Best Animations
Nominations for the best Animations
Director: Daniel Ferreira
From: Italy
Director: Jorge M. Rodrigo
From: Spain
Director: David Tromba
From: Italy
Winner: Best Animation
The Dream of the Grandmaster
Language:
Year of production: 2014
Director: Jorge M. Rodrigo
Length of film: 20 min
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Synopsis:
They always say us that we have to chase a dream but what if our dreams are those who persecute us?Sinopsis:
Siempre nos dicen que hay que perseguir un sueño pero… ¿qué pasa si son nuestros sueños los que nos persiguen a nosotros?Best Shorter Short
Nominations for the best Shorter Short
Director: Dario Di Viesto
From: Italy
Director: C. K Chow
From: Hong Kong
Director: Lucas Coimbra
From: Brazil
Winner: Best Shorter Short
A Sea Tail
Language: Italian with English subtiltes
Year of production: 2014
Director: Dario Di Viesto
Length of film: 8 min
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Synopsis:
An old sick fisherman has not gotten out of his home since a long time. A friend brings him a fish he has just caught. While the man is cleaning the fish he finds in its bowels a little fish that is still alive. What is he going to do with it?Sinopsis:
Un anciano pescador que hace mucho tiempo que no sale de su casa recibe la visita de un amigo que le trae un pez recién pescado. Mientras que está limpiándolo, encuentra en su interior otro pez aun con vida. ¿Qué hará el anciano con el pez vivo?Best Short
Nominations for the best Short
Director: Irina Izmesteiva
From: UK
Director: Chris Davis & Julian Lambert
From: UK
Director: Daina Papadaki
From: Cyprus
Winner: Best Short
5 Ways 2 Die
Language: Greek with English subtitles
Year of production: 2014
Director: Daina Papadaki
Length of film: 16 min
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Synopsis:
Makis explores different ways of death, struggling to achieve the most ideal result.Sinopsis:
Makis experimenta con diferentes formas de morir, intentando descubrir cuál de todas ellas es la ideal.Best Documentary
Nominations for the best Documentary
Director: Oliver Parker
From: UK
Director: Sarah Gibbings
From: Spain
Director: Andi Reiss
From: UK
Winner: Best Documentary
Ice Bear
Language: English with Spanish subtitles
Year of production: 2014
Director: Oliver Parker
Length of film: 59 mins
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Synopsis:
Sculptor Mark Coreth captures the essence of the Arctic in the form of a life-sized ice-sculpture of a polar bear for Trafalgar Square. As it melts, it leaves a skeleton, a pool of water and a powerful environmental message.Sinopsis:
El escultor Mark Coreth captura la esencia del Ártico en la escultura de hielo de un oso polar en la Trafalgar Square. Según se va derritiendo, va dejando ver el esqueleto, una piscina de agua y un brutal mensaje medioambiental.Best Feature Film
Nominations for the best Feature Film
Director: Jim Garrison
From: Canada
Director: Ben Cookson
From: UK
Director: Henrik Peschel
From : Germany
Winner:
Winner: Best Feature Film
Almost Married
Language: English
Year of production: 2014
Director: Ben Cookson
Length of film: 97 min
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Synopsis:
When Kyle returns from his stag-do with a sexually transmitted disease he’s left unable to have sex with his fiancée in the run-up to their wedding. With advice from Jarvis, his best man and only confidant, Kyle does everything he can to avoid any form of sexual contact with his bride-to-be.Sinopsis:
Cuando Kyle regresa de su despedida de soltero con una enfermedad de transmisión sexual, se siente incapaz de tener relaciones sexuales con su pareja los días previos a la boda. Aconsejado por su amigo Jarvis, Kyle hace todo lo posible para evitar cualquier tipo de contacto sexual con su prometida.Information for the festival screenings and events can be found below and you can navigate individual sections using the tabs (above) to see the films in greater detail including trailers. Alternatively, please click here to view/download the program in PDF format.
Screening & Events Program
Wednesday 1st October
Venue: Palace The Congress, Marbella.
Screen one:
4.00pm-6.00pm
Original title: 05.RED.04.CLAY
Title in English: 05.RED.04.CLAY
Country of production: Argentina
Director: Milos Twilight
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 99 min
6.00pm-8.00pm
Original title: Pied piper
Title in English: Pied piper
Country of production: India
Director: Vivek Budakoti
Language: Indian with English subtitles
Running time: 113min
9.00pm-10pm
Be Free: Gay & Lesbian Films
Berlin Angel (20 mins, Germany)
Electric Indigo (24 mins, Belgium)
Sin Love (15 mins, Spain)
Screen two:
5.00pm-7.00pm
Group A:
S22. Original title: Ruslan
Title in English: Ruslan
Country of production: Germany/ Russia& UK
Director: Taisia Deeva
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 10 min
S1. Original title: 41° Parallelo
Country of production: Italy
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 21 min
A2. Original title: Lupo Teodoro
Title in English: Theodor the Wolf
Country of production: Italy
Director: Davide Tromba
Running time: 4 min
S4. Original title: ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
Title in English: ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
Country of production: UK
Director: JO SOUTHWELL
Language: English
Running time: 14 min
S19. Original title: Four tails
Title in English: Four tails
Country of production: UK
Director: Christopher Villiers
Language: English
Running time: 25 min
S23. Original title: Piccola storia di mare
Title in English: A sea Tale
Country of production: Italy
Director: DARIO DI VIESTO
Language: Italian with English subtitle
Running time: 8 min
S3. Original title: Leben!
Title in English: Touching Life
Country of production: Germany
Director: Carolin Faerber
Language: German with English subtitles
Running time: 18 min
7.00pm-9.00pm
Original title: The Wingman
Title in English: The Wingman
Country of production: Canada
Director: Jim Garrison
Language: English
Running time: 89 min
Thursday 2nd October
Venue: Palace The Congress, Marbella.
Screen one:
4.00pm-6.00pm:
Original title: Marriage material
Title in English: Marriage material
Country of production: U.S.A
Director: Ann Fishman
Language: English
Running time: 103 min
6.00pm-8.00pm:
Original title: Star child
Title in English: Star child
Country of production: Japan
Director: Hikaru Horii
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Running time : 80 min
9.00pm-11.00pm
West Side Story (Tribute to Leonard Bernstein)
Screen two:
3.00pm-5.00pm
Group C:
S10. Original title: Mi Deuda Con Ilsa
Title in English: My Debt With Ilsa
Country of production: USA
Director: Damian Romay
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 15 min
S11. Original title: VHS – Victor Home System
Title in English: VHS – Victor Home System
Country of production: Brazil
Director: Lucas Coimbra
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 17 min
S12. Original title: Sang Vergogne
Title in English: Sang Vergogne
Country of production: France
Director: Christopher Zengomona
Language: French with English subtitles
Running time: 15min
A.1 Original title: Los Rosales
Title in English: Los Rosales
Country of production: Italy
Director: DANIEL FERREIRA
Running time: 10 min
S13. Original title: Arrangement of Thorns
Title in English: Arrangement of Thorns
Country of production: UK
Director: Chris Davis & Julian Lambert
Language: English
Running time: 20 min
S14. Original title: That You Had Never Called
Title in English: That You Had Never Called
Country of production: USA
Director: Kenneth Marken
Language: English
Running time: 25 min
5.00pm-7.00pm:
Group D:
S.15 Original title: Picture perfect
Title in English: Picture perfect
Country of production: UK
Director: irina izmesteiva
Language: English
Running time: 30 min
S16. Original title: A night to remember
Title in English: A night to remember
Country of production: South Africa
Director: André Pretorius
Language: English
Running time: 25 min
S17. Original title: Lifever
Title in English: Lifever
Country of production: France
Director: Ted Hardy-Carnac
Language: French with English subtitles
Running time: 14 min
S9 Original title: Vanitas
Title in English: Vanitas
Country of production: Austria
Director: Rainer Antesberger
Language: None
Running time: 25 min
D6 Original title: Jesse Belvin: Mr. Easy
Title in English: Jesse Belvin: Mr. Easy
Country of production:USA
Director: Gary Levingston
Language: English
Running time: 10 min
7.00pm-9.00pm
Original title: Almost married
Title in English: Almost married
Country of production: U.K
Director: Ben Cookson
Language: English
Running time: 97 min
Friday 3rd October
Venue: Palace The Congress, Marbella.
Screen one:
4.00pm-6.00pm:
Original title: Tarmaii Jangi Peshu
Title in English: Phantom of a previous war
Country of production: Kurdistan
Director: Hawre Mustafa
Language: Kurdish with English subtitles
Running time: 80 min
6.00pm-8.00pm:
Original title: I Sell Love
Title in English: I Sell Love
Country of production: Hong Kong
Director: Kevin Chu
Language: Chinese with English subtitles
Running time: 104 min
Screen two:
3.00pm-5.00pm:
Group B:
S6. Original title: Fate come a casa vostra
Title in English: Make yourself at home
Country of production: Italy
Director: Henry Fanfan Latulyp
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 16 mins
S7. Original title: Yellow Rain
Title in English: Yellow Rain
Country of production: USA
Director: L. Warren Thompson
Language: English
Running time: 20 min
S5. Original title: A- Way
Title in English: A- Way
Country of production: Taiwan
Director: Chien-Hung Lien
Language: Taiwanese with English subtitle
Running time: 30 min
S28. Original title: Blame It On The Hat
Title in English: La Culpa Es Del Sombrero
Country of production: Mexico
Director: Alexander Baros
Running time: 8 min
5.00pm-7.00pm:
Original title: Dead cat
Title in English: Dead cat
Country of production: UK
Director: Stefan Georgiou
Language: English
Running time: 86 Min
7.00pm-9.00pm:
Original title: Si-o-se pol
Title in English: Si-o-se pol
Country of production: Germany
Director: Henrik Peschel
Language: German with English subtitles
Running time: 82 min
9.00pm – 11.00pm
Some Like It Hot (Tribute to Billy Wilder)
Saturday 4th October
Venue: Palace The Congress, Marbella.
Screen one:
4.00pm-6.00pm:
Original title: Two days in the Smoke
Title in English: Two days in the Smoke
Country of production: UK
Director: Ben Pickering
Language: English
Running time: 94 mins
6.00pm-8.00pm:
Original title: Blood & Carpet
Title in English: Blood & Carpet
Country of production: UK
Director: Graham Fletcher-Cook
Language: English
Running time : 75 min
9.00pm-11.00pm:
The Shining (Tribute to Stanley Kubrick)
Screen two:
3.00pm-5.00pm:
Group H:
D4. Original title: Zero tolerance
Title in English: Zero tolerance
Country of production: Spain
Director: Sarah Gibbings
Language: English
Running time: 80 mins
A3. Original title: Aspirations
Title in English: Aspirations
Country of production: Israel
Director: Gal Daniel
Running time: 4 min
S26. Original title: First Love Limited Edition
Title in English: First Love Limited Edition
Country of production: Hong Kong
Director: Chi Kwong Chow
Language: Chines with English subtitle
Running time: 9 min
5.00pm-7.00pm:
Group G:
D3 Original title: Ice bear
Title in English: Ice bear
Country of production: UK
Director: Oliver Parker
Language: English with Spanish sub-titles
Running time: 59 mins
D7. Original title: Red Dust
Title in English: Red Dust
Country of production: UK
Director: Ilona Kacieja
Language: English
Running time: 17 min
S25. Original title: Acabo de tener un sueño
Title in English: I’ve just had a dream
Country of production: Spain
Director: JAVIER NAVARRO MONTERO
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 7 min
A5 Original title: EL SUEÑO DEL MAESTRO DE AJEDREZ
Title in English: The dream of the grandmaster”
Country of production: Spain
Director: JORGE M. RODRIGO
Running time 20 min
7.00pm-9.00pm:
Original title: Hasta manana
Title in English: Hasta manana
Country of production: France
Director: Olivier Vidal and Sebastien Meggiani
Language: French with English subtitles
Running time: 81 Min
Sunday 5th October
Venue: Palace The Congress, Marbella.
Screen one:
1.00pm-3.00pm:
Group F:
D1. Original title: Positive hell
Title in English: Positive hell
Country of production: UK
Director: Andi Reiss
Language: English
Running time: 30 mins
D2. Original title: Tikotin
Title in English: Tikotin
Country of production: Netherlands
Director: Santje Kramer
Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Running time: 76 Min
3.00pm-5.00pm:
Original title: Candlestick
Title in English: Candlestick
Country of production: U.K
Director: Christopher Presswell
Language: English
Running time: 83 Min
5.00pm-7.00pm:
Winner of 2013 MIFF – Esto No Es Una Cita (I Am Dating You Not)
Screen two:
1.30pm-3.30pm:
Group E:
S18. Original title: 5 TROPOI NA PETHANEIS
Title in English: 5 WAYS 2 DIE
Country of production: Cyprus
Director: Daina Papadaki
Language: Greek with English subtitles
Running time: 16 min
S20. Original title: None
Title in English: The Substitute Fate
Country of production: Russia
Director: Sergey Burov
Language: Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 20 min
S21. Original title: Milkshake
Title in English: Milkshake
Country of production: South Korea
Director: SangJin Ko
Language: English
Running time: 30 min
S2. Original title: Hasta las yemas
Title in English: Deep into the yolk
Country of production: Argentina
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 15 min
S24. Original title: Venganza
Title in English: Revenge
Country of production: Spain
Director: Miguel.A.Postigo
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Running time: 5 min
S27. Original title: Mal u Klel
Title in English: Home & Key
Country of production: Kurdistan
Director: Shwan Attoff
Language: Kurdish with English subtitles
Running time: 15 min
3.30pm-5.30pm:
Original title: Pecado fatal
Title in English: Fatal sin
Country of production: Portugal with English subtitles
Director: Luis Diogo
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
Running time: 90 Min
Shorts 2014
Anniversary Waltz
Language: English
Year of production: 2014
Director: Jo Southwell
Length of film: 14 min
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Synopsis:
A lovers' tiff or the end of a marriage ? Enter the window cleaner - a man of wisdom and philosophy. The young wife learns that some things are worth saving, others are of no importance. The difference ? It's love.Sinopsis:
¿Una pelea de enamorados o el fin de un matrimonio? El hombre que limpia las ventanas es un hombre sabio y filósofo. La joven esposa aprende que en la vida hay cosas que realmente merecen la pela y otras que no tienen importancia. ¿La diferencia? El amor.41° Parallel
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Year of production: 2014
Director: David Dapporto
Length of film: 21 min
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Synopsis:
11 September 2001: It’s a day like any other in Naples but soon an event that is destined to remain ingrained forever in our collective unconscious will burst. In that same instant other existences are caught in their daily routine. Four stories that intertwine and chase one another in a unique choral narration dedicated to all of those who were not there on that fateful 11th of September.Sinopsis:
11 de septiembre 2001 En Nápoles es un día como cualquier otro pero pronto sucederá un evento destinado a permanecer en la memoria de todos. En ese mismo instante otras vidas, otras existencias, son captadas en su rutina diaria. Cuatro historias que se cruzan y entremezclan unas con otras en una narración coral única dedicada a todos aquellos que no estuvieron allí aquel fatídico 11 de Septiembre5 Ways 2 Die
Language: Greek with English subtitles
Year of production: 2014
Director: Daina Papadaki
Length of film: 16 min
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Synopsis:
Makis explores different ways of death, struggling to achieve the most ideal result.Sinopsis:
Makis experimenta con diferentes formas de morir, intentando descubrir cuál de todas ellas es la ideal.A Night To Remember
Language: English
Year of production: 2014
Director: André Pretorius
Length of film: 25 min
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Synopsis:
An amnesiac in a rented superhero costume is conned by a homeless man into believing he really is a superhero. He sets out on an adventure to find his superpowers.Sinopsis:
Un amnésico disfrazado de súper héroe es engañado por un mendigo que le hace creer que realmente es súper héroe y se embarca en la aventura de encontrar sus súper poderes.A Sea Tail
Language: Italian with English subtiltes
Year of production: 2014
Director: Dario Di Viesto
Length of film: 8 min
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Synopsis:
An old sick fisherman has not gotten out of his home since a long time. A friend brings him a fish he has just caught. While the man is cleaning the fish he finds in its bowels a little fish that is still alive. What is he going to do with it?Sinopsis:
Un anciano pescador que hace mucho tiempo que no sale de su casa recibe la visita de un amigo que le trae un pez recién pescado. Mientras que está limpiándolo, encuentra en su interior otro pez aun con vida. ¿Qué hará el anciano con el pez vivo?A-Way
Language: Taiwanese with English subtitles
Year of production: 2014
Director: Chien-Hung Lien
Length of film: 30 min
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