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THE GOLDEN ELEPHANT-15:CHILDREN'S WORLD SECTION
(35mm Prints)

Entry no. 3
LOOKING FOR X-MAS LAND?
Hvor ligger juleland?
DENMARK
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / Danish / EST / 25 mins / Animation

An unassuming elf is forced from his snug window display among cotton snow and tinsel into the strangeness and harshness of the ‘real’ world. The homesick elf undergoes many a trial before returning to his beloved “Land of Christmas”. But now he finds his old home all too constricting.

LILLER MØLLER was born in 1952, Denmark. She has been working as an animator since 1970 and has also collaborated with Jannik Hastrup, a leading Danish animator. Recipient of the Danish Arts Foundation grant in 2001, Liller has directed several short animation films for children and young people, and has also written and illustrated several children’s books. This film is based on her eponymous novel (1999).

Enquiries: Svend Johansen, Filmforsyningen ApS, Lammestrupvej 19, DK 4140 Borup, Denmark.
Email: svend@filmforsyningen.dk

Direction: Liller Møller
Screenplay: Liller Møller
Editing: Liller Møller
Music: Hasse Møller
Sound: Jan Juhler
Producer: Svend Johansen

Entry no. 4
HUSH!
Schhhh!
DENMARK
Short

2007 / 35mm / Col / No dialogue / 10 mins / Animation

Early morning. Mom and Dad are tired, but Louis and his best friend, The Blanket, are wide awake. They decide to go on an adventure. They start off on a wild flight over the ocean. They drive a car, ride on a roller coaster, and noisily set the breakfast table. Things get out of hand! A plate falls on the floor, Mom and Dad wake up, and now the game is over. Suddenly Louis and The Blanket believe they are abandoned. The incredible apartment is all of a sudden quite a scary place. By joining forces, the two friends finally manage to conquer the unfriendly atmosphere and the joy of morning returns. They share a warm moment together with tired but happy parents.

PETER HAUSNER was born 1963. He worked on the Danish feature animation Valhalla (1984) and has animated for several short films, and for Disney in Paris. He founded his own company Tinyfilm, which produced the series Thomas and Tim for television. Some of his other productions include A Cat with Blue Eyes (1994), 13 parts of the television series Sallie’s Stories and Oswald the Money (2001).

SNOBAR AZEDIEN was born in 1964 in Kurdistan. He was trained as a painter and studied at the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. He has worked as an artist and animator for A. Film, Dansk Tegnefilm and Tinyfilm.

Enquiries: DR TV, International Sales, DR Byen, Emil Holms Kanal 20, DK 0999 Copenhagen C, Denmark Email: drsales@dr.dk Website: www.drsales.dk

Direction: Peter Hausner, Snobar Azedien
Screenplay: Ulla Raben
Music: Jørgen Lauritsen
Sound: Jacques Pedersen
Producer: Fredrik Vogel

Entry no. 9
THE GENIE IN A TIN OF RAVIOLI
Le génie de la boîte de raviolis
FRANCE
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / French / EST / 7 mins 34 secs / Animation

Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. As always when he returns home at night, Armand opens a tin of ravioli for dinner. But tonight, a genie comes out of the tin! He offers to fulfil two of Armand’s wishes.

CLAUDE BARRAS was born in 1973. He has diplomas in illustration, anthropology and graphic art from Ecole Emile Cohl, University Lumiere and Ecole Cantonale d’Art, respectively. Has worked on several animation films including pixilation, pastels and computer animation. The Genie in a Tin of Ravoli has several awards to its credit.

Enquiries: Folimage, 6 Allée Jean Bertin, 26000 Valence, France
Tel.: +33-4-75784868 Fax: +33-4-75430692
Email: contact@folimage.fr Website: www.folimage.fr

Direction: Claude Barras
Screenplay: Germano Zullo
Director of Photography: David Toutevoix
Animation: Pierre-Luc Granjon, Marjolaine Parot, Françoise Grumeau
Editing: David Monti
Music: Julien Sulzer
Sound: Pascat Hirt, Raphaël Sommerhalder, Zita Bernet, Emmanuel Hungrecker
Producers: Benoit Dreyer, Pascal Le Nôtre, Claude Barras

Entry no. 16
THE LIAR SHEPHERD
Choopan-e-dorughgu
IRAN
Feature

2006 / 35mm / Col / Persian / EST / 82 mins / Fiction

The villagers, who have lost their shepherd in an accident, are looking for a shepherd in the neighbouring village. Alimorad and his sister Robab accept the duties of looking after the herd, though the villagers believe that they are too young and incapable for the job. When they ask Alimorad to take a mule to the forest and leave it at the mercy of the wolves, Alimorad is forced to tell a lie!

SIROOS HASSANPOUR was born in 1962. He graduated from the Islamic Filmmaking Training Centre and began his career as an actor in the short film Uncle Moustache, directed by Bahram Beizaie. He has made several short films for children and a feature film The Devoted Farmer.

Enquiries: Cima Media International, 64 Hedayat St., Yakhchal Ave., Tehran 19497, Iran
Tel.: +98-21-2548032 Fax: +98-21-2551914
Email: cmi@cmi.ir Website: www.cmi.ir

Direction: Siroos Hassanpour
Screenplay: Nagmeh Samini, Mohammad Rezaee Rad
Director of Photography: Parviz Malekzadeh
Editing: Hossein Zandbaf
Music: Saeed Ansari
Sound: Reza Narimizadeh
Cast: Naqi Purreza, Mahyar Peiki, Maryam Hosseinpour, Mehrdad Fayyaz etc.
Producer: Siroos Hassanpour

Entry no. 18
CHANGES
IRELAND
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / English / 3 mins 32 secs / Animation

Two caterpillars wildly in love embark on a journey of change, but will they feel the same way when they emerge from their chrysalises?

The film uses an interesting mixture of photography, illustration and digital video. All illustrative elements, such as trees, plants, grass and the characters were first drawn using pen and paper, then scanned into a computer along with original photography of flowers, plants and trees to create a 3-D set where the action takes place. The eyes and mouth of characters were shot on mini-DV using a Panasonic DVX100, then imported into After Effects where they were masked off and composited onto the drawings. The Butterfly wings are also original photographs taken at the Dublin Butterfly Farm.

All elements were constructed and animated using Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Apple Motion and Macromedia Flash.

LORCAN FINNEGAN was born in 1979. In 2001, he graduated from the Dun Laoghaire College of Art, Design and Technology with a degree in Design Communication. In 2002, he moved to London to work for Zeppotron, the comedy wing of Endemol UK, where he was responsible for writing, directing and producing live action and animated content. He also did special effects and title design for shows produced by Zeppotron for Channel Four and E4. In 2004, he moved back to Ireland to set up Lovely Productions, a design and production company, with creative collaborators Steven Courtney and Brunella Cocchiglia.

Enquiries: Lovely Productions, Furzend, Thormanby Rd., Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Tel.: +353-1-6588793
Email: studio@lovelyproductions.com Website: www.lovelyproductions.com

Direction: Lorcan Finnegan
Screenplay: Lorcan Finnegan
Photography: Lorcan Finnegan, Brunella Cocchiglia
Animation: Lorcan Finnegan
Editing: Damien McDonnell
Music: Graham Newcombe
Sound Mixing: Damien McDonnell
Voices: Steven Courtney, Lorcan Finnegan, Emma Finnegan, Brunella Cocchiglia
Producer: Cormac Fox

Entry no. 19
SMILE, MY FRIEND!
Pasmaidi, draugs!
LATVIA
Short

2007 / Beta / Col / No Dialogue / 11 mins / Animation

There is a huge uproar in the forest: Beaver’s teeth have been stolen. Detective Owl and his assistant Piglet are to puzzle out this mysterious crime. Several forest inhabitants appear to be possible offenders, but the culprit is not so easily discovered.

DACE RIDUZE was born in 1973 and did her graduation in art and theatre in Riga, Latvia. In 1997, she joined ‘Film Studio AB’ in Latvia as an animator and has worked in this capacity on several projects including Per Fly's animation feature Prop & Berta. In 2000, she made her debut animation film Up and Down. Her animation short Cats (2002) won the CIFEJ Award at the Biennial of Animation Bratislava, 2003.

Enquiries: Film studio “Animacijas Brigade” Ltd., 3 Šmerla Street, Riga, LV 1006, Latvia
Tel. / Fax: +371-7542939
Email: ab.studija@apollo.lv
Website: www.studio.lv

Direction: Dace Riduze
Script: Evalds Lacis
Camera: Evalds Lacis
Character Design: Roberts Cinkuss
Scene Design: Ieva Kaulina
Animation: Dace Riduze
Music: Martinš Brauns
Sound: Anrijs Krenbergs
Producer: Maris Putninš

Entry no. 21
MISCHIEFS II
Rezgalibas II
LATVIA
Short

2006 / Beta / Col / No dialogue / 10 mins 24 secs / Puppet Animation

A film from the comic puppet series Mischiefs based on comic strips by the German cartoonist Wilhelm Busch.

Spring is here and mischievous Peter is at his best. While his father is taking care of his just new germinated plants, he notices the molehills. Father begins to fight with the mole. At the same time, Peter has trumped up a new mischief – he has awakened a bear and entrapped him in their house.

JANIS CIMERMANIS was born in 1950 in Latvia. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music & Cinematography and was the Puppet Film Director at the Latvian Puppet Theatre. Since 1983, Cimermanis has animated and directed many puppet films at the Latvian Film Studio, which in 1993 became an independent organization - Animacijas Brigade. Cimermanis has worked on the Danish puppet productions, Den lille ridder (The Little Knight) and the award-winning feature film Prop & Berta, both directed by Per Fly.

Enquiries: Film studio “Animacijas Brigade” Ltd., 3 Šmerla Street, Riga, LV 1006, Latvia
Tel. / Fax: +371-7542939
Email: ab.studija@apollo.lv
Website: www.studio.lv

Direction: Janis Cimermanis
Screenplay: Maris Putninš
Art Direction: Maris Putninš
Director of Photography: Evalds Lacis
Music: Martinš Brauns
Sound: Anrijs Krenbergs
Producer: Maris Putninš

Entry no. 24
SCRIBBLE’S ADVENTURE – CAPTAIN FLINT’S OLD SOFA
Krickels abenteur – Das alte sofa von Kapitän Flint
GERMANY
Short

2006 / 35mm / B&W / No dialogue / 8 mins / Animation

Scribble finds a treasure map by accident in an old sofa and goes out hunting for the treasure. Captain Flint wants to prevent her at all costs from finding his treasure. But fortunately, Scribble is accompanied by a brave little crab.

MICHAEL ZAMJATNINS was born in Germany in 1954. He studied visual art in Schwäbisch- Gmünd and Kassel. His animation oeuvre includes Globus (1983), Die Suche (1995), Der Flaschengeist (1999) etc.

Enquiries: Michael Zamjatnins, Animationsfilm, Strängnäsweg 18, 23909 Ratzeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-4541-840065 Fax: +49-4541-840076
Email: michael.zamjatnins@t-online.de

Direction: Michael Zamjatnins
Screenplay: Susanne Ziebell Zamjatnins
Animation: Michael Zamjatnins
Editing: Eckhard Blach
Music: Werner Loll
Sound: Eckhard Blach
Producer: Michael Zamjatnins

Entry no. 25
SCRIBBLE’S ADVENTURE – ANIMALS IN DANGER
Krickels abenteur – Tiere in not
GERMANY
Short

2005 / 35mm / b&w / No dialogue / 5 mins 45 secs / Animation

Scribble tries to save animals that have run into danger but she is only rewarded with ingratitude. Later when Scribble carelessly stumbles into a trap, the perspective changes. A good-natured, three-headed dragon tries to free the girl but Scribble panics and throws stones at the monster.

MICHAEL ZAMJATNINS was born in Germany in 1954. He studied visual art in Schwäbisch- Gmünd and Kassel. His animation oeuvre includes Globus (1983), Die Suche (1995), Der Flaschengeist (1999) etc.

Enquiries: Michael Zamjatnins, Animationsfilm, Strängnäsweg 18, 23909 Ratzeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-4541-840065 Fax: +49-4541-840076
Email: michael.zamjatnins@t-online.de

Direction: Michael Zamjatnins
Screenplay: Susanne Ziebell Zamjatnins
Animation: Michael Zamjatnins
Editing: Eckhard Blach
Music: Werner Loll
Sound: Eckhard Blach
Producer: Michael Zamjatnins

Entry no. 32
THE CHILDREN
TAIWAN
Short

2007 / 35mm / Col / English / 3 mins / Animation

Colour varies with sounds, emotions and the way children change their movements. The film also attempts to lend a meaning to each letter of the word CHILDREN.

CHIA-YU HUANG graduated from Shih-Chien University in 2007. He loves to paint, and is always trying to discover new ways to draw. In the project, The Children, he mixes the art of painting with animation. He has also been on the jury of the Roshd International Film Festival in Iran.

Enquiries: Shih-Chien University, Campus No. 70 Ta-Chih Street, Chung-Shan District, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel. / Fax: +886-2-25381111
Email: sccd@mail.usc.edu.tw Website: www.usc.edu.tw

Direction: Chia-Yu Huang
Screenplay: Chia-Yu Huang
Art Direction: Chia-Yu Huang
Animation: Chia-Yu Huang
Editing: Chia-Yu Huang
Sound: Chia-Yu Huang
Voices: Joshy Woodford, Zachary Kubbernus, Nolan McEachern, Rebekah Herndon, Matthew Herndon, Kristin Aileen etc.
Producer: Chun-Cheng Hsu

Entry no. 53
BACKYARD STORIES
Asylsøkere
NORWAY
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / Norwegian / EST / 7 mins 30 secs / Animation

In the backyard, a bunch of kids are playing a game that they call “refugee reception centre”. Everyone who wants to enter the backyard has to “apply for asylum” by telling an exciting story.

KAJA WRIGHT POLMAR was born in 1978 in Oslo, Norway. She studied at the Volda Animation College during 1999-2001. Her graduation film from the Volda College, The Mother Who Didn’t Cry (2001) was screened at the Annecy Festival. She is currently working at the animation studio Kinopravda in Oslo. Some of her independent shorts include En liten forteller (2000) and Out! (2004). Ms. Polmar also teaches animation to school children in Norway.

Enquiries: Arna Marie Bersaas, The Norwegian Film Institute, Boks 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22-474500 Fax: +47-22-474599
Email: amb@nfi.no Website: www.nfi.no

Direction: Kaja Wright Polmar
Screenplay: Kaja Wright Polmar
Director of Photography: Janne Hansen
Animation: Kaja Wright Polmar, Mats Grorud
Editing: Thomas Østbye
Music: Kjetil Schjander-Larsen
Voices: Mohammed Al Hicheimy, Miriam El Amari Nordby, Erika Charles-Harris, Martin Christoffer Ravneberg etc.
Producer: Rebecca Padoin

Entry no. 55
MR JONES: THE MAP
Mr Jones: Kartet
NORWAY
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / No dialogue / 6 mins / Animation

Mr Jones is on treasure hunt. At first, there appears to be no difference between the map and the terrain. But when Mr Jones finds the spot where the treasure is supposed to be hidden, things are no longer that simple …

ØYSTEIN STENE (b. 1969) holds a Masters degree in literature from the University of Oslo. He works as a teacher at the National Academy of Dramatic Art. His novel The Waiting Master was published in 2003.

Enquiries: Arna Marie Bersaas, The Norwegian Film Institute, Boks 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22-474500 Fax: +47-22-474599
Email: amb@nfi.no Website: www.nfi.no

Direction: Øystein Stene
Screenplay: Øystein Stene
Director of Photography: Øyvind Tangseth
Animation: Øyvind Tangseth
Editing: Bård N. Sandnes
Music: Trond Ole Paulsen
Sound: Tormod Ringnes, The Chimney Pot
Voice: Jon Øigarden
Producer: Torgeir Eian

Entry no. 56
MR JONES: THE LABYRINTH
Mr Jones: Labyrinten
NORWAY
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / No dialogue / 6 mins / Animation

Mr Jones is searching for the centre of a mysterious labyrinth. At first the task seems to be simple as arrow signs show the way. But one cannot always trust these signs…

Enquiries: Arna Marie Bersaas, The Norwegian Film Institute, Boks 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22-474500 Fax: +47-22-474599
Email: amb@nfi.no Website: www.nfi.no

Entry no. 57
MR JONES: THE PYRAMID
Mr Jones: Pyramiden
NORWAY
Short

2005 / 35mm / Col / No dialogue / 6 mins / Animation

Mr Jones is exploring a mysterious pyramid, which turns out to hold a secret puzzle. He does not give up until he has solved the puzzle but that does not make him any wiser!

Enquiries: Arna Marie Bersaas, The Norwegian Film Institute, Boks 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22-474500 Fax: +47-22-474599
Email: amb@nfi.no Website: www.nfi.no

Entry no. 60
GOOD GIRL
Snill
NORWAY
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / Norwegian / EST / 10 mins / Animation

Lussi is a well behaved little girl. She is always quiet, clever, clean and pretty, Mommy’s darling and Daddy’s girl. Finally it becomes too much of a good thing, and Lussi finds herself in a situation which demands of her to change her ways.

ASTRID AAKRA was born in 1960 in Bergen. She studied art history at the University besides attending Art School. She received her education in production from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. She has worked as a journalist, newspaper cartoonist, television producer and illustrator. Her filmography includes The Composer (1992), Deep Shit (1999), Good Luck, Mr Gorsky! (2002) etc.

Enquiries: Arna Marie Bersaas, The Norwegian Film Institute, Boks 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22-474500 Fax: +47-22-474599
Email: amb@nfi.no Website: www.nfi.no

Direction: Astrid Aakra
Screenplay: Astrid Aakra [Based on the book Snill by Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus]
Animation: Bjarte Agdestein, Hilde Taugbøl, Kirsti Jahren Gundersen, Annely Põldsaar
Editing: Kirsti Marie Hougen
Music: Steinar Starholm
Sound: Håkon Lammetun
Voices: Anna Lovisa Lammetun, Anne Marie Ottersen, Lasse Lindtner
Producer: Lise Fearnley

Entry no. 71
SCHOOL DAYS
INDIA
Feature

2005 / 35mm / Col / Hindi / EST / 120 mins / Fiction

Set in the year 1993 at Green Valley School, the film is all about adolescence and innocence, love and infatuation, success and failure, threat and turbulence, life and death. In 1993, Nikhil, Sooraj and Dev studied in class XII. The year, which changed the history of this school forever! The year, when Nikhil Awasthi, a brilliant student and the head-boy of the school died. He died in the school ground in an effort to inculcate good sense into his misguided friends. Through his sacrifice, he set a glowing example for the whole school and many others.

DILIP SOOD graduated from the Delhi University in 1993 and soon after, he joined Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions in 1994 as a production assistant. He also worked as an assistant to Gautam Adhikari and collaborated as a screenplay writer with Satish Kaushik for various television and film projects. In 1998, he launched his own production house Sood Films & Media Ltd., where he has directed, produced or co-produced several teleserials, short films, documentaries, feature films, game shows etc. Some of his notable feature films include Chhodon Naa Yaar and Beach.

Enquiries: Dilip Sood Films, R-81/A Ramesh Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi 110 092, India
Tel.: +91-11-22507903
Email: contact@soodfilms.com

Direction: Dilip Sood
Screenplay: Dilip Sood
Director of Photography: Ravi Walia
Editing: Amit Pawar
Lyrics: Yogesh, Taqi Imam
Music: Praveen Kunwar
Sound: Vaidyanathan
Cast: Rajiv Sethi, Pankaj Sharma, Virender Saksham, Shailly Sehgal etc.
Producers: Sunil Sood, Dilip Sood

Entry no. 95
FUNGLASSES
GERMANY
Short

2006 / 35mm / b&w & Col / English, German / EST / 7 mins 30 secs / Animation

The world is not what it seems. Greg can see only in black and white, so his optometrist prescribes him “Funglasses”. But each pair he tries on comes with its own risks!

MATTHIAS DAENSCHEL was born in 1970 in Mannheim, Germany. He began his career as a theatre painter apprentice in Berlin and then studied animation at the Konrad Wolf High School for Film and Television in Potsdam. A versatile artist, his debut independent animation film was Kunstflug (1999).

Enquiries: Trick Film Produktion, Rungestraße 22-24, Raum Nr. 233, 10179 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49-30-44033688
Email: mail@matthiasdaenschel.de

Direction: Matthias Daenchel
Screenplay: Matthias Daenschel
Art Direction: Ulrich Passauer
Director of Photography: Lorenz Trees
Drawing Animation: Matthias Daenschel
Puppet Animation: Andreas Dihm
Engraving on Film: Aline Helmcke
3D Animation: Daniel Fritsche
Editing: Andreas Preisner
Music: Max Knoth
Sound: Max Knoth
Producer: Matthias Daenschel

Entry no. 105
GILLI GILLI ATTA
INDIA
Feature

2005 / 35mm / Col / Hindi / EST / 86 mins / Fiction

Shankar, a don turned businessman is delighted with the birth of his twin boys. However, fate takes a strange turn and one baby is kidnapped by his arch rival and competitor, “Anna” Nandunariyal. The police get hot in their pursuit and they decide to hide the baby in a truck. However, Lady Luck smiles in the form of Mary who decides to take care of the abandoned baby.

PANKUJ PARASHAR established a considerable reputation as television and film director very early in his career. His diploma film Malfunction at the Film & Television Institute of India won the Filmfare Award for Best Documentary. Since then he has directed three feature films including Ab Ayega Mazaa (1983), Jalwa (1987) and Chaalbaaz (1989). In 1989, he produced and directed thirty-nine episodes of a popular television detective series called Karamchand. Parashar runs his own film production unit called Mazaa Films.

Enquiries: Children’s Film Society of India, 24-Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400026, Maharashtra, India
Tel.: +91-22-23893919 / 23864798 / 23876136 Fax: +91-22-23805610
Email: cfsi@cfsindia.org Website: www.cfsindia.org

Direction: Pankuj Parashar
Screenplay: Asad Ajmeri
Director of Photography: Anil Singh
Editing: Aseem Sinha
Music: Rajendra Shiva
Sound: K. J. Singh
Cast: Aarif Aaria, Bhavani, Mukesh Ahuja, Johnny Lever etc.
Producer: Children’s Film Society of India, Mumbai (India)

Entry no. 106
NANDU’S KING
Nandu ka Raja
INDIA
Feature

2006 / 35mm / Col / Hindi / EST / 90 mins / Fiction

Nandu is growing up within the limitations of his small village and the rigid mindset of his grandmother. Going to school is something he cannot even dream of! He is very happy the way he is, until he desires to meet the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who he thinks is his King.

Nandu finds a teacher in a retired army officer who inspires him to join the army. Nandu undergoes special training under the officer’s guidance. However, it dawns upon Nandu that he would have to study and become something in life in order to meet his King. Nandu achieves his dream by winning a bravery award for exposing the wood mafia of his village. And finally he meets his King who tells him that anyone deserving can become the President of India.

SHALEEN SHARMA graduated in architecture from Delhi and went on to do her Masters in Film & Architecture from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK on a Charles Wallace Trust Scholarship. Sharma has made documentary films in the domain of architecture, anthropology, history and culture. Nandu Ka Raja is his debut feature film.

Direction: Shaleen Sharma
Screenplay: Shaleen Sharma
Director of Photography: Pankaj Prakash
Editing: Ballu Saluja
Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani
Music: Manik Satya
Choreography: Mahesh Munde
Cast: Shivan Chaturvedi, Sudesh Berry, Alhilendra Mishra, Aditya Lakhia, Mrs Kala, Aanandi Tripathi etc.
Producer: Children’s Film Society of India, Mumbai (India)

Entry no. 107
LILKEE
INDIA
Feature

2006 / 35mm / Col / Hindi / EST / 69 mins / Fiction

Lilkee, a 10-year old domestic help from Nainital was brought up in Mumbai by a young architect, Bela. Lilkee finds the city life difficult. As it happened, she encountered a gang of four girls, who were spoilt brats from rich families. They humiliate Lilkee. However, in a strange turn of events, all the four girls befriend Lilkee and try to help her by raising money for her return to Nainital but filled with a sense of self-respect, Lilkee politely refuses to accept the money. The girls now ask Lilkee to accompany them to the sea shore during school hours. Lilkee informs her employer about it but the other four girls do not inform their parents. Their parents are worried about their children who have not returned home from school. While all the four girls are scolded for their misadventure, Lilkee is admitted to their school by her kind hearted employer.

BATUL MUKHTIAR graduated in 1994 from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, specializing in film direction. She directed two short fiction films as diploma projects for the Film Institute and has worked as a researcher, production coordinator and associate producer with international documentary crews shooting in Mumbai. In 2002, she made 150 Seconds Ago, a documentary on the survivors of the earthquake that devastated the city of Bhuj (Kutch) in 2001.

Direction: Batul Mukhtiar
Screenplay: Batul Mukhtiar, Manoj Goyal
Director of Photography: Vivek Shah
Editing: Hemanti Sarkar
Music: Everard D’Souza
Sound: Vipin Bhati, Gissy Michael
Cast: Aiman, Anushka Panwala, Saloni Joshi, Mohammed Mukhtiar etc.
Producer: Children’s Film Society of India, Mumbai (India)

Entry no. 108
TSUNAMI-81
INDIA
Feature

2006 / 35mm / Col / Hindi, Telugu, Tamil / EST / 91 mins / Fiction

A poignant journey of two tsunami victims who have been orphaned. However, within their new circumstances, they subconsciously find a family. It is in times of such natural disasters and grave crises that the kindest of humanitarian feelings begin to manifest.

Tsunami 81 derives its title from Baby 81, the toddler who was lost and later united with his parents after the tsunami. The main protagonist of the film is a child who has lost his family and becomes an aquaphobic to the extent that he does not even touch water!

NAEEM SHA has written, produced and directed several commercials, promos, teleserials, documentaries and tourism films. He has been actively associated as a dialogue writer in the domain of popular Hindi cinema in films and has also collaborated as the chief assistant director in many commercial Hindi films. In 2001, he forayed into film direction with his debut feature Officer.

Direction: Naeem Sha
Screenplay: Naeem Sha
Director of Photography: V. Shaukat
Editing: Zafar Sultan
Lyrics, Music, Background Score: Deepak Choudhary
Cast: Sushant Singh, Ankur Anand, Molina Singh, Noorin Sha, Milind Gunaji etc.
Producer: Children’s Film Society of India, Mumbai (India)

Entry no. 123
LIA
GERMANY
Short

2007 / 35mm / Col / German / EST / 22 mins / Fiction

14-year-old Lia lives all by herself in the apartment. Usually, her mom spends most of her time on with her new boyfriend. Lia has no friends of her age and seeks the friendship of some older boys, but here too, it is not easy to earn respect.

JUDITH MALEK-MAHDAVI was born in 1973 in Bensberg, Germany. She pursued her studies in direction at the University of Television and Film in Munich and in 2002, she founded the Mascha Film production company in collaboration with Jens Schanze. Her filmography includes the short films 1001 Tag (1998), M+G (2000) etc., and the documentaries Richtung Paradies (2000), Sommer in Vingst (2004) etc.

Enquiries: University of Television and Film, Frankenthaler Straße 23, 81539 Munich, Germany
Tel.: +49-89-689570 / Fax: +49-89-68957189
Email: info@hff-muc.de Website: www.hff-muc.de

Direction: Judith Malek-Mahdavi
Screenplay: Judith Malek-Mahdavi
Director of Photography: Stephan Vorbrugg
Editing: Judith Malek-Mahdavi, Ulrike Tortora
Music: Rainer Bartesch
Sound: Jens Christian Börner
Cast: Melitta Siomos, Bernarda Reichmuth, Murat Aydin et al.
Producer: Carolin Hagen, Natalie Lambsdorff

Entry no. 128
YUMMY
Mahlzeit
SWITZERLAND
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / No Dialogue / 2 mins 15 secs / Animation

As two individuals begin to get closer and closer, something as simple as digestion begins to get difficult. A prime example of a love-hate relationship.

LYNN GERLACH and IRMGARD WALTHER were born in 1981 and 1984 respectively. Presently, they are both pursuing their animation studies at HGK Lucerne in Switzerland.

Enquiries: Gerd Gockell, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Luzern (HGKL), Baselstrasse 61, CH-6003, Lucerne, Switzerland
Tel.: +41-41-2287584 Fax: +41-41-2287936
Email: ggockell@hgk.fhz.ch Website: www.hgk.fhz.ch

Direction: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Screenplay: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Directors of Photography: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Animation: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Editing: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Music: Lynn Gerlach, Irmgard Walthert
Sound: Wolf Ingo Römer, Irmgard Walther, Lynn Gerlach
Producer: HGK Lucerne

Entry no. 133
RICOCHET
France
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / French / EST / 6 mins / Fiction

In a school playground, bathed in the sunshine of spring, some children play marbles. Douglas – bigger than the others, skinnier, poorer, blacker – watches them play. He tries to participate, but the group rejects him. Ophelie misses her shot and her marble falls into a drain. Wanting to recover her marble without getting her hands dirty, Ophelie incites two boys in the group to retrieve it. Their efforts go in vain…their hands are too big! At the end of the recreation period, the marble seems lost at the bottom of the drain….

VIRGINIE SARAH GURÉVICK has written and directed several award-winning short films including Baskets-cravate (2000), To Be or Not to Be (2003), Le Caméléon (2003), Calicot (2004) etc. She has also written scripts for many other short films including Le Mot de Cocagne etc. and has won several awards for her screenwriting.

Enquiries: Vue Sur Court, 5 Rue Edgar Quinet, 92120 Montrouge, France
Tel.: +33-6-60552927 Fax: +33-1-46544680
Email: vuesurcourt@free.fr

Direction: Virginie Sarah Gurévick
Screenplay: Virginie Sarah Gurévick
Director of Photography: Sébastien Veyrin-Forrer
Editing: Virginie Sarah Gurévick
Music: “Summertime” (Moïra Conrath)
Cast: Thomas Rouillard, Douglas Gokar, Alexandre Allera, Ophélie Huleux
Producer: Vue sur Court

Entry no. 173
THE CLEANER
SWITZERLAND
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / No Dialogue / 2 mins 44 secs / Animation

The cleaner goes through his life removing and disposing things around us. In the background of his daily duties a couple come together and grows apart, hidden and revealed by the actions of the cleaner.

DUSTIN REES was born in Switzerland in 1981. After spending most of his childhood in the UK, he returned to Switzerland with his family, at the age of eleven. After several years of schooling, he is studying animation at the University of Art & Design, Lucerne, Switzerland. Some of his other animation shorts include Sympathy (2006), Paradise (2005), Losing It (2005) etc.

Direction: Dustin Rees
Script: Dustin Rees
Director of Photography: Dustin Rees
Animation: Dustin Rees
Editing: Dustin Rees
Music: Wolf Ingo Römer
Sound: Dustin Rees, Wolf Ingo Römer
Producer: HGK Lucerne

Entry no. 185
THE LITTLE TEACHER
Chinnari pantulamma
INDIA
Feature

2006 / 35mm / Col / Telugu / EST / 115 mins / Fiction

Grandmother Savitramma comes to stay with her grand-daughter Priyanka (Pinky) and daughter Sandhya as her son-in-law has gone abroad for a few months. Young Pinky starts teaching her illiterate grandmother. Eventually, she is capable of writing and wishes to write a letter to her old husband. The seventy-eight year old husband receives the much-mangled letter from his wife, the first one in a married life of over sixty years! The young grand daughter bridges the literacy gap between her grandparents.

The legendary Anjali Devi, lead artiste in over 500 Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films has enacted the role of the grandmother.

J. AFSHAN has a Masters in Commerce. She is a member of the American Screenwriters’ Association, USA as well as the Film Writers’ Association, Mumbai, India. She has conceptualized and directed several short and documentary films.. Her 30-second film on the Girl Child won her the Jury Award from UNICEF and Prasar Bharti in 2005.

Enquiries: Target Communications, 504 J. B. Apartments, Gagan Mahal Road, Hyderabad 500029, India
Tel.: +91-40-27638083
Email: afshantar@hotmail.com

Direction: J. Afshan
Screenplay: Adapala
Director of Photography: Surender Reddy, D. K. Nagaraju
Editing: Praveen & Sreenu Babu
Music: Yericherla
Sound: Kishore
Cast: Anjali Devi, Balayya, Baby Samhita, Jahanavi, Ratna Kumari, Venkayya Babu etc.
Producer: J. Afshan

Entry no. 231
RIHLA… THE JOURNEY
Rihla
INDIA
Feature

2007 / 35mm Cinemascope / Col / Hindi / EST / 120 mins / Fiction

Vasanthi is a widow with two children. The elder child Brinda is a slow learner. Quite often, Brinda faces humiliation from her peers in the school. Tabbu is self-conscious and ill at ease with her sister’s stunted mental growth. Her friend Rajani and the maidservant, Noor Bano, comfort the distressed mother. Brinda becomes a victim of a lecherous auto-driver and the incidence shocks Tabbu, who has remained negligent towards her sister. Gradually, Brinda finds solace in music and soon becomes a consummate violinist. Vasanthi, the mother, realizes that each individual has an inherent talent.

B. AJIT NAAG has graduated in Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy. A diploma holder in photography, he has worked with the noted filmmaker B. Narsing Rao on a feature film and a documentary. He has several television commercials and corporate documentary films to his independent credit. Rihla.. is his debut feature film.

Enquiries: Gitanjali Productions, Dharam Mansion, 8-2-547/J, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India
Tel.: +91-40-23353367 Fax: +91-40-23552291
Email: gitanjaliproductions@gmail.com

Direction: B. Ajit Naag
Story, Script: Kaasibhatla Venugopal
Screenplay: B. Ajit Naag
Dialogues: Sachin Siddella
Director of Photography: Gnana Shekar V. S.
Editing: Venkatapati Raju
Music: Shashi Preetam
Sound: Madhusudan Reddy
Cast: Sonali Kulkarni, Milind Gunaji, Kundana, Parul Singh, Vinay Apte etc.
Producer: Gita Karan

Entry no. 305
THE MESSENGER
Dakia
INDIA
Short

2006 / 35mm / Col / Hindi / Dubbed in English / 20 mins / Documentary

A visual document of the unique Carrier Pigeon Service of the Orissa Police’s Postal Service Wing, which is still being preserved for its heritage value. The film also documents the important role of pigeons in delivering letters since time immemorial.

KULDEEP SINHA (b. 1950) graduated from the Pune University and completed his diploma in cinema (film editing) from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Since the last 30 years, he has been involved in various film and television productions as a producer, director, writer and editor. He has written and edited many featurettes and documentary films for the Films Division and the Doordarshan television channel on subjects ranging from agriculture to art, music, science, current affairs and education etc. Some of the feature films edited by him include 27 Down, Awara Raju, Pyasi Zindagi etc. Presently, he is the Chief Producer at the Films Division (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India).

Enquiries: Films Division, 24 Peddar Road, Mumbai 400026, Maharashtra, India
Tel.: +91-22-23510461 Fax: +91-22-23414308
Email: publicity@filmsdivision.org Website: www.filmsdivision.org

Direction: Kuldeep Sinha
Script: Anubha Sharma
Director of Photography: Shankar Patnaik
Editing: Ramesh Khanvilkar
Sound: Bharat Berde
Producer: Films Division, Mumbai (India)

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