Director – Page 2 – EUROPEAN Short Film and Screenplay Festival

JUNE 2018 EUROPEAN Films & Screenplays

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01, 7min., Germany, Experimental/Animation

TWICE UPON A TIME, 14min., Serbia, Animation/Fantasy

LAND OF MINE, 4min., Germany, Experimental

WHERE AM I – COLACOASTER, 3min., Italy/Austria, Music Video

SUNFLOWER SUTRA, 4min., Netherlands, Music Video

TROUBLE, 3min., Austria, Music Video

SUPPLE HEARTS, 5min., UK, Experimental

HAUL, 5min., Czech Republic, Music Video

BURIED, 14min., UK, Thriller/War

AINHOA, 19min, Spain, Drama/Thriller

STREAM OF DOUBTS, 11min., France, Drama/Fantasy

MEASURE, 2min, UK, Horror/Drama

LIFE ON MARS, 16min., Spain, Drama

VINDICTE, 26min., Germany, Drama/Family

THE LETTERS, 18min., UK, Thriller/Drama

STALKER, 7min., Czech. Republic, Horror/Thriller

Director BIO: Ivan Sainz-Pardo (AINHOA)

Director Biography – Ivan Sainz-Pardo

Ivan holds a degree in film and television by the prestigious Munich Film School (HFF München). He works as director and screenwriter in film and advertising and also as Consultant Content in the international image stock company Framepool.

He has won more than 200 Awards at film festivals around the world, an Academy Award (Oscar) pre-nomination, GOYA 2018 prenomination, Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis nomination, and Best European Short Award at the International Fantasy Film Festival of Brussels.
He received also the “Shocking Shorts Award” for which he was invited for a film master at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

His Screenplay “The Road of life” in cowriting with Juanjo Moscardó Ruis and Jorge Dorado was Finalist in Austin Film Festival 2016.

In the Notodofilmfest 2016 he won the Best Director Award. His short “SAVE” have already won more than 40 International Awards and more than 200 Official selections.

In International Film Festival of Gijón 2015, he won the Movistar+ Best Project Award for the screenplay of his new short Film “AINHOA”.
“AINHOA” has won Awards in International Film festival in Aguilar de Campoo, Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo, Aguacate Film Festival, Cortopatía, etc.

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Short Film: AINHOA, 19min, Spain, Drama/Thriller

Ainhoa is 9 years old and she has left home, bringing only her school bag and a Playmobil.
“Ainhoa is a story that, instead of trying to put children to sleep, tries to wake up the adults.”

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Director BIO: Stuart Everitt (BURIED)

Director Biography – Stuart Everitt

This is Stuart Everitt’s Master’s final project film and first short drama as a writer/Director. He is working on several other projects and now makes a living in commercial filmmaking.

Director Statement

This is a story about the responsibility we have to future generations through our actions.

Director BIO: Ange-Régis Hounkpatin (VINDICTE)

Director Biography – Ange-Régis Hounkpatin

Ange-Régis HOUNKPATIN was born and raised in Cotonou,
Benin. At an early age he attends a French school, and
therefore benefits from a mix of cultures which feeds his
imagination and his dreams for other horizons. After high
school, he comes in France where he starts studying literature,
but chooses cinema studies. He graduated from the “Directing”
section of La Femis school in 2013. He then wrote and directed his first short movie in
Benin, “Retaliation”, with Topshot Films.

Director BIO: José Manuel Carrasco (LIFE ON MARS)

José Manuel Carrasco graduated in directing at the Film and Audiovisual School of the Community of Madrid (ECAM) and received a Higher Degree in Textual Interpretation at the Higher School of Dramatic Arts. He is the director and scriptwriter of the short films Comedia anónima, Padam… which was nominated at the 2008 Goya Awards, Consulta 16, Pulsiones, Sexo Explícito, (re)construcción, Sinécdoque. Una historia de Amour Fou and Haloperidol, which were given awards at numerous National and International Festivals.

April 2018 EUROPEAN Films & Screenplays

VOICES, 6min., Italy, Experimental/Music Video

THE NIGHT SKY, 3min., Sweden, Experimental

SAMFAELINI: BUSBY BERKELEY’S DREAM ABERRATIONS, 2min., UK, Experimental/Music Video

TRAINS – RADIO CUT, 3min., UK, Music Video

CHRICKLE, 7min., Sweden, LGBT/Experimental

YOURS FAITHFULLY EDNA WELTHORPE (MRS), UK, Animation/Comedy

WINE AND EGGS, 5min., Turkey, Drama

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

March 2018 EUROPEAN Films & Screenplays

PLEASURE BOYS, 8min., UK, Documentary

SUNUNU: THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE, 24min., UK, Documentary

IMITATION, 16min., Poland, Drama
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THROUGH THE SUPERMARKET IN FIVE EASY STEPS, 9min, Finland, Dance
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I SEEK ASYLUM, 10min., UK, Crime/Drama
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DYING FOR A LIVING, 13min., UK, Documentary
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festival poster THE SURVIVOR, 12min., UK, Sci-Fi/Drama
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

BOLD GREEN Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from EUROPEAN Jan. 2018 Festival

BOLD GREEN, 28min., Germany, Romance/Drama
Directed by Selon Fischer

Alja just finished school and wants to be an astronaut, despite her fear of heights. Together with her best friend Konrad, who is suffering from multiple sclerosis, she trains to achieve her goal.

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