Films Without Barriers
The Present
Germany, 2014, 4 minutes, Color, English
2015 Animalada FF; Best Animated Short Film Ariano FF; Best Animated Short Film Austin FF; Audience Award Bucheon Animation Festival; Audience Award California Shorts Festival; Best Animated Short Film Canada FF; Best Animation RiverRun FF; Jury Prize Timeline FF; Best Short Film Virginia FF; Audience Award
Director: Jacob Frey
Animation: Jacob Frey
Screenplay: Jacob Frey
Cinematography: Jacob Frey
Editing: Jacob Frey
Music: Tobias Bürger
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
A boy rather spends his time indoors playing videogames instead of discovering whats waiting in front of the door. One day his Mum decides to get a little surprise for his son, which makes it hard for him to concentrate on his video game.
Snails Pace
Italy, 2013, 6 minutes, Color, Italian
2013 Asti FF; Best Actor, Best Short Film Delhi Shorts FF ; Special Mention Fano FF; Special Jury Mention Award Taos Shortz FF; Honorable Mention Zerotrenta FF; AVIS Award
Director: Daniele Suraci
Screenplay: Daniele Suraci
Cinematography: Federico Annicchiarico
Editing: Luigi Mearelli
Music: Giordano Corapi
Production: M Services
Cast: Jaime Rinaldi, Matilde Corapi, Eleonora Russo, Anita Sorrentino, Marta Suraci
While playing with a snail that slowly moves along a hat shop’s window display, seven-year-old Jaime sees eight-year-old Matilda on the street outside, and devises a series of silly antics to make her smile.
I See You
Sweden, 2014, 80 minutes, Color, Swedish
2014 Norwegian Documentary FF; First Prize
Director: Sylvelin Måkestad
Screenplay: Sylvelin Måkestad
Cinematography: Erik Vallsten, David Odell, Malin Korkeasalo, Ellen Kugelberg, Sylvelin Måkestad
Editing: Stefan Sundlöf
Music: Rebekka Karijord
Production: Mantaray Film AB
A young blind woman leading the seeing through her world and her experience of not being taken seriously. Her desire is not to see. It is being seen by us. I See You is the film about Rena Yass. Rena is blind, but that is only a small part of who she is. She often says that her main problem is not her visual impairment, but society’s attitude to it.
Yellowbird
Belgium, France, 2015, 90 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Christian De Vita
Screenplay: Antoine Barraud
Cinematography: Laurent Fleutot
Editing: Fabienne Alvarez-Giro, Cedric Chauveau
Music: Stephen Warbeck, Christopher Willis
Production: Team TO, Haut et Court, Panache Productions, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, La Compagnie Cinématographiqu
A hero’s journey… with a most unlikely hero… Gus is a teeny tiny bird that has never left the nest, has no family, yet desperately wants one- That is, until he finds himself leading a flock on their migration to Africa.