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New Directors/New Films · 2013

New Directors/New Films 2013

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17 films

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Ararat

A man tries to keep the peace in his brother’s home after a ten-year absence.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Engin Kundag; Stars: Pinar Erincin, Claudio Schulz-Keune, Erdal Kacar)

Shorts programme 2

Chiralia

The disappearance of a child becomes a focal point for anxieties at a gathering by a forest lake.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Santiago Gil; Stars: Lenio Amory Einbeck, Monika Hetterle, Michael Krabbe, Julia Becker, Stephan Bürgi, Hans-Jürgen Alf)

Shorts programme 3. New York premiere

Everything Near Becomes Far

The peaceful daily rhythm of a farmer is violently interrupted in the heart of the breathtakingly beautiful Andean mountains.

(Country: Colombia, US; Year: 2011; Director: Mauricio Arango; Writer: Mauricio Arango, Mauricio Arango; Stars: Wendy Rojas)

Shorts programme 1. US premiere

Flamingos

Father and daughter share a sentimental moment, but trouble boils under the surface.

(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2012; Director: Francesca Coppola; Writer: Francesca Coppola; Stars: Fabio Ghidoni, Sofia Cotromano, Giulia Rupi)

Shorts programme 2. North American premiere

Ouverture

Story about a little girl in Soviet-controlled Bulgaria.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Bracey Smith, Neil Dvorak; Writer: Bracey Smith)

Screening with The Shine Of The Day

The Pirate Of Love

A filmmaker chases the legends surrounding a CD of popular Reykjavik love songs, supposedly written by a lovelorn trucker in Canada.

(Country: US, Iceland; Year: 2012; Director: Sara Gunnarsdóttir; Stars: Baldur Björnsson, Helgi Þór Harðarson, Árni Sveinsson)

Shorts programme 2. New York premiere

RP31

Animation composed from 31 film projection test patterns and calibration charts.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Lucy Raven; Writer: Lucy Raven)

Screening with Upstream Color

The Search For Inspiration Gone

Combining animation, special effects, and live action, this silent film asks: will a writer who searches for inspiration find it in help or hindrance?

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ashley Michael Briggs) , Official site

Screening with Viola

Sequin Raze

A reality-show contestant tries to protect herself from the psychological onslaught of one of the producers.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro; Writer: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro; Stars: Anna Camp, Ashley Williams, Frances Conroy, Lily Rains, Beau Bonness, Molly Haldeman, Robert Sanchez)

Shorts programme 2

Southwest

A Dutch woman helps save the lives of illegal immigrants but is forced to confront the unattended needs of those who love her.

(Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2013; Director: Jordi Wijnalda; Writer: Jordi Wijnalda; Stars: Carine Crutzen, Matthijs van Bakhuyzen de Sande, Aali Erguvanli, Reha Soysal, Irmak Okcebe)

Shorts programme 1. World premiere

Stampede

Snapshot of the moment when a city and its crowds create chaos and claustrophobia.

(Country: Germany ; Year: 2012; Director: Cyril Amon Schäublin)

Shorts programme 1

Taboulé

How can you measure trust? A story about secret codes.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Richard Garcia)

Shorts programme 2. New York premiere

Take A Deep Breath (Derin Nefes Al)

When a teenager’s parents take her to see a gynaecologist, her life takes an unexpected turn.

(Country: Turkey; Year: 2012; Director: Basak Buyukcelen; Writer: Basak Buyukcelen; Stars: Nesrin Cavadzade, Ercan Kesal, Celal Kadri Kinoglu, Mine Tüfekçioglu)

Shorts programme 2

To Put Together A Helicopter (Para armar un helicóptero)

When summer rains bring power outages to his neighborhood, 17-year-old Oliverio comes up with an ingenious solution.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Izabel Acevedo; Writer: Izabel Acevedo; Stars: Roberto Pichardo)

Shorts programme 3. North American premiere

The Village (A Cidade)

A small village’s inhabitants are all elderly, and no one new is moving in.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Liliana Sulzbach; Writer: Liliana Sulzbach, Liliana Sulzbach; Stars: Eva Pereira Nunes, João Francisco Saldanha)

Shorts programme 3. New York premiere

What Can I Wish You Before The Fight (Que puis-je te souhaiter avant le combat?)

A touching story about a case of mistaken identity and communication that transcends barriers.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Sofia Babluani; Writer: Sofia Babluani; Stars: Aziza Arslanova, Liana Babluani, Elodie Chanut, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Nastassia Legrand)

Shorts programme 1. US premiere

Wonderland

As a mother seeks to improve life for her family, her son explores the cavernous rooms of a stranger’s house - perhaps costing the two of them a better future.

(Country: Romania; Year: 2012; Director: eter Kerek)

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