nationaler WettbEWERb National comPETitionnationaler WettbEWERb National comPETition01 02WED, 17.4. 17.30, SCHAubuRG / LANG THU, 18.4. 22.30, SCHAubuRG / LANGFRI, 19.4. 20.00, SCHAubuRG / LANG SAT, 20.4. 15.00, SCHAubuRG / LANGAchillAraratToteninsel - La Isla de losMuertosIsle of the DeadLucky SevenIm RahmenFramedNATIONALER WETTBEWERB NATIONal COMPETITIONGermany | 2012 | Animation | Rotoscoping, DrawnAnimation| 9 min | HD-Cam | German, English OVDirector/Script/Animation Gudrun KrebitzProducer Verena Schilling DoP Moana VonstadlMusic Marian Mentrup Cast Nicolette Krebitz, LolaC. Bohle, Sean Uyehara (voices) Production HFF "KonradWolf" Distribution HFF "Konrad Wolf", Potsdam,Germany, Cristina Marx; distribution@hff-potsdam.deDie ganze Aufregung liegt leider in der Unschärfe.Im flüchtigen Wahrnehmen und imblinden Rausch liegt das ganze Glück. Ich habmir deswegen nie die Augen lasern lassen.Real excitement is always a little out of focus.Unfortunately. All joy lies buried in a blind rushand hasty perceptions. That’s why I never got myeyes lasered.Germany/Turkey | 2012 | Fiction | 27 min | Digi-Beta |Turkish, German OVDirector/Producer/Script Engin Kundag, Alexander DausDoP Borris Kehl Editor Jonas Thoma Music Volkan Terror &Tobey Dope Cast Pınar Erincin, Claudio Schulz-Keune,Erdal Kaçar, Terlan Kundag, Emre Koç Production ifs KölnDistribution Internationale <strong>Film</strong>schule Köln, Köln, MonikaBremen; M.Bremen@filmschule.deNoahs Vater ist gestorben. Seit zehn Jahrenhatten die beiden keinen Kontakt mehr. Seinsanftmütiger Bruder lebt im Dorf seines Vaters.Er führt eine wenig zufriedenstellende Ehe miteiner lebhaften Frau, die ihn für einen Schwächlinghält.When his father dies, Noah makes the 4,000kilometre journey from Germany to bury him atthe foot of Mount Ararat. His gentle brother stilllives in his father’s village. He leads a less-thanhappymarried existence with his energetic wife,who regards her husband as a weakling.Germany | 2013 | Animation | Drawn Animation | 8 min |HD-Cam | no dialogue | World PremiereDirector/Producer/Script/Editor/Animation VukJevremovic DoP Eduardo Elosegi Music Xabi ErkiziaProduction Canvas Productions Distribution CanvasProductions, Alcarras, Spain, Vuk Jevremovic;vukje@yahoo.comWas wäre, wenn der Kinofan Kafka den RegisseurMurnau vor 100 Jahren damit beauftragt hätte,seine Kurzgeschichte „In der Strafkolonie“ zuverfilmen. Inspiriert auch mit eigenen originalKafka-Zeichnungen.What would it be like if the movie fan Kafka hadcommissioned the director Murnau to make afilm adaptation of his <strong>short</strong> story "In the PenalColony" one hundred years ago? Also inspired byseveral original Kafka drawings.Germany | 2011 | Fiction | 27 min | 35 mm | English OV Germany | 2012 | Animation | Claymation | 4:56 min |Director/Script Claudia Heindel Producer Max PlettauDoP Mark McCauley Editor Ulrike TortoraMusic Adam Leonard Cast Adam Doherty, Sean Canning,Ryan Green, Adam Lapicki Production Nominal <strong>Film</strong>Distribution Nominal <strong>Film</strong>, Grünwald, Germany,Max Plettau; max@nominalfilm.comNach dem Nordirlandkonflikt. Drei Jungs auf derSchwelle zum Erwachsenwerden: Es gibt keineZiele, außer irgendwie die Zeit totzuschlagenund ihre jugendliche Energie an Dingen, Tierenund Menschen zu testen. Jeder Tag ist andersund doch ist jeder gleich.Northern Ireland. Three boys on their way toadulthood: One getting out of control so he maytaste the life that does not exist around him anymore;another one trying to find himself; a thirdwho is about to become one of them. Every dayis different and yet every day feels the same.Digi-Beta | no dialogueDirector/Script/Editor/Animation Evgenia GostrerProducer Evgenia Gostrer, Lukas Thiele, KusthochschuleKassel DoP Tilman Hatje Music Michael TuttleProduction Kusthochschule Kassel Distribution EvgeniaGostrer, Kassel, Germany; genia_d@gmx.deWie sehen meine Grenzen aus? Habe ich welche?Was passiert, wenn ich über diese hinaus möchte?What do my limitations look like? Do I have any?What happens if I would like to move beyondthem?NATIONALER WETTBEWERB NATIONal COMPETITIONGudrun Krebitz studied at theVienna School of Arts and the<strong>Film</strong> and Television Academy"Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam. Shelives and works in Berlin. 2008"Somnanbule" (with Stefanie Keitz), 2009"Prinzessinnendrama", 2009 "I Know You", 2012"Questionmark" (music video).Engin Kundag born 1984 inBielefeld. Studied philosophyand psychology. Directed a play,"Rost" in 2007. Studied screenwritingand directing at the ifsCologne, graduating in 2012. "Ararat" was theclosing film in the Perspective German Cinemasection at the Berlinale 2012.Vuk Jevremovic graduated fromthe Academy of Fine Arts Munichin 2002. 1995 "Eon", 1996 "TheWind Subsides", 1998 "Panther",2000 "Tagebuch", 2002 "Faces",2004 "Quercus", 2005 "Close Your Eyes and DoNot Breathe", 2007 "Lux", 2008 "Berbaok", 2009"Patience of the Memory".Claudia Heindel is taking filmstudies in documentaries, TVjournalism and advertising atthe University of Television and<strong>Film</strong> Munich. "Lucky Seven" is hergraduation film. She works as a photographer,writer, editor and director.Evgenia Gostrer born 1981 inRussia. She moved to Germanyin 1996 and has been studyinganimation since the autumn of2007.038 FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013 039
nationaler WettbEWERb National comPETition02GERMANSHORT FILMS2013a Management<strong><strong>Film</strong>Fest</strong>ivalCottbusGmbHEs geht nichts verlorenNothing LostEs ist alles O.K.It's all rightWINDKarlstodKarl's DeathNATIONALER WETTBEWERB NATIONal COMPETITIONGermany | 2012 | Fiction | 18:41 min | Digi-Beta |German OV | World PremiereDirector Keti Vaitonis Producer Sabine Bothe, Keti VaitonisScript Sabine Bothe DoP Jonas Schmager Editor AnnaKappelmann Music Kian Djalili, Eloi Ragot Cast MalinaEbert, Mieke Schymura, Oliver Erwin SchönfeldProduction Sabine Bothe Distribution Sabine Bothe,Berlin, Germany; bothe@royal-film.deEs ist Winter in einem fast verlassenen Dorf an derOstsee. Jan beschließt, seine Heimat zu verlassen,aber dann erfährt er, dass seine NachbarinBetty eine Kontaktanzeige aufgegeben hat. Sofortbeginnt er um sie zu werben. Ein kurzer <strong>Film</strong> überHoffnung.Winter in an abandoned village near the Baltic Seain Germany. Jan is about to move away from homewhen he finds out that his neighbour Betty hasplaced a lonely hearts ad. Right off he decides to tryhis luck. A <strong>short</strong> film about hope.Germany | 2012 | Fiction | 14 min | HD-Cam | German OVDirector/Script Thomas Knapp Producer Lasse Scharpen,Elizabeth Albrecht, Tobias Ketelhut DoP Jakob SeemannEditor Jörg Volkmar Music Daniel Dickmeis Cast IsabelSchosnig, Lukas Steltner Production HFF "Konrad Wolf"Distribution HFF "Konrad Wolf", Potsdam, Germany,Cristina Marx; distribution@hff-potsdam.deFür Andrej ist die Liebe zu Klara ein Lichtblick inseinem verpfuschten Leben. Sie hingegen willraus aus ihrer familiären Sackgasse und suchtein Abenteuer ohne Besitzansprüche. Sie treffensich in einem Augenblick der Zärtlichkeit, bevorAndrejs Angst alles zerstört.For Andrej, his love for Klara is a ray of hope inhis botched life. But she is looking for a way outof her dead-end family situation and seeking anadventure without responsibilities. They meet ina moment of tenderness just before Andrej’s feardestroys everything.Germany | 2012 | Animation | Drawn Animation | 3:49 min |Digi-Beta | no dialogue | World PremiereDirector/Producer/Script/DoP/Editor/Animation RobertLöbel Music David Kamp Distribution Robert Löbel, Berlin,Germany; mail@robertloebel.comEin animierter Kurzfilm über ein windiges Landund dessen Bewohner.A <strong>short</strong> animation film about a windy country andits residents.Germany | 2012 | Fiction | 13:40 min | HD-Cam |German OVDirector/Script Mariko Minoguchi Producer Trini Goetze,Philipp Trauer DoP Martin Noweck Editor BenjaminKaubisch Music Alexander Maschke Cast Juliane Köhler,Matthias Brandt Production TRIMAPHILMDistribution TRIMAPHILM, München, Germany, PhilippTrauer; philipp@trimaphilm.deEine zum Grillen gedachte Forelle erhält denNamen Karl und endet nicht über dem Feuer.A trout meant to be grilled receives the name ofKarl and doesn’t end up on the barbecue.>> Interessenvertretung für den deutschen Kurzfilmrepresentational and lobbying body for German <strong>short</strong> films>> Servicestelle für Kurzfilmemacher, -produzenten undKurzfilminstitutionenservice centre for filmmakers, producers and institutesinvolved in <strong>short</strong> filmKeti Vaitonis born 1971 inKaunas, Lithuania. Studiedbusiness economics at the FUUniversity Berlin and film at the<strong>Film</strong>haus Cologne. Author anddirector of documentaries and features for GermanTV. Wrote and directed the documentary"The Lonely Promise" in 2011.Thomas Knapp's filmography:1999 "MEINTV", 2001 "StillesWasser", 2004 "Interfisch", 2006"Blumen und Berge", 2008 "LosPaul", 2012 "Impress Express",2012 "Es ist alles O.K.".Robert Löbel studiedillustration at the HamburgUniversity of Applied Sciences."WIND" is his graduation film.Mariko Minoguchi half-Germanand half-Japanese, born 1988 inMunich. She shot her first <strong>short</strong>film at the age of 17. After doingsome assistant jobs, she shot the<strong>short</strong> films "Love Alone" and "Hearts of Siblings"which premiered in Rio de Janeiro.>> Ansprechpartner für Politik, <strong>Film</strong>wirtschaft, <strong>Film</strong>theaterund <strong>Festival</strong>scontact source for political bodies, the film industry,cinema businesses and festivalswww.ag-kurzfilm.dewww.<strong>short</strong>film.dewww.kurzfilmtournee.dewww.kurzfilmtag.com040 FILMFEST DRESDEN 2013