Around The World Shorts
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign. Please take your seat and fasten it to your belt. Make sure your seat back and folding trays are in their full, upright, and locked position. (Shut up, Rod). Your navigator, BIFF Marketing Director Kristin Peterson, has once again plotted an international cinematic course to fun and adventure. Your destinations include Germany, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Iran, Japan and Germany! Mein Gott, dieses Mädchen wirklich mag Deutschland! Happy landings!!
Screenings
Fri Feb 27, 2015 – 7:30 PM — My Apartment
Sat Feb 28, 2015 – 2:00 PM — Hendrick Center for the Arts
Serori (Celery)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: R
Runtime: 15 min.
Director: Pedro Collantes
Producer: Pedro Collantes
Website : Misunonaka
Synopsis:
What happens when our hearts are broken forever? What happens when our hearts have never been broken before? Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time, even if they are vegetables.
Requiem for a Night
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: G
Runtime: 12 min.
Director: Yousef Kargar
Producer: Yousef Kargar
Website :
Synopsis:
A boy lost his parent in the earthquake and in orphanage, he is challenged with janitor until he discovers something else.
Business As Usual – The Profit
Genre: Drama, Educational
Country: Germany
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: PG
Runtime: 11 min.
Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki
Producer: Lenn Kudrjawizki
Website :
Synopsis:
September 11th, many years after the tragic day the world changed and new enemies arose.
A fully loaded plane is ready to start.
The last mobile call is quickly coming to an end.
A nervous hand counts
I Know You
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Subtitles: No
Rating: PG
Runtime: 8 min.
Director: Colin Gerrard
Producer: Colin Gerrard
Website : I Know You
Synopsis:
This short film does not push the envelope of cult personality and distortion of media; neither does it break the bonds of false exaggeration. Rather it enfolds it. It’s a game of confidence. What if you couldn’t tell the difference between what was real and what was not? What if you could get away with something and everyone seemingly believed you? Sometimes it doesn’t matter who you are, it’s who they think you are.
Berlin Troika
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 10 min.
Director: Andrej Gontcharov
Producer: David Keitsch
Website : Berlin Troika
Synopsis:
During a stormy night of grave political crisis, an expert interpreter suffers a nervous breakdown.
Young diplomat Konrad Gelb is recruited to step in and interpret between the two conflicting superpower leaders, who seem to hold the fate of humanity in their hands – an absurd responsibility, which by extension rests on the shoulders of the young interpreter.
He must balance the oversized egos in the room and maneuver the world’s destiny to either peaceful resolution or total annihilation.
Welcome To Bavaria
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: PG
Runtime: 11 min.
Director: Matthias Koßmehl
Producer: Matthias Koßmehl
Website : Welcome to Bavaria
Synopsis:
In the Bavarian mountain idyll the border has been closed to protect against illegal immigration.
One eve at the border post it comes do an encounter, which nobody expected and let reach clumsy Bernie to unconventional means.
The Child (Das Kind)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Subtitles: Yes
Rating: PG
Runtime: 18 min.
Director: Manu Gomez
Producer: Mad Media Films
Website : Mad Media Films
Synopsis:
Austria. Its the end of the XIXth Century. His name is Alois. He waits in fearful agony for the dramatic birth of his child.
He is ignorant of the dark future that the birth would bring to humanity.
History always has a beginning.
NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Sometimes English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar
