Amateur Introductions 14[2014]

Life & Surviving(sk)

An essay/documentary film that meditates on the concept of life, living & surviving. It tries to raise the questions on how we live, why we live the way we do, or even whether we live or are just surviving. The first ever short film created by Tomáš Farkaš.

The Bloody Paw of the Cruel Beast(de)

Four Days Wonder(en)

Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, Judy insists upon playing sleuth, dragging teenaged astronomer Tom Fenton (Kenneth Howell) into her Sherlock shenanigans.

Maniac Killer(de)

Miller, a badly injured cowboy, hears about a magic potion that is supposed to heal all wounds. He wants to get hold of it at any cost. But two men of God fearlessly stand in his way...

A Man from Nowhere(es)

Rafa is a guy who dreams a lot and sleeps very little. He’s no longer a teenager and he’s one step ahead to become an adult, this would become more difficult than he ever thought. Love, drugs and uncertain future, are the thing that go with him through his journey to find out who he is as a person.

Toyland Casino(en)

A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue.

Canto de Sereia(pt)

Inspired by the urban legend of "Akai Ito", the story takes place in a world where people are connected by a red string to someone they are destined to meet, and where Dália suddenly sees her life uprooted by hers.

Ekvilibrium(nn)

The Online Lesson(en)

During the quarantine, some dedicated students have decided to adapt an Eugen Ionesco play into a short film. They all filmed themselves at home. This version isn't looking for coherence. The only 3 characters of the play are portrayed by many actors which have all provided a different view over their essence and mannerism.

Limited Games - Störtebekers Geheimnis(de)

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy(en)

Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. But when the pickup doesn't go as planned, Mrs. Pollifax finds herself handcuffed to a handsome stranger on a plane bound for an Albanian prison. And it's up to her to get them out.

Meet Me on Broadway(en)

Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.

The Murderer(es)

An old millionaire is murdered.

Canto de Sereia(pt)

Inspired by the urban legend of "Akai Ito", the story takes place in a world where people are connected by a red string to someone they are destined to meet, and where Dália suddenly sees her life uprooted by hers.

Mister E(en)

A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openly. This short film narrates the revenge acted out by a young wife, left at home while her husband is at a card game; by staging a rendezvous with a mannequin, this woman provokes an eruption of jealousy and violence before bringing about the desired marital tenderness. Preserved by Chicago Film Archives with support from the Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

The Long Shift(fi)

A small town ice hockey team fights through their first season in an upper division. The players' dreams might have changed from childhood but their love for the sport does not fade.

Piraten Massaker(de)

On the shores of a deserted island, a band of pirates anchors with the intention of digging up a legendary treasure of gold. In their expedition, however, they have made the bill without hooded murderous monks, who populate the island in droves, all intruders, which they get hold of, cruelly slaughter and even eat from the flesh of their enemies. A randomly passing blonde and her conditionally defensive bodyguard round out the well-groomed chaos.

Jungleland(en)

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

Violent Shit(de)

A demented, wicked, deformed, cannibalistic killer named K. The Butcher Shitter (Karl Berger), escapes from the police and slaughters people in many gory, bloody ways.

Violent Shit III: Infantry of Doom(de)

Karl Jr. continues his killing spree on a remote island with the help of his father and their army of metal masked mercenaries known as the Infantry of Doom. A band of castaways are turned loose in the wilderness and hunted down, where they must fight to survive. They have moon's phase time to make across the island safely.