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BRAND SPANKING

2004 10 mins DigiBeta 16:9 Colour Dolby Digital

National Film & TV School
Beaconsfield, UK

A struggling comprehensive school gets a make-over courtesy of the private sector.

Director/Co- Writer: John-Paul Harney
Producer/Co-Writer: Neil Jaworski
Editor: Peter Lambert
Production: Designer Lisa Hall
Sound Designer: David Hunt
Composer: Angus Havers


Voices: Floella Benjamin, Mariella Frostrup, Mark Lawson,
Andrew Marr, Prunella Scales

John-Paul experimented with film while taking a degree in painting and stayed on to learn about digital media. After a year teaching at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, he did a four-year stint in Soho, as a 3D visual effects artist in film and commercials post-production, with arts and dance projects in his free time, to keep the creative juices bubbling. He came to the School to explore story-based narrative and flourished in the atmosphere of peer group mutual brain-picking. In his future work, John-Paul plans to continue using story as a means to explore ideas.
FILMOGRAPHY – NFTS FILMS: Brand Spanking, Animated sections for "I’m Not Going" (Dir. Vesna Cudic), What the…


LLOYD IN THE CORNER

2004 7 mins DigiBeta 16:9 Colour Dolby Digital

National Film & TV School
Beaconsfield, UK

somewhere in the limbo
between elevenses and lunchtime
where not too much ever
really happens…

Director/ Writer: Nicholas Losse
Producer: Regina Meizoso
Editors: Yulia Martynova & Benjamin Putland
Sound Designer: Emma Meaden
Composer: Richard Chester

Nicholas Losse’s fascination with animation comes less from an art school background and more from childhood Saturday mornings. He has tried to maintain the playful and fantastical elements that made animation so appealing to him then, in his work now. The unlimited potential to weave stories within your own worlds and rules is what excites him. Collaborating with the team at the National Film and Television School gave him the opportunity to learn and apply directorial storytelling elements to his illustration and design work. He cannot wait to develop further story ideas and also do more illustration.
FILMOGRAPHY – NFTS FILMS: Lloyd in the Corner, Fixing A Hole, Do That Again


THE METEMPSYCHOSIS OF OBJECTS

2004 10 mins 27 secs DigiBeta 16:9 Colour & b/w Dolby Digital

National Film & TV School
Beaconsfield, UK

A sculptor becomes increasingly distracted and tormented by peculiar happenings.

Director/Co-writer: Salvador Maldonado
Producer: Jack Arbuthnott
Co-writer: Marianela Maldonado
Cinematographer: Vlaimir Trivic
Production Designer: Tine Mette Jespersen
Editor: Jane Hodge
Sound Designer: Miha Jaramaz
Composer: Evan Jolly

Cast: Clive Ashborn (The Sculptor), Paul Duncan (The Stone Man).

Salvador studied Graphic Design in Venezuela, where he specialised in audiovisuals and photography. He then worked as an animator and editor in a production company making documentaries, news programmes, commercials and promos. Moving to London in 1998, he found work as an assistant animator, editor and production designer on a number of small independent productions, including some films made at the National Film and Television School.
At the National Film and Television School, he has been able to experiment extensively with form, technique and content and is now looking forward to trying out new ways to push his boundaries yet further. He is currently developing several new ideas and will soon be seeking production funding for his next project.
FILMOGRAPHY – NFTS FILMS: The Metempsychosis of Objects, Three Saloons by the Seaside


DIGTAL FISHING / ÄÈÃÈÒÀËÅÍ ÐÈÁÎËÎÂ

2003 / 1 min 36 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria

Digital Fishing is a film about a boy whose fishing techniques are digital so as his eating.

Director/Writer: Nikola STOYANOV
Producer: Nikola STOYANOV
Editor: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Animation: Nikola STOYANOV
Composer: Todor SHOPOV, Teodor DERLIEV


NIKOLA STOYANOV is 25, student at NBU, Sofia. He's gradueting MA in animation directing. His hobbys are fishing and mulling over the world.

FILMOGRAPHY: Heroic Times 2003, Digital Fishing 2003, Idyll 2004


HEROIC TIMES / ÞÍÀØÊÈ ÂÐÅÌÅÍÀ

2002 / 2 min 56 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria

A story about local hero who falls in love with a monster lady. It’s based on an old Bulgarian tradition called “blaga rakia”. All relatives want the bride to prove her virginity by a specific way.

Director/Writer: Iliya BAKARDJIEV & Nikola STOYANOV
Producer: Iliya BAKARDJIEV & Nikola STOYANOV
Editor: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Animation: Nikola STOYANOV


ILIYA BAKARDJIEV (23) & NIKOLA STOYANOV (25) are students at NBU, Sofia, (animation directing). The film "Heroic Times" is their first common project.

FILMOGRAPHY: ILIYA BAKARDJIEV - Heroic Times 2003, War 2003, Tasters 2004
NIKOLA STOYANOV - Heroic Times 2003, Digital Fishing 2003, Idyll 2004


TASTERS / ÄÅÃÓÑÒÀÒÎÐÈ

2004 / 1 min 27 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria

Great men sometime do crazy things but their mistakes are taken as a norm. If you want to be the greatest yourself you have to beat them somehow.

Director: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Writer Iliya BAKRDJIEV & Slav BAKALOV
Producer: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Editor: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Animation: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Composer: Iliya BAKRDJIEV


ILIYA BAKARDJIEV is 23, student at NBU, Sofia. He's gradueting MA in animation directing.

FILMOGRAPHY: Heroic Times 2002, War 2003, Tasters 2004


WAR / ÂÎÉÍÀ

2003 / 1 min 47 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria

The War and it’s meaning in cutouts.

Director: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Writer Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Producer: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Editor: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Animation: Iliya BAKRDJIEV
Composer: Iliya BAKRDJIEV


ILIYA BAKARDJIEV is 23, student at NBU, Sofia. He's gradueting MA in animation directing.

FILMOGRAPHY: Heroic Times 2002, War 2003, Tasters 2004


DANGER LOVE

June 2003 / 2 mins / Colour / BetacamSP

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria

The film is about a little pig, whois looking for love, but has the bad luck to find it in the barrel of a hunter's gun.

Director: Svetozar STOYANOV
Writer: Svetozar STOYANOV
Producer: Svetozar STOYANOV
Editor: Svetozar STOYANOV
Animation: Svetozar STOYANOV
Composer: Svetozar STOYANOV


Svetozar STOYANOV is 26, he graduates MA Animation at the NB University, Sofia.


FROM HEART / ÎÒ ÑÚÐÖÅ

2004 / 5 mins 30 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

National Academy for Theatre & Film Arts
Sofia, Bulgaria

The film tells the story of a little creature, who`s mission is to bring good. It allways messes up the things and the consequences are little unpleasent. With the delicate excuse “Oops” it mooves on to the next who needs help. After few faults, the creature decides that this has to end. It rips off and throws away it`s heart… Alone at home it sees again the good in every evil. The victims found again the happyness, although in another dimension. With new hope, she returnes back to her mission.
A simple story, wich tells us,that even the most unpleasant moments hide something nice. If we are open for the good , it will come and when something is done from heart the result will be more or less positive.

Director: Borislava ZAHOVA
Writer: Borislava ZAHOVA
Producer: Borislava ZAHOVA
Editor: Borislava ZAHOVA
Animation: Borislava ZAHOVA


Borislava Zahova is 23, she studies Animation Directing at the NATFA, Sofia.


BIOS

2002 / 3 mins 56 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

The German Film School
Elstal, Germany

Five Robots produce oranges. Only one little mistake by one of the robots disturbs the harmony and leads to total chaos. A metaphor for the world, for life and its complex backgrounds.

Film team: Nils Engler, Mathis Lex, Tobias Wiegand, Hannes Geiger



BIOS is a 3D animated short film, done at the GERMAN FILM SCHOOL as final work for the 2nd semester.

 

Tobias Wiegand


DANSE DE CABLE

2003 / 4 mins 6 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

The German Film School
Elstal, Germany

This is the story of a squirrel which sees the advertising for a softdrink. As a result it tries to get to the Cafe on the opposite side of the street where the vending-machine is located. Consequently the squirrel sets off to get the softdrink. During the journey several obstacles challenge the squirrel...

Film team: Thomas Bittner, Markus Boos, Moritz Krappel



We created this 4 min. short film within our second semester at the German Film School. The short was produced within a period of 2 1/2 months.

Moritz Krappel


KONG & BIRD

2003 / 3 mins 55 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

The German Film School
Elstal, Germany

On a sunny afternoon in jungle, a little parrot is desperately trying to learn how to fly. Kong, a lazy gorilla resting beneath the trees, is witnessing Bird’s attempt to take off. The ape being fascinated by the tiny creature closes in to play with it – much to annoyance of the little bird. Furiously flapping his wings the parrot fights him off several times when he finally lifts off the ground accidentally. When Bird realizes that he can fly he leaves Kong to himself and happily flies away.

Film team: Goro Fujita, Felix Graf, Moritz Bunk



The short was done within a period of six weeks during the third semester at THE GERMAN FILM SCHOOL.

Goro Fujita


NOAH

2003 / 6 mins 28 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

The German Film School
Elstal, Germany

Funny 3D animation short about Noah’s ark. Before the great adventure trip can start he needs to get all of the animals on board. That turns out to be a great problem for which he finds some strange solutions...

Film team: Markus Boos, Hannes Gerl, Alexander Kucera, Kathrin Berghauser, Garry Runke, Hannes Geiger, Nils Enger, Monika Bress, Andreas Jablonka, Moritz Mattern, Moritz Krappel, Thomas Bittner, Mathis Lex, Alexa Muller-Heyn



This 3D animation short was done during the fifth semester at THE GERMAN FILM SCHOOL.

Hannes Gerl


THE BEAUTY OF LIFE

2003 / 9 mins 11 secs / Colour / BetacamSP

The German Film School
Elstal, Germany

Lars Keagan is an ordinary farmer who paints the most important moments of his life. We witness his artistic progress from infancy to old age as he reflects the dearest moments of his life.

Film team: Moritz Bunk, Patrick Kreuser, Goro Fujita, Felix Graf, Sylvia Kratzsch, Marc Muller, Christian Miletzki



The Beauty Of Life is a drawing-cartoon that is done during the first semester at THE GERMAN FILM SCHOOL.

Moritz Bunk, Patrick Kreuser, Goro Fujita, Felix Graf, Sylvia Kratzsch, Marc Muller, Christian Miletzki

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