6th International Short Film Festival: Day 1

More than 60 short films from Cyprus and the world will compete this year for the grand awards of the 6th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, which will take place from the 15th to the 21st October 2016, at the Rialto Theatre, in Limassol.  

Programme Day 1

20:30 - Opening Ceremony

Voor Film 12' 

Over 14'

The Seed 20'

BREAK

Dissonance 15'

Under the Robes 20'

Semele 13'

Mayday Relay 15'

Opening Party

Voor Film: From the perspectives of a dozen diverse viewers, this 12-minute documentary short explores the peculiar ritual of watching film. How is the medium experienced by people with sensory impairments, strong religious beliefs or lovesickness? A story about moving images and their audience.

Direction: Douwe Dijkstra
Music & Sound Design: Rob Peters      
Production: Bart Jansen

Over: Over presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots, we watch an intriguing story unfold. What's happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected.

Direction / Screenplay / Production: Jörn Threlfall
Cast:  Malcolm Davies

The Seed: Steve and Karim are two 17-year-old young men from the street. While on a petty crime spree, they are about to go on an adventure that will eclipse them all. One evening, they commit one crime too many, accidentally causing a woman’s death.

Direction / Screenplay: Barney Frydman
Cinematography: Kassim Olivier Ahmed
Editing: Cédric Wavreil
Music: Ceyhun Kara
Sound: Roland Voglaire
Art Direction: Celine Maurel Riera, Tarek Ben Bachir
Cast: Mohamed Bellahmed, Tino Dufour, Hicham Slaoui, Aliya Kotiev, Anne-Gaëlle Ponche, Lawrence Valin, Rao Mustajab, Louise Manteaux
Production: Philippe Geus

Dissonance: Who owns reality? Who defines where fantasy begins? A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there is nobody to listen. One day, his animated world collap­ses and reality breaks out. He misses his daugh­ter and wants to visit her, but her mother doesn‘t allow it. The film seamlessly transforms from an animation into a live action drama, reflecting the journey from the psychotic mind of a poor street musician into the real world. He only has one wish: To play for his daughter that he is not allowed to visit any more. 

Direction / Screenplay / Production: Till Nowak
Cinematography: Ivan Robles Mendoza
Editing: Till Nowak, Philipp Hahn
Music: Olaf Taranczewski, Frank Zerban
Sound Design: Andreas Radzuweit
Cast: Roland Schupp, Hannah Heine, Nina Petri, Klaus Zehrfeld, Mirko Thiele 
Animation: Till Nowak, Malte Lauinger

Under the Robes: Monsignor Isidore gives a visit to an isolated convent in order to announce its closing down. During the visit, he steps on a land mine. Panic is installed and faith becomes questionable. 

Direction / Screenplay / Editing: Michel Zarazir 
Cinematography: Karim Ghorayeb 
Music / Sound: Simon Souaid
Cast: Manuel Daher, Yvonne Nakad, Lucienne Zarazir, Mona Kheir, Emilie Sahyouni, Stéphanie Atala, Majd Hitti, Salwa El Haiby
Production: Gaby Zarazir / Antoine Zarazir

Semele: Semele highlights the delicate relationship of a daughter and her long absent father, as an unsigned school note becomes the excuse for young Semele to visit him at work and try to rediscover their lost bond. Although her father Aris, at first does not want Semele around, as the day goes by they share precious moments that they will both treasure for life. The film is an exploration which shifts beyond the parent-child relationship, as it sets out to further question any relationship of love between two people. There is an underlying understanding between the two characters, as well as certain feelings and behaviours that are universally human. Semele demonstrates how fragile and vulnerable human relationships are and how important it is to accept oneself in order to take the leap forward. 

Direction / Screenplay: Myrsini Aristidou
Cinematography: Pepe Avila del Pino
Music: Jacob Pavek
Sound Design: Arjun G Sheth
Sound Mixing: Gregory Oke
Costume Design: Elena Vaphea
Cast: Yiannis Stankoglou, Vasiliki Kokkoliadi, Paris Aristides, Athos Antoniou, Kimwnas Apostolopoulos, Sara Pitsikali 
Production: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Mayday Relay: When the German sailor Max and his daughter Emily receive a mayday-call on the Mediterranean Sea, they act immediately. They change the course of their little sailing-boat and try to involve other ships. But then they understand, that there are over hundred people on board and the damaged boat is only forty-foot long.

Direction / Screenplay / Production: Florian Tscharf
Editing: David Kuruc
Cast: Rainer Sellien, Odine Johne

Organisers
The Festival is organised by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theatre. 
It is under the auspices of the Mayor of Limassol, Mr Andreas Christou, and supported by the Cyprus University of Technology. Media Sponsors: TIME OUT & SUPER FM. 

Please visit www.isffc.com.cy for the full programme of screenings to be announced soon.
Subtitles: All films are screened in their original dialogues with Greek and English subtitles.  

Click here for the website of the International Short Film Festival

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