COMPETITION SHORT FILM 8+ Program 2 | 10+

PROGRAM 2 | Recommended from age 10

SCREENINGS

SUN, 22.09. | 10 am | CINEMA
Guest: Producer of “La Chasse” Jean-Pierre Dupuy
TUE, 24.09. | 4 pm | Kino des DFF
Guest: Producer of “La Chasse” Jean-Pierre Dupuy

With english subtitles and german voice-over

ALL FILMS AS GERMAN PREMIERE.

Suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 10.

NIÁN WĚIBĀ | TALE END OF THE YEAR
TW/US 2018. D: Chieh Yang. 23 min. Fiction. Chin. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over.
On Chinese New Year’s Eve 1988, ten-year-old Yang Lan longingly awaits her mother, a well-known singer. The camera always accompanies her at eye Level.

DIRECTOR
Chieh Yang is currently studying directing and screenwriting at Columbia University, NYC after her first degree in Taiwan. Her short film PING PONG COACH was awarded as best student short film in Tribeca, with CRONOS she was shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards.

Filmography
2018 NIÁN WĚIBĀ (short) | 2017 LIKE A PATCH OF MUD (short) | 2016 SOPHIE & JOSH (short) | 2016 THE SEAMSTRESS (short)

LA CHASSE | THE HUNT
FR 2017. D: Jean-Pierre Dupuy. 20 min. Fiction. French OV with English ST. and German voice-over.
France, 1973: A boy is supposed to hunt with his father. He doesn’t want to, so his father messes with him and frightens him. Only fantasy helps.

DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre Dupuy worked as a civil engineer for many years before he decided to study film in Lyon at the age of 38. He has written several screenplays and is making his directorial debut with LA CHASSE. The screenplay is a winning entry of the G.R.E.C (Groupe de Recherches et d’Essais Cinématographiques).

Filmography
2017 LA CHASSE (short)

PUPANJE | BLOOMING
CZ 2018. D: Dora Šustić. 14 min. Fiction. Czech. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over
Until recently, Alma was an eleven-year-old girl full of lightness and light-heartedness, but overnight her body changes and makes everything complicated: What am I now – big or small?

DIRECTOR
Dora Šustić (*1991 in Croatia) has a bachelor’s degree in political science and is studying screenplay at the FAMU in Prague. In addition to filmmaking, she writes prose and poetry; her contributions have appeared in international literary Journals.

Filmography
2018 PERSEPHONE (short) | 2018 PUPANJE (short) | 2017 MAJDA’S POSES (short) | 2015 LADIES (short)

CAMILA
MX 2018. D: Urzula Barba Hopfner. 15 min. Fiction. Span. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over
Twelve-year-old Camila may not be able to explain why she is so sad – but she can draw it. Only the adults around her can’t understand her caricatures.

DIRECTOR
Urzula Barba Hopfer graduated from the Cinematographic Capacitation Center (CCC), Mexico, in 2004 and worked primarily in editing and post-production. In 2016 she successfully switched to directing with QUIERO and received an IMCINE grant for the production of CAMILA in 2017.

Filmography
2018 CAMILA (short) | 2017 QUIERO (short)

SHORT FILM COMPETITION 8+

Competition Short Film 8+ || Program 1+2

PROGRAM 1 | recommended from age 8

Film program suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 8.
German premiere for all films.
With Eng. ST. and German voice-over

TUE, 24.9. | 9 am | Kino des DFF
Guest: Directors of “BOJE” Andreas Cordes and Robert Köhler
Director of “Ijrain Maradona” Zorana Musikic
WED, 25.9.| 11 am | CineStar Metropolis
Guest: Directors of “BOJE” Andreas Cordes and Robert Köhler
Director of “Ijrain Maradona” Zorana Musikic

BOJE
DE 2019. D: Andreas Cordes, Robert Köhler. 10 min. Fiction. German OV with Eng. ST.

IJRAIN MARADONA | MARADONA’S LEGS
DE/PS 2018. D: Firas Khoury. 23 min. Fiction. Arab. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

LES ENFANTS DU RIVAGE | FIREFLIES
BE 2018. D: Amelia Nanni. 20 min. Fiction. French OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

WELCOME TO THE BALL
US 2019. D: Adam Vincent Wright. 5 min. Fiction. Eng. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

I’M NOT SCARED OF THE CROCODILE
ES 2018. D: Marc Riba, Anna Solanas. 4 min. Animated film. Span. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

O RAPAZ E A CORUJA | THE BOY AND THE OWL
PT 2018. D: Mário Gajo de Carvalho. 12 min. Animated film. No Dialogue

SWEETIE PIE

CH 2018. R: Claudia Röthlin, Yves Gutjahr. 2 min. Animated film. Eng. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

PROGRAM 2 | recommended from age 10

Film program suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 10.
German premiere for all films.
With Eng. ST. and German voice-over

Sun, 22.9., 10 am | CINEMA
Guest: Producer of “La Chasse” Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Tue, 24.9., 4 pm | Kino des DFF
Guest: Producer of “La Chasse” Jean-Pierre Dupuy

NIÁN WĚIBĀ | TAIL END OF THE YEAR
TW/US 2018. D: Chieh Yang. 23 min. Fiction. Chin. OV with German voice-over

LA CHASSE | THE HUNT
FR 2017. D: Jean-Pierre Dupuy. 20 min. Fiction. French OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

PUPANJE | BLOOMING
CZ 2018. D: Dora Šustić. 14 min. Fiction. Czech OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

CAMILA
MX 2018. D: Urzula Barba Hopfner. 15 min. Fiction. Span. OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over

GIANT LITTLE ONES

CA 2018. D: Keith Behrman. A: Keith Behrman. 93 min. Feature. Eng. OV with Eng. ST. Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 15

It’s Franky’s 17th birthday, and he’s having a real blast. The house to himself, party with all his friends and Priscilla, his girlfriend, can barely keep her hands off him. Franky is on cloud nine, but then he wakes up next to his best friend Ballas, and suddenly Franky’s world is upside down. High school becomes an ordeal, and his parents’ efforts to understand him are even more overwhelming. Only Ballas’ little sister Natasha “Tash” seems to understand him, but she also has to deal with her own problems. So it goes on, up and down in Frankys emotional roller coaster. (WB)

Winner “Golden Slipper” for Best Feature Film for Youth, Zlín Int. FF for Children and Youth 2019 (Czech Republic); “Dragon Award” and “Audience Award” for Best International Feature, Göteborg FF 2019 (Sweden)

In collaboration with the Embassy of Canada, Berlin

SUN, 22.9. l 12 pm l CINEMA
MON, 23.9. l 9 am l CineStar Metropolis

TRAILER

DIRECTOR

The canadian Keith Behrman (*1963, Shaunavon) achieved great success at festivals with her first short fiction film LA COUPE and her feature-length documentary about a high school, BIENVENUE À F.L. (including “Best International Short Film” at the Sundance Film Festival). UNE COLONIE is her first feature film.

Filmography (selection)
2018 GIANT LITTLE ONES | 2002 ERNEST (short) | 2002 FLOWER AND GARNET

LANDET AF GLAS | LAND OF GLASS

DK 2018. D: Jeppe Vig Find, Marie Rønn. A: Jeppe Vig Find, Marie Rønn. 88 min. Feature. Danish OV with Eng. ST. and German voice-over. Suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 10

Gentle clouds of fog lie over the forest. Everything seems peaceful. But Neia and the old Alva are on the run, chased by their persecutors. Some time later, 13-year-old Jas, whose father is travelling somewhere abroad again, roams through the same forest. The three meet in a shed on the family property. Immediately Jas feels that something magical is in the air. Although Neia and Alva look like people, they don’t seem to be human. They have lived in the woods for thousands of years, they tell him. Now they need the help of Jas. (StS)

Winner “Best Feature Film Director” and the “Children’s Jury Award”, Athens Olympia Int. FF for Children and Young People 2018 (Greece)

FRI, 20.9. | 8.30 am | CINEMA
MON, 23.9. | 11 am | Kino des DFF
Guest: Director Marie Rønn
WED, 25.9. | 8:30 am | CineStar Metropolis
Guest: Director Marie Rønn

TRAILER

DIRECTOR

Jeppe Vid Find and Marie Rønn have worked for many years as a duo in the fields of TV moderation, acting, screenplay, production and directing and are known in Denmark for their TV series for young audiences. LANDET AF GLAS (2018) is their feature film debut as an author/ director team.

Filmography (as team)
2018 LANDET AF GLAS | 2013-2015 VILDE VENNER (TV series) | 2009 PRUT OG PØLLE (TV series) | 2005-2007 LILLE NØRD (TV series)