Movies
- Directed by Dan Rule
- Country of Origin United States
- Directed by Kamil Bembnista, Ayham Dalal
- Country of Origin Germany
The film “13 Square Meter” weaves a tapestry of contemporary topics that deal with the ideas of displacement, space, and architecture while opening up the discussion on the similarities and differences between refugees’ shelter design and the production of modernist mass housing in cities.
Director Biography - Kamil Bembnista
Kamil Bembnista, born in 1987 in Poland, grew up in Hamburg, based in Berlin. He holds a Master degree in sociology and, besides filmmaking, he works as an sociologist. In 2018 he took part in the DOK PRO directing program for documentary filmmakers in the WAJDA SCHOOL & Studio in Warsaw. His short films Djibril (2016) and Three Days in Berlin (2018) where screened at several film festivals around the world.
- Directed by Yann Chapotel
- Country of Origin France
Director Biography - Yann Chapotel
After studying cinema at the University of Saint-Denis (France), Yann Chapotel directed his first experimental short film shot in India with a super 8 camera. Then, with the help of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council, he directs a second short film in 2000. The democratization of video creation tools will then lead him to gradually free himself from traditional modes of production and narration, his language then taking the path of formal experimentation, in particular around the theme of time and its representation.
Along with his personal work, he edited films by artist Camille Henrot between 2007 and 2017, including Grosse Fatigue which won a Silver Lion at the 2013 Venice Film Festival.
He has also been creating video scenographies since 2012, mainly for operas.
- Directed by Dmitry Zakharov
- Country of Origin Germany
The problems of globalization demand the rejection of a misinterpreted concept of individualism. They demand a rethinking of our stuck concepts and ideologies that led us to this self-scourging, almost self-destructive mindset that has replaced the essence of our existence.
What happens when we create a momentum which silences politics, economics, and the ego of each individual? A deliberate silence of each individual as well as a collective silence of all human beings as an expression for a unified system.
How would we encounter ourselves in such a space and how would we encounter our environment? Would we be able to reform society with this deliberate silence? If you blot out sound and sense, what would you hear?
- Directed by Jannis Alexander Kiefer
- Country of Origin Germany
Director Biography - Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Jannis Alexander Kiefer studied Audio-visual Media in Berlin and completed several Internships in Munich, Freiburg and Berlin. Since 2011 Jannis Alexander Kiefer works as a Freelancer for Film and Television. In 2016 he started studying Directing at Film University Babelsberg. His Films premiered at well known Festivals like Moscow Film Festival, Palm Springs Short Fest, Max Ophüls Preis and Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.
- Directed by Tatjana Moutchnik
- Country of Origin Germany
- Directed by Ted Wiggin
- Country of Origin USA
Director Biography - Ted Wiggin
Ted makes short films and software for animation. He strives to create new techniques through custom software and to explore their expressive and narrative potential.
- Directed by Andrea Arteaga Cote, Andrei Ramos Puerto
- Country of Origin Mexico
- Directed by Alexey Khazov
- Country of Origin Russian Federation
Director Biography - Alexey Khazov
He was born in the last millennium. His childhood hobby for plasticine cartoons with dubious overtones marked the beginning of a new era in Russian cinema. Under the threat of the destruction of the planet, he was admitted to VGIK, which he successfully graduated, receiving 5 (with honors) and gaining a rich cinematic experience in various fields and genres for money. At the present time, he is developing and shooting the comedy series "Cyberpunk USSR" in which secret mechanisms of audiovisual influence will be protected for enslaving the will of people and the subsequent seizure of the world. Cute puppies will be treated like hard drugs.
- Directed by Amélie Cochet, Louis Möhrle
- Country of Origin Switzerland
Directors Biography - Amélie Cochet, Louis Möhrle
LOUIS MÖHRLE
Born 1993 in Lucerne. After an apprenticeship as draughtsman, he finished his Bachelor degree in Animation 2D at Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst in 2019. Co-Founder of the creative collective „KulturKonsumEnten“ in 2017 and of the VJing collective „Teichprojektionen“ in 2018. Since Summer 2019 he works as a freelanced Animator and is co-founder of the collective "Studio PIAF" in Bern together with Amélie Cochet.
AMÉLIE COCHET
Born 1996 in Bern, raised bilingual (de/fr). After the preliminary course in arts at the art academy of Bern (HKB) in cooperation with the Talentförerung Arts & Crafts at Highschool Hofwil, she finished her Bachelor degree in Animation 2D at Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst in 2019. 2018 she was an Intern for five months at YK Animation in Bern where she worked on the film „The Germans“. Since Summer 2019 she works as a freelanced Animator and Illustrator and is co-founder of the collective "Studio PIAF" in Bern together with Louis Möhrle.
- Directed by Beraat GOKKUS
- Country of Origin France
Director Biography - Beraat GOKKUS
Beraat GOKKUS is a Turkish director and journalist who lives in Paris France since 2016. He studied Political Science at the University of Marmara in Istanbul, Turkey. Gokkus is an award-winning director. With The Lost Pen, he won SmartFone Flick Fest 2020 Best Director and Best Film Awards. The Lost Pen also won African Smartphone International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. With his short documentary Breakfast of Champions (2017/Paris) Gokkus won Best Short Short Film award in Berlin Independent Film Festival 2018 and Best Short Short Film award in Berlin Short Film Festival 2017. Gokkus’s short films are selected many times by international film festivals. Nowadays he is working on his feature film projects, a documentary and a short film project too.
- Directed by Chandana Prasanna
- Country of Origin Sri Lanka
Director Biography - Chandana Prasanna
Chandana Prasanna started his film career as an editor, Chandana currently working as a writer and a director as well. His first short film, Ape Kale Weerayek (2005) was selected best film in short film competition held by Sri Lanka National Film Corporation. He has worked in several TV and film projects. Being a multi-potentiate, he has also worked as a journalist, designer and an advertising copywriter and political activist. He is also a foodie and love to cook whenever he is free.
- Directed by Josephin Boettger
- Country of Origin Germany
Director Biography - Josephin Boettger
Josephin Böttger is a video artist who lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. In her early career, she produced various short films such as experimental and drawn-animation works, shown at international film festivals. Since receiving her diploma at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg 2002, she has worked on multi-channel video installations and single-channel videos, shown at international exhibitions and projections in public spaces. Her work examines the metamorphosis, chronology, and aesthetics of urban space.
- Directed by Franck Dion
- Country of Origin France
Director Biography - Franck Dion
Franck Dion has made good use of his talent in multiple areas along the years. He first took lessons to become an actor in the American Center, then in the “Théâtre de l’Archet”.At the same time, he became passionate about cinema and learned by himself to sculpt, to draw and to paint. He worked with editors and magazines, designed theatre sceneries and animations for documentary films. Franck Dion is now working on several new projects.
- Directed by Brent Foster
- Country of Origin Canada
Director Biography - Brent Foster
As kids in small towns sometimes do, Brent Foster left to explore the world and didn’t look back. His work has led him to more than 35 countries where he’s eaten white ants in Uganda and been tattooed by monks in Thailand. Most importantly, though, he has had the chance to tell incredibly powerful stories ranging from conflict in the Gaza Strip to doctors fighting for access to pain relief for the chronically ill in India, for editorial clients such as The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and Canadian Geographic.
Photojournalism taught Brent a lot about creating authentic content and helping subjects quickly become comfortable in front of the camera. It was also during his time in the editorial world that Brent recognized the significance of telling stories through cinematic work. It was the power of hearing a subject’s voice, and seeing the way they interact and move with the world that led him to a career shift into filmmaking. Brent has since acted as Director/DOP on projects for global brands such as Nike, DJI, The NBA, and Purolator to help them create authentic pieces of content that resonate with viewers.
This year, Brent has been shortlisted for The Young Director Awards and The Saatchi and Saatchi New Directors Showcase in Cannes, as well as The Shots Awards for New Director of the Year. Alongside his branded projects, Foster’s passion project entitled “While I’m Here | The Legacy Project” profiles everyday heroes passing on a legacy. The project has picked up Vimeo Staff Picks and multiple awards along the way.
- Directed by Batteault Remy
- Country of Origin France
Director Biography - Batteault Remy
Since his childhood in Burgundy, France, Remy has two passions : cinema and musicals. Thanks to his father and his Super 8 camera, Remy has learned to love this format, in which he directed his first films. Later on, after working as an assistant director, he’s started directing documentaries in 1997 (The Funny Face of Broadway). He’s directed 16 documentaries for TV so far and is still fond of Super 8…
- Directed by Harriet Francis Croucher
- Country of Origin United Kingdom
Director Biography - Harriet Francis Croucher
Recently Graduated for UCA Farnham BA Animation, with a 1st Class Hons. I specialise in traditional hand drawn animation, as well as experimental and documentary film.
Director Statement
This film was incredibly important to me. My father was a firefighter in the London Fire Brigade for more than 20 years, before being medically retired with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is still a condition which is overlooked and misunderstood, and effects the emergency services all over the world, so it was important for me to present a platform for their stories to be heard. I interviewed firefighters, police officers and paramedics from all over the UK, all of whom had been affected by PTSD.
- Directed by Jake Peckar
- Country of Origin United States
Director Biography - Jake Peckar
Jake Peckar is a Boston-based animator, illustrator, and filmmaker. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2017 with a degree in animation. His senior film "Shahkboy" qualified for the Academy Awards in the Best Animated Short category in 2018.
Director Statement
I love making animations and trying to make people laugh with my films. Comedy is really challenging but really rewarding.
- Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri
- Country of Origin Iran
Director Biography - Kaveh Mazaheri
Born 1981 in Tehran, Iran. His first short film, Tweezers (2007). To date, he has made four independent short films and more than twenty short and long documentaries. His last hort film “Retouch” which became a very successful movie. In its first international premiere, “Retouch” was able to win the Best Narrative Short award at the Tribeca 2017, opening the path to be considered for the Academy Awards 2018. Following, “Retouch” was twice more eligible for qualification at the Academy Awards 2018, following wins for Best Short Fiction category at the Krakow Film festival and Palm Springs Shortfest. Garnering more than 70 important international film awards at 180 international film festivals, “Retouch” is the most successful Iranian short movie ever made. For this reason, many of these international awards are being kept and showcased at the special “Retouch” booth at the Iranian Cinema Museum.