THE AMBIDEXTROUS (El Ambidistro)

Produced & Directed by Antonio Palomina
Cast: Monti Cruz & Carmelo Crespo

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Malaga University, Spain)
War is a game, in which Princes seldom win and the people never…
Spain 2010 – Targicomedy – 15mn

ART ON THE BRIDGE

Directed by Michelle Horn & Jonas Zimmermann

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (University of Westminster, London)
Art on the Bridge portrays the life of the street artists and vendors on the famous Charles Bridge in Prague.
Czech Republic/UK 2011 – Documentary – 10mn – EUROPEAN PREMIERE

www.filmingfarmer.com

BREAK A LEG

Written & Directed Mia Lalanne – Produced by Flora Kung (Berklee College of Music, Boston)
With Mia Lalanne

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Berklee College of Music, Boston)
It’s a self centered teenager’s video blog of her situation while foot is trapped under a log in the woods…
USA 2011 – Personal journal – 4mn 32sec – WORLD PREMIERE

BLANK CANVAS

Directed by Hannah Sullivan
Cast; Hannah Sullivan

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM
A Blank Canvas: ready to be painted
USA2011 – Drama, Social issue – 3’ 30”

BALLERINA

Directed and produced by Elie Harfouche
Cast: Lucianna Asmar; Youssef Haddad; Raymond Tohme & Sahar Khalil

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Notre Dame University, Louaize)
Short film that takes the audience on a magical journey into the world of imagination.
Lebanon 2011 – Animation – 13mn – WORLD PREMIERE

CASUALTIES

Directed and Produced by Souzan Basmaji
Cast: Don Money; Lisa McAdam; Said Faraj & Queen Victoria of Sheba

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (New York Film Academy)
An American soldier who killed by mistake an Iraqi family decides to go back to Iraq after suffering from PTSD when returning home.
USA 2010 – Drama – 23mn

www.souzanbasmaji.com

CONTINGENCY

Directed, Written & Produced by Jared Abdul-Rahman
Cast: Josh Howells & Simon Jarman

COMPETITION– Student Film (University of Tasmania, Australia)
A heist gone wrong.
Australia 2011 – Thriller – 7mn – EUROPEAN PREMIERE

THE CONTRACT

Directed and – produced by Anna Zeytseva
Cast: Josef Guruncz; Oleg Hustey& Pavel Reznicek

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (FAMU, Prague)
A rich man of 40 arrives at a secret hotel where he can be assisted in his unusual desire- suicide. Upon arrival, the man signs the obligatory contract relieving him to the knowledge of time and method of his death.
Czech Republic2011 – Drama, Romance – 23min

CRISP (Simit)

Directed, Written & Produced by Berkant Erdem
With Metin Sezgin & Anil Alkal

COMPETITION – Student Film (Bogazici University and Mithat Alam Film Center, Turkey)
Simit is a story of a young man who tries everything to eat a crisp.
Turkey 2010 – Comedy – 6mn

DRIVER, POLICE MAN AND WOMAN (기사, 순경_그리고 여자)

Directed By Dong-jim Kim
With Byung-chul Kim, Sung-yoon Bae & Ga-hyun Yoon

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM – (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts Dong Seo University, South Korea)
“Lady You look so lucky. So….lucky…”
South Korea 2010 – Comedy Thriller – 16mn – WORLD PREMIERE

THE DIFFERENCE IN VIEW (SI- CHA)

Directed by Kim Ha Nul- Produced by Kim Tae Jin
Cast: Kim mi-Seung; Han seung- hyun & Lee eun- Ha

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts Dong Seo University, South Korea)
Why does our love change…
South Korea 2010 – Drama – 23mn – WORLD PREMIERE

THE EXAMINATIOIN

Directed by Elie Rizk – Produced by LAU
Cast: Karim Rahbani; Malek Rahbani; Asaad Haddad & Jihad Khoury

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Lebanese American University)
As their mathematics exam is set for Monday, two students, Marwan and Emile decide to stay after school on Friday afternoon to steal a copy of their exam from the director office.
Lebanon 2010 – Drama – 12mn – WORLD PREMIERE

THE HERMIT

Directed by Gregory Sarafian – Produced by Imad Maalouf & Caroline Sarkissian
Cast: Wissam Mansour; Samir Awad; Jeanette Makhlouf & Stephanie Abi Raad

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (NDU)
A spiritual battle for 3 days between a Hermit and the devil in the valley of saints in Lebanon.
Lebanon 2010 – Fiction, Drama – 14mn – EUROPEAN PREMIERE

INNOCENCE CHILDREN

Directed by Kim Dong- Woo- Produced by Kim Dong- Jin
Cast: Kim Se-Hwan; Lee Eun- Kyung & Kim Sung- Eun

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts)
South Korea 2010 – Drama – 20mn – WORLD PREMIERE

I’M SO TALL

Directed and Produced by Yael Zeevi
Cast: Allen Hulsey; Andrea Chen & Kyle Mccammon

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (New York University Continuing Education)
Loss of Innocence…
USA 2011 – Alternative – 9mn – WORLD PREMIERE

Jean-Marie Binoche, Sculpteur

Directed, Written & Produced by Katell Paillard
With Jean-Marie Binoche

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM
JM Binoche welcomes us in his Studio and his Universe…
France 2011 – Art/Bio – 11mn

MARIGOLD

Directed and Produced by Susanna Kim
Cast: Jessica Lee

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Syracuse University)
It tells the story of a girl who is emotionally suffering under heavy authority and abuse from her parents…
USA 2010 – Family Drama – 10mn

MY SAD NIGHT

Directed by Choi, Hyung- Seung – Produced by Jo, Kyung- Jin
Cast: Kim, Byung- Kyung; Lee, Un- Sil; Hwang, Il- Ho; Jung, Jae- Won & Choi, Byung- Yun

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts Dong Seo University, South Korea)
All people comfort each other
South Korea 2010 – Drama – 19mn – WORLD PREMIERE

NEVER END PEACE AND LOVE

Directed by Hae- Jin Jung – Produced by Ha- nul Kim
Cast: Seong- Yoon Oh & Tae-gyu Hong

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts Dong Seo University, South Korea)
The film about Migrant worker in Korea. How Korean’s think about these people.
South Korea 2011- Narrative – 14mn – WORLD PREMIERE

ONCE UPON A FEATHER

Directed and Produced by Gaby Milky
Cast: Joey Saad & Jennifer Jahjah

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (NDU)
A simple feather can take us on a journey to the future yet back to our childhood.
Lebanon 2011 – Fantasy/Romance – 7mn – WORLD PREMIERE

PASADENA WHAMMING

Directed and Produced by Carly Short
Cast; Claudia Slanar & Jack Khlardian

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia)
This film looks into the possibility of staging the role of chance into life.
USA2010 – Experimental Documentary – 7mn

www.carlyshort.com

SILENCE

Directed by Sonja Bertucci- Produced by N/A

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia)
Silence thematizes the experience of abortion, of a motherhood cut short, in order to pay tribute to those who suffer in silence, who cannot communicate their feeling to something or someone that is irrevocably lost.
USA2010 – Experimental Narrative – 7mn

SOMNAMBULIST

Directed by Raina Kim

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia)
A lyrical exploration of the brain during sleep.
USA2010 – Experimental – 8mn

STRANGER DREAM

Directed by Byung- June Kim- Produced by Eun- sook Lee
Cast: Myung- hun Yang & Soo- jung An

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Im Kwon-taek College of Film & Performing Arts Dong Seo University, South Korea)*Fixes in actuality which adandons a dream and about all youths of this ground which lives talk.

South Korea 2010 – Narrative – 29mn – WORLD PREMIERE

SOME THINGS ARE WORSE THAN BEING GAY

Directed by Regine Richards
Cast; Adam Rotenberg; Adrian Kaley& Allison Pearlman

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (New York Film Academy)
Leah, a Jewish young woman has decided to come out to her parents and while she expects the worst after telling them the news, her parents and specially her mother overreacts when she leans that her daughter’s girlfriend isn’t Jewish.
USA2011 – Family, Comedy – 6mn – WORLD PREMIERE

THERE IS WORST THAN NUCLEAR (YA MAHLA EL NAWAWI)

Directed by Gabriel Zarazir- Produced by ALBA
Cast: Fouad Yammine; Adon Khoury & Joseph Tannous

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (ALBA, Beirut, Lebanon)
The Lebanese way…a serial that doesn’t cease to surprise us …in its chaos…
Lebanon 2010 – Comedy – 17mn

THIS IS NOT A LOLIPOP (CECI N’EST PAS UNE SUCETTE)

Directed and Produced by Rania Khoury
Cast: Yara Youniss; Samer al Achy & Salim Habr

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (NDU)
In a faraway village, where all the citizens must follow and obey the rules of their beloved queen; inconvenient event takes place and changes the life of this village.
Lebanon 2010 – Fairly tale Comedy – 13mn – WORLD PREMIERE

10 BEIRUTI MINUTES

Directed by Ashraf Mtaweh- Produced by AKU
Cast: Elie Mitri; Hisham Khaddaj & Arze Khoder.

COMPOETITION – STUDENT FILM (Al Kafaat University, Lebanon)
A new channel announces that American and Russian scientists discovered a meteor approaching earth and that they would collide and humanity will be extinct in 10 minutes.
Lebanon 2010 – Lebanon – 13mn – EUROPEAN PREMIERE

TOM

Directed by Karim Ghorayeb – Produced by USJ
Cast: Joseph Azoury

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (IESAV- University of Saint Joseph- USJ, Lebanon)
Tom is a young boy whose daily job is to wash round dishes, until one day, he’s faced to wash a square one. Rattled, Tom finds himself obliged to clean this particular dish before night falls.
Lebanon 2010 – Experimental Drama – 13mn

WHAT TO BRING TO AMERICA

Directed by Christophe Nassif – Produced by Arthur Musah & Benjamin Monié
Cast: Kay Benjamin; Mampho Brescia & Valdi- Agaelle Belizaire

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (USC School of Cinematic Arts, California)
Helen, an Ethiopian immigrant living in Los Angeles, is pressured by family and tradition to make a dire choice about what’s best for her daughter on the eve of the young girl’s genital cutting
USA2010 – Drama, Human Rights – 14mn

http://whattobringtoamerica.com

WORKERS LEAVING THE FACTORY (ARBEITER VERLASSEN DIE FABRIK)

Directed and Produced by Anna Linke
Cast; Lukas Schaefer & Nadine Petry

COMPETITION – STUDENT FILM (Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany)
In remembrance of the Lumiere Brothers…
Germany 2010 – Drama, Romance – 10mn