ISFF 2001 - International Competition

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	»Motorcycle« von Aditya Assarat


	»Space Needle (Twice Around)« von Dane Picard


	»Maria« von Fien Troch


	»Modern Daydreams« von Mitchell Rose

The Jury

The following five people will actually have finished their work by the time Saturday, June 9, comes round. When the glitzy awards ceremony starts at 7 p.m. in zeise, cinema 1, there will only be one task remaining for the jury members to carry out: to explain the choices they have already made.
This will be the case for both the Hamburg Short Film Prize (5,000 DM) and the François Ode Prize (2,500 DM) – an truly outstanding award in light of its humanitarian dimension. It is an honorary prize in memory of the late founder of the "Agence du Court Metrage" in France – the agency served as a guiding example during the development of the Hamburg Short Film Agency.
In addition, the audience prize (2,500 DM) will also be awarded to the film which the audiences have chosen as their favourite in the International Competition category. The end-of-festival party will then finally be able to get underway in the Festival Club at Harkortstrasse 125. There – and only there – will people be able to have a right good cry over how dubious and unfair the jury’s decisions are. Always a cheery occasion.

Alexander Kott
Born in 1973 in Moscow, Russia. Following years spent working as a photographer, studied film at the state-run Russian Institute For Cinematography.
Filmography: Photographer (1997), A Journey (1997), Scarecrow (2000)

Sylke Gottlebe
Born in 1964, grew up in a small town near Dresden. Worked as a programme organiser with an East German youth travel agency until 1989 then became co-organiser of a self-governing youth education establishment in Heidelberg. 1994-95 spent in Papua-New Guinea on a
scholarship from the Carl Duisberg Foundation. Director of the Dresden International Festival for Animation and Short Films since 1996. Also involved in various cinema projects in Dresden. Since June 2000, member of the administrative council of the European Co-ordination of Film Festivals. Representative for German member-festivals in role as "national antenna".

Pawel Lozinski
Born in 1965 in Warsaw, Poland. He studied directing at the National Film School in Lódz and graduated in 1992. He has since received numerous prizes and awards around the world for his short films.
Filmography: Sisters (1999), The Way It Is (1999), Slawomir Presents (1997), Gutter (1996), A Hundred Years in the Cinema (1995), Birthplace (1992), Voyage (1990).

Nicole Reinhard
Born in 1968 in Kerns, Switzerland. Trained as a translator in Italian and English, completed diploma in foreign languages at the Translation School in Zurich. Since 1996, studied film studies, visual anthropology and history at the University of Zurich. Long-time member of the festival organisation team of the International Film, Video and Multi-media Festival VIPER, Lucerne.
Worked with experiMENTAL, Zurich. Co-programmed for the Xenia Women’s Cinema, Zurich. Since 1999, member of the co-ordination and selection committee of the Winterthur International Short Film Days.

Iñigo Trojaola
Born in 1972 in Bilbao, Spain. He received his degree in communications from Madrid’s Complutense University in 1995 since when he has studied film studies at the University of Westminster, London. After working as a journalist for Spanish National Radio, he began working with the acquisitions department at Canal+. A year later, he started working as a
programmer, buyer and journalist with the TV show "La Noche + Corta" (The Shortest Night), a weekly programme
dedicated to short films.

Again and Again: The image is not obliged to reflect mankind in itself, bST rather mankind must see itself reflected in images.

A quick run-down OV the statistics: 55 films from 28 countries. That was it. It's all part OV this year's xb - or is it still called the International Competition? No matter. After all, every child must have a name, so why not two?
There are, however, more interesting matters to be addressed. For example, Mr. Thomas Vinterberg has clearly left his mark with »Festen«. Quite legitimately, a number OV film-makers chose to follow on behind and serve up extra helpings OV similar family-related misery, although to everyone's relief not all chose to use - forgive me for saying this - the beloved Parkinson camera. To all those who tried to impress the idea upon us that their otherwise rather inconsequential work could neither be ignored or rejected because OV a crudely-calculated choice they had made to adopt and then simply exploit the serious subject matter OV abuse as the theme OV their film, we would like to say: not here, pal. Not today, not tomorrow. A rotten film aboST a worthy subject remains a rotten filw.Where was I - »Dogma«. Achim Forst has written that there is a young, well-versed cinema audience today who are open to films which are more experimental, aesthetically non-traditional and emerging from a broad range OV cultures - hopefully, he is right.

Beyond this Danish school OV film-making (soon to be touring through a museum near you), a number OV young - some very young indeed - directors are emerging who are feeling their way through some uncertain territory and coming up with some remarkable work. Lehtinen, Pikkov and Troch are the surnames OV three such young directors - this probably won't be the last time you hear these names. An almost random choice OV names, by the way.

Given that the viewing committee consisted OV several people, the focus OV this article could obviously have been quite different if only someone else had written it. On the other hand, I still think my view is the right one.

Summing up, together we managed to pST together a good and varied programme for this year's xb - or International Competition, have it as you will - which is throughly in keeping with the character OV the festival.

I would like to thank everyone who took part in the viewing process for taking part in the viewing process.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 1

Sunday, 3rd june 2001, 5.30 pm., Zeise 2
Tuesday, 5th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Zeise 1
Thursday, 7th june 2001, 5.30 pm., Zeise 2

1. Svitjod 2000+
David Flamholc/Mårten Nilsson, Sweden 2000, 11 Min., 35 mm, color, swed. OV w. engl. ST, documentary
2. Keév Hashinayim Shel Hertzel
Alon Zingman, Israel 1999, 20 Min., 16 mm, color, hebr. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
3. PoST
David Duponchel, Tschech Republik 2000, 5'15 Min., 35 mm, b/w, tschech. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
4. 4 Vertigo
Les LeVeque, USA 2001, 9 Min., VHS NTSC, color, no dialog, experimental
5. Chambre Froide
Olivier Masset-Depasse, Belgium 2000, 26 Min., 35 mm, color, french OV mit engl. ST, shortmovie
6. Harry‘s Joint
Mark Holmes, Scotland 2000, 2'16 Min., Betacam SP, color, engl. OV, animation
7. El Rugido de la Mantis
Pep Bosch, Spain 1999, 12 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog, shortmovie

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2

Monday, 4th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 2
Tuesday, 5th june 2001, 5.30 pm., Zeise 1
Friday, 8th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Metropolis

1. Crow Stone
Alicia Duffy, GB 2001, 12'17 Min., 35 mm, color, engl. OV, shortmovie
2. Námornicky Valcik
Ramnas Greicius, Tschechische Republik 2000, 5 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog, shortmovie
3. Beket
Aktan Abdykalykov, Ernest Abdyjaparov, Kirgisia 2000, 27'25 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog, shortmovie
4. En Förtrollad Värld
Per Carleson, Sweden 2001, 2'20 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog, shortmovie
5. De Tuin
Dan Geesin, Esther Rots, Netherlands 1999, 11 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, experimental
6. _relifted
Tinhoko, Austria 2000, 7 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, experimental / computeranimation
7. ToST Est Bien
Vincent Pluss, Switzerland 2000, 19'25 Min., 35 mm, color, french OV w. dt. ST, shortmovie

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 3

Sunday, 3rd june 2001, 10.30 pm., Zeise 1
Tuesday, 5.june 2001, 5.30 pm., Metropolis
Wednesday, 6th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 2

1. Proyekt 19
Sergey Loukjantchikov, White-Russia 1999, 9'50 Min., 35 mm, color & b/w, no dialog, experimental documentary
2. Venkel's Syndrome
Vito Rocco, GB 2000, 9'30 Min., 35 mm, color, engl. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
3. Pylod
Damian Heinisch, Germany 2000, 21 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, experimental shortmovie
4. Motorcycle
Aditya Assarat, Thailand 2000, 14 Min., 16 mm, color, thai. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
5. INSIDEoST
Therese Jacobsen, Erik Vang, Norway 2000, 2'15 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog, experimental
6. 2. Juledag
Carsten Myllerup, Danmark 2000, 24'40 Min., 35 mm, color, dän. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
7. Le Tombeur
Olivier Abbou, Bruno Merle, France 1999, 6'36 Min., 35 mm, color, french OV, shortmovie

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 4

Monday, 4th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Metropolis
Wednesday, 6th june 2001, 5.30 pm., Zeise 2
Thursday, 7th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 1

1. Dog Days
Ellie Lee, USA 2000, 24'30 Min., 35 mm, b/w, engl. OV, shortmovie
2. 16/20
Mikko Maasalo, Finland 1998, 9'40 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, experimental
3. Ruleta
Roberto Santiago, Spain 1999, 11'20 Min., 35 mm, color, span. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
4. Polustanok
Sergei Loznitsa, Russia 2000, 24'26 Min., 35 mm, b/w, no dialog, documentary
5. A Heap OV Trouble
Steve Sullivan, Wales 2000, 3'44 Min., 35 mm, color, engl. OV, shortmovie
6. To Have and to Hold
John Hardwick, GB 2000, 13 Min., 35 mm, color, engl. OV, shortmovie

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 5

Sunday, 3rd june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 1
Wednesday, 6th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Metropolis
Friday, 8th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Zeise 2

1. Field
Duane Hopkins, GB 2000, 10 Min., 35 mm, optical sound, color, engl. OV, shortmovie
2. Gtupie Zagadki
Ewa Stankiewicz, Poland 2000, 8'20 Min.
35 mm, optical sound, color, poln. OV w. engl. ST, experimental documentary
3. The Nest
Owen Fitzpatrick, Ireland 2000, 11'58 Min., 35 mm, optical sound, color, engl. OV, animation
4. Ungüento para Manos Agrietadas
Cezary Jaworski, Venezuela 1999, 15'40 Min., 35 mm, optical sound, color, span. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
5. La Flamme
Ron Dyens, France 2000, 2 Min., 35 mm, optical sound, color, french OV, shortmovie
6. Onnenpeli 2001
Aleksi Salmenperä, Finland 2001, 32 Min., 35 mm, color, fin. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
7. Telling Lies
Simon Ellis, GB 2000, 4'10 Min., Betacam SP, color, engl. OV w. engl. ST, animation

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 6

Sunday, 3rd june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 2
Thursday, 7th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Metropolis
Friday, 8th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 1

1. Afta
Kornél Mundvuczó, Hungaria 2001, 25 Min., 35 mm, color, hungar. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
2. Copy Shop
Virgil Widrich, Austria 2001, 11'40 Min., 35 mm, b/w, no dialog, experimental animation
3. Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag
Jörg Wagner/Stefan Prehn, Germany 2001, 9'23 Min., 35 mm, color, dt. OV w. engl. ST, Arbeitssicherheitsfilm
4. Hotel Central
Matt Hulse, GB 2000, 10 Min., 35 mm, color & b/w, no dialog, experimental animation
5. Kuppet
Dennis Petersen/Frederik Meldal, Danmark 2000, 7 Min., 35 mm, color, dan. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
6. Space Needle (Twice Around)
Dane Picard, USA 2000, 0'09 Min., 35 mm, no dialog, color, experimental
7. Hyppääjä
Pekka V. Lehtinen, Finland 2000, 20 Min., 35 mm, b/w, engl. OV, fiction-documentary

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 7

Monday, 4th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Zeise 1
Wednesday, 6th june 2001, 5.30 pm., Metropolis
Thursday, 7th june 2001, 10.30 pm., Zeise 2

1. En Sjaelden Fugl
Kenneth Kainz, Danmark 1999, 27'30 Min., 35 mm, color, dan. OV, shortmovie
2. Les Oiseaux en Cage ne Peuvent pas Voler
Luis Briceno, France 2000, 3'14 Min., 35 mm, color, no dialog , animation
3. The Barren Land
Bea de Visser, Netherlands 2001, 8'35 Min., 35 mm, color, engl OV, shortmovie
4. Peata Ratsanik
Ülo Pikkov, Estonia 2001, 9'30 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, animation
5. En Kvit Sommerfugl
Gunnar Hall Jensen, Norway 2000, 6'15 Min., 35 mm, color, norw. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
6. Lehrfilm über die Rekonstruktion von Stasiakten
Anke Limprecht, Germany 2000, 11'30 Min., 16 mm, b/w, no dialog, documentary
7. Maria
Fien Troch, Belgium 2000, 18'40 Min., 35 mm, color, flam. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 8

Monday, 4th june 2001, 3.00 pm., Zeise 1
Tuesday, 5th june 2001, 8.00 pm., Zeise 2
Friday, 8th june 2001, 5.30 pm., Zeise 2

1. Des Morceaux de Ma Femme
Frédéric Pelle, France 2000, 9'40 Min., 35 mm, b/w, french OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
2. DonSTs for Breakfast
Felicity Morgan-Rhind, New Zealand 2000, 14 Min., 35 mm, Dolby Stereo Digital, color, engl. OV, shortmovie
3. Husa i ein By
Trygve Hagen, Norway 2000, 6 Min., 35 mm, color, norw. OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
4. Oubour
Hafez Yavari, Iran 2000, 2'30 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, documentary
5. Tous á table
Ursula Meier, Belgium 2001, 30'08 Min., 35 mm, color & b/w, french OV w. engl. ST, shortmovie
6. Robots - The Animated Docu-Soap
John Williams, GB 2000, 7'20 Min., Betacam SP, color, engl. OV, animation
7. Modern Daydreams
Mitchell Rose, USA 2001, 16 Min., Betacam SP, color, no dialog, documentary

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