Cast: Asier Hormaza
Cinematography: Ernesto Herrera
Editing: Jorge Prado
Sound: Carlos Fernandez
Music: Gonzalo Diaz Yerro
Screenplay: Dany Campos
Produced and Directed by: Dany Campos

SYNOPSIS
Joseba Perurena, a young terrorist, wants to start a new life together with his girlfriend. However, cutting ties with the past is never an easy thing to do, especially when the consequences have not been fully considered.

THE FILMMAKER
Dany Campos lives and works in Spain.

Cast: Tristan Ulloa, Adan Llorca, Paloma Rojas, Alfonsa Rosso
Cinematography: Nicolas Pinzon
Editing: Gema Rodero
Sound: Roberto Fernandez
Music: Xavier Capellas
Producer: Adan Llorca
Written and Directed by: Lili Cabrera and Valerio Veneras

SYNOPSIS
Adan and Paloma, a young painter and his girlfriend, view an apartment for rent. They meet the peculiar landlady, who lives in the apartment above. The apartment is perfect for them. What most grabs their attention is a large antique mirror that dominates the living room.

THE FILMMAKERS
Lilí Cabrera was born in Colombia into a family of film directors. From a very young age she acted in several television series, until she discovered her passion lay behind the camera. She moved to Spain in 2000, where she took courses in scripting, direction and photography. She’s currently in her second year at ECAM, the official school of Cinema in Madrid.

Valerio Veneras was born in Santander in 1975. He was drawn to cinema from childhood, spending numerous hours in front of the television. “El Espejo” is his directorial debut.

SYNOPSIS
Christian doesn’t feel like studying for his exam. But he knows that if he fails again, his mother will be very disappointed.

THE FILMMAKER
Hugo Sanz Rodero studied Cinematographic Direction at the Institute of Cinema in Madrid (NIC) between 2002 and 2004.

Cinematography: A. Gonzalez, I. Gimenez, J. Molero, A. Pazos
Editing: Sergio Cata, Carlos Escribano
Sound: Yago Santo, Maite Rivera
Music: Coke Rioboo
Screenplay: Coke Rioboo, Sergio Cata
Producer: Isabel Guerrero
Directed by: Coke Rioboo

SYNOPSIS
Said, a Moroccan boy, crosses the straits. On the other side, in the land of opportunity, he discovers the world is not as beautiful as he had been told.

THE FILMMAKER
Coke Rioboo has worked as a theatre scene-shifter, stage manager and music professor, and has also composed the soundtracks for several short films. He is currently a clay animation professor at the ECAM. He has used this technique in directing “La Telespectadora” (2001), “Se abre el talon” (2002), “Que las noches sean son” (2002) and “El Viaje de Said” (2006).

Cast: Konrad Halver, Petra Dettloff, Oliver Warsite, Ramin Yazdani, Esther Schweizer
Cinematography: Juliane Engelmann
Editing: Ulf Groote
Sound: Daniel Schoenfeldt
Music: Christoph Schnetker
Producers: Sandra Kunze, Jan Karpinski
Written and Directed by: Jan Karpinski

SYNOPSIS
Harbour worker Hansen is threatened by a multinational pharmaceutical company that patents human genes. Hansen still owns such a gene…

THE FILMMAKER
Jan Karpinski was born in Nuremberg in 1982. In 2001 he graduated from the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts.

Cast: Dragan Dovlev, Zvezdana Augelovska
Cinematography: Aleksandar Krstevski
Editing: Filip Grcevski
Producer: Ognen Antov
Written and Directed by: Filip Kondovski

SYNOPSIS
In the mountains of Macedonia, a couple live peacefully together. He ploughs the fields; she takes care of the household. They are truly happy and in love, expecting their first child. The beauty, tranquillity and happiness of this family is shattered one day when a jeep comes over the hill and tears away the expectant father to go fight for his country. As years go by the son, now a grown man with his own family, is also visited by a jeep and taken to fight.

THE FILMMAKER
Filip Kondovski is a Macedonian photographer and filmmaker. He has won awards for his photography, including a medal at the 5th Francophone Games in Nigeria.

Cast: Vinod Nagpal, Shivam Pradhan
Cinematography: Yasir Abbasi
Editing: Mukesh Saini, Manoj Shrivastava
Sound: Balkrishna K
Musical Score: Ashhar Farooqui
Producer: Geetika Narang, Yasir Abbasi
Directed by: Geetika Narang

SYNOPSIS
‘Good Night’ is the story of Madan Mohan Khullar, a lover of old Hindi films and music, who has decided to start his life afresh. The story begins at a night when the retired engineer has just finished planning his new routine. However, to start a new day one has to pass through a long night. As the night unfolds, and echoes with a forgotten melody, the mundane details of Khullar’s life acquire a nostalgic significance.

THE FILMMAKER
Born and brought up in Delhi, Geetika Narang pursued advertising after completing her graduation in English Literature from Delhi University. Hailing from a family of mostly engineers and teachers, her passion for cinema was not an easily accepted choice, but her grit, or perhaps the magic of films, pulled her through. She has finally ventured into independent filmmaking with her first fiction short, “Good Night.”

Cast: Qazi Wajid, Munawar Saeed, Aamina Sheikh, Raja Shahid Ali, Yaqoob Zakria, Rohail Khan, Seher Aazmi, Nargis Bibi
Cinematography: Majid Mumtaz
Editing: Nabeel Shaikh
Music: Mussadiq Sanwal
Producer: Khalid Ahmed
Written and Directed by: Sharjeel Baloch

SYNOPSIS
Based on a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto, the film depicts the dilemma of a Muslim family in Amritsar during partition riots. While most Muslim families are migrating to Pakistan, Mian Sahab, a retired judge, refuses to do so, despite pleas from his children. He has full faith in his friend Gurmukh Singh, a neighbourhood elder respected by all. But increasing violence begins to weaken Mian Sahab’s resolve to stay.

THE FILMMAKER
Sharjil Baloch has been working as a freelance director since 2001. He has directed a number of documentaries and plays. He also acts and writes. His first documentary “Ki Jana Main Kuan” was screened at the 4th KaraFilm Festival; “Das Rupay”, a short film, was shown at the 5th KaraFilm Festival and “Pervaz”, also a short film, was screened at the 6th KaraFilm Festival. Sharjil works for the Dastak Society for Communication and Beyond Borders as a film director. Since August 2007 Sharjil has been working as a Video Producer with BBC Pakistan.

Animation and
Cinematography: Edward Suckling
Editing and Sound: Edward Suckling
Screenplay: Craig Rosenthal
Producer: Animation staff, R.C.A.
Directed by: Edward Suckling

SYNOPSIS
Sam finds a badly beaten woman outside his house.

THE FILMMAKER
Edward Suckling grew up in London. He has a large family that feeds him ideas for films.

Animation and
Cinematography: Hei Cheng
Editing: Hei Cheng
Music and Sound: Oliver Cassidy, Edmund Fung
Producer: Animation staff, R.C.A.
Directed by: Hei Cheng

SYNOPSIS
“Hold On” attempts to capture stillness and movement at the same time.

THE FILMMAKER
Hei Cheng was born in Hong Kong, where he trained in painting and Chinese calligraphy. He received his BA in Graphic Design at the Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design in 2005, and is currently studying at the RCA.

Cast: Yeong Su Kim, Hyo Joo Kim
Cinematography: Sun Young Lee
Editing: Si Young Choi
Sound: Young Su Pyu
Music: Se Young Kuon
Screenplay: Young Sin Kim
Producer: Jun Young Mun
Directed by: Si Young Choi

SYNOPSIS
A man rides a bicycle every day to the park. A woman also comes to the park every day to exercise. The man enjoys listening to the woman’s heavy breathing.

THE FILMMAKER
Si Young Choi has made two films prior to “I Like The Sound of Your Heavy Breathing.” They are “The Mole” (2003) and “Sink Into Sunshine” (2006).

Cast: Rui M. Silva, Maria Tallulah, Manuel Rocha, Ricardo Marques
Cinematography: Luis Filipe Teixeira
Editing: Tito Fernandes, Luis Filipe Teixeira
Sound: Joao Geraldes
Music: Joaquim Pires
Screenplay: Tito Fernandes, David Fernandes
Producers: Tito Fernandes, Joao Geraldes, Luis Filipe Teixeira
Directed by: Tito Fernandes

SYNOPSIS
In a world of contrasts where appearances can be deceptive and sentiments contradictory, to see is not enough. It is necessary to hear, feel and know the truth hidden in identities.

THE FILMMAKER
Tito Fernandes was born in Barcelos, Portugal in 1983. He studied cinema between 2003 and 2007 at the University of Beira Interior. He finished the course by making “Indifferent.” He also wrote, produced and directed an independent film called “The Choice”, which is now in post-production.

Cast: Alo Korve, Mirtel Pohla, Triin Lilleorg
Cinematography: Meelis Veeremets
Editing: Priit Paasuke
Sound: Horret Kuus
Musical Score: Taavi Laatsit
Screenplay: Anu Aun
Producer: Priit Paasuke, Anu Aun
Directed by: Anu Aun

SYNOPSIS
A young artist, Leif, lives with his girlfriend, Grett. They are happily involved until an accident at work opens the door to another world. Another girl exists in this world, and begins to threaten Grett’s place in Leif’s life.

THE FILMMAKER
Anu Aun was born in 1980 and graduated in television direction at the Tallin Pedagogical University in 2002. After that she studied Film Direction at the Tallinn University for three years. Anu has since worked in both film and television as a director, producer and editor. She is also a journalist. Anu has her own production company, Luxfilm, and is working on her first feature film.

Cast: Javed Jamal, Dr. Aasha, Syed Khurram, Imran Baloch, Shehbaz Baloch
Cinematography: Navid Buzdar
Editing: Navid Haroon Rind
Sound: Baqir Rind
Screenplay: Rafaqat Hayat
Producer: Mehroz Karim
Directed by: Farooq Rind

SYNOPSIS
A vagabond poet lives on the side platform of a large railway station. Here he meets interesting characters like a beggar girl with an infant, a couple of boot polishing boys and a travelling tea vendor. The poet writes about their poverty, ailments and happiness, while concurrently trying to sustain a livelihood for himself.

THE FILMMAKER
Farooq Rind started his career as an editor and a director. He has worked for various television channels and his first Urdu short film was screened at the 5th KaraFilm Festival. He received the Best Pakistani Short Film Award at the 6th KaraFilm Festival. In 2007, his film, “Daani” was screened at the Goethe Institute.

Cast: Nabeel, Benish Chowan, Jahanzaib Gorchani, Rida Naqvi
Cinematography: Naveed Buzdaar
Editing: Waqas Karim
Screenplay: Rehmat Ullah Mangoti
Produced and Directed by: Zafar Atta

SYNOPSIS
“Israr” depicts a writer’s profound love for a beautiful damsel. A deadly disease and blindness result in an inability to write a novel of his adoration, but fate has something else in store for him.

THE FILMMAKER
Beginning his career in direction and production in 2002, Zafar Atta directed his first long play “Saiyan” in 2006, followed by another long play “Gul-e-Nisa.”