The Palace On The Sea

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• Director	Midi Zhao
  Completion	2014	Time	15:30
  Genre	Drama	Area	Taiwan
  Point	A boat is anchored in the harbor. A ghost of a woman who came from afar has been lingering nearby, searching for the way home.

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  • Director:Midi Zhao

    Born in Myanmar, Midi Z trained as an artist in Taiwan. In 2011 Midi made his first feature, Return to Burma, which screened at the Rotterdam Tiger Competition and Busan New Currents Competition. His latest feature, Ice Poison, premiered at the 2014 Berlinale, winning Best Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival.

    Taiwan Golden Stalk Awards 2015 (Taiwan) Jury Prize
    Kaohsiung Film Festival 2014 (Taiwan) Taiwan Award
    Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (France)

Once Upon a Tree

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• Director	Marleen van der Werf
  Completion	2014	Time	14:40
  Genre	Documentary	Area	Netherlands
  Point	Sitting in her favourite oak tree, 11-year-old Filine encounters little wonders in the natural world around her. She observes the beauty and dramas of life in and around a tree most people are not even aware of. As trees fall down in the forest, Filine starts to fear that one day she will lose her special oak tree.

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  • Director:Marleen van der Werf

    After finishing her MSc in Biology and MA in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, Marleen van der Werf graduated in the UK with an MA in (wildlife) documentary filmmaking with the film 'Wadland'. In 'Once Upon a Tree' Marleen again combines her love for both nature and philosophy.
    
    ＜Message from the director＞
    "All things of value are defenseless" This line, written by the Dutch poet Lucebert, explains for me exactly why we should actively take care for the environment.

    Planet in Focus Film Festival 2014 (Canada) Best Short Film
    Camerimage Film Festival 2014 (Poland)
    International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2013 (Netherlands)

A Warm Spell

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• Director	Toshimichi Saito
  Completion	2014	Time	25:00
  Genre	Drama	Area	Japan
  Point	Nao gave up his dream of painting to take over the family-run post office. His older brother, Masanobu, left home to become a doctor. When their mother's funeral brings the two brothers together again, they are forced to confront their old conflicts and resentments.

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  • Director:Toshimichi Saito

    Saito Toshimichi (1985, Osaka) graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the Doshisha University in Kyoto. He later graduated with an MFA in Filmmaking from NYU's Graduate Filmmaking Program and also worked as an assistant editor for Spike Lee. He is currently back in Japan, working on a feature-length version of "A Warm Spell."

    New Directors Film Festival 2014 (Japan)
    Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (France)
    Tokyo Tsuki-Ichi Film Festival 2015 (Japan)

The Salt of the Earth Mature Content：These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

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• Director	Jonathan Desoindre
  Completion	2014	Time	18:00
  Genre	Drama	Area	France
  Point	Vincent and Diane, thirty-something Parisians, have decided to get married. Vincent brings her fiancée back to his home town but his family shows some hostility. The situation escalates when, at a hunting game, Diane is accidentally wounded…

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  • Director:Jonathan Desoindre

    A former journalist, Jonathan Desoindre entered the Filmmaking Department of La Fémis in 2004 after a Masters in Philosophy. He graduated in 2009 and has made several short films since, which have been screened at many festivals and on TV. He is now developing his first feature length picture.

    Asiana International Short Film Festival 2014 (South Korea)
    Leeds International Film Festival 2014 (UK)
    Go Short Nijmegen 2015 (Netherlands)

Cloudy Children＜GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNING FILM＞

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• Director	Reza Fahimi
  Completion	2014	Time	18:04
  Genre	Drama	Area	Iran
  Point	In the village, two students are fighting over the things that they could never have. In the end, they share everything which does not belong to them.

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  • Director:Reza Fahimi

    Reza Fahimi (1987, Iran) is a scriptwriter and a director. He studied filmmaking at the Soore Art University of Tehran, with a concentration in Directing. Cloudy Children is his second short film.

    Tehran International Film Festival 2014 (Iran) Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay

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