College contest I
Documentaries and Experimental Films

HOWRAH HOWRAH
Deutschland 2001 / HFF "Konrad Wolf"Potsdam-Babelsberg
35mm / Farbe / 26 MIN / bengali/engl. OmeU / Dokumentarfilm
Regie und Buch: Till Passow
Kamera: Lars Lenski

V.4.1. ["ONE FINISHED WORK"]
Deutschland 2001 / Kunsthochschule Kassel
Mini DV (Vorführformat: Beta SP) / Farbe / 4 MIN / o. Dial. / Experimentalfilm
Regie, Idee und Realisation: Thorsten Groeger

A dynamic model which through repeated change turns into a static memorial. After a short time a passively delighted lethargy sets in. What it is that can be seen? Seagulls. A little uneasiness remains. The sequence shown is part of the video series "v.X.X.", on which Thorsten Groeger has been workingeit since1999. He has been studying Free Art and Visual Communication at the Art College in KAssel since 1996.

ZAKOCHANA PARA / Aufrichtig, wahnsinnig, tiefgehend / Truly, Madly, Deeply
Polen 2001 / PWSFTViT Lodz
35mm / s/w / 8 MIN / OmeU / Dokumentarfilm
Regie und Idee: Anna Jadowska
Kamera: Monika Klozniak

Anna Jadowska accompanies two 18-year-old teenagers who live in a multi-storey building colony in Lodz's industrial area. Both of them speak of their love for each other and their plans for the future. The conversation is characterized by the lover's naivety. Are they being honest or maybe totally "out there"? They do not seem very deep, that's for sure. Anna Jadowska has been studying Direction at the PWSFTViT since 1999. ZAKOCHANA PARA is her first documentary shot in 35mm.

LEARNING ABOUT TV
Deutschland 2001 / Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Beta SP / Farbe / 4 MIN / o. Dial. / Experimentelles Musikvideo
Regie, Idee und Realisation: David Heßler und Tobias Lindner

At first sight the music video's images seem to have been picked inconsequentially. Over time they turn into the favourite themes of commercial Television. The fast cuts correspond to zapping through the TV-channel and symbolize the watcher's often short attention span regarding socially relevant subjects. The video was created in the framework of the term-project "Learning from the Clip" at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, where David Hessler and Tobias Lindner have been studying Visual Communication together since 1999.

SMEK
Deutschland 2001 / Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Beta SP / Farbe / 4 MIN / o. Dial. / Experimentelles Musikvideo
Regie, Idee und Realisation: Katja Eckert und Mario Stahn

A choreography to the music of Pink Alliot, Aphex Twin and Jeansteam, with patterned textiles, drawn classic car collecting cards, and a sportive one-child-family. The clips were created with digitally altered stills. Postcards, digital drawings and scanned surfaces served as models. The video was created in the framework of the term-project "Learning from the Clip" at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, where : Katja Eckert and Mario Stahn have been studying Visual Communication together since 1996.

TO SME MY / So sind wir / This is who we are
Slovakei 2001 / VŠMU Bratislava
Beta SP / Farbe / 19 MIN / OF / Dokumentarfilm
Regie, Buch und Kamera: Jana Pirohová

Four mentally retarded people talk about their work, how much fun they have there, and how important these tasks are to them. Ivica, a confessing Heavy-Metal-fan, works as an assistant secretary in the headquarter of the Help Organization for the Mentally Retarded. Dodo is an employee with a permanent smile at Mac Donalds. Peter has gotten a job as a hospital receptionist, and Juraj is an assistant nurse in a home for the handicapped. In 2001, the film won the audience award for best documentary at the international Student Film Fest in Ácko.

DIE GESCHICHTE VON HERMANN KLEBER DER FLIEGEN KONNTE / The Story of Hermann Kleber, who could fly
Deutschland 2001 / Kunsthochschule Kassel
Mini DV (Vorführformat: Beta SP) / Farbe / 4 MIN / OF / Experimentalfilm
Regie und Buch: Ütz M. Stocklöw
Kamera: Maja Oschmann

"On this day which began as unique as all the others, Hermann Kleber decided to stroll in the park..." This sentence starts Hermann Kleber's journey into spring's world of pleasure. The film was edited in "After Effects". Ütz M. Stocklöw has been studying Visual Communication at the Art College since 1997. In addition to having worked on numerous film projeckts as author, responsible for decor and costumes, cameraman, cutter and director, he has also realized videos for theatre-plays, e.g. in the summer of 2001 for the "Lohengrin"-production at the Wiener Burgtheater.

JA JESTEM PIOTREK... / Mein Name ist Peter... / My name is Peter...
Polen 2002 / PWSFTViT Lodz
Beta SP / Farbe / 14 MIN / OmeU / Dokumentarfilm
Regie und Buch: Hanna Sawka
Kamera: Wojciech Pus

A day, seen through the eyes of Piotrek, a little boy growing up on a farm in rural Poland. Piotrek's daily life consists of school, playing with his little brother or with friends, fulfilling his duties in the household and doing his homework - late in the evening. Hanna Sawka has been studying Direction at the PWSFTViT since 1997. Apart from her studies she works for the Polish Television. Since the year 2000 she directs a weekly docu-series on unsolved crimes there.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
Deutschland 2000 / Filmklasse der Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz
Beta SP / Farbe / 6,5 MIN / engl. OF / Experimentalfilm
Regie, Idee und Realisation: Markus Kiefer

An imaginary day in the life of an imaginary person in a real location. Markus Kiefer has been studying Free Creative Art with emphasis on Film at the Academy of fine Arts since 1999. He is co-founder of Campus TV there. His numerous experimental filme have been shown at national and international exhibitions and festivals, among others in Montpellier, Esch and Los Angeles.

AF 2847
Deutschland 2000 / Filmklasse der Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz
S-8 / DV (Vorführformat: Beta SP) / Farbe / 3 MIN / OF / Experimentalfilm
Regie, Idee und Realisation: Nils Keber

AF 2847 is a short film about flying in modern open-plan planes and the soul harrrassed by modern transportation vehicles. The flight is understood here as leaving history on one side. And that's - according to the film's thesis - is the cheating in flying: Millenniums disappear in a black hole as if they never existed. Nils Keber has been studying Free Creative Art with emphasis on Film at the Academy of fine Arts since 2000. He is co-founder of Campus TV there.

MOGLEM BYC CZLOWIEKIEM / Ich hätte menschlich sein können / I could've been human
Polen 2000 / PWSFTViT Lodz 35mm / Farbe / 14 MIN / OmeU / Dokumentarfilm
Regie und Buch: Barbara Medajska
Kamera: Przemyslaw Niczyporuk

Barbara Medajska observes the stranded ones in the Polish society. The tragic story tells of homeless men and women who collect minor-quality coal to survive somehow. The film won numerous awards at international festivals, such as the jury award for best documentary in 2000 at the International Documentary- and Shortfilmfestival in Bilbao and in 2001 at the International Film Festival Palm Springs. Barbara Medajska has been studying Direction at the PWSFTViT since 1998.

I-EYE
Deutschland 2001 / Kunsthochschule Kassel
DV (Vorführformat: Beta SP) / Farbe / 4 MIN / dt./engl. OF / Experimentalfilm
Regie, Idee und Realisation: Thomas Müller

"My seeing is red says the reflection, it's a red thing there but it's one, - my eye, my seeing is red and the thing." (Hegel). Thomas Müller studiedVisual Communication at the Art College between 1996 and 2001. During his studies, numerous video works were produced which were shown at several festivals. Since 1995 he also works as a self-employed cutter.

PSÍCKAR / Hundebesitzer / Dog owners
Slovakei 2000/ VŠMU Bratislava
Beta SP / Farbe / 16 MIN / OmeU / Dokumentarfilm
Regie und Buch: Martin Keder
Kamera: Tomas Sabo

The people and their love for the dog: In this documentary, the proud owners tell their favourite and funniest stories about their four-legged friends for whom nothing is too expensive: The dog as a replacement for a child or a pardner. In 2001, the film won several awards at international fesstivals, e.g. the film journalist's award for best documentary and the jury award for best camera at the Internationalen Student Film Fest in Ácko. Martin Keder has been studying Documentary at the VŠMU since 1997.

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