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www.asconafilmfestival.ch

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’’)

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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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Day 2FridayMarch1st

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’’)

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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’’)

End10.30PM

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’’)

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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

[email protected]

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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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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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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GUESTOFHONOUR

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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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SPECIALPROGRAM

GUESTOFHONOUR

Outofcompetition

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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Outofcompetition Non vendere i tuoi sogni, mai, Rivotrill & Vicolo CaluscaTrailers

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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La creatività è un’attitudine. Comunicare con distinzione una scelta.

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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La creatività è un’attitudine. Comunicare con distinzione una scelta.

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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