International Competition 8

Short for Vernesa B.
Jons Vukorep
Germany
2011 – 11’00” – Color

The Bosnian actress Vernesa B. flees for Germany during wartime. There she can work professionally, but her roles are ones embodying East-European women; she must either play characters from an archaic/primitive cultural background or women in socially vulnerable situations…

Come to Harm
Borkur Sigthorsson
Iceland
2011 – 18’00”- Color

The barren, concrete landscape of contemporary Reykjavik contributes the setting for the thriller, which tells the story of Stefan, whose life is slipping into turmoil. When he senses an intruder in his home, panic quickly turns to grim determination.

The wedding tape
Ariel Shaban
Kosovo
2011 – 15′ – Color

All Fis wants is to get out of the Kosovo. He has found a fake German bride so his application for a German Greencard should be a formality – or so he thinks. But one essential document is missing, the wedding tape. Fis has three days to shoot 30 minute sof the happiest day of his life. Against all odds he succeeds but it doesn‘t lead him to where he thought he would go.

Musa
Serhat Karaaslan
Turkey
2012 – 20’00″ – Color

One day director Zeki Demirkubuz visits the vendor of a Pirate DVD seller Musa. The director notices that his film is pirated and he offers a proposal

A.B.E.
Jean-François Hassoun
United-States
2011 – 16’25″ – Color

New-York City, 1976. An operation room. A medical team is finishing surgery. And it’s time to take the patient back. But when the elevator gets stuck, the two “doctors” only have a few minutes to save their lives before their patient wakes up : a grown-up gorilla.