DIRECTOR: Vojin Vasovic
CANADA / SERBIA / MONTENEGRO 10 MIN
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5 Minutes Each (Winner 2nd Prize)
5 Minutes Each is a metaphorical story about the constant struggle of the artist to reach those five minutes of limelight. A tale about an upswing and downfall, with the climax appearing concurrently and unexpectedly. The hermetical life of artists, who are enclosed into their own world of ideas, striving to create the epochal masterpiece. Even if they succeed, the image they create is the reflection of themselves. And with the same fervor, they repeat the process in endless cycles.
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DIRECTOR: Ruan Magan
Country: Ireland
Length: 10'00"
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Angel
A young girl wanders alone through Dublin's dark, bleak streets encountering adults in various states of despair.
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DIRECTOR: Dean Yamada
Country: Germany / USA
Length: 11'00''
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Berliner Osten (East of Berlin)
Vietnamese / German with English subtitles
Set in Berlin, the film is an inside look at the life of an illegal immigrant from Vietnam who must sell cigarettes on the black market in order to survive.
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DIRECTOR: Daniela Schlesinger
Country: Israel
Length: 10'00''
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Bubbles
Hebrew, English Subtitles
The film takes place on a sultry night in Tel Aviv night, the kind that has become a tiring routine. Shira, a woman in her early thirties, is forced to face her inner turmoil and resolve her long lasting conflicts. While waiting for her husband to return from a business trip abroad, she has to take a pregnancy test that will force her to make a choice between two men.
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DIRECTOR: Clint Bargen
Country: Canada
Length: 15'00''
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The Faithful Few
English
Jacob is a young man indoctrinated in a small fundamentalist church. An innocent invitation to a secular girl quickly devolves into conflict and Jacob finds himself at odds with his charismatic and overzealous preacher uncle. Ultimately, Jacob must choose between institution and individuality.
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DIRECTOR: Daniyal Noorani
Country: Pakistan
Length: 4'00''
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Find Heaven
English
The video tells the story of a confused young man seeking answers about life's important questions and shows how an individual lures this young man by telling him that he has the answer to life's ultimate question, how to find heaven. We see the young mans journey and the events that lead to the conclusion he comes to.
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DIRECTOR: Fidel Arizmendi
Country: Usa
Length: 16'00''
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Hacia la Vida
While on the job as funeral crier for hire, Soledad, an older woman meets Salvador, a young man who is there to mourn the death of a woman he never met... his own mother.
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DIRECTOR: Erika Vega
Country: USA
Length: 18'00''
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My Body
My Body tells the tale of a crisis pregnancy from within and outside the womb. Experience the amazement of a child's journey of self -discovery as he witnesses his rapid development. Endure the agony of a young girl suffering to find support for her situation. Educational, comical, and poignant, this powerful story of life will touch your heart.
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DIRECTOR: Paddy Slattery
Country: Ireland
Length: 9'00''
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The Moment (Audience Award)
English
The Moment is a visual telling of the final ten minutes of a mans life. There are many obvious reasons why he seems unwilling to relinquish his life, however, his only motivation is the undying love between he and his wife.
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DIRECTOR: Brent Green
Country: Japan / Usa
Length: 20'00''
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Paper Flower
Japanese with English subtitles
Asuka and Michi are childhood friends growing up in Tokyo. When they each experience heartbreaking losses, they are forced to decide how much of themselves they are willing to give in order to find true love.
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Director: Shalini Tharmalingam
Country: Sri Lanka
Length: 11'00''
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Regrets (Fidel Goetz Emerging Film Maker Award)
Singhalese with English subtitles
She watches television and sees a young boy and his parents being interviewed on the evening news. The boy has won a national competition as the best student public speaker. Suddenly she recognizes the boy's father...
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DIRECTOR: Piotr Zlotorowicz
Country: Poland
Length: 15'00''
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Smolarze (Charcoal Burners, Winner 1st Prize)
Polish with English subtitles
Every summer, Marek and Janina work as charcoal burners in the Bieszczady Mountains. Far from civilization, in the heart of the mountains, they live according to the rhythm set by nature. The documentary joins the man and the woman from dawn till dusk, observing the slow passage of time. A visual anthem to the beauty of life.
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DIRECTOR: Conor Heffernanz
Country: IRELAND / UNITED KINGDOM
Length: 10'00''
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The Song of Wandering Eamon (Winner 3rd Prize)
English
The Catholic Conscience of Ireland is traced as Eamon wanders the Irish countryside.
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DIRECTOR: Elite Zexer
Country: Israel
Length: 11'00''
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Tasnim
Arabic with English subtitles
Tasnim, a strong and opinionated 10-year-old, lives with her mother and siblings in a neglected Bedouin village in the Negev. A surprise visit from her father in the village forces her, for the first time in her life, to confront the conservative norms of the family tribe and the fact that she is no longer daddy's-little-girl.
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DIRECTOR: Karina Gazizova
Country: USA
Length: 13'00''
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Sharfik (Scarf)
English
My latest film is about one family. There's nothing too special about this family except they happened to live during the period of World War II. The most unbearable siege sucks the last drop of life out of once warm family. The true strength of oneself is reached in the most difficult times, when it is needed most.
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Spotlight
DIRECTOR: Michael Snowdon
Country: Australia
Length: 3'00''
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Blindness
What does it mean to see? So many claim to be those who will see God; to be the ones that do all the right things, and so deserve heaven. Yet, what if that is actually an expression of blindness? What if the one who truly sees is the one who we least expect? Who doesn't look that fancy, but trusts in God's power to change them? 'Blindness' exposes our assumptions as we journey with a blind man who 'sees', desperate for those who are 'blind' to truly see.
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DIRECTOR: Indrajith Mahawaduge
Country: Sri Lanka
Length: 20'00''
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I Want to Fly
Shinghalese with English subtitles
Many things are missing in their lives as their youthfulness rapidly disappears amidst their colourful dreams of hope. They watch and wait, wondering what will happen to these dreams.
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DIRECTOR: Dean Yamada
Country: Japan / USA
Length: 21'00''
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Jitensha (Bicycle)
Japanese with English subtitles
"Jitensha" (or "Bicycle") is a story about Mamoru Amagaya, a young man struggling to find meaning in life. A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy in life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation.
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Venue
CINE PAZ
Nice and cosy movie theatre with five halls situated in the city centre of Madrid.
Address
Calle FUENCARRAL, 125
28010 Madrid
Spain
Nice and cosy movie theatre with five halls situated in the city centre of Madrid.
Address
Calle FUENCARRAL, 125
28010 Madrid
Spain