The Selected Fiction Films for the International Competition Section

 English Goodbye

Title: English Goodbye
Director: Andy Heathcote
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 12',30"
Year: 2000
Country: England
Script: Sarah King
Photography: Ian Liggett
Editor: Carol Salter
Sound: Gerard Abeille
Music: Stephen Daltry
Producer: Between Films

Synopsis: An adolescent boy is on the run with his sister. She has " Downs Syndrome" .

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 Suspect

Title: Suspect
Director: Giotto Barbieri
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 14'
Year: 2001
Country: Italy
Script: Ricardo Aprile
Photography: Gaetano Carlevaro
Editor:
Sound: Chiara Bersani
Music:
Producer: Giotto Barbieri

Synopsis: A man finds a bag, curious he looks inside it and finds something
unpleasant.

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 Remote control

Title: Remote control
Director: Ivan Zivkovic
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm/ Betacam
Time: 24'
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Script: Scott Barkman
Photography: Imre Juhasz
Editor: Alberto Gomez
Sound: Jonathan Cataca
Music: Theodosii Spassov
Producer: American Film Institute

Synopsis: In 1994, the year the war was going on in " Yugoslavia ", three Serbian soldiers have found a peaceful place near a village.

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 Ultima Thule

Title: Ultima Thule
Director: Holger Mandel
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 20',45"
Year: 2001
Country: Germany
Script: H.Mandel
Photography: Peter Polsak
Editor: Dietrich Toellner
Sound: Wolfgang Schmidt
Music: Hermann Beesten Jr
Producer: Mandel Film Productions

Synopsis: At the end of his life, the station-master " Roman " remembers his dead friend " Joszt " and the rumors about him and the train station, Ultima Thule.

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 Two Women

Title: Two Women
Director: Amir Rezazadeh
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm/ Betacam
Time: 22'
Year: 2001
Country: Denmark
Script: Lotte Trap, Amir Rezazadeh
Photography:
Editor: Mette Esmark
Sound: Jens Danils
Music: Classical Music
Producer: Cosmofilm Production

Synopsis: " Karima " is a young girl of immigrant parents who is hired to help " Elizabeth ", a 70-year-old woman.

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  Leonard

Title: Leonard
Director: Brian Kelly
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 25'
Year: 2001
Country: Scotland
Script: Richard Smith
Photography: Oliver Cheeseman
Editor: Bernie McGurk
Sound: Douglas Kerr
Music:
Producer: Scottish Screen

Synopsis: Leonard's house is his whole universe. He lives alone.

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 The child's prayer
Title: The child's prayer
Director: Mira Fornayova
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 7',22"
Year: 2000
Country: Czech Republic
Script: Mira Fornayova
Photography: Tomas Sysel
Editor: Tajana Pavicevic
Sound:
Music: Peter Groll
Producer: Studio Famu

Synopsis: " Christiana " is escaping from her problems and the real world. She finds shelter in the cellar, where the images and memories of her childhood are appeared.

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 Sjeki Vatsch

Title: Sjeki Vatsch
Director: Thomas Ott
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 15'
Year: 2001
Country: Switzerland
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Music:
Producer: Swiss Short Film Agency

Synopsis: An accountant suffers a heart attack in his office. He ends up on a train taking him to " paradise ".

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 Cradlesong

Title: Cradlesong
Director: Vangelis Kalambakas
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 16'
Year: 2001
Country: Greece
Script: V.Kalambakas
Photography: Katerina Maragouddaki
Editor: Ionna Spiliopoulou
Sound: Marinos Athanassopoulos
Music: Nikos Manangakis
Producer: Greek Film Center

Synopsis: In a ground-floor apartment, a middle-aged woman sings a baby to sleep.

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 Scenes from childhood 

Title: Scenes from childhood
Director: Lara Fitzgerald
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 11'
Year: 2001
Country: Canada
Script: Lara Fitzgerald
Photography: Ronald Plante
Editor: Tai Zimmer
Sound: Steve Monro
Music: Robert Schumann
Producer: Caroline Klein

Synopsis: When a pianist is injured in an accident, events from her childhood returns to her from the deepest recesses of her memories.

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 Vassilissa

Title: Vassilissa
Director: Gael Aymon
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 18'
Year: 2001
Country: France
Script: Gael Aymon
Photography: Wilfrid Sempe
Editor: Estelle Fouque
Sound: Agnes Collinet
Music: Serguei Prokofiev
Producer: Unifrance

Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a girl called " Vassilissa ", who tried to being her dead brother back to life.

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 The well

Title: The well
Director: Gabriel Le Bomin
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 19'
Year: 2001
Country: France
Script: G.Le Bomin
Photography: Pierre Cottereau
Editor: Bertrand Collard
Sound: Benjamin Laurent
Music: Fabian Romer
Producer: Unifrance

Synopsis: August 1914, World War I breaks out. " Louis " is one of the first French men to be enrolled in the army.

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 No standing except the wind

Title: No standing except the wind
Director: Rita Figueiredo
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm
Time: 10'
Year: 2001
Country: Portugal
Script: Rita Figueiredo
Photography: Yves Legler
Editor:
Sound:
Music:
Producer: Portuguese Short Film Agency

Synopsis: An old man leaves his house and while walking in the streets, he observes the phenomenon of life.

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 The machine is here

Title: The machine is here
Director: Sergei Potemkin
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 15'
Year: 2001
Country: Russia
Script: Igor Hertzev
Photography: Innokenti Ammosov
Editor: Leda Semionova
Sound: Tatiana Metskovskaya
Music: Oley Karavaichyk
Producer: Cinema House Plus

Synopsis: A lonely poor and old man lives in St.Petersburg. He looks funny. A young man takes an interest in him.

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 The method

Title: The method
Director: Haritz Zubillaga, Jose A.Perez
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 16'
Year: 2001
Country: Spain
Script: Haritz Zubillaga, Jose A.Perez
Photography: Inigo Ortega
Editor: Haritz Zubillaga, Jose A.Perez
Sound:
Music: Aranzazu Calleja
Producer: Carlos Juarez

Synopsis: " Luis " is working late at the office on a Friday with his colleague, " Andres ". That evening, " Luis " receives an anonymous phone call.

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 Benjamin

Title: Benjamin
Director: Julio Fons
Category: Fiction
Format:
Time: 20'
Year: 2000
Country: Mexico
Script: Julio Fons
Photography: Miguel Garcia
Editor: Sebastian Garza
Sound: Evelia Cruz
Music: Rodrigo Barbera
Producer: Institute Mexicano de Cinematografia

Synopsis: A farmer faces the conflict of losing his only friend, " Benjamin ".

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 Jana

Title: Jana
Director: Joke Liberge
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 27'
Year: 2001
Country: Netherlands
Script: J.Liberge
Photography: Joost Meijer
Editor: Bas Icke
Sound: Gideon Bijlsma
Music: Fons Merkies
Producer: Netherlands Film & TV Academy

Synopsis: " Jana " is a little girl who wants to know what will happen to her grandma in hospital.

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 Fragile

Title: Fragile
Director: Kees Van Es
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 10'
Year: 2001
Country: Hong Kong
Script: Kees Van Es
Photography: Wah Chen
Editor: Kees Van Es
Sound: Gory Ize
Music: Peter Scherr
Producer: Mediabox Productions

Synopsis: A middle-aged woman toils in her husband's flower shop. While delivering a flower basket one day, she reflects her life with her husband.

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 Green Rose

Title: Green Rose
Director: Jc Hung
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 12'
Year: 2002
Country: Taiwan
Script: Jc Hung
Photography: John Chen
Editor: Jk Hsiao
Sound:
Music: Robin Dai
Producer: Wishbone Production

Synopsis: A man who loved his native homeland " Taiwan ", lost his life in a
murderous tragedy.

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 Yoak, light of the rising sun

Title: Yoak, light of the rising sun
Director: Ronald Zumbuehl
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 14'
Year: 2002
Country: Austria
Script: Ronald Zumbuehl
Photography: Leena Koppe
Editor: Hannes Anderward
Sound: Werner Angerer
Music:
Producer: Filmakademi Wien

Synopsis: A Japanese businessman and a Japanese female musician happen to meet in Vienna after many years.

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 Vision

Title: Vision
Director: Nadine Khan
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 10'
Year: 2000
Country: Egypt
Script: Mona El Sawy
Photography: Marwan Saber
Editor: Hind Radman
Sound: Moheb Marawan
Music: Hamed Elsayeh
Producer: Egyptian Film Center

Synopsis: The film shows the relationship between a 40-year-old woman and her mother.

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 The coach

Title: The coach
Director: Radoy Nikolov
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 9'
Year: 2001
Country: Bulgaria
Script: R.Nikolov
Photography: Krasimir Stoichkov
Editor: Georgi Kostov
Sound: Georgi Kostov
Music: Toshko Atanasov Ramar
Producer: Sofia " Krustyo Sarafov "

Synopsis: A man is running away; he reaches to an abandoned railway station. He enters a wagon. A man attacks him.

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 Cyber Palestine

Title: Cyber Palestine
Director: Elia Suleiman
Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 12'
Year: 2000
Country: Palestine
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Photography:
Editor:
Sound:
Music:
Producer:

Synopsis: A young man must bring her wife to a hospital in " Bethlehem ",
because she is going to give birth to his child.

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 Bardo

Title: Bardo
Director: Yoon Young-Ho
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm
Time: 17'
Year: 2000
Country: Korea
Script:
Photography:
Editor:
Sound:
Music:
Producer: Indiestory Productions

Synopsis: A young soldier who does not concur with the army get involved in some problems.

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 As white as coal

Title: As white as coal
Director: Nasser Nasserpour
Category: Documentary
Format: 16 mm
Time: 12'
Year: 2001
Country: Iran
Script: Nasser Nasserpour
Photography: Shamsoddin Arvand
Editor: Shamsoddin Arvand
Sound: Hossein Moafi
Music:
Producer: Iranian Young Cinema Society

Synopsis: The film is about a young boy who earns a living by selling coal.

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  Non stop

Title: Non stop
Director: Afshin Liaghat
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Time: 11'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: Afshin Liaghat
Photography: Soheil Mohseni
Editor: S.Del Zendeh, R.Chabokro
Sound: Mehrdad Dadgoy
Music: Pink Floyed
Producer: Afshin Liaghat

Synopsis: A woman is wandering around the " Mehrabad Airport ".

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 Good soil

Title: Good soil
Director: Ali Zamani Esmati
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Time: 17'
Year: 2001
Country: Iran
Script: Ali Zamani Esmati
Photography: Ali Zamani Esmati
Editor: Zhila Epikchi
Sound: E.Dadras, B.Shahamat
Music: Saeed Shahram
Producer: Iranian Young Cinema Society

Synopsis: In a desert area a boy falls in love with a girl who with her blind grandfather is looking for water.

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 The passenger

Title: The passenger
Director: Arash Rasafi
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Time: 20'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: A.Rasafi
Photography: Shahram Mokri
Editor: A.Rasafi
Sound: Shahram Mirab Aghdam
Music: A.Rasafi
Producer: A.Rasafi

Synopsis: A son promises to his old father to take him to a journey but he does not appear.

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