FAB Pitching Session
Freitag, 29. September 2023
15:00 – 17:00 Uhr
Friday, September 29, 2023
3:00 – 5:00 pm
silent green Kulturquartier | kleines Kino
Gerichtstraße 35
13347 Berlin
PLAZER BAT
Sonia Estévez / Tik Tak Film Studio
Koop. Elk. Txikia de Iniciativa Social
Format: Short film
Technique: Stop Motion
We see a rhythmic succession of actions, situations and objects that provide different types of pleasure, all of them simple, so much so that it could be said that they are almost insignificant. The reasons why each of them is pleasant are different. The order of appearance, the relative position and the rhythm in which they follow one another tries to explore the very nature of those pleasures. These are appearances of pleasure, but in all of them, negatively or transversely, there is a reference to pain or, in some cases, simply an echo or a place for it.
Maya’s Song
Jayakrishnan Subramanian
Production: Franziska Schönenberger
Format: Short film
Genre: AnimaDok
Technique: Hybrid
Maya (15) never feels different in her family. However, when outsiders ask her about her “white parents” and the reason for her adoption, it gets under her skin. Maya can no longer remain silent about what it means to be asked the same questions over and over again. So she writes a song about it.
Holos
Tiago M. Araújo
Production: Mário Gajo de Carvalho
Format: Short film
Genre: Political, Underground, Fiction
The ruthless minotaur rules the labyrinthine metropolis, determined to serve his own narcissistic interests and humiliate its people – until the day the citizens decide to change the labyrinth they live in once and for all.
Alchemic
Alexey Platonov / Lastik Animation Studio
Script: Rinat Khusnutdinov
Format: Series
Genre: Comedy
George Ripley is a brilliant alchemist who’s almost uncovered the secret to creating the Philosopher’s Stone, which he desperately needs to bring back his family who died many years ago because of his own mistake. He’ll be hindered by a crazy king and his foolish whims, inner demons, and a wild world of medieval absurdity where the story takes place.
BIG WATER
Sofia Kendel, Artem Moskalev
Script: Rinat Khusnutdinov
Format: Feature
Genre: Drama
The region of wild Northern woods, rivers and lakes with islands undergoes terrible climate changes. The old dam upstream is about to collapse threatening wild nature. Sophie, an adopted teenage girl, her brother Max and Jay, their cousin, have to embark on a secret voyage down the Northern river, hoping to save their careless parents from an impending flood. The place is full of myths. The drawings on the rocks reveal ancient legends. The Northern People once lived here but their language is all but forgotten. Through contact with wildlife, Sophie discovers powers that help her and her brothers to survive this hazardous journey and rescue people and animals around them.
Dog eat Dog
Daria Duseeva
Format: Series
Genre: black comedy-drama, crime
Technique: 2D
In a big city occurs a murder of an important society member. Two detectives starting to investigate it but they have their own reasons not to find real killer.
My Grandmother is a Skydiver
Polina Piddubna
Format: Short film
Genre: AnimaDok, Multilingual Poetry, Magic Realism, Drama
Technique: 2D
My grandmother plants Tulips in the garden while our city Kharkiv is constantly being bombed. She is complaining that the bees don’t pollinate her flowers, so there will be no fruits in summer.
Ich möcht fliegen
Monira Kamal
Format: Short film / Music film
Genre: drama
Technique: 2D & Liveaction
Traudl is nursing an injured bird. While the bird recovers, Traudl’s own health deteriorates. Both are called by freedom.
Memoria Collectiva
Cristina Colmenares
Script: Carolina Wiegering
Production: Qamaqi
Format: Short film
Genre: AnimaDok
A young Peruvian woman loses her husband due to political violence. In her search for justice she will not only overcome many obstacles but also become an example of courage.
Ioni the Caveman
Avi Kozkel, Dana Petrov, Avishai Simchovitch
Format: Series
Genre: Neolithic Comedy
Yoni, a vegetarian caveman and a serial parent disappointer, is exiled from his native clan and has to find a new home in a cannibal village, hopefully outside the grill. How far will he go to survive?