Animation: Katia Minkova, Boris Klisurski, Boriana Kristeva, Anna Haralampieva, Veselina Tzoneva, Verginia Ivanova, Svetlina Petrova, Raina Gancheva, Tzveti Sarkisian, Tzenka Kuiumdjieva
Sound: Natalia Giurova
Music: Rumen Tzonev
Art Direction: Tzvetomira Nikolova
Script: Tzvetomira Nikolova
Producer: Vladimir Gurov (VizAr Production Ltd.)
Directed by: Tzvetomira Nikolova

SYNOPSIS
What would happen if two garments, rather than their owners, fall in love with each other on the clothesline?

THE FILMMAKER
Tzvetomira Nikolova is an animator. She has worked on the films “Symphony of Soup” and “The Princess and the Cobbler.”

Cast: Shahid Khan Shahi, Bina Khan, Humera Ahmed, Mehboob Shah, Azim Khan
Cinematography: Amir Hussaini, Kamran
Editing: Faisal Qureshi, Syed Sheraz Irani
Screenplay: Shahid Khan Shahi
Produced and Directed by: Faisal Qureshi

SYNOPSIS
Black humor in a typical Pakistani Pushto film.

THE FILMMAKER
A graduate of the National College of Arts, Faisal Qureshi made his mark as a comic actor on the cult TV skit show “VJ” in 1995. He has been working as an actor since. He is also a writer of scripts, jingles and advertising concepts. In 2001, he set up his own company – Game Over Productions – and produces and directs various programmes for television.

SYNOPSIS
Ziad, a student in Hay El Sellom, narrates the story of his death.

THE FILMMAKER
Rami Kodeih was born in Saida, Lebanon, in 1983. His first love is music, and he spends much of his time composing. At present he is studying direction in Alba.

Directed by: Ben Frost

SYNOPSIS
The film takes inspiration from the forms and aesthetics of ‘light painting’.

THE FILMMAKER
Ben Frost is a filmmaker, animator and visual effects artist who is currently studying at Bournemouth University.

Producers: Humayun Saeed, Abdullah Kadwani
Directed by: Shahid Shafaat

SYNOPSIS
Police shoot a young man for a crime he didn’t commit. History repeats itself when the boy’s sister meets another innocent young man seeking refuge from police at the family home. Unfortunately, the police arrive in search of the suspect.

THE FILMMAKER
Shahid Shafaat has an enriching 14 years of professional experience in theatre and on television. He is an accomplished writer and director of plays, serials and telefilms. Shafaat tackles sensitive issues, raising pertinent questions in an entertaining and sometimes shocking manner.

Cast: Sebastian Stroebei, Marcel Neumueller, Andreas Dieckmann, Soehnke-Moehring
Cinematography: Mike Connor
Editing: Marc Versteeg
Sound: Clemens Haas
Screenplay: Balthasar Von Weymarn
Producer: Boris Groenemeyer
Directed by: Mirko Echghi-Ghamsari

SYNOPSIS
“Appassionata” is inspired by a letter that a German Soldier, Anton, sent to his wife. The soldier is awaiting his doom in a pocket of Stalingrad, when he spots an undamaged piano in the no-man’s land between the war zones. A musician in his civilian life, Anton feels compelled to play the piano one last time. However, he is surprised by a Russian lone fighter.

THE FILMMAKER
Mirko studied visual communication in film/video from the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen. He has been the lead VFX artist in films like “Oliver Twist” (France), “Silence Becomes You” and “Cargo.” He has also been a script consultant on “Eichmann” and “Wortbrot.”

Cast: Alexandres Logotheas, Tabena Pitte, Talds Mosahos, Konstantincs Koutsoletas, Chusios Ninis
Cinematography: Vassilis Kiotsotiras
Editing: Nikos Bouyoukos, Christos Papadopoulos
Sound: Dna, Expert Medicine, George Ramadanis, Charalabos Kourtaras
Music: George Georgiou
Producer: Helen Kossifidou
Written and Directed by: Theophilos Papastylianos

SYNOPSIS
When it breaks down, people freeze. When they are feeling low, people will skip the psychiatrist and go instead to a salesman. Nothing matters except for TV. The whole world seems to be addicted to a legal drug as indispensable as life itself. How will Philip react to this sly enemy that is creeping deeper and deeper?

THE FILMMAKER
Theophilos Papastylianos was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1971. After graduating from the National Technical University of Athena, he specialised in Film Directing and Screenwriting at the Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University in Montreal.

Cast: Amir Aghaee, Leila Zaare, Amirali Toiserkani, Hedieh Bemani Nejad
Cinematography: Mehdi Parizad
Editing: Kereshmeh Afsari, Ehsan Fanian
Sound: Shahram Motevallibashi, Mehrdad Jelokhani
Producer: Houman Kabiri Parvizi
Written and Directed by: Kereshmeh Afsari

SYNOPSIS
Hessam, divorced for four years because of the baby he didn’t want, must now visit his daughter, who doesn’t know that Hessam is her father. Destiny, however, has another way…

THE FILMMAKER
After receiving an MA in Architecture Kereshmeh Afsari took several courses in scriptwriting and directing. Her first film as director was “A Shadow Above Tomorrow.” “Avayeh Mohoum” is Afsari’s third film as director. She has also written screenplays and worked as a cinematographer in two short films.

Producers: Humayun Saeed, Abdullah Kadwani
Directed by: Shahid Shafaat

SYNOPSIS
“Babu” showcases the spectrum of human emotions. A poor newspaper hawker, Babu is impervious to his economic situation, much to the dismay of his father. All this changes when Babu falls in love with a girl at a bus stop. Thus begins Babu’s painful awakening, setting him off on a turbulent voyage. It is a journey where dreams and reality collide, filled with love, hope, tears and sacrifice.

THE FILMMAKER
Shahid Shafaat has an enriching 14 years of professional experience in theatre and on television. He is an accomplished writer and director of plays, serials and telefilms. Shafaat tackles sensitive issues, raising pertinent questions in an entertaining and sometimes shocking manner.

Cinematography: Angela Hernandez
Animation: Daniel Calvo, Sebastian Miranda, Alvaro Leon
Editing: Daniel Calvo and Sebastian Miranda
Sound: Daniel Calvo
Script: Daniel Calvo
Produced and Directed by: Daniel Calvo

SYNOPSIS
“Big Band” is a journey into contemporary urban spaces that transports the audience from one place to the next and challenges them to create the relationship between the scenes. The film is a reflection on our society’s day to day paradoxes such as the transformation of our environment, the passing of time and urban chaos.

THE FILMMAKER
Daniel Calvo works as a music producer and sound designer in Caracas, Venezuela. Besides his activities in the Keloide design studio, he participates in the Babylon Motorhome collective and maintains the independent sampling project, Ortega&Cassette.

Cast: Ian Hart, Andrea Estrella
Cinematography: Eric Trometer
Editing: Dana Kahil Trometer
Sound: Leon Benning
Music: Soap Kills, Aks’ser
Producers: Bass Breche, Adam Modley
Written and Directed by: Bass Breche

SYNOPSIS
Set in both London and Beirut during Israel’s war on Lebanon, “Both” is ‘everybody’s’ story of war told through the experiences of one man. London is cosmopolitan, known for democracy and diversity; Beirut is associated with occupation, conquest and stories of endless war. “Both” is a message of hope, love and truth from the city of endless wars.

THE FILMMAKER
Twenty-nine year old Lebanese graduate Bass Breche has been living in London since 2003.

Animation and Cinematography: Juan Carlos Mostaza
Editing: Juan Carlos Mostaza
Sound: Jorge Perez, Miguel Gonzalez
Music: Oscar Xiberta
Screenplay: Guiana Fernandez, Juan Carlos Mostaza
Producers: Juan Carlos Mostaza, G. Fernandez, Maxinena SL
Directed by: Juan Carlos Mostaza

SYNOPSIS
Coldness and daily routine will bring one couple together and tear another apart.

THE FILMMAKER
Juan Carlos Mostaza was born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1979. While in high school, he won the first prize in a European educational mulitmedia software competition. In 2002, Mostaza did his Masters in 3-D computer graphics, while continuing to work on 3-D projects and being selected as a finalist in several competitions around Europe. Currently he works at his company, LaCatedral Animation Studio, which develops visual effects for motion pictures and commercials.

Animation: Alessandra Mota, Neuber Dias, Pedro Tarcísio, Marcelo Bassani, Thiago Miranda, Ricardo César, Alexandre Souza, Zé Augusto, Anderson Lopes, Herbert Carlos, Rodrigo Simom, Hélio Araújo, Misac Gomes, Alê Camargo (OZI Escola de Audiovisual de Brasília), Philipe Santiago, Tom Andersen, Davi Golçalves, Diego Brandão, Dalmo Pereira
Sound: Maurício Fonteles
Script: Alê Camargo
Executive Producer: Mario Andrade (OZI Escola de Audiovisual de Brasília), Roger Burdino
Directed by: Alê Camargo

SYNOPSIS
A hungry Calango decides that a cricket will be his next meal... but things won’t be as simple as he imagines. Action and emotion in a wild Brazilian 3-D animation chase.

THE FILMMAKER
Ale Camargo is a Brazilian 3-D artist.

Cast: Jose Luis Diaz, Armando Del Rio, Maria Jose Alfonso, Maru Valdivieso
Cinematography: Dani Pena
Editing: Nacho Etayo, David Canovas
Sound: Alfonso Hervas, Roberto HG
Music: Antonio Hernandez
Screenplay: Jose Amaro Carrillo, David Canovas, Ruben Sanchez
Directed and Producer: David Canovas

SYNOPSIS
Eduardo and Elisabeth are a couple in crisis. Their only daughter, Silivia, is continuously having nightmares about an old woman. Sebas, their only remaining neighbour, is convinced that the building they live in is no longer safe because of structural deterioration. The plot moves towards a surprising ending.

THE FILMMAKER
David Canovas was born in Santa Cruz de la Palma in 1971. He graduated in Image Sciences from the University of Madrid. He is the director, editor, screenwriter and producer of twelve short films, including “Mate” (2002) and “No return address” (2004), winners of awards in Spain, and “The Intruder” (2005), which was nominated for the Spanish Academy Award in 2006, and won several awards in the Canary Islands.

Cinematography: Andreas Wutz
Editing: Andreas Wutz
Sound: Andreas Wutz
Musical Score: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Written, Produced and Directed by: Andreas Wutz

SYNOPSIS
The film opens through a re-enactment of the burning of John Steinbeck’s ”Cannery Row” in front of a Corbusier house in Marseille. But then the book is rescued from its pyre and sent to Prague. The book is read by many people there and is accompanied by the narrator’s voice and the whispers of the Caryatids who try to leave their ancestral place.

THE FILMMAKER
Born in Munich in 1962, Andreas Wutz studied painting at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf and lives now in Barcelona. He has made 14 films since 1998, which have screened at festivals around the world including The IFF Rotterdam and ZIFF in Zimbabwe. He has been working as an assistant director of German radio plays since 2005.