STUDENTS’ COMPETITION III
Animation film

Caligari: 24. 04. / 10 p.m.

Followed by the award ceremony of the students’ competition

BADINERIE / XAEAHEPA
BULGARIA 2003 / D: Dragomir Sholev / 5 MIN / W/O DIAL.
NATFA Sofia
Ringing mobile-phones make the conductor of a symphony orchestra lose his timing. Animation.

EXtaZy
BULGARIA 2003 / D: Assia Kovanova, Ivan Stoyanovich / 4 MIN / W/O DIAL.
NATFA Sofia
In a dream, a young man loses the ability to tell reality from fantasy. Film with computer animation.

DUET / DUETT
GERMANY 2002 / D: Karsten Wiesel / 2 MIN / W/O DIAL.
HfbK Hamburg
In their daily routine, two people compliment each other perfectly. Pencil on paper.

SQUAREHEAD
GERMANY 2003 / D: Victor Orozco / 5 MIN / W/O DIAL.
HfbK Hamburg
From cow to mouse – in this computer animation they all have to live with a square head.

SYSTEM-ERROR / FEHLERHAFTES EXEMPLAR
GERMANY 2002 / D: Till Rickert, Tammo Winkler / 7 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Uni Weimar
An artificial protagonist becomes a system-error and breaks through his regular evolutionary cycle. Clay animation.

OUT OF FOCUS / -3 DIOPTRIEN
GERMANY 2002 / D: Susanne Schweizer / 3 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Uni Weimar
In this animated collage, an optometrist underestimates three picture-perfect women.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
GERMANY 2004 / D: Ebru Karaca / 2 MIN / W/O DIAL.
FH Mainz
In this mixture of film and computer animation, a self-multiplication runs amok.

WATER ON MARS
GERMANY 2003 / D: Horst Da Luz / 1 MIN / W/O DIAL.
FH Wiesbaden
The first Mars landing – will American astronauts find water on the red planet? Computer animation.

MY FIRST MILLION
GERMANY 2003 / D: Uwe Neitzel / 4 MIN / ENG. OV
FH Wiesbaden
Short multimillionaire Dr. One sings about his life and how he came to amass such fortunes: he read people’s minds. Animation.

NOVA GROTESQUE – BURNING BEAUTIES
GERMANY 2003/04 / D: Stefanie Katja Ernst / 6 MIN / ENG. OV
hfg Offenbach
Miss Death and Mr. Manson in a music-video about love, fame, money and self-destruction. Animation.

HABIBI
GERMANY 2003 / D: Sabine Rollnik, Eva Kietzmann / 4 MIN / ENG. OV
hfg Offenbach
Trashy music-video about a belly dancer’s love to the small macho-man Habibi. Puppet-film based on the song by Angie Reed.

180° – A RECIPE FOR LOVE / 180° – DIE LIEBE KENNT VIELE REZEPTE
GERMANY 2003 / D: Anne Walther / 7 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
KH Kassel
A glass of flour falls in love with a red-wine decanter. A glass of cocoa and a cookbook also play a part in this animated kitchen-story.

EUREKA / HEUREKA
GERMANY 2003 / D: Michael Meier / 4 MIN / ENG. OV
KH Kassel
Lots of unsolved problems and unanswered questions get under your skin. Computer animation.

SQUID: WONDERS OF THE DEEP SEA / TINTENFISCHE: WUNDER DER TIEFSEE
GERMANY 2003 / D: Frauke Striegnitz / 6 MIN / ENG. V
KH Kassel
This puppet film observes octopuses during mating-season. Male squids compete for the attention of a much-desired female.

BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH / SCHMETTERLINGE IM BAUCH
GERMANY 2002/03 / D: Jan-Peter Meier / 6 MIN / W/O DIAL.
KH Kassel
A frog searches for love, but has to find out that one cannot decide one’s own fortune. Animated.

ABSOLUT PICTURES PRESENTS:

MULIT
GREAT BRITAIN / USA / INDIA 2003 / D.: Ivan Zacharias / 12 MIN / IND. OV., ENG ST
As long as the voting cards are counted, goEast will show MULIT, the newest of five short feature films which have been directed by international directors such as Spike Lee and Sam Raimi for Absolut. The Bollywood-style musical takes place in the seventies’ Bombay telling an exciting story about forbidden love, betrayal, jealousy and the outstanding “mullet”-hairstyle.
The film by the 30-year-old czech director, graduate of the renowned Film University in Prague FAMU was awarded by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) in 2003 and is part of the film collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Ivan Zacharias will be present.