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ANIMATION

FERAL USA / 13MIN

Director: Daniel Sousa

Synopsis: A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange newenvironment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.

Director’s Biography: In his work, Daniel Sousa uses animation and themes commonly found in mythology and fairy tales toexamine archetypes of human nature, and the inner struggles between our intellects and our unconscious drives. Rather thanfollowing conventional narratives, he approaches filmmaking from a painterʼs perspective. He focuses on states of mind, evoking thefragility of fleeting moments, memories and perceptions. Daniel was born in Cape Verde and grew up in Portugal. A graduate of theRhode Island School of Design, Sousa has worked as a director and animator with Cartoon Network, Olive Jar Studios, Global Mechanic,and Duck. Sousa has taught at several colleges in the New England area, including Harvard University, The Museum School, and TheArt Institute of Boston. Since 2001 he has been teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a Creative Capital grantee for theproduction of his new film, "Feral".

Awards:Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, GermanyBlack Maria Film Festival, USABig Muddy Film Festival, USAAnima International Animation Festival, BrusselsInternational Environmental Film Festival, FranceAnimac International Animation Festival, CataloniaFestival Mauvais Genre, FranceCine en los Barrios del Cartagena Film Festival, ColombiaRoanne animation film festival, FranceSundance Film Festival, USAAnimated Dreams (Black Nights), Estonia: Best Story awardAnilogue International Animation Festival, HungaryEtiuda&Anima International Animation Festival, PolandSommets du Cinéma d'Animation, CanadaExpotoons, ArgentinaMontserrat College of Art, USAGIRAF, Canada: Innovation in Animation AwardCinanima International Animation Festival, Portugal: RTP2 AwardCutout International Animation Festival, MexicoAnimage International Animation Festival, BrazilKLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, The NetherlandsAnim'est International Animation Film Festival, RomaniaOttawa International Animation Festival, CanadaAnimated Encounters, UKThe International Fest of Contemporary animation & media-artLinoleum, Russia

GET A HORSE! USA / 6MIN

Director: Lauren MacMullanProducer: Dorothy McKim

Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ innovative new short “Get A Horse!” is a contemporary homage to the first animated shortsfeaturing Mickey Mouse, with all-new, black-and-white, hand-drawn animation that’s paired with full-color, 3D, CG filmmaking—in thesame frame. Mickey (voice of Walt Disney), his favorite gal pal Minnie Mouse and their friends Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cowdelight in a musical haywagon ride—until Peg-Leg Pete shows up and tries to run them off the road. This groundbreaking short takesa sharp turn when Mickey finds himself separated from Minnie and must use every trick up his sleeve to find his way back to her.Directed by Lauren MacMullan and produced by Dorothy McKim, “Get A Horse!” is in theaters in front of “Frozen”.

Director’s Biography: Lauren MacMullan (Director), veteran director of hit TV shows including “The Simpsons,” “King of the Hill” and“Avatar, The Last Airbender,” also served as sequence director on “The Simpsons Movie.”

MacMullan was born and raised in Swarthmore, Penn. She attended Harvard University starting in 1982. During that time, as part ofthe Harvard Lampoon humor magazine (including a stint as president in 1985), she learned to draw in many styles, designed a 20-footparty hat for a building, and made a student film using the rubber-hose style of animation. She graduated in 1989 and continued tohone her animation skills while working for her animation professor, Suzan Pitt, on her 1991 film “Joy Street.”

In 1992, MacMullan was a winner of an MTV “World Problems, World Solutions” storyboard contest. The contest required entrants toidentify and propose a solution to a world problem in 30 seconds or less, and the 12 winners got a small budget to make theirproposed films. Her completed film “Feet” won first prize among all contestants at the Annecy International Animation Festival.

MacMullan launched her professional career as a commercial director with the Boston-based Olive Jar Studios in 1991, specializing inmixed media ads and MTV IDs. Two years later, she moved to Los Angeles to direct on the primetime animated TV series “The Critic”for ABC and Fox. One of the most memorable moments she directed for “The Critic” was a stop-motion “Nightmare Before Christmas”parody that featured a Hanukkahtown sequence with the sets built out of powdered sugar and matzoh. She went on to directseveral episodes of the Mike Judge/Fox TV series “King of the Hill,” and served as a supervising director and designer for the WBanimated series “Mission Hill.”

Starting in 2001, MacMullan was a staff director for “The Simpsons,” and is credited with helming seven episodes over the next fourseasons, including “Bye Bye Nerdie,” “Half-Decent Proposal,” “Moe Better Blues” and “I, D'oh-Bot,” among others. MacMullan workedfor two years on the Peabody Award-winning Nick TV series “Avatar, the Last Airbender,” directing eight episodes and winning anAnnie Award for storyboarding.

She served as one of four sequence directors (along with “Wreck-It Ralph” director Rich Moore) on the blockbuster 2007 feature “TheSimpsons Movie.” followed by a stint at Pixar Animation Studios. In 2010, she joined Walt Disney Animation Studios as a story artist onthe Annie Award-winning, Oscar®-nominated “Wreck-It Ralph.”

Festivals/Screenings:Annecy International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Ottawa International Animation Festival.

MR HUBLOT LUXEMBOURG/FRANCE / 11MIN

Director and Producer: Laurent WitzCo-Director: Alexandre Espigares

Synopsis: Mr Hublot lives in a world where characters are made partially of mechanical parts, driving huge vehicles, rub shoulderswith each other. A world where the giant scale of machines and the relentless use of salvaged materials reign supreme.

A withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, Mr Hublot is scared of change and the outside world. His solution: he doesn't step footoutside his apartment! The arrival of the dog Robot Pet will turn his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasivecompanion...

Director’s Biography: Born in Haguenau on November 21st, 1975, Laurent Witz gets rapidly passionate about graphic arts. He attendsthe Metz Fine Arts Institute where he obtains his diploma with honours. Self-taught, he learns 3D creation and animation during hisstudies and directs four short films between 1997 and 1998.

The following year, he works for Ex-Machina, where he continues his learning process as an artistic director, an animator or an assistantdirector on some projects. He arrives in Luxembourg in 2002 to work on the « Roman de Renart ». From then on, he regularly worksfor studios where he supervises, directs and develops animated projects. Among other projects, he is a 3D supervisor on the televisionseries Wordworld, T'choupi and Noukies.

In 2007, Laurent founded ZEILT productions Luxembourg, to further his vision of animation and audiovisual production. He created in2009 the Animation Café, « the cultural haunt for animation in Luxembourg ».

In 2012-2013, he produced, wrote and co-directed Mr Hublot his first professional short movie. He is now thinking about adapting MrHublot into a feature film. Laurent is also producing and directing a teaser for a full-length film, "Wilfred", which will be completed in2014.

Awards:Dimension 3 / France, 2013 - Grand PrixBest shorts competition / USA, 2013 - Best in ShowCalifornia International Shorts Festival (Fall) / USA, 2013 - Best Animated ShortFreeNetWorld International Film Festival / Serbia, 2013 - The Best Animated Film / The Best Film of the FestivalKerry Film Festival / Ireland, 2013 - Best AnimationUrban Mediamakers Film Festival / USA, 2013 - Best International AnimationSunscreen film festival West / USA, 2013 - Best Animated Short3D Image Festival / Poland, 2013 - Best AnimationUrban Mediamakers Film Festival / USA, 2013 - Best International AnimationAnimago / Germany, 2013 - Best Short FilmGlovebox Short Film & Animation Festival / USA, 2013 - Best in ShowCourant 3D / France, 2013 - Grand Prix

POSSESSIONS JAPAN / 14MIN

Director and Writer: Shuhei MoritaProducers’: Yasumasa Tsuchiya, Daisuke Uchiyama, Motoki Mukaichi

Synopsis: The 18th Century. On a stormy night, deep in the mountains, a man has lost his way and comes across a small shrine. Whenhe enters, the space suddenly turns into a room in a different world. One after another appear abandoned umbrellas, discardedkimonos, and such spectral things. The man painstakingly mends these paraphernalia, which harbor deep-seated bitterness, andbrings them comfort. “How well you served people before you turned to rags. Your rest is earned.”

Director’s Biography: Prior to directing "Possessions," Morita's served as the Animation Director of the award-winning films,“Kakurenbo” (Winner of the Best Picture Award of Tokyo Anime Awards and the Short Film Gold Award of Fantasia Film Festival) and“Freedom” (Winner of the Technology Award of Japan Visual Technology Award). He was born in the Nara prefecture of Japan.

Festivals/Screenings:Melbourne Intl. Film Festival 2013 (Animation Showcase)2012 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Short films2012 Japan Media Arts Festival, Animation Division

ROOM ON THE BROOM UNITED KINGDOM / 25MIN

Director: Max Lang & Jan LachauerProducer:Michael Rose and Martin Pope

Synopsis: A half hour animated film based on the wonderful children’s picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by AxelScheffler. Room On The Broom is a magical tale about friendship and family from Magic Light Pictures, the producers of the hugelysuccessful The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child.

A story about a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat.The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom whichhas room for everyone. Featuring the voices of Gillian Anderson (Witch), Rob Brydon (Cat), Martin Clunes (Dog), Sally Hawkins (Bird),Simon Pegg (Narrator), Timothy Spall (Dragon), David Walliams (Frog).

Directors’ Biographies:Max Lang is an OSCAR® and BAFTA‐nominated animation director, story artist and character designer.He co ‐directed the award ‐winning animated film The Gruffalo and was assistant director on the first season of The Amazing World OfGumball for Cartoon Network. Max has recently completed co‐directing Room On The Broom for Magic Light Pictures. He is agraduate of the Filmakademie Baden ‐Wurttemberg and the Animation School Hamburg. Max lives in London with his wife, daughterand cat.

Jan Lachauer was born in Munich in 1983 and started to work in the animation industry in 2005. He studied at the prestigiousFilmakademie Baden- Wurttemberg in Ludwigsburg from 2006 to 2011. In 2007/2008 Jan studied 2D animation at the renownedGobelins, lécole de l'image in Paris. During his studies he worked on various award winning film productions as director, animator andCG generalist. Jan Lachauer made his professional directorial debut as co- director on Room On The Broom.

Awards:Royal Television Society Awards 2012 - Best Children’s Programme - UKAnnecy Animation Festival 2013 - Cristal for Best Television Production - FranceVila do Conde 2013 - First Prize, Curtinhas Competition - PortugalAnifest 2013 - Best TV Movie - Czech RepublicCleveland International Film Festival 2013 - Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film - USAAthens International Film & Video Festival, Ohio 2013 - Second Prize in Animation Category - USA43rd Marin Short Film Festival 2013 - Honorable Mention, Animation - USATIFF Kids International Film Festival 2013 - Best Animated Short Film - CanadaAnima Mundi 2013 - Rio de Janeiro Audience & Sao Paolo Jury Best Short for Children - BrazilFestival della Lessinia 2013 - Premio dei bambini Award from the children - ItalySapporo International Short Film Festival 2013 - Children’s Choice Award Gold - JapanChicago International Children’s Festival 2013 - Adult Jury 1st Prize - Animated Television Production - USABradford Animation Festival 2013 - Best Film for Children - UKBAFTA Children’s Award 2013 - Animation - UK

LIVE ACTION

DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING? FINLAND / 7MIN

Director: Selma VilhunenProducer: Elli Toivoniemi, Tuffi Films Ltd.

Synopsis:Mother Sini wakes up in a panic: she has slept in and the family is late for a wedding. She wakes up her husband Jokke anddaughters Ella, 6, and Kerttu, 4. They start to prepare themselves in a hurry. Mother is going crazy since nobody else seems to be ableto do anything right. Who has messed father’s shirt, hid girls’ dresses and the wedding gift?

Director’s Biography: Selma Vilhunen (b.1976) is a director and a screenwriter of both fiction and documentary films. She hasgraduated from the Turku Polytechnic / Arts Academy in film directing. Her works as a director include Pietà (TV film) and Pony Girls(follow-up documentary), which won the main prize in Tampere Film Festival. She has also written a feature film Homesick (withdirector Petri Kotwica) and a TV film, Suburban Virgin (dir. Hanna Maylett). She lives in Helsinki with her husband and daughter.

Awards: Best Comedy, Aspen Shortsfest 2013Audience Recognition, Aspen Shortsfest 2013Best Comedy, BuSHO, Budapest Short Film Festival 2013Best Professional Fiction, Helsinki Short Film Festival 2012

Festivals/Screenings:Boulder International Film FestivalPalm Springs International ShortFestAspen ShortsfestManhattan Short Film FestivalMilwaukee Film FestivalSan Jose International Short Film FestivalSeattle ShortsChicago Comedy Film FestivalRocky Mountain Women’s Film FestivalShort Shorts & Asia (Japan)FlickerfestHeart of GoldClare Valley Film Festival (Australia)Nordisk Panorama (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden)Tampere Film FestivalHelsinki Short Film FestivalKettu prize (Finland)Comedy Cluj International Film Festival (Romania)Busho - Budapest Short Film FestivalCyprus International Short Film FestivalBest of Short Films Festival (France)Shnit International Short Film Festival (Switzerland)Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (Nordic Film Days Lubeck, Germany)Göteborg International Film Festival (Sweden)Go Short (the Netherlands), Underexposed Film Festival, Akbank Short Film FestivalScandinavian Film Days in Bonn (Germany)Screening at the Nordic House (Faroe Islands)

HELIUM DENMARK / 23MIN

Director: Anders WalterProducers’: Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson and M&M ProductionsExecutive Producers’: Andreas Rostock, Lasse Marcussen and Henrik Gugge Garnov

Synopsis: A hospital’s eccentric janitor helps a young dying boy regain the joy and happiness of life.

Director’s Biography:2011 - Director and screenwriter on 3 short films.2001 - 2013 Founder of the drawing lab DansePaladset. Freelance illustrator, graphic novel illustrator / author and director.1999 - 2011 School of Visual Arts, New York, Film and Illustration.1998 - 1999 Illustrator for the advertising agency DDB Needham.1996 - 1998 Part of the drawing lab Tegnestuen Gimle.1993 - 1996 Illustrator at the newspaper Århus Stiftstidende, youth department

WorksWork in progess:2013 - Writing treatment for feature, ”Nordlys”

Writing treatment for feature about the Paris-Roubaix.Writing treatment for short film, ”Katusha”

Short films:2013 Helium (Director and screenwriter), shortlisted for OSCAR® ”Best Live Action Short” 2014.2012 9 Meter (Director and screenwriter), shortlisted for OSCAR® ”Best Live Action Short” 2013.2011 Den Talende Kuffert (Director and screenwriter)

Graphic novels:2006 - 2010 SOLAS – Graphic novel in two volumes, published by Forlaget Fahrenheit and Gyldendal.

Music videos:2005 - 2013 Anders Walter has directed 15 music videos for Danish artists.

JUST BEFORE LOSING EVERYTHING FRANCE / 30MIN

Director: Xavier Legrand

Synopsis: While her children pretend to go to school, Miriam hurries to pick them up and take them to her work place. She explainsto her boss that she has to leave the region in a rush.

Director’s Biography: Xavier Legrand is an actor and director, known for  Au Revoir Les Enfants  (1987),  Just Before LosingEverything (2013) and Les mains libres (2010).

Awards:Festival international de moyens-métrages de Valence (La Cabina) - 2013: Léa DruckerLeeds International Film Festival - 2013: Louis Le Prince Prize for Best International Short FilmFestival Ciné Premières de Groningue - 2013: Jury PrizeUppsala International Short Film Festival - 2013: Jury Special MentionMelbourne International Film Festival - 2013Brussels Short Film Festival - 2013City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2013Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - 2013

Festivals/Screenings:MyFrenchFilmFestival.com - 2014Sydney Flickerfest Short Film Festival - 2014French Cinema Today Festival in Russia - 2013Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival - 2013Leuven International Short Film Festival - 2013French Film Festival in the Czech Republic - 2013International Festival of Francophone Film & Video in Acadie of Moncton (Ficfa) - 2013Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (Alcine) - 2013Asiana International Short Film Festival in Seoul - 2013Tübingen-Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival - 2013Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival - 2013Namur International French-Language Film Festival - 2013French Film Festival in Japan - 2013Sacramento - French Film Festival - 2013IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (Lisbon) - 2013French Spring Festival in Ukraine - 2013

THAT WASN'T ME SPAIN / 24MIN

Director: Esteban CrespoExecutive Producer: Jose Luis Matas-Negrete

Synopsis: The short film AQUEL NO ERA YO, written and directed by Spanish director Esteban Crespo, tells the story of Paula andKaney. Two characters, an African child and a Spanish woman, who could have nothing in common, but will get to join their livesforever through a life‐giving shot.

Director’s Biography: Esteban Crespo is a scriptwriter and director. He started his career with documentaries, making several piecesfor television. Later, he became a content advisor and analyst of children programs for TVE (Spanish Television). He combined this workwith the direction of the short-films “Siempre Quise Trabajar en una Fábrica”, “Amar”, “Fin” and “Lala”, which was nominated for BestLive Action Short-Film at the Goya Awards in 2010, and the multi-awarded “Nadie Tiene la Culpa” (“It’s Nobody’s Fault”), whichreceived the Jury Prize at the 2011 Montreal International Film Festival, among others.His latest short-film “Aquel No Era Yo” was awarded the Goya for the Best Live Action Short-Film by the Spanish Film Academy in 2013and has so far received more than 90 national and international awards. He currently directs commercials and he is working on his firstfeature film.

Awards: 27th Goya Awards - Spanish Academy Awards (Spain) - WINNER BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT‐FILMShnit International Film Festival (Switzerland) - BEST SHORT FILM UNDER 40 MINUTES15th Malaga Film Festival - Cine Español (Spain) - BEST SHORT FILM/BEST DIRECTOR/BEST ACTOR (GUSTAVO SALMERóN)/AUDIENCE AWARD24th Palm Springs International Film Festival (California, United States) - “BRIDGING THE BORDERS” AWARD28th Interfilm Berlin International Short‐Film Festival (Germany) - FIRST PRIZE “CONFRONTATIONS”12th Tiburon International Film Festival (California, United States) - BEST SHORT FILM13th Martil International Film Festival (Morocco) - GREAT PRIZE OF THE CITY OF MARTIL25th Medina Del Campo Film Week (Spain) - JURY SPECIAL AWARD/UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA JURY’S MENTIONEvolution International Film Festival (California, United States) - BEST SHORT FILMPeople´s Film Festival ‐ TPFF (United States) - BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTInternational Film Weekend Wuerzburg (Germany) - SECOND BEST SHORTEuroshorts 2012 (Poland) - BEST LIVE ACTION SHORTAguilar de Campoo International Film Festival (Spain) - PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD - BEST UPCOMING ACTOR (Babou Cham)San Marino International Film Festival (Italy) - BEST SHORT “CHILDREN WORLD”Brest European Short Film Festival (France) - YOUNG JURY AWARDSandfly Film Festival (Australia) - BEST AT SANDFLY/BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTSardinia Film Festival (Italy) - BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACTION SHORTLerici "Golfo dei Poeti” Film Festival (Italy) - BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM/BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYVIII Pasto International Film Festival (Colombia) - BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT/SECOND MENTION - INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACTION SHORTSalento Finibus Terrae International Film Festival (Italy) - BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORTTolfa Shortfilmfest (Italy) - BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT/CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDResana International Short film Festival (Italy) - FIRST PRIZE EX‐AEQUOFENACO Festival Lambayeque 2012 (Peru) - HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZEX Arouca Film Festival (Portugal) - SECOND PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDTirana International Film Festival (Albania) - BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

THE VOORMAN PROBLEM UNITED KINGDOM / 13MIN

Director:Mark GillProducers: Baldwin Li and Lee Thomas

Synopsis: Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is agod. The doctor must decide on the sanity of Mr Voorman: is he a faker or a lunatic? Diagnose him insane and they can ship him off tothe asylum. But before making a decision, the doctor has several questions in relation to Voorman’s claim: why would a god chooseto be straitjacketed in a prison, is there a way he can validate his boast and what has any of this got to do with Belgium?

Director’s Biography: Shortly after winning a Royal Television Society Award with his graduation film, Mark began production on hisfirst major short film, 'The Voorman Problem'. The film was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013 and has had over 40 Official Selectionsincluding BFI London, Aspen Shortsfest, Clermont-Ferrand and Rhode Island Film Festivals. It has picked up several awards in the UK,USA and Europe. Mark's latest short film 'Full Time' premiered at the 57th BFI London Film Festival in 2013. He is now in developmentwith his first feature.

Awards: Best Live Action Short, St Louis Film Festival, USABest Screenplay, Fastnet Film Festival, IrelandBest Film, Colchester Film Festival 2013, UKBest Fiction Short, Let’s All Be Free Film Festival, UKBAFTA nomination for Short Film Category

Festivals/Screenings:Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, FranceFlickerfest Short Film Festival, SydneyCFC Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, CanadaAspen Shortsfest, USARhode Island International Film FestivalBFI London Film Festival, UKShanghai International Film Festival, ChinaLeuven International Short Film Festival, BelgiumWarsaw International Film Festival, Czech ReplublicBrussels Short Film Festival, BelgiumCinema Jove International Film Festival, SpainThis Is England English Short Film Festival, Rouen, FranceCinambule Court c’est Court Film Festival, FranceRazorReel Fantastic Film Festival, Bruges, BelgiumDark Bridges Film Festival, Saskatchewan, CanadaReggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy 2013Heart Of Gold International Film Festival, AustraliaPuchon International Fantastic Film Festival, KoreaWiz-Art Film Festival, UkrainePostira Film Festival, CroatiaArt Film Fest, Trencianske Teplice, Slovak Republic20min-max Film Festival, Ingolstadt, GermanyCortopolis, Madrid, Spain

BeFilm Underground Film Festival, New York, USAScreentest Film Festival, London, UKNuits Meds, CorsicaRegensburg Short Film Week, GermanyBritish Shorts Berlin, GermanyVilnius International Film FestivalCalgary International Film Festival, CanadaShnit International Short Film Festival, SwitzerlandMilwaukee Film Festival, USAKansk International Video festival, Siberia, RussiaPamplona Film Festival, SpainMessage to Man Film Festival, UkraineFEC European Short Film Festival, Spain

DOCUMENTARY

CAVEDIGGER USA / 39MIN

Director and Producer: Jeffrey Karoff

Synopsis: Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico.Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearlyall of his projects due to artistic differences. Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego commissions altogether and create a massive, 10-yearproject, his Magnum Opus.

Director’s Biography: Jeffrey Karoff honed his skills as a director at UCLA, the American Film Institute Director’s Program and as thefounder and producer of Paradox Works, a workshop for directors and actors. His body of work encompasses national commercialspots for the auto, technology and pharmaceutical industries. Karoff also directs fundraising docs for the NYC philanthropicpowerhouse, the Robin Hood Foundation. Cavedigger is his first documentary. Karoff lives in Venice, California, and visits New Mexico regularly.

Awards: Winner, Best Non-European Documentary - ÉCU European Independent Film FestivalWinner, Best Short Audience Award - Maui Film FestivalWinner, Best Documentary Short - San Antonio Film FestivalWinner, Best Short - Newburyport Doc Film FestivalFinalist, Best Documentary Short - Guam Int’l Film Festival

Festivals/Screenings:ÉCU European Independent Film FestivalDoctober Film FestivalNewburyport Documentary Film FestivalGuam International Film FestivalNuart Theater, Los AngelesCenter for Contemporary Arts, Santa FeSan Antonio Film FestivalMaui Film FestivalBrooklyn Film FestivalNewport Beach Film FestivalMinneapolis Film Society

FACING FEAR USA / 23MIN

Director and Producer: Jason Cohen

Synopsis: The worlds of a former neo-Nazi and the gay victim of his senseless hate crime attack collide by chance 25 years after theincident that dramatically shaped both of their lives. They proceed to embark on a journey of forgiveness that challenges both tograpple with their beliefs and fears, eventually leading to an improbable collaboration... and friendship.

Director’s Biography: Jason Cohen has produced and directed all formats of film and television on a broad range of topics over thepast 20 years. Currently, Cohen is in post production on Four Women, One World, a global film about love and forgiveness, filmed inUganda, India, Haiti and Spain.

Cohen has long collaborated with Academy Award-winning director Steven Okazaki. He was a producer on Okazaki’s HBO films, BlackTar Heroin: Dark End of the Street and the Emmy Award-winning White Light/Black Rain.

Cohen has also worked in narrative film, producing Opal, based on the life of controversial author, Opal Whiteley, which premiered atthe 2010 Mill Valley Film Festival .

In addition to his film and TV work, Cohen has produced numerous commercial and promotional projects for Microsoft, Nike andGatorade, working with athletes Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and others.

Awards: Winner, Best Documentary Short Audience Award – Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

Festivals/Screenings:Official Selection - International Documentary Film Festival AmsterdamOfficial Selection - DOC NYCOfficial Selection - Starz Denver Film FestivalOfficial Selection - Arclight Documentary Film FestivalIDFA 2013 (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) DOC NYC 2013Starz Denver Film Festival 2013Mill Valley Film Festival 2013ARCLIGHT Documentary Film Festival: SHORTS PROGRAM 2013NEWFEST NY LGBT Film FestivalOUTFEST LA: Best of FestLaemmle Theatre, LAUS PREMIERE/OUTFEST LA LGBT Film Festival (Audience Award Winner)

KARAMA HAS NO WALLS YEMEN, UK & UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / 26MIN

Director: Sara IshaqProducers: Setara Films and Hot Spot Films

Synopsis: ‘Karama Has No Walls’ is a documentary film set in Change Square, in Yemen’s capital city Sana’a, where members of aheavily armed population set aside their weapons, and peacefully assembled in early 2011 to demand the fall of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s33 year autocratic rule.

As pro-government snipers shot dead 53 protesters and injured a thousand more, the Yemen nation was shaken to its core and themasses flocked to the square in solidarity with their fellow citizens. The film illustrates the nature of the 2011 Yemeni uprising in starkcontrast to the gross violations of human rights that took place on the Friday of Dignity (Juma’at El-Karama), marking a turning pointin Yemen’s revolution. Through the lenses of two cameramen and the accounts of two fathers, the film retells the story of the peoplebehind the statistics and news reports, encapsulating the tragic events of the day as they unfolded from a prayer gathering into abarrage of bullets.

Director’s Biography: Sara Ishaq is a Yemeni-Scot who grew up in Sana’a and moved to Edinburgh in 2001 to pursue a highereducation in Social Sciences (2007), followed by an MFA in film directing (2012). Although based in Scotland for 10 years, shecontinued to visit the Middle East, namely Palestine, to volunteer as a teacher and document human rights issues through video-blogs.In 2011, she returned to Yemen at the onset of the Yemen uprising, and began reporting on BBC radio and filming for BBC WorldService/Newsnight. In early 2012, she finished her debut award-winning documentary film ‘Karama has no Walls’, which has beenshortlisted for the Oscar awards 2014 for Short Documentary and was nominated for the BAFTA Scotland New Talents Award in 2012and One World Media award in 2013. In September 2013, she completed her first feature film ‘The Mulberry House’, which deals withher relationship with her Yemeni family against the backdrop of the country’s 2011 revolution. Now based between Egypt and Yemenas a freelance director/producer, she is working on developing her local Yemeni production house (Setara Films) while establishing anArts centre for Yemeni filmmakers and artists.

Awards: Best Short Documentary Nominee, 2013 One World Media Awards (UK)Best Documentary Nominee, 2012 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards (UK)Best Short Documentary Winner, 2013 Al-Jazeera Documentary Film Festival (Qatar)Best Short Documentary Winner, 2012 EDINDOCS Film Festival (UK)Best Short Documentary Winner, 2012 UNAFF United Nations Association Film Festival (USA)Outstanding Short Documentary Winner, 2012 AFF Arab Film Festival, (San Fran, USA)Jury Special Mention for *Powerful and Human Storytelling*, 2012 Glasgow Short Film Festival (UK)Honourable Mention for *Excellence in Filmmaking*, 2012 Evolution International Film Festival (Palma De Mallorca)

Festivals/Screenings: ‘Official Selection’ at the following festivals2014 International Yemeni Film & Arts Festival (CA & NY, USA)2014 Irvine International Film Festival (CA, USA)2013 AFF Arab Film Festival (San Diego, USA)2013 Fresh Air Festival (UK)2013 Al-Jazeera Documentary Film Festival (Qatar)2013 Tiburon International Film Festival (USA)2012 EDINDOCS Film Festival (UK)2012 Glasgow Short Film Festival (UK)2012 Evolution Film Festival (Palma De Mallorca)

2012 Karama Human Rights Film Festival (Jordan)2012 UNAFF United Nations Association Film Festival (USA)2012 AFF Arab Film Festival (San Fran, USA)2012 Raindance Film Festival (UK)2012 Document 10 Human Rights Film Festival (UK)2012 Des Libertes Film Festival (Belgium)2012 Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona (Spain)2012 LICHTER Filmtage Frankfurt International Film Festival (Germany)2012 ONE WORLD International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Czech Rep)

PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL USA / 40MIN

Director and Producer: Edgar BarensCoordinating Producer: Greg RhemEditor: Geof BartzSenior Producer: Lisa HellerExecutive Producer: Shelia NevinsAn HBO Documentary Film

Synopsis: Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, an HBO Documentary Film, is a moving cinema verité documentary thatbreaks through the walls of one of America’s oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of aterminally ill prisoner, Jack Hall and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him.

HBO’s Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall draws from footage shot over a six‐month period behind the walls of the IowaState Penitentiary and provides a fascinating and often poignant account of how the hospice experience can profoundly touch eventhe forsaken lives of the incarcerated.

The film debuts March 31 on HBO.

Director’s Biography: Edgar Barens received his Bachelor’s degree and Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Photography fromSouthern Illinois University. His body of work includes documentary films, experimental shorts, music videos and public serviceannouncements. Prior to Prison Terminal, Baren's “A Sentence of Their Own” garnered the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle and theNational Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) award - ‐ the only national award recognizingfilmmakers who focus on our criminal justice system in a thoughtful and considerate manner.

Film Festivals and Awards:Audience Award at the Irvine Film Festival

Upcoming Festivals:Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

THE LADY IN NUMBER 6 CANADA / 38MIN

Director and Producer:Malcolm ClarkeProducers: Nick Reed and Chris Branch

Synopsis: The Lady In Number 6 is one of the most inspirational and uplifting stories of the year. 109 year old, Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldestpianist and Holocaust survivor shares her story on how to achieve a long and happy life. She discusses the importance of music, laughter and howto have an optimistic outlook on life.

Director’s Biography: Academy® Award-winning Director & Producer MALCOLM CLARKE began his directing career in his native England makingfilms for the BBC. He subsequently joined Granada TV's 'World in Action' unit specifically to investigate the murder of a celebrated South Africanpolitical activist. Shot entirely in secret, 'The Life and Death of Steve Biko' resulted in Biko's murder becoming a global cause célèbre and after theMonte Carlo Film Festival awarded the film its Grand Prize, Mr. Clarke was invited to New York to produce and direct films for the ABC Network.

Clarke’s first US film; 'Terror in the Promised Land' chronicled the inner workings of a Palestinian suicide squad. Shot throughout Europe, North Africa& the Middle East, this acclaimed, multiple award-winning film was heavily boycotted when it was first shown on network TV in the US, since itgraphically depicted the completion of a terrorist mission in which they killed both themselves and their Israeli captives.

During the next decade Clarke produced films in more than forty countries, frequently assigned to portray highly volatile people in extremelydangerous situations; Torturers, Serial Killers, Vigilantes, Mercenaries, Mobsters and the Yakuza were the focus of much of Clarke's later documentarywork, garnering prizes at several international film festivals, plus six Emmy Awards, five Ace Awards, three Academy® Award nominations and anOSCAR®.

After a period in Los Angeles writing theatrical feature films Mr. Clarke returned to documentaries to Produce, Direct & Write ‘Prisoner of Paradise’ adocumentary-feature about the life and tragic death of ‘Kurt Gerron, the celebrated Berlin Film Director and Actor who, while imprisoned in theTheresienstadt Concentration Camp in 1944, was ordered to make a propaganda film which would show the world how 'well' the Jews of Europewere being treated by their Nazi captors.

'Prisoner' was the only film in 2003 to be nominated for both an Academy® Award for 'Best Documentary Feature' and the Directors' Guild of AmericaAward. It won the Best Documentary Director award from the Directors’ Guild of Canada, the Platinum Award for Best Documentary Film at theHouston International Film Festival (2003) plus the prestigious John Grierson Award (2003) presented annually by the British Academy of Film & TVArts for the Best Documentary Film.

Awards: Winner, Best Documentary Short - Weyauwega International Film FestivalOfficial Selection - Irvine International Film Festival

Festivals/Screenings:Breckenridge Festival of FilmChain NYC Film FestivalLos Angeles Reel Film FestivalThe Laemmle Music Hall 3Boston Film Festival

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