International short film competition
The international short film competition on human rights will take place at Cinéma Saint-André-des-Arts, during two screenings:
- Friday 9th November 2012 at 20h
- Friday 9th November 2012 at 22h
We will screen a selection of films that are funny, moving, sad, serious, hilarious. In presence of the film directors!
Three prizes will be awarded during the festival:
- The Grand Prize and the Special Prize for human rights will be awarded by an independent jury composed of personalities from the world of cinema experts and human rights;
- The Bloggers Award will be awarded by a jury of influent bloggers.
- The Audience Award will be awarded by the audience at the screening of the short films.
The award ceremony will take place in presence of the jury and the directors Tuesday 13th November around 10pm.
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
Freedom of the press is one of our greatest assets. We just need to make journalists aware of abuses and defend this fundamental right. But we must also focus on self-critical on the way we work. Freedom of the press is regularly put to the test. The short film "20zwoelf" is pushing this issue to the extreme: a Germany without a free press – unthinkable?
Director : Christian Stahl (Germany, 2012)
Running time : 3’34mn
Cast : Julien Wilkens, Felicitas Then, Kai Pflaume
Production
Christian Stahl & Axel Springer-Akademie // www.axel-springer-akademie.de
Distribution
Markus Kaatsch aug&ohr medien // www.augohr.de/film
Contact
cs@stahlmedien.com
Web site : www.20zwoelf.de
Winner of the prize of the bloggers
Grandmothers
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years. Using real-life testimonials this animated-documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss..
Director : Afarin Eghbal (United Kingdom, 2011)
Running time : 9’16mn
Production
National Film & Television School
Contact
Hemant Sharda
Address: Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LG, UK
Web site : http://www.afarin.co.uk/#!abuelas
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
Mirta is from Cuba and she lives in Madrid. Like many other inmigrants she works cleaning. Today at 6 pm, her daughter gets married. But nothing goes as she planned. To arrive at that wedding will be more difficult than expected.
Director : Marina Seresesky (Spain, 2012)
Running time : 12’00mn
Production
Madrid en Corto
Distribution
Madrid en Corto
Web site : http://www.madridencorto.es/2012/la-boda
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
An insight of one of the last cinemas in Kabul.
Director : Alberto Arce, Stefano Casella (Afghanistan, Spain, 2010)
Running time : 3’41mn
Production
Institu Catalá Internacional per la Pau // Sabina Puig Cartes : spuig.icip@gencat.cat
Contact
albarce@gmail.com
One Too Many
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
Nilaja, Samila, Houria… Three women from elsewhere, all victims of violence, who will suffer further violence. Three routes between the prefecture, the police, and social services. At the end of the road, contempt, indifference, incomprehension or impotence, and, in each case, the justice defiled.
Director : Philippe Courtin, Akela Sari (France, 2010)
Running time : 12’20mn
Cast : Mila Imani, Sandy Lewis Godefroy, Nash Leila, Lizzie Brochere
Production
Philippe Courtin – Openmind Production // 17 Square Edouard VII, 75009 Paris, France
Distribution
Philippe Courtin – Openmind Production // 17 Square Edouard VII, 75009 Paris, France
Contact
openmind.production@mac.com
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
The shelter’s adress has to remain secret, for her and for the other women. Her cell phone vibrates in her pocket. She is told to turn it off. It is out of question.
Director : Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium, 2012)
Running time : 19’12mn
Cast : Anaïs MOREAU, Isabelle DE HERTOGH, Emmanuelle BONMARIAGE, Clémence WARNIER
Production
IAD / Médiadiffusion, Rue des wallons, 75-77, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique
Contact
biscoute@hotmail.com
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
In a Paris military divided in two parts like the old East-West Berlin, Ines Raymond recieves men and woman who are seeking visas to enter the left bank from the the right bank of the river Seine. Everyone has their own hopes and dreams to cross the Seine but Ines has to deal with new rules…
Director : Annarita Zambrano (France, 2012)
Running time : 10’00mn
Cast : Claudia Tagbo, Marie-Anne Mestre, Florent Arnoult, Marie-Christine Orry
Production
SENSITO FILMS, 10 rue des bluets, 75011 Paris // 01 40 33 79 64
Distribution
PREMIUM FILMS, 130 rue de Turenne, 75003 PARIS // jcm@premium-films.com
Contact
Stéphanie Douet (06 48 74 41 36), Nathalie Landais (06 84 87 09 59)
Winner of the special prize for human rights
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
Clément, a French actor, goes to Saint Petersburg to participate into a film festival. When he gets there, he realizes he has disappeared: nobody can hear him and see him. He meets Andrei, a Russian gay who lives the same thing.
Director : Anaïs Sartini (France, Russia, 2012)
Running time : 13’15mn
Cast : Clément Bayart, Andrei Odintsov
Production
Waa Films // sartini.anais@gmail.com
Contact
Tél.: 0623162824 // sartini.anais@gmail.com
Web site : http://www.anaissartini.com/SPASIBO.html
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 8pm
The story about Lee (7, boy) and Mimi (11 girl) immigrant Kids are trapped in an illegal sweatshop, and search for their chance to escape. The sweatshop owner confines all these kids in the basement. When Lee finally discovers a chance to get away, he will make a decision that could change both of their futures forever.
Director : Chin Tangsakulsathaporn (USA, 2012)
Running time : 11’40mn
Cast : Brennan-Pierson Wang, Stephanie Shen, Geoff Lee
Production
Chinematography Films, 3132 42 St. APT.1 Astoria, New York 11103 USA
Contact
1.646.9199.266 / chinematography@gmail.com / chinematography.com
Web site : http://www.TheSweatshopFilm.com
Winner of the jury prize
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
Voice-messages from detained asylum seekers haunt an abandoned ministry basement. Director Tim Travers Hawkins overcame draconian access restrictions at Heathrow’s Immigration Removal Centres to give an insight into the psychological torture caused by the UK Goverment’s policy of "Indefinite Detention". After visiting detainees he used mobile phones to obtain voice recordings and then worked with a team of artists and animators to create a dark and troubling film.
Director : Tim Travers Hawkins (United Kingdom, 2009)
Running time : 8’24mn
Production
Tim Travers Hawkins
Distribution
Tim Travers Hawkins
Contact
Tim Travers Hawkins // +447412604509 // timtravershawkins@gmail.com
Web site : http://www.timtravershawkins.com
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
"Being a soldier is not difficult: either you get used to it or they kill you. The hardest thing is getting used to living with your memories and being yourself again after doing what you have done.
Director : Esteban Crespo (Spain, 2012)
Running time : 20’00mn
Cast : Alejandra Lorente, Gustavo Salmerón, Babou Cham, Mariano Nguema
Production
Madrid en Corto
Distribution
Madrid en Corto
Web site : http://www.madridencorto.es/2012/aquel-no-era-yo
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
“…the mankinds large dream , humans are humans friend, humans are nevertheless humans largest enemy, large trauma changes over and over. A cell is sufficient - in the area and in the imaginative power in order to confront individual humans with this conflict at the edge of a trauma: Why do humans do force humans again and again?!” A former security chief of a prison with political captives is forced to tell the truth. What happened? What did he do to the prisoners? Gas chamber tests and Torture come to daylight. Does he have regrets? An experimental try to look in a cruel mind based on an actual interview.
Director : Markus Kreuzwirth (Germany, 2010)
Running time : 4’23mn
Cast : Jang Yong Choi, Tim Jin, Janina Jin, Joon Seok Choi
Production
Markus Kreuzwirth
Distribution
Markus Kreuzwirth
Contact
markus.kreuzwirth@gmx.de
Winner of the prize of the public
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
Laszlo is a man with no past who just wants to live in peace – anywhere will do.
Director : Nicolas Lemée (France, 2010)
Running time : 4’00mn
Cast : Nicolas Fine, Dimitri Rekatchevski, Barbara Quion-Quion
Production
La Poudrière, La Cartoucherie, Rue de Chony, 26500 Bourg-lès-Valence
Contact
Nicolas Lemée, 26000 Valence // lemee.nico@gmail.com
Web site : http://nicolemee.blogspot.fr/
Winner of the Mention spéciale
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
In Nigeria, twins can be a blessing or a curse. One day, the father of Oscar and his brother tried to kill his two sons during a ritual ceremony. By chance Oscar managed to escape. Once exiled in France, he applied for asylum but his application was refused because he could not produce any proof…
Director : Hayoun Kwon (France, 2011)
Running time : 9’20mn
Cast : Christiane Cavallin Carlut, Bakry Diallo
Production
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains // Responsable du projet : Éric Prigent // eprigent@lefresnoy.net
Distribution
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains // Natalia Trebik, Chargée de la diffusion des œuvres // ntrebik@lefresnoy.net
Web site : http://www.panorama13.net/?l=eng#/232/Hayoun-Kwon
October 1961
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
On the 17th October 1961, in Paris, five young Algerians and three young Frenchmen were en route to peacefully demonstrate against the curfew imposed by the Prefect of Police, Maurice Papon. This demonstration was an opportunity for the Algerians to show their need for dignity. For Malek, the protagonist, it was a sign of hope for his generation in France. Saïd, Malek’s mate used the occasion to express his frustration. The three French demonstrated for a France which respected its republican molto. They all put themselves on the streets of Paris, confident of their human rights.
Director : Aurel, Florence Corre (France, 2011)
Running time : 12’20mn
Production
Xavier Julliot // La Fabrique Production, Rue de la Fabrique, 30440 Saint Laurent le Minier // lafabriq@wanadoo.fr // www.la-fabrique.com
Distribution
Xavier Julliot // La Fabrique Production
Web site : http://lezard-vert.over-blog.com/article-octobre-noir-82633830.html
The Ribbon
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
China, in the early sixties: an angry mob is persecuting a rich landowner. Mei, a young worker, who is part of the crowd. Suddently she recognizes the victim who she secretly loves. Frightened of revealing her feelings, Mei doesn’t know what to do.
Director : Thomas Charra, Michaël Crouzat, Kherveen Dabylall, Denis Do, Gabriel Jolly-Monge (France, 2009)
Running time : 4’00mn
Cast : Elise Roth, Thomas Charra, Kherveen Dabylall, Maité Xia, Monsieur Li
Production
Gobelins, l’École de l’Image // 73 boulevard Saint Marcel // 75019 Paris
Distribution
Premium Films ∕/ 130 rue de Turenne // 75003 Paris
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
Three finalists compete in the most wanted swimming competition, the prize? A citizenship to Zone number 1.
Director : Margarita Jimeno (USA, Sweden, 2011)
Running time : 15’00mn
Cast : Tatsuo Ichikawa, Meredith Napolitano, Gerald Keyzer
Production
Hoptza Films LLC // +1- 718-782-3728
Contact
info@swimmingawayfilm.com // www.hoptzafilms.com
Web site : http://swimmingawayfilm.com
Train of Flies
Friday 9th of November 2012 at 10pm
Every year, 400,000 undocumented Central Americans cross Mexico trying to reach the USA. They travel like flies on top of cargo trains: There are no flights to the USA for illegals, no future… In Veracruz, they find a little hope: A few brave women, Las Patronas, provide food and drink to the immigrants every single day for the past 15 years.
Director : Fernando López Castillo, Nieves Prieto Tassier (Spain, 2010)
Running time : 14’00mn
Production
Fernando López Castillo // C/ Barrancal 23, 1º izda. – 01001 Vitoria - Álava
Distribution
BANATU FILMAK S.L. // Reforamurrio enpresaldea - Refor kalea z/g – 01470 Amurrio (Araba) - Spain // Aitor Arenas // +34 945 89 36 36 | +34 617 81 97 26 // info@banatufilmak.com // www.banatufilmak.com
Contact
lzdecastillo@yahoo.es
See also
Retrieve the short film selection of the 2011 edition!
Retrieve the short film selection of the 2010 edition!
