6th International Short Film Festival: Day 7

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 7

20:30

Uncanny Valley 13'

Gazlan 15'

Selfied 11'

Ghost Cell 6'

Die Badewanne 13'

Shutterer 12'

Awards Ceremony & Closing party with Amaze Me

Uncanny Valley:  Like the flicker of silent films or the delay of memory recall, Paul Wenninger’s Uncanny Valley unravels its story of wartime trauma through the camaraderie of two lone soldiers fighting their way out of the trenches of World War I.

Direction: Paul Wenninger
Screenplay: Paul Wenninger
Cinematography: Paul Wenninger
Editing: Michael Derrossett
Sound Design: Nik Hummer, Michael Moser
Set Design: Nik Hummer
Cast: Raúl Maia, Jan Jakubal, Paul Wenninger
Animation: Nik Hummer
Production: Films de Force Majeure,  Kabinett and Co KGP Kranzelbinder Filmproduction

Gazlan: Hatzil the Gazlan (ice cream car driver) gets lodged with his ice cream car in the middle of the desert. John, a Sudanese refugee, arrives to the place; he is tired and thirsty after running away from the Israeli border. The meeting between the two, leads them to a short relationship that, despite being based on lack of trust, will abate their loneliness.

Direction: Tomer Lahmy
Screenplay: Tomer Lahmy
Cinematography: Gilad Avni
Editing: Avner Azulay
Art Direction: Dana Shasho
Cast: Zevulun Mosheashvili, Hamis Elshaig, Eli Dabah
Production: Eran Wolfson

Selfied: Kim Kardashian wannabe Anna Banana documents her banal struggles as the self-proclaimed “Selfie Queen” in order to get her own reality TV series. When a 16-year-old Tara “Selfie Princess” Tardansky starts cyber bullying Anna, she must go to greater extremes to get the validation that she so desperately needs. A dark, satirical look at cultural narcissism, isolation and violence in the age of social media.  

Direction: Nicole Brending
Screenplay: Nicole Brending
Cinematography: TJ Schwingle
Editing: Nicole Brending
Music: Jean-Olivier Begin
Sound: Jim Morgan
Cast: Graham Sibley, Cameron MacKenzie, Nicole Brending
Production: Nicole Brending

Ghost Cell: This scientific and dreamlike documentary is a stereoscopic plunge into the guts of an organic Paris, seen as a cell through a virtual microscope. 

Direction: Antoine Delacharlery
Screenplay: Antoine Delacharlery
Editing: Antoine Delacharlery
Music: Bastien Prevosto
Animation: Antoine Delacharlery, Bastien Dubois, Mathieu Bernadat, Jean Delaunay
Production: Autour De Minuit 

Die Badewanne / The Bathtub: The brothers, Georg, Alexander and Niklas, are preparing an original present for their mother. But the idea to re-enact an old bathtub picture from their childhood is way too stupid for the oldest one. Little by little they bare all, and the three brothers remain who have grown apart in the meanwhile.

Direction: Tim Ellrich
Screenplay: Tim Ellrich, Dominik Huber
Cinematography: Lukas Gnaiger
Editing: Maximilian Merth, Andreas Ribarits
Sound: Rudolf Pototschnig
Sound Design: Rudolf Pototschnig, Volker Armbruster 
Art Direction: Dominik Huber
Costume Design: Veronika Susanna Harb
Cast: Simon Jaritz, Rainer Wöss, Stefan Pohl
Production: Tim Ellrich, Dominik Huber, Leopold Pape

Stutterer: For a lonely typographer, an online relationship has helped him mask his cruel speech impediment. Now he is faced with the daunting prospect of finally bringing that relationship into the real world. A roller-coaster ride of joy, doubt, and romance in the digital age.

Direction:  Benjamin Cleary 
Screenplay: Benjamin Cleary  
Cinematography: Michael Paleodimos 
Editing: Benjamin Cleary 
Music: Nico Casal 
Sound Editing: Gustaf Jackson
Set Design: Francesca Turner 
Art Direction: Russell De Rozario, Elena Isolini , Erin Larnder
Costume Design: Francesca Turner
Cast: Matthew Needham, Chloe Pirrie, Eric Richard, Serena Armitage, Sophie Cotton, Adam Devereux, Richard Mason, Calum Sivyer
Production: Serena Armitage, Shan Christopher Ogilvie

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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