cast: Kinara, Tomi Production: Jorge López Navarrete,
t: +34 64 6722 376, |
DEU 2013 | Fic. | 23 min. |
STILL GOT LIVES_ (ICH HAB NOCH AUFERSTEHUNG_) Marco og Lisa er forelsket. Online kjemper de side om side mot fryktelige monstre. Men Lisa nekter å møte Marco i det virkelige liv. Når hun en dag slutter å stille opp forå spille, bestemmer Marco seg for å lete etter henne. Marco and Lisa are in love. Online, they fight side by side against dreadful monsters. However, Lisa refuses to meet Marco in real life. When one day she stops showing up for the game, Marco decides to go searching for her. Script: Katarina Kokstein | Camera: Jürgen Kemmer | Editing: Max Mittelbach | Production Design: Sabine Kasch | Music: Stefan Paul Goetsch | Animation: Toni Sattler, Tobias Graff | Cast: Swantje Kohlhof, Bazon Rosengarth Production: Thorsten Heger – Hamburg Media School,
t: +49 40 413 468 661 |
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ISR 2014 | Fic. | 18 min. |
DAILY BREAD (PAT-LEHEM) Jonathan er veldig glad i sjokolade. En dag stjeler han den siste sjokoladen i stemorens lager. Når hun så får tak i ham og brødrene fryser ham ut, bestemmer han seg for å rømme. Jonathan loves chocolate. One day he steals the last remaining chocolate in the jar. When his stepmother catches him and his brothers ostracise him, he decides to run away. Script, editing: Idan Hubel | Camera: David Stagmeister | Production Design: Estee Nemeth | Cast: Adam Shmidt Production: Kobi Azran – Shtuka Sanook,
t: +972 5 2540 8911, |
BGR, DEU 2013 | Fic. | 30 min. |
PRIDE Den pensjonerte generalen og kjærlige bestefaren Manol er en patriark med strikt moral og streng tro, hvilket han har fulgt nøye opp hjemme. Men så en dag får han vite at gutten han oppdratt er homofil. Manol − a retired general, a loving grandfather − is a patriarch of firm morals and fixed beliefs, which he has upheld in his household. But on this day he learns that the boy he raised is gay. Script: Pavel Vesnakov, Vanya Rainova | Camera: Orlin Ruevski | Editing: Karen Tonne | Production Design: Nikolai Zlatanov Production: Vanya Rainova – Portokal,
t: +359 887 916692, |
POL 2014 | Ani. | 12 min. |
SUMMER 2014 (LATO 2014) Et pessimistisk blikk på menneskets skjebne, en universell fortelling om en verden besatt av ondskap. Det samme området er vist flere ganger i ulike scener, og formidler en verden fanget i en ond sirkel, ute av stand til å komme unna. A pessimistic view of the human fate, a universal tale of the world possessed by evil. The same piece of land is shown multiple times in different scenes, and conveys a world trapped in a vicious cycle of evil, unable to break free. Script, camera, animation, editing: Wojciech Sobczyk | Music: Bartosz Chajdecki Production: Wojciech Sobczyk, t: +48 600 765 287, e: wsobczyk@interia.pl |
DEU, HRV 2014 | Fic. | 15 min. |
THE CHICKEN Sarajevo, 1993. Selma får en levende kylling i bursdagsgave på 6-årsdagen sin. Når hun innser at fuglen kommer til å bli drept for å fø familien, bestemmer hun seg for å redde den og slippe den løs, uvitende om hvilken høy risiko en slik handling innebærer. Sarajevo, 1993. As a present for her 6th birthday, Selma gets a live chicken. When she realises the bird is going to be killed to feed the family, she decides to save it and set it free, unaware of the high stakes such action will lead to. Script: Una Gunjak | Camera: Matthias Pilz | Editing: Anja Siemens | Production Design: Ivana Škrabalo | Music: Bernd Schurer | Cast: Iman Alibalić, Esma Alić, Mirela Lambić, Mario Knezović Production: Zak Film Productions -
Jelena Goldbach, Siniša Juric |
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GBR 2013 | Ani. | 25 min. |
THE CHIMERA OF M. En stereoskopisk digital animasjon med synspunkt fra bak øynene til en usynlig og utpreget upålitelig protagonist, så unnvikende at han og hans motiver neppe kan identifiseres. Merk: Vises i 3D, briller er tilgjengelig. A stereoscopic digital animation with point of view from behind
the eyes of an unseen and distinctly unreliable protagonist,
so evasive that he and his motives can hardly be identified. Script: Sebastian Buerkner, John Mosely |
Animation: Sebastian Buerkner, Peter Caires, Timothy Divall, Natalie Rose Young | Cast: Micheal Grime, James Sales: Benjamin Cook – LUX,
t: +44 207 503 3980, e: distribution@lux.org.uk, |
HUN 2013 | Fic. | 11 min. |
WALL (FAL) Laci er en 16 år gammel gutt av romfolket som lever av strøjobber. En dag plukkes han opp for å utføre byggearbeid sammen med en liten gruppe av andre arbeidere – de skal fullføre en mur som omgir noen leiegårder. En åpenbaring venter Laci når han tar sin første titt ut over muren. Laci is a 16-year-old gypsy boy, who lives off casual jobs. One day he is picked up for a construction job along with a small group of workers – they are to complete a wall surrounding a series of tenement buildings. A revelation awaits Laci when he takes his first look beyond the wall. Script: Simon Szabó | Camera, editing: Albert Czomba | Production Design: Judit Sinkovics | Music: Ekaros Ekaros | Cast: Sándor Tóth Production: Julia Berkes – ProductionProton Cinema,
t: +36 70 422 7110, |
PRT, LKA, DNK 2014 | Fic. | 24 min. |
TAPROBANA Luís Vaz de Camões, den største portugisiske renessansepoeten, sliter kreativt mens han hengir seg til en hedonistisk og utsvevende livsstil. Luís Vaz de Camões, the greatest Portuguese Renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic and dissolute lifestyle. Script, camera: Gabriel Abrantes | Editing, production design: Natxo Checa | Cast: Jani Zhao, Natxo Checa Production: Gabriel Abrantes, Natxo Checa, Marta
Furtado, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Tine Fischer, Patricia
Drati – Mutual Respect, |
FIN 2013 | Doc. Exp. | 15 min |
EMERGENCY CALLS (HÄTÄKUTSU) Å være menneske byr på en skjør mulighet til å oppleve livet og universet rundt oss. I møte med overveldende mørke er det eneste vi kan gjøre å stole på og finne trøst i hverandre. Denne filmen er basert på autentiske nødsamtaler og radiokommunikasjon. Being human is a fragile opportunity to experience life and the universe around us. In the face of overwhelming darkness all we can do is to rely on and find solace in one another. The film is based on authentic emergency calls and radio traffic. Camera: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Sound: Joonatan Portaankorva | Music: Joonatan | Portaankorva | Cast: Lauri Hynninen, Jonna Uhrman Production: Hannes Vartiainen,
t: +35 8503209050, |
DNK, ISL 2013 | Fic. | 15 min |
WHALE VALLEY (HVALFJÖRÐUR) Om det sterke båndet mellom to brødre som bor ved en isolert fjord sammen med foreldrene. About the strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. Script: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Camera: Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson | Sound: Gunnar Óskarsson | Editing: Anders Skov | Cast: Ágúst Örn B. Wigum, Einar Jóhann Valsson Production: Fourhands Film ApS, t: +45 26298389, e: jk@fourhandsfilm.dk |
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