INGENIUM / Feature film

FRENCH PREMIERE

Directed by Steffen Hacker

Produced by Eric Sonnenburg and  Steffen Hacker

CAST :

GERMANY

The movie is listed 4 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Feature Film
– Best Director
– Best Actress
– Best Editor

PITCH : As Felicitas’ life is turned upside down she doesn’t know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her – and the only way to find out the truth is her best friend Natascha who is locked up in an asylum.

Festival’s appreciation :

“INGENIUM is an intense run with elements and twists of a thriller and surprises beyond that.”

HIGHLIGHT :

This is the incredible directorial debut of director-producer Steffen Hacker.

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“Getting exposure and an audience after so many years of work went into one film means the world to me being a first time filmmaker – I´d finally love to see how people react, if the film entertains, gives them the thrill we all love to get in cinema. So thank you for providing us Indie filmmakers that possibility to show our work to the people that love movies beyond mainstream.“

Director Biography – Steffen Hacker

Studied visual effects at the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany and teamed up with former classmate Alexander Kiesl, CEO of unexpected GmbH in Stuttgart, to found the commercial directing duo “Alex & Steffen” in 2005.

His first self-financed Indie feature film as director, “Ingenium”, was finished in 2018.

 

THE DARK OF NIGHT / Short film

PARIS PREMIERE

Directed by Robin Wright

Produced by Robin Wright, Nini Le Huynh, Michael Witt, Sharif Salama and Cassandra McCarthy

CAST :

USA

The movie is listed 3 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best International short film
– Best Actor
– Best Actress

PITCH : One dark and stormy night, a woman on her way to Chicago for a job interview seeks refuge in an isolated diner where nothing – and no one – are who they seem.

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Director Biography – Robin Wright

Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations and has earned a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award for her work in television.

OFF LIMITS/ Dance film

PARIS PREMIERE

Directed by Severine Reisp

Produced by Severine Reisp

CAST :

USA

The movie is listed in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Dance

PITCH : Off Limits is a short dance film about the power dynamics in a relationship. It depicts the seduction of a young woman and the passion in a relationship. It is an excerpt of the director´s longer dance film “Giselle”.

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LA CHAMBRE NOIRE / Short film

Directed by Morgane Segaert

Produced by CENTRE FACTORY

CAST :

FRANCE

The movie is listed 3 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Student Film
– Best Director
– Best Director of Photography

PITCH : France, 1910. As her mother suffers from a mysterious illness that she intends to hide, the young Cassandre feels a growing presence in her home … What shadow hides in the silence of the dark room?

Festival’s appreciation :

“Imagine the Downton Abbey’s atmosphere and period piece meeting a dark and shadow haunting Nosferatu. No need for a lot of words, this film is a mastered piece of directing what’s on and off screen.”

HIGHLIGHT :

Serial winner in many festivals, THE DARK ROOM shows the French talent when it comes to genre films, even short forms.

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Director Biography – Morgane Segaert

Morgane Segaert is a young director from Lyon who is passionate by history movies. After three years in a cinema school, she presents you today her first short fiction. Through The Dark room, she transports you in her dark and atypical universe, inspired by a strong moment of her personnal life.

SPOTTERS’RIFT / Series

WORLD COMPETITION PREMIERE

Directed by Léo Guyard

CAST :

FRANCE

The movie is listed 4 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Production
– Best Dance
– Best Student Film
– Best Director

PITCH : In a world where nobody can die anyway, Helene survives in arid forests where she have to live out of her protected town. Everybody needs to know why she’s gone from here and how to get inside too…

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HIGHLIGHT :

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“I’m doing movies to experiment, to create, follow my dreams, share stories, and mostly to help people creating.“

Director Biography – Léo Guyard

Working on his own, directing shorts since his 7 years old, Léo started with stop-motion videos and some web series with friends in high-school. Leo decide to stop his studies at 21 to do movies, directing “Spotters’ Rift” in 2015, his first drama post-apocalytic show.

BEING GOOD / Animated film

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Directed by Jenny Harder

Produced by Jenny Harder and Randolph Mills

CAST :

UK

The movie is listed in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Animated Film

PITCH : The short film BEING GOOD is about a teenage girl called Embry and her two guardians, the angel Ava and the demon Mal who act as her conscience. While Ava and Mal could easily be considered as “good” and “evil”, the film develops the idea of their humanity and flaws. Being Good is intended to highlight the importance of free will and identity.

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“”Being Good” has been an incredible experience. A team of 80 remote people from all over the world have brought this beautiful short to life. Being Good had no funding and was created completely from scratch using the online platform Artella. Our team is very proud of what we have achieved and can’t wait to share this with the world.“

Director Biography – Jenny Harde

Jenny Harder is a concept & storyboard artist who has worked with Ubisoft and Disney over the last years. Jenny specialises in designing stylized characters and worlds and is currently directing her own animated short film BEING GOOD. She is also working on another short film directed by Jorge Gutierrez.

AN UNDENIABLE VOICE / Documentary

FRENCH PREMIERE

Directed by Price Arana and Adam Rothlein

Produced by Sharon Stone

CAST :

USA

The movie is listed for Best Documentary.

PITCH :

Sam Harris, believed to be one of the youngest to survive the camps during the Holocaust, shares his amazing story of survival with philanthropist and activist Sharon Stone. The documentary is a powerful, strong and raw testimony of Sam Harris, taken during a fundraising evening hosted by Sharon Stone.

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ABOUT SAM HARRIS :

In 1947, the 12-year-old boy born as Szlamek Rzeznik sailed with other child refugees to America. Through the Jewish Children’s Bureau in Chicago, he was adopted by a loving family and became Samuel R. Harris.

School, career, marriage and fatherhood followed, but Sam never forgot his past. He wrote a book to share his journey, “Sammy: Child Survivor of the Holocaust.” He speaks to thousands annually about the atrocities of genocide, honoring the lives of all those who died at the hands of bigotry and hatred.

Sam was an instrumental force in the creation of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, of which he is President Emeritus.

In 2014, Sam was the proud recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

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LA DORMANCE / Short film

FRENCH PREMIERE

Directed by Vincent Malaisé

Produced by court49 production

CAST :

FRANCE

The movie is listed 2 times in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best French short film
– Best Actress Aurélie Garault

PITCH : At the beginning of the cycle of dormant season, when the vine will have to live on its reserves, Melanie is sent back from the vineyard that employs it.

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Director Biography – Vincent Malaisé

Vincent Malaisé has always been passionate about cinema and is eager to get into this field.

During this adventure, he realizes that many people like him seek to achieve. Rich in his encounters and this human experience, he created the Angevine French Court & 49 production association in 2014 and has been chairing it ever since.

Court & 49 accompanies several directors by ensuring the development and production of several short films. Partnerships with another collective and a music school are born. C&49 also participates in image education by organizing several meetings for the benefit of its members and the public with recognized technicians or directors.

Director and scriptwriter, at the same time, he continues to develop his own scenarios and projects. In 2016, he shot his first short film entitled “Madeleine”, “The dormant season” is his second film.

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• Feel the Reel International Film Festival (Ecosse): finalist
• Amsterdam International Film Festival: finalist
• Los Angeles Television, Script and Film Festival: currently selected
• Finish Line Script Competition: currently selected

LOWRIDER BRAZIL / Documentary

FRENCH PREMIERE

Directed by Stephane Benini

Produced by Stephane Benini

CAST :

FRANCE

The movie is listed in competition for the 2018 PAMA for :
– Best Documentary

PITCH : Lowrider Brasil is a short documentary that offers an intimate look into the lives and clubs behind Brazil’s burgeoning lowrider culture.

Festival’s appreciation :

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HIGHLIGHT :

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Director Biography – Stephane Benini

Stéphane studied Cinema in Paris working on feature film before joining the world of automotive and music videos. He then approached commercial agencies who took him around the world to explore differents automotive projects. He traveled around the world once more for his passion about sport and art of motion, this time to capture the portraits and stories of inspiring and passionate people. In his work we find the omnipresence of passion and heart-felt emotion in the midst of the stories that he loves to tell.