Salutari, numele meu este Gato, am 8 ani si incepand de astazi sunt noul PR al festivalului Short to the Point. Stiu, pare ciudat. Dar cred ca dupa 8 ani sunt cel mai in masura sa vorbesc despre acest festival. De cand m-am nascut am fost angajat la „Short to the Point”. Pe vremea aia i se zicea „Spune pe Scurt”. Am umblat prin toata lumea in toti anii astia. Sunt aproape celebru 
Lucram ca logo la inceput. Ca si acum de altfel. Doar ca acum sunt mai mult decat un logo. Sunt imaginea festivalului. Apar pe afise, lauri, calupuri de filme ba chiar si in animatii video. Mai mult, la editia anuala, echipa organizatorica mi-a oferit un frumos cadou: mi-au ridicat o statuie. Sunt onorat!
Ok, dar hai ca ocazii o sa tot am sa povestesc despre mine. Festivalul Short to the Point este un eveniment lunar, deci voi reveni mai repede decat te astepti
Ziceam de statuie. Da, este vorba despre trofeul Short to the Point, acordat pentru cele mai bune filme din ultimul an. Se inscriu in acest concurs, filmele castigatoare in fiecare luna, incepand cu iulie 2016, pana in iunie 2017. Sunt 13 categorii de premii: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Narrative Short, Best Student Short, Best Young Director, Best Documentary Short, Best Animation Short, Best Experimental Short, Best Amateur Short, Special Jury Award. Dupa un calcul simplu matematic, iti poti da seama ca sunt 12 filme care participa la fiecare categorie, pentru ca bineinteles, din iunie 2016 pana in iulie 2017 sunt 12 luni. Bine, iti poti da seama chiar din titlul evenimentului, Annual Awards Gala… Deci 12×13=156 de filme care intra in competitie pentru premiile anuale. Sunt aproximativ 40 de tari participante, sute de filmmakeri implicati in realizarea scurt metrajelor si mii de minute de film.
Din cauza ca nu avem la dispozitie mii de minute pentru proiectii, incercam sa multumim publicul cu cele 12 filme care vor concura pentru cel mai bun film. Asadar lista cu filmele care vor fi proiectate pe 10 Noiembrie de la ora 18:00 in cadrul galei o gasesti mai jos, in anexa.
Ok, ti-am explicat cum e cu filmele, acum hai sa-ti zic care e programul evenimentului.
10 Noiembrie 2017 (Rin Grand Hotel)
16:00 – Conferinta de presa
18:00 – Proiectii de scurt metraj – Best Films (iulie 2016-iunie 2017)
11 Noiembrie 2017 (Rin Grand Hotel)
16:00 – Get Together at the Rin Grand Hotel Bucharest
18:00 – Short to the Point Annual Awards Gala
21:00 – Cocktail & After Party
La finalul lunii noiembrie, cele 12 filme din categoria Best Films vor fi proiectate in 30 de orase din tara. Locatiile le poti gasi aici: http://spunepescurt.ro/venues.
Desi am vazut toate filmele inscrise in festival si as fi putut sa acord singur premiile, trebuie sa iti spun ca sunt onorat sa prezint membrii juriului festivalului. Irina Margareta Nistor [RO], Laura Goldberger [US], Adrian Berinde [RO], Rudolf Moca [RO], Ruxandra Ghițescu [RO], Alin Ludu Dumbrava [RO], Theo Marton [RO], Rina Grishina [RU], Vlad Gliga [RO], Emanuel Lăzărescu [RO], Pawel Kita [PL], Norbert Kovács [RO], Bogdan Orcula [RO]. O descriere a acestora o poti gasi aici: http://spunepescurt.ro/the-jury.
Organizatorii festivalului sunt Asociatia Green Art Tour si Gat Films Transilvania. Short to the Point se bucura de sprijinul partenerilor: Ministerul Tineretului si Sportului, Proiectul Campionii Romaniei, Rin Grand Hotel Bucuresti, Chromatique, Cosi, Jidvei si Class Print.
Ilustratiile posterului sunt realizate de Raluca.Mitarca – https://www.instagram.com/starwink.
Pentru mai multe informații legate de festival si evenimente, poti intra pe urmatoarele linkuri (poti sa ne dai chiar un like :D):
https://www.facebook.com/shorttothepointfilmfest
https://twitter.com/shorttothepoint
https://www.instagram.com/monthlyshortfilmfest
Cu dragoste, din partea celui mai stimat PR,
Gato
ANEXA:
Lista de filme proiectate in cadrul STTP Annual Awards Gala – 10 Noiembrie 2017, ora 18:00, Rin Grand Hotel Bucuresti
GLASS HOUSE
BEST FILM @ STTP JULY 2016 AWARDS
Directors: Erik Ivar Sæther, Nicolai Berg Hansson
Country: Norway
Duration: 11:34
Synopsis: The past few months family man Jens have realized that he isn’t happy. Luckily he has chosen the suitable time and place for spilling his guts, in this black comedy with a taste of salty duck breast.
FAKE
BEST FILM @ STTP AUGUST 2016 AWARDS
Director: Ivan Kitayev
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 29:14
Synopsis: An extraordinary corpse appeared in the provincial hospital`s morgue. What should the employees of the morgue do in this situation if it is the corpse of… LENIN?
STELLA AMORE
BEST FILM @ STTP SEPTEMBER 2016 AWARDS
Directors: Cristina Puccinelli
Country: Italy
Duration: 18:42
Synopsis: Stella Amore is a girl and her shoe size is 28 and a half. Today is a very important day for her, because she’s about to fulfill her greatest dream: being an actress. But the magic world of cinema is not as magic as she thought, it is also made of people that no longer believe in dreams, and on the contrary some of them like to destroy them. How will Stella react to this new cruel and silly reality?
THE CALL
BEST FILM @ STTP OCTOBER 2016 AWARDS
Director: Ethan Jahan
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 11:57
Synopsis: At home in his apartment, THE MAN obsessively cuts out stories of war and terror from newspapers while the TV news blares. He meticulously tapes the cuttings to the walls of his living room, which are already covered in hundreds of articles. A ringing cuts through the sound of the TV and, after fishing through the sea of papers carpeting the floor, the man uncovers an old style telephone and lifts the receiver.
THE LAST ZOMBIE
BEST FILM @ STTP NOVEMBER 2016 AWARDS
Director: Anthony Lecomte
Country: France
Duration: 22:52
Synopsis: In a world devastated by a zombie plague, a reality show based on zombie killing and survival in a hostile world has found a huge success… We follow the last candidates still alive on the hunt for the last zombie !
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
BEST FILM @ STTP DECEMBER 2016 AWARDS
Director: Fabien Gorgeart
Country: France
Duration: 19:25
Synopsis: 1859. Alexina, a trainee school teacher in the young girl’s covent where she grew up, suffers from unbearables pains. After examination, the doctor finds out she is a hermaphrodite. According to him, since masculine prevails over all, Alexina is a man. She has no other choice than leaving her school as quickly as possible, giving up, her closest friend, Henriette.
CHUDALA
BEST FILM @ STTP JANUARY 2017 AWARDS
Chudala
Director: Maaria Sayed
Country: India
Duration: 14:20
Synopsis: ‘Chudala,’ is an intimate exploration of a father-daughter relationship in a rapidly developing India. Based on an Indian mythological story of a woman turning into a man inorder to seem significant to her family, this film tells the story of a lower middle class Muslim girl Rukhsana who returns to her house as Rehan- a man and is haunted by the memories of her life as a woman.
A WHOLE WORLD FOR A LITTLE WORLD
BEST FILM @ STTP FEBRUARY 2017 AWARDS
Director: Fabrice Bracq
Country: France
Duration: 15:00
Synopsis: A woman tells a great story to her baby. In the manner of a tale with princes and princesses, she remains into his memories to pass on his daughter.
BLACK RING
BEST FILM @ STTP MARCH 2017 AWARDS
Director: Hasan Can Dagli
Country: Turkey
Duration: 14:58
Synopsis: A group of people organizes a special event in an abandoned mansion.
AT VINCENT’S
BEST FILM @ STTP APRIL 2017 AWARDS
Director: Anthony Salvatori
Country: France
Duration: 25:03
Synopsis: Vincent, a peaceful guy from the local mob, is a barber from Brooklyn. His shop is a forum. His clients (meaning his henchmen) have always a good story to tell. But how to distinguish between fantasy and reality?
INTO THE BLUE
BEST FILM @ STTP MAY 2017 AWARDS
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Country: Croatia
Duration: 19:55
Synopsis: Thirteen year old Julija and her mother flee their abusive household to find refuge on an idyllic croatian island where Julija grew up. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect with her best friend, Ana. But Ana is in love with a boy and Julija is no longer a priority. Ana’s mounting rejection re-ignites Julija’s wounds and family history, awakening the monster of violence she thought she’s left behind.
THE REMAINS
BEST FILM @ STTP JUNE 2017 AWARDS
Director: Elodie Bouédec
Country: France
Duration: 30:00
Synopsis: Fantine 10 goes with her father Pierre to the lab where he analyses the remains of Agnès Sorel, the mistress of Charles VII. The sight of her lonely skull on a shelf overwhelms the little girl. Troubled that there is nothing left between this skull and the woman Agnès Sorel, Fantine meets her ghost.