2013 SD Kids Films

2013 SDIKFF Films

Art's Eyes (12 min.UK)( Youth Film Maker) Director(s): Davide Dallago, Gabriel Dallago Producer(s): Sylvia Johnson Screenwriter(s): Davide Dallago, Gabriel Dallago Cast: Davide Dallago, Gabriel Dallago Synopsis: A fun 12 minutes short film about Art combined with fantastic stories. This beautiful, fun, inspiring and super Artful 12 minutes Movie shows the awesome creativity	Back to the Beginning (95 min.China) Director(s): Xiaojun Qiu Producer(s): Xiaojun Qiu, Huashan Lv Screenwriter(s): A Fei, Xiaojun Qiu Cast: Alex Wan, Haoran Chen, Shuner Hu, Hanfeng Wu, Xiaohang Xu Synopsis: A story between a successful entrepreneur and a left-behind child called Stone. Wang Jiulin was very successful but he felt exhausted both psychologically and physically. He was eager to the liberty and relaxation in running in the nature. Someday eventually, he escaped from the city and came to a beautiful village which was near mountains and water. He stayed in a family, getting to know a group of clever and adorable left-behind children, and built a good relationship with Stone's finally. Personal Appearance:Mr.Haoran Chen and Ms.Lingyan Hong
Bienaventurados (Blessed) (15 min.Argentina) Director(s): Andrés Pasman Producer(s): Simón Franco, Luis Zorraquin, Andrés Pasman Screenwriter(s): Andrés Pasman Cast: Millie Stegman, Jorge Román, Brandon Avalos, Nahuel Obella Production Company: Z+F CINE, LA VUELA CINE, AJAF CINEMA	Bona Nox (14 min.Belgium) Director(s): Jean-Frederic "Jules" Eerdekens ( Producer(s): Olivier Rausin Screenwriter(s): Jean-Frederic "Jules" Eerdekens Cast: Jérôme Colin, Diego Dalmans, Edith Van Malder Synopsis: Since mommy died in a car accident, daddy is crying all the time. And I move with "Wheelchair", my wheelchair. But I can fix everything. I have a time machine. So, I will save mommy in the past and fix my legs in the future. But I need something to succeed... And I found it!
Born to Bully (15 min.USA)(Youth Filmmaker) Director(s): Gerry Orz Producer(s): Gerry Orz Screenwriter(s): Gerry Orz Cast: Gerry Orz, Zane Paul, Kaitlin Morgn Awards: Make A Difference Award - 2013 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Synopsis: "Born to Bully" where Gerry Orz depicts issues in today's society showing how Nathan (Bully character from the "Day of Silence") became a bully and what could have been done differently to avoid tragic consequences for both characters. Personal Appearance:Gerry Orz	Class Photo (11min.;USA) Director(s): John E. Clark Ⅲ Producer(s): Lisa Galer, Malcolm Shaw, and John E. Clark Ⅲ Screenwriter(s): James Jessuy, Nancy Minkus Cast: Nikki Rattray Baldwin Synopsis: Class Photo is the story of an Army veteran who seeks to pursue her interest in photography by obtaining an entry level job taking pictures of children for their school photos. Little does Sally know that class photos are a way for the government to indoctrinate the youth of America. Personal Appearance:Malcolm Shaw;Karen Lawrance
Curse of the Sunset Starlet (21min.USA) Director(s): Lori Precious Producer(s): Randy Turrow Screenwriter(s): Steve Erickson, Lori Precious Cast: Sally Kirkland, Kathleen Wilhoite, Bailey Tait, Niko Baur Synopsis: An aging horror film star returns to her long abandoned daughter, claiming she is dying. But is she drifter, grafter, or ghost? Only a swarm of sunset moths know the secret in the tale of family and forgiveness. Personal Appearance:Lori Precious	Crocodiles without Saddles (16 min.;Germany) Director(s): Britta Wandaogo Producer(s): Britta Wandaogo Screenwriter(s): Britta Wandaogo Cast: Kaddi Wandaogo Awards: Best Documentary -- Festival de Cine de Lanzarote 2013; Best contribution to the NRW Competition - 2013 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen; Second Prize of the Jury -- European Short Film Festival Unlimited 2012 Synopsis: This is a documentary road movie about the luck of being oneself. In the cosmos of Kaddi, there are no "correct" explanations - Why, how come, how! In her game of "What if", she merges foreign with familiar and brings the past to the present.
Day of Silence (21min.USA)(Youth Filmmaker) Director(s): Gerry Orz Producer(s): Gerry Orz Screenwriter(s): Gerry Orz Cast: Gerry Orz, Zane Paul, Kaitlin Morgn Synopsis: Adam is moving to new town. On his first day, Adam's sister, trying to convince him to tell his parents the truth, but he refuses. When he is pushed to the limit, he decides to fight his bully and it all ends tragically the truth. Personal Appearance:Gerry Orz	81 Golden Coins (90min.China) Director(s): Chifei Han (Adult Filmmaker) Producer(s): Xiangfeng Xu, Yongqiang Li Screenwriter(s): Chifei Han Cast: Jingyuan Zhou, Yingmin Zhang Genre: Feature/Drama Production Company: China Movie Channel Synopsis: Yaya's mother left and she stays with grandma. Yaya gets a magic gold coin and tries hard to collect more coins to get the magic and make her mother return home. Finally she collects 81 gold coins and waits for her mother eagerly. Her story touched many people.
Encantado (Charming) (9 min.Brazil) Director(s): Guilherme Vianna Tensol Producer(s): Mário Augusto Di Poi Cruz Screenwriter(s): Guilherme Vianna Tensol Synopsis: A twisted fairy tale of innocent love, CHARMING shows us the final moments of a child couple who, full of imagination and adult's courage, choose a less painful future.	Fine (21min.Netherland) Director(s): Justin Heyl Producer(s): The Heyl Brothers, Mischa Staupe, Dinand Vons Screenwriter(s): The Heyl Brothers Cast: Corstiaan Smorenburg, Babette Holtmann, Perry Mulder, Anneke Weerts, Merlijn Remmig Synopsis: This is a romantic journey of hope and love. The life of the happy and positive official Dickie suddenly changes when he meets a local traffic warden and falls in love. Unfortunately she is not that charmed, leaving Dickie desperate for her attention. Many lives are affected on Dickie's quest for love...but will he finally conquer her heart?
Gaspé Copper (14 min.Canada) Director(s): Alexis Fortier Gauthier Producer(s): Hany Ouichou Screenwriter(s): Alexandre Auger Cast: Laurie Bissonnette, Mathieu Gagné, Dérick Livernoche, Martin Desgagné, Annick Bourrassa Synopsis:Murdochville, 1957. A family is forced to move. Jean, as the father, pained by a long miners' strike, finds a new job in the city.	Hunt for the Glorious Muffins (9 min.Malta) Director(s): Patrick Vella Producer(s): Patrick Vella Screenwriter(s): Patrick Vella, Norbert Friggieri Cast: Ruth Farrugia Synopsis: 4 Fantastic friends decide to embark into an exciting adventure to put their hands ... or paws on some glorious muffins. However it is not as easy as it seems!
Gutty (3 min.Iran) Director(s): Seyed Sajad Moosavi Producer(s): Seyed Sajad Moosavi Screenwriter(s): Seyed Sajad Moosavi Cast: Mohammad Javad Khalili Production Company: ART QOM Synopsis: A child tries to save water and protect environment against water shortage. The film is produced symbolically in a simple form. The film is educational particularly for children and youths.	Luozhi's 10,000 Meters (90min.China) Director(s): Wei Zhou Producer(s): Xiaoming Yan Screenwriter(s): Zhonghua Zhang Cast: Zhi Zhang, Dandan He Synopsis: A touching family drama about a middle school aged kid from a poor family who must win a 10,000 meter race with an athletic scholarship as the main prize in order to stay in school, otherwise he would have to drop out and work to support the family. Personal Appearance: Mr.Hongwei Zhou; Mr.Zheng Yang; Ms.Shuying Liao;
The Reading Boy ( 90 min. China) Last Year Best Film Winner , 2013SKIFF opening film Director(s): Yaxuan Yuan Producer(s): Yaxuan Yuan Screenwriter(s): Xianming Meng Cast: Jiaqi Li, Mingxuan Yuan, Zhiying Mao Production Company: Henan Jinxiang Pictures Co., Ltd Synopsis: Nine year old Kaikai live with his grandpa and a dumb dog in a village, while his parents are working in the city. Kaikai read books to grandpa on a daily basis instead of watch TV. One day, the dog started to bark and grabbed Kaikai towards the grandpa's room.... . Personal Appearance: Yanxuan Yuan, Xianming Meng, Jiaqi Li	Keep Watch the Lifetime (90min.China) Director(s): Rong Ni Producer(s): Xiaohua Wang Screenwriter(s): Dong Chen, Yuanlun Zhang, Yongxian Li, Rong Ni, Qinquan Deng, Ren Yu Cast: Wei Xu, Xiaodan Zhong Production Company: Chongqing Dadi Film Culture Development Cooperation Synopsis: This film is adapted from a true story of an outstanding teacher called ZongMao Zhang who lives in Pengshui, an rural area in Chongqing. He is a lifelong watcher. Because of those students, he never skipped one class in his 38-year teaching life.
Just Grate (8min., USA) Director(s): Ron Coons, Wendy Keeling Producer(s): Wendy Keeling Screenwriter(s): Emily Steele, Robert Coles, Louie Lawless, Kevin Keeling, Ron Coons, and Wendy Keeling Cast: Manon Guy, Cailan Mclean, Louie Lawless, Alice Raver, Judy Jackson, Ken Jackson, Eric Crawford, Raymon Whitt, Kim Kinsley, Holland Guy, and Cooper Guy Awards: Best Live Action Short -- Memphis International Film and Music Festival Synopsis: Just Grate is an award winning coming of age comedy about a young girl finding love in the midst of a family gathering. Personal Appearance: Wendy Keeling	Mirage (9 min.;USA) Director(s): Iker Maidagan, Dana Terrace Producer(s): Iker Maidagan Screenwriter(s): Iker Maidagan Cast: Veronica Taylor, Marc Diraison, Jack Schram Synopsis: A young Inuit boy reaches waters no one has reached before while trying to fish in the Arctic wilderness.
Mother's Dinner (14min.USA) Director(s): Shih Hsiung Chen Producer(s): Shih Hsiung Chen Screenwriter(s): Shih Hsiung Chen Cast: Janel DeGuzman, Sue Chen, Keon Zhao, Frank Yeh, Sheryl Lin Awards: Short Film Screenplay Award - 2013 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Synopsis: Mother's Dinner explores questions of miscommunications and generational deflections between parents and children. By telling the story of how the protagonist improves the unbalanced relationship between her mother and her own children, this project encourages the viewers to pay more attention to their parents. Personal Appearance: Shih Hsiung Chen	O Retrato da Lua (The Picture)(10min.Brazil) Director(s): Claudio Bitencourt, Diego Lopes Producer(s): Diego Lopes Screenwriter(s): Mike Ale Synopsis: Nicolas is a boy who has just lost his mother and will find a simple and unique way to face his grief.
One Banknote (93 min.China) Director(s): Yongsheng He Producer(s): Shizhong Yan, Hongxia Li, Jia'ao Li Screenwriter(s): Yongsheng He, Jinzhong Liu, Qunfei Chen Cast: Yinuo Li, Jian Wang, Yu Zhu Production Company: Beijing Zihongxu Entertainment and Culture Co., Ltd Synopsis: One banknote connects eight people with different ages and backgrounds. Eight interesting chapters connect one story about money. Personal Appearance: Mr.Yongliang He; Mr.Wenqing Yu, Ms. Hongxia Li, Mr. Rukui Zhang	Radio in My Childhood (96min.China) Director(s): Chifei Han Producer(s): Leiting Guo Screenwriter(s): Weiqing Wang Cast: Shida Xing, Wei Zheng, Guowei Shang Genre: Feature/ Drama Production Company: Yuncheng East-river Film & Culture Co., Ltd. Synopsis: The story is set in an ancient tower in the southwest dating from Tang dynasty in the late 1960s. It centers on the trifles of several children who managed to make a radio. The story reflects the scanty cultural life and the spirit of kids who pursued science and progress then.
Requília (Relic) (16 min.Brazil) Director(s): Renata Diniz Producer(s): Érico Cazarré Screenwriter(s): Renata Diniz, Fernanda Rocha Cast: Henrique Bernardes, Dimer Monteiro Production Company: CAZA FILMES Synopsis: The short-film tells a story about an unexpected friendship between a little boy and an old man. The characters are from different generations and social classes. At a bus stop, where no one looks or talk to each other, a friendship takes place.	Restless American (3 min.USA) Director(s): Mike Abela ; Barry Stone Producer(s): Howard Egger-Bovet Screenwriter(s): SUB Production Company: Find the Fun Productions. Musica Video
Shame and Glasses (7 min.Italy) Director(s): Alessandro Riconda Producer(s): Alessandro Riconda, Alessandro Perrella Screenwriter(s): Alessandro Riconda Cast: Mirko Talon, Jennifer Corbelletti, Alina La Costa Awards: First prize - Curt de Gambals 2013 (Spain) Winner filmmakers' category - Timeline Film Festival 2013 (Italy) Synopsis: Mirko has to face his worst fear: wearing glasses. That is the only way to do his school test, but what would happen if the young girl he is secretly in love with could see him?	Slowly But Surely (11 min.USA) Director(s): Eli Balser Producer(s): Eli Balser Screenwriter(s): Eli Balser Cast: Greg Ellis, Jessica Di Cicco Synopsis: The snail teaches the dragonfly to slow down, experience the moment, there's no need to take life so fast. The dragonfly teaches the snail to take a fresh, optimistic approach to life where sometimes you need to move fast. In the end they realize they make a pretty good team. Personal Appearance: Eli Balser
Summer Dairy (93min.China) Director(s): Weiguo Wang Producer(s): Ling Cao Screenwriter(s): Weiguo Wang, Ziyu Chen, Jianguang Lu Cast: Xusheng Zong, Jiahui Lin, Yang Cen, Yichang Wang, Tianzi Shen, Chu Chu, Fang Wang Production Company: Hangzhou Ziyu Culture Creativity Co. Ltd Synopsis: This is a folk musical film about a proud girl, a girl with psychological barrier, a man who needs to be redeemed and other kids. A summer vacation trip brings the fate of the three persons closely associated with each other. Personal Appearance: Ms.Yuan Liang, Ms. Ziyu Chen	Sign of the Dragon (18 min.USA) Director(s): Scott Leslie Producer(s): Scott Lesli, Nemo Mitchell, Kelli Lessie Screenwriter(s): Scott Leslie Cast: Davide Dallago, Gabriel Dallago Production Company: Eugene Scott Productions. Inc Synopsis: This is a magical coming-of-age story in which recently-orphaned twin girls inherit the sign of the Dragon, an ancient magic that gives supernatural abilities. With the help of friends, they learn to control their magic and prevent the Dark Order from stealing the power of the Sign. Personal Appearance: Scott Leslie; Ann Leslie
The Expectation of Xiao Deng (93min.China) Director(s): Yimin Zhu, Zhuping He Producer(s): Zhuping He Screenwriter(s): Jingquan Peng, Qin Xiao Cast: Chunyan Guo, Bin Yang, Xiaogui Bu, Kejian Song Production Company: Guizhou Literature and Arts Synopsis: It is a story about Xiao Deng, a 10 years old girl who stays in the village while her parents are working in the cities. Lonely but strong, she sticks together with her sick grandma and they take care of each other. Personal Appearance: Ms. Zhuping He, Ms. Li Liu, Mr.Bo Zhang; Mr. Xiaoliang Zhang.	The Family of Shanzi (83 min.China) Director(s): Rongsheng Zhang Producer(s): Qiang Li Screenwriter(s): Sen Song Cast: Xiaolong Liu, Zewen Zhao, Yongquan Wang, Zhimin Sun, Wenli Jiang, Zhiwen Zhu Production Company: Shandong Taishan Film & Media Co.,Ltd Synopsis: Based on a true story, this film is about Shan Zi, a 10 years old boy who has lost her father. He has to take up the family burden to take care of his sick mom while studying hard at school. Personal Appearance: Mr. Jian Wang; Ms. Fengai Han
Spaghetti for Two (19min.Germany) Director(s): Betina Dubler, Matthias Rosenberger Producer(s): Matthias Rosenberger Screenwriter(s): Betina Dubler Cast: Johannes Silberschneider, Toks Körner, Mia Aegerter, Stefan Rutz Production Company: Malao Film Synopsis: A seemingly ordinary day becomes a significant turning point for an unremarkable man, thanks to a minimal shift of fate. The likeable but lonesome Finn is on his way to lunch. Awaiting him, the outside world lurks menacingly: in his imagination it swarms with would-be crooks, hussies and criminals. What should have been a routine stroll develops into a dark odyssey, triggering a troubled conflict against himself and against the world... and ultimately, it is the underdog who is victorious.	The Lunch Lady (7min.Australia) (Youth film maker) Director(s): Ethan Fitzgerald, Tara Amoroso, Laurits Christopherson (Youth Filmmaker) Producer(s): Kids Camera Action Screenwriter(s): All the kids in the film Cast: Tara Amoroso, Ethan Fitzgerald, Nikita Pussell, Grace Hill-Smith, Jan Stephen Synopsis: These school kids have a problem with the lunch lady, or is it, that she has a problem with them? See how revenge can be soooooo sweet.
The Reading Boy 2 ( 92 min.China) Director(s): Yaxuan Yuan Producer(s): Yaxuan Yuan Screenwriter(s): Xianming Meng Cast: Jiaqi Li, Mingxuan Yuan, Zhiying Mao Production Company: Henan Jinxiang Pictures Co., Ltd Synopsis: The story of the reading boy continues. After Kaikai moves to the city, he misses his dog which stays at the countryside. He works hard to bring the dog to the city , the dog bring fresh life to his classmate too. Personal Appearance: Mr. Yaxuan Yuan; Mr. Jiaqi Li	The Rockumentary (7 min.Australia)(Youth Film Maker) Director(s): Fox Crowley Producer(s): Kids Camera Action Screenwriter(s): All the kids in the film Cast: Zac Steel, Tate Crowly, Tara Amoroso Genre: Short/Action Production Company: Kids Camera Action Synopsis:There is a sub-species of humans that live amongst rocks. When you are raised amongst rocks, your destiny is set out for you. Rockstar? Rockclimber? Rockologist?
The Trip ( 13 min.Poland) Director(s): Bartosz Kruhlik Producer(s): Justyna Ziemkiewicz Screenwriter(s): Bartosz Kruhlik Cast: Asia Jagielnicka, Zbigniew Jagielnicki Synopsis: A 13-year old Asia goes on an excursion with her grandfather. Grandpa teaches her how to drive a scooter, shows her the beauty of nature. He's got also something to tell her...	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec ( 107min. France) Director(s): Luc Besson (Adult Filmmaker) Producer(s): Virginie Silla, Luc Besson Screenwriter(s): Luc Besson, Jacques Tardi Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche Synopsis: An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

@2013 San Deigo International Kids' Film Festival