Archives 2015

Tomboys, Butches, Trans, Women BDSMers

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Photography
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Synopsis
Biofilmography
Tomboys, Butches, Trans, Women BDSMers: Versions of female masculinity
Sh o rt
D o c u m e n t a r y
Toxic Lesbian
Elena Tóxica
Elena Tóxica
Elena Tóxica
Elena Tóxica
Delfy, Emmanuelle, Leticia and Dita.
Experimental video documentary produced by visual artist Elena Toxic. It is a short-film
that narrates the individual versions of masculinity She has created her artistic proposal for the last ten years under the stage name of Elena Tóxica.
She started the Toxic Lesbian collective project: a public art, work in progress, collaborative and
digital proposal. She has created several video art and animation pieces into this frame. She has
participated into several film festivals and she has developped her pieces with partners such as
Reina Sofía National Art Museum, the Castilla-León Contemporary Art Museum or Matadero
Contemporary Art Center among others

El desertor ( Bolivia 2014 – 8’ )

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Mujeres Creando

Director
Maria Galindo

Screenplay
Maria Galindo

Photography
Maria Galindo

Editing
Rafael Venegas

Casting
Pedro Costa

Synopsis
Dance at the monument of the Unknown Soldier of a man. The monument recalls his childhood, his father-child relationship as tragic men installation codes in its subjective

Biofilmography
2000. “SHARES” co-production with the PAT channel. Creative documentaries with Actions
2004 “MOM TOLD ME NOT” a TV series with 10 short films based on 4 characters: the Indian, the whore, the nun and the bride, docu-fiction genre.
2004 “Exiled of neoliberalism” under the auspices of the Fund for the Promotion of IBERMEDIA 2005 documentary filmmaking as independent production. Documentaries
2007 “AMAZON, INDOMABLES women.” Documentaries
2010 “decolonized VIRGIN AND AMERICA” by invitation of the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 3 short fiction based Andean Baroque. Genre fiction.
2014 “13 Hours of Rebellion” as an independent production, 6 short films based on the concept of the underground rebellion of Bolivian women, docu-fiction genre.
Filmography of Maria Galindo – CREATING WOMEN WOMEN – BOLIVIA
2000. “SHARES” coproduction With the PAT channel. Creative documentaries with Actions
2004 “MOM TOLD ME NOT” a TV series With 10 short films based on 4 characters: indigenus woman, hooker, the nun and the bride, docu-fiction genre.
2004 “Exiled of neoliberalism” with Sponsorship of the Fund for the Promotion of IBERMEDIA 2005 as independent documentary filmmaking production. documentary genre
2007 “AMAZON WOMEN INDOMABLES”. documentary genre
2010 “decolonized VIRGIN OF AMERICA” by invitation of Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. 3 Short fiction based Andean Baroque. Genre fiction.
2014 “13 Hours of Rebellion” as an independent production, 6 shorts based on the concept of the underground rebellion of Bolivian women, docu-fiction genre.

Sinossi

Un uomo danza davanti al monumento dedicato al milite ignoto. Il monumento gli ricorda la sua infanzia, e il rapporto padre-figlio visto come una tragica installazione nella sua soggettività.

Biofilmografia

2000. “SHARES” co-produzione con PAT channel. Documentario creative con Actions
2004 “MOM TOLD ME NOT” serie televisiva di 10 cortometraggi che si basa su 4 personaggi: l’indiano, la puttana, la suora e la sposa, genere docu-fiction.
2004 “Exiled of neoliberalism” grazie all’aiuto del fondo per la promozione di IBERMEDIA 2005 Fare film documentari come produzioni indipendenti. Documentario.
2007 “AMAZON, INDOMABLES women.” Documentario.
2010 “decolonized VIRGIN AND AMERICA” grazie all’invito del Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 3 short fiction based Andean Baroque. Genere fiction.
2014 “13 Hours of Rebellion” come produzione indipendente, 6 cortometraggi basati sul concetto di ribellione sotterranea delle donne Boliviane, genere docu-fiction.
Filmography of Maria Galindo – CREATING WOMEN WOMEN – BOLIVIA
2000. “SHARES” coproduzione con PAT channel. Documentario creativo con Actions
2004 “MOM TOLD ME NOT” serie televisiva con 10 cortometraggi basati su 4 protagonisti: donna indigena, prostitute, suora, sposa, genere docu-fiction.
2004 “Exiled of neoliberalism” con Sponsorship del fondo di promozione IBERMEDIA 2005 come film documentario indipendente. Documentario.
2007 “AMAZON WOMEN INDOMABLES”. Documentario.
2010 “decolonized VIRGIN OF AMERICA” grazie all’invito del Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. 3 cortometraggi basati su Andean Baroque. Genere fiction.
2014 “13 Hours of Rebellion” produzione indipendente, 6 corti basati sul tema della ribellione underground delle donne boliviane. Documentario.

Pulsión sangrienta (Spagna 2014 -13’)

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ESCAC Films, 2014.

Director
Gerard Tusquellas Serra

Screenplay
Pol Cortecans

Photography
Marina Cano

Editing
Marc Mitjà Viader

Casting
Iñaki Mur, Carlos Vicente, Silvia Sabaté, Luis Posada.

Synopsis

 Marc, figlio di una felice famiglia di serial killer, compie 18 anni e deve uccidere la sua prima vittima; ma la paura di Marc non gli fa sentire la pulsione sanguinaria

Marc, son of a happy family of serial killers, turns 18 and has to kill his first victim; but Marc’s afraid he won’t feel the sanguine craving.

Biofilmografia
Gerard Tusquellas Serra nasce a Barcellona nel 1990. E’ interessato alle arti visive e la musica da quando era un bambino, decide di prendere una laurea in Film e Media in ESCAC, specializzandosi in regia. La commedia nera “Pulsión sangrienta”(2014) è il suo primo progetto cinematografico e la sua tesi di laurea breve, ed è stato selezionato nella sezione ufficiale del Festival del Cinema Fantastico di Sitges.

Biofilmography
Gerard Tusquellas Serra was born in Barcelona in 1990. Interested in visual arts and music since he was a child, he decides to get a degree in Film and Media in ESCAC, specializing in film direction. The black comedy Pulsión sangrienta (“Sanguine Craving”) (2014) is his first short film and graduation project, and has been selected in the official section of the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival.

Der Spalt – Gedankenkontrolle (Germania 2014 -101’)

Der Spalt – Gedankenkontrolle (Germania 2014 -101’)

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SCHÖNE NEUE MEDIEN

Director
KIM SCHICKLANG

Screenplay
KIM SCHICKLANG

Photography
CHRISTIAN BUTZ

Editing
KIM SCHICKLANG

Casting
FOLKERT DÜCKER, MARIE FISCHER, DOROTHEA BALTZER, WERNER BRAUNSCHÄDEL, BERND STRAUB,…

Synopsis (270 characters including spaces)
ALEX IS HUMAN. ALEX WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MALE GENDER AT BIRTH. SHE KNOWS THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS WRONG. IN A WORLD SHE’S LIVING, SHE DOESN’T EXIST. BODIES ARE NORMED, PEOPLE ARE SQUARED, SOCIETY HYPNOTIZED. THE PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES.
SINOSSI
Alex è umano. Alex è stato assegnato al genere maschile alla nascita. Lei sa che questa assegnazione è stata sbagliata. Nel mondo dove lei vive, lei stessa non esiste. I corpi sono normati, le persone sono inquadrate, la società ipnotizzata. Le persone non credono a ciò che vedono con gli occhi propri.

Biofilmography (820 characters including spaces)
2004 BLM RADIO AWARD (1st place) – Editing and Script, Audio Production
2012 DIE SPIELUHR (RADIOPLAY) – Director, Editing and Script
2012 FYNEST TV-CLIP – Editing
2013/2014 DER SPALT (THE GAP) – Director, Editing and Script
2014 FRAUENBILDER (X) DOCUMENTARY – Idea and Editing
2015 SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GENDER/SEX (NO TITLE) – Director and Editing

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Leaving Africa ( Finlandia 2015 -85’)

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Guerilla Films

Director
Iiris Härmä

Screenplay
Photography
Visa Koiso-Kanttila

Editing
Niels Pagh Andersen

Casting
Synopsis
A Story About Friendship and Empowerment. ”Have you ever seen any development without pain?”LEAVING AFRICA is an emotional film that depicts the empowerment of women and its impact on individuals, communities and global development. The film reveals also the value, content and challenges of development co-operation.

Una storia di amicizia e responsabilizzazione. “Hai mai visto un sviluppo senza dolore?”, Lasciando AFRICA è un film emozionante che racconta dell’emancipazione femminile e il suo impatto sugli individui, le comunità e lo sviluppo globale. Il film rivela anche il valore, il contenuto e le sfide della cooperazione allo sviluppo.
Biofilmography
M.A. Iiris Härmä was born in Finland in 1970. She has a degree in cultural studies as ethnology. She has over 10 years experience as a producer, production coordinator, director and writer in documentary film productions. Since 1999 She has worked in her own Guerilla Films production company.

MA Iiris Härmä è nata in Finlandia nel 1970. Ha una laurea in studi culturali come l’etnologia. Ha oltre 10 anni di esperienza come produttore, organizzatore generale, regista e scrittore in produzioni cinematografiche documentari. Dal 1999 Ha lavorato in sua società di produzione Guerilla Films.

Filmography
LEAVING AFRICA, 2015
THE CHILD OF SILENT WINTER, documentary 21 min. 2012
LOOK AT ME , documentary 69 min. 2010
YOU LIVE AND BURN, documentary 67 min. 2007
TOMORROW’S MEMORIES, documentary 25 min. 2004

Tant Pis Chapter One (Francia 2015 – 25’)

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Production
Bruna Rodrigues & Kátia Rio

Director
Bruna Rodrigues

Screenplay
Bruna Rodrigues & Kátia Rio

Photography
Kátia Rio

Editing
Bruna Rodrigues & Kátia Rio

Casting
Walfredo Barbosa, Meg Sá & Junior Sena

Synopsis (270 characters including spaces)
When Wal, Junior and Meg, get selected to go France to study at La Sorbonne in Paris, they leave behind the suburbs where they used to live in Belém, Brazil, to go to the big city. But that is not it. The trio is also exploring themselves and trying to find their own personas in the LGBT Community. The love between the three of them is what it keeps them going forward.

Biofilmography (820 characters including spaces)
Bruna Rodrigues is a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. She’s been living in Paris for the past two years, where she attended the Masters of Fine Arts at the International Film and Television School of Paris (EICAR). After having a career as a journalist in São Paulo, writing for O Estado de São Paulo, Veja e Trip Editora, Bruna transitioned from journalism to video journalism and documentary filmmaking.
Filmography
2013 – Le Mariage de Chloé (short-fiction)
2013 – Emptiness (short-fiction)
2013- Monsieur Glück (short-non-fiction)
2014 – Tant Pis (medium-length-non-fiction)
2014 – Francine (short-fiction)
2014 – Tony Mouzayek: Um Imigrante em São Paulo
2015 – As Linhas de Luna
Sinossi
Quando Wal, Junior and Meg, vengono selezionati per andarea studiare in Francia Sorbona di Parigi, si lasciano alle spalle i sobborghi dove vivevano a Belém, Brasile, per andare a vivere nella grande città. Non basta. Il trio decide di esplorare sestessi cercando di trovare la loro identità nella comunità LGBT. L’amore tra I 3 li spinge ad andare avanti.

Biofilmografia

Bruna Rodrigues è una filmmaker e giornalista. Vive a Parigi da 2 anni, dove ha conseguito un master alla International Film and Television School of Paris (EICAR). Dopo aver fatto carriera come giornalista in San Paolo scrivendo per O Estado de São Paulo, Veja e Trip Editora, Bruna è passata da giornalista a video giornalista a docuemntarista.
Filmography
2013 – Le Mariage de Chloé (short-fiction)
2013 – Emptiness (short-fiction)
2013- Monsieur Glück (short-non-fiction)
2014 – Tant Pis (medium-length-non-fiction)
2014 – Francine (short-fiction)
2014 – Tony Mouzayek: Um Imigrante em São Paulo
2015 – As Linhas de Luna
2014 – “The Science of Good and Evil” – Fiction/Animation 11’ 30’’
2015 – “The Best Sound in the World” Fiction – 13’

 

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Sobre Papeis (Brasile 2014 – 22’)

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Filmes de Abril

Director
Pedro Paulo de Andrade

Screenplay
Pedro Paulo de Andrade

Photography
Pepe Mendes

Editing
Julia Murat and Pedro Paulo de Andrade

Casting
Diogo Ferreia and Kadu Toschi

Synopsis
29 year-old Victor dives into his high school years in order to write a letter with an important message to his teenage self.

Il 29enne Victor si tuffa nei ricordi dei suoi anni del liceo, per scrivere una lettera con un importante messaggio rivolto alla sua infanzia.
Biofilmography
“Paper and Jeans” is paulistano director Pedro Paulo de Andrade’s forth short film. Andrade abandoned his career in advertising as soon as he graduated for an adventure in the world of filmmaking. He began as production assistant in Fernando Meirele’s O2 Films and years later became a young director of music videoclips, advertising films and fiction. Since then, his work has been selected and awarded by several Brazilian and International film festivals. His work is greatly influenced by sound design and music.

Andrade ha abbandonato la sua carriera nella pubblicità, non appena si è laureato, per avventurarsi nel mondo del cinema. Ha iniziato come assistente alla produzione pesso la Fernando Meirele O2 Films e anni dopo diviene un giovane regista di videoclip musicali, spot pubblicitari e fiction. Da allora, i sui lavoro sono stati selezionati e premiati in numerosi festival brasiliani ed internazionali. Il suo lavoro è fortemente influenzato dal sound design e musica.

2010 – “What It Could Be” – Fiction 17’
2011 – “Pome” – Fiction 10’
2012 – “Son of a Statue” – Fiction 22’
2014 – “Sobre papeis” –Fiction 20’
2014 – “The Safe” – Fiction 26’
2014 – “The Science of Good and Evil” – Fiction/Animation 11’ 30’’
2015 – “The Best Sound in the World” Fiction – 13’

COSMIC ANXIETY

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Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Production

Director
Renato Muro

Screenplay
Renato Muro, Antea Moro, Giulio Rizzo

Photography
Filomena Montesano

Editing
Artemide Alfieri

Cast
Salvatore De Pompeis, Claudia Festa

Synopsis (270 characters including spaces)
Sasi and Claudia are best friends. They are sixteen and both have difficult bodies.
 Sasi is thin and androgynous, Claudia is stout and ungraceful. The unrequited love of Sasi for a boy, put their entire universe in crisis. A world rebuilt through snapshots of two adolescent on the edge.
Biofilmography (820 characters including spaces)
Renato Muro was born in Ischia, June 17, 1986, but grew up in Procida Island.
After graduating in painting at the Art Institute of Naples, he attended the ACT Multimedia, Academy of Film and Television at Cinecittà, founded by Michelangelo Antonioni. In 2015 he graduated at the Italian National Film School of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, under the leadership of Daniele Luchetti. He has directed over 10 short films and documentaries, and he works also like first assistant director. His work is focused on adolescence, gender identity and the discovery of sexuality.

Cosmic Anxiety
Sinossi
Sasi e Claudia l’una la migliore amica dell’altra. Hanno sedici anni e dei corpi ‘difficili’. Sasi è esile e androgina, Claudia è robusta e sgraziata. L’amore non corrisposto di Sasi per un ragazzo, mette in crisi il loro universo. Il loro mondo viene ricostruito attraverso immagini delle due adolescenti sull’orlo dell’abisso.
Biofilmografia
Renato Muro è nato a Ischia, il 17 giugno 1986, ma è cresciuto sull’isola di Procida. Dopo il diploma di pittura all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, ha frequentato la ACT Multimedia, Academy of Film and Television at Cinecittà, fondata da Michelangelo Antonioni. Nel 2015 si è laureato alla Scuola Nazionale di Cinema del Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia a Roma, sotto la guida di Daniele Luchetti. Ha diretto più di 10 cortometraggi e documentari. I suoi lavori si concentrano sull’adolescenza, l’identità di genere e la scoperta della sessualità.

Cuestión de corazón, si asi se le puede llamar (Spagna 2015 – 11’)

Production
Alessandro Gattuso

Director
Alessandro Gattuso

Screenplay
Alessandro Gattuso

Photography
Alessandro Gattuso

Editing
Alessandro Gattuso

Casting
Alessandro Gattuso

Synopsis
“Cuestión de corazón, si asi se le puede llamar…” è un cortometraggio che analizza il tema dell’utilizzo delle applicazioni che mettono in contatto persone gay. Il cortometraggio è descrittivo ed ha una linea narrativa. E’ notte, i ragazzi attendono l’incontro nei luoghi prescelti, La città è deserta, i ragazzi sono ancora soli, lentamente si dissolvono come fantasmi. L’incontro non avverrà mai.

Cuestión de corazón, it asi if puede llamar … “is a short film that explores the theme of using applications that connect gay people. The short film is descriptive and has a narrative line. It ‘s night, the guys are waiting for the meeting in the places chosen, the city is deserted, the boys are still only, slowly dissolve like ghosts. The meeting will never happen.

Biofilmography
Alessandro Gattuso nasce nel 1989 a Vico Equense.
Si diploma al Liceo Scientifico di Castellammare di Stabia.
05- 2014 partecipa all’Esposizione collettiva “ Occhi Rossi” con il Progetto Fotografico “Come Statue”.
06-2014 partecipa all’esposizione collettiva “Corpus, quarta declinazione” con il progetto fotografico “The Fake”.
E’ selezionato dal Premio Combat di Livorno per un’esposizione collettiva “Contaminazioni”
Tra ottobre e dicembre 2014 Partecipa al progetto MAF mito arte e foto.
Tra febbraio e luglio 2015 trascorre un periodo di studio a Barcellona dove scrive e dirige il cortometraggio “Cuestión de corazón, si asi se le puede llamar…” .

Alessandro Gattuso was born in 1989 in Vico Equense.
He graduated from the High School of Castellammare di Stabia.
05- 2014 participates to the collective “Red Eye” with Project Photo “As Statues”.
06-2014 participates collective exhibition “Corpus, fourth declension” with the photo project “The Fake”.
And ‘it selected by the Award Combat of Livorno for a collective “Contamination”
Between October and December 2014 Participate in the project MAF myth art and photos.
Between February and July 2015 he spent a period of study in Barcelona, where he wrote and directed the short film “Cuestión de corazón, you asi if puede llamar …”.

TENDERLINE

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JADA SIRKIN, TOMASZ FOLTYN

Director
JADA SIRKIN, TOMASZ FOLTYN

Screenplay
JADA SIRKIN, TOMASZ FOLTYN

Photography
JADA SIRKIN

Editing
JADA SIRKIN, TOMASZ FOLTYN

Casting
TOMASZ FOLTYN, MIRIAM WOLODARSKY, MELECIO ESTRELLA

Synopsis (270 characters including spaces)
Tomasz, a young Polish dancer travels to San Francisco to work for a dance company. Only a few days before the opening, he gets fired. Lost in America with no home and no money, he finds his way through writing and dancing, facing an intense journey of self discovery.

Sinossi
Tomasz, un giovane ballerino polacco si reca a San Francisco per lavorare con una compagnia di danza. Apochi giorni dal debutto viene licenziato. Perso in America, senza casa e senza soldi, trova la sua strada attraverso la scrittura e la danza, attraverso un intenso viaggio alla scoperta di sé.

Biofilmography (820 characters including spaces)
Jada Sirkin (Buenos Aires, 1982) studied film direction at the school of Argentinian Film and Audiovisual Arts National Institute (INCAA). He got his film director diploma in 2003. He studied literature at university, and published 6 books that he wrote. He gives creative writing workshops and he´s now about to release a short stories book. Since 2004 he´s been live performing as an actor and musician. He practiced Butoh dance since 2005, and Contact Improvisation since 2006. As a Contact Improv dancer, he worked as teacher, performer and organizer of international dance festivals. Tenderline is his first feature film. Now he´s completing his second feature film as a director, Scenes from a broken party.

Biofilmografia
Jada Sirkin (Buenos Aires, 1982) ha studiato regia alla Argentinian Film and Audiovisual Arts National Institute (INCAA), diplomandosi regista nel 2003. Ha studiato letteratura all’università, e ha scritto e pubblicato sei libri. Svolge laboratori di scrittura creativa ed è in procinto di realizzare un breve libro di racconti. Dal 2004 si esibisce in performances come attore e musicista. Ha praticato danza Butoh dal 2005, e Contact Improvisation dal 2006. Come ballerina di Contact Improv, ha lavorato come insegnante, performer e organizzatore di festival internazionali di danza. Tenderline è il suo primo lungometraggio. Ora sta completando il suo secondo lungometraggio da regista, “Scenes from a broken party”..


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