FIRST LEAGUE
10.6., 16.6. and 17.6. 2015
Is an evening full of movies that ranked highest on last year´s festival circuit! No back ups, just the first league straight from playfields all over the world. Come and see, how it played out this year!
THE PRIDE OF STRATHMOOR (USA)
Slamdance - Jury Award for Animation Short
Director: Einar Baldvin | Producer: Einar Baldvin |
Star: Geoffrey Gould |
Year: 2014 | Length: 9 min | Animation |
Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June & July, 1927.
LISTEN (Denmark, Finland and Colombia)
Tribeca - Best Narrative Short
Directors: Rungano Nyoni and Hamy Ramezan | Producer: Helene Granqvist |
Star: Yusuf Kamal El-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Amira Helene Larsen |
Year: 2014 | Length: 13 min | Live Action |
Copenhagen. A police station. A foreign woman, wearing a burqa, is there with her young son to file a complaint. Yet, it seems the translator is not willing to report what she is telling.
JUMP! (USA)
Jameson First Shot
Director: Jessica Valentine | Producer: Dana Brunetti |
Star: Uma Thurman, Barak Hardley, Anthony Ray Parker |
Year: 2014 | Length: 18 min | Live Action |
During a 48hr observation at a psych facility, Jack meets Wendy, a young woman with a unique obsession.
BAD AT DANCING (USA)
Berlinale - Silver Bear Jury Prize
Director: Joanna Arnow | Producer: Rachel Wolther |
Star: Eleanore Pienta, Keith Poulson, Joanna Arnow |
Year: 2015 | Length: 11 min | Live Action |
A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The two women test each other's sexual and emotional boundaries in this surreal manifestation of jealous rivalry.
LOST QUEENS (Chile)
Cannes - 2nd Prize Cinéfondation
Director: Ignacio Juricic Merillán | Producer: Rachel Wolther |
Star: Andrew Bargsted, Roxana Campos, Rodrigo Peréz |
Year: 2015 | Length: 28 min | Live Action |
In 1996, Rodrigo (18) is arrested by the police in a televised raid on the club where he works as a drag queen. He goes back home, fearful that his family will see him on the news. While they are all getting ready for a party, he plans to run away with his couple, a hairdresser and friend of the family.
In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
