Features for 2010 长片
This year, we'll be screening 12 feature films, representing Germany, the United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Australia, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Russia, Israel, and Palestine. From dramas to comedies to historical films, 2010'S BIFF will have it all.
我们将在2010年的第四届北京国际电影交流大会上映来自德国，美国，瑞士，卢森堡，澳洲，捷克共和国，香港，俄罗斯，以色列及巴勒斯但的12部电影故事片。
不单是简单的爱情和喜剧片，电影界的主题电影的类型今年包括历史喜剧，异国文化的冲突与友谊，战争片以及很多其他精彩的内容。
希望你能来莅临今年的电影界！
I Am Somebody (No Chance In Hell) 一个人
102分钟 – 导演： Aki Aleong – 美国
102 Min. – Directed by Aki Aleong – USA
Steal a horse get hanged: kill a Chinaman no crime. Can a Chinese immigrant worker find justice while he is viciously hunted down, for a crime he did not commit? "in 1854 the state of California declared the Chinese non-persons" can this immigrant find justice as he confronts, greed, religious and cultural divides and bigotry as he struggles from within? Can non violence, love, hope, redemption and forgiveness transform the violent wild in the 1860's? The untold tale unfolds. 2009 the state of California after 140 years finally apologized to the Chinese.
偷马要被绞刑，但杀了中国人就不犯罪？一个中国移民工作者 在被追捕的时候，他如何能找到一个公正的理由说明自己没有参与犯罪？1854年，加利福尼亚州宣布中国人是没有人权的时候，当他们面临文化鸿沟的时候，他 们能不能为移民找到公平的理由？2009年，加拿大政府在140年后终于向中国政府道歉。
79 min. – Directed by Daniel McNicoll – USA / UK / France
79 分钟。 – 导演：Daniel McNicoll – 美国 /英国 / 法国
All kids love epic adventures involving swords and the truth is, there’s a kid in all of us. Currently there are many feature narratives that hold the sword as a prominent part of the story telling process. By way of current examples, there’s a sword fight scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Fool’s Gold, Nim’s Island, and even in the cartoon, Bee Movie. It’s remarkable the attraction of swords in film. Swords are everywhere in films from the Chronicles of Narnia to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
The blade’s popularity shows no sign of waning with Warner Brothers geared up to produce War of the Gods and Legendary Pictures preparing for Clash of the Titans, not to mention the two Hobbit films in pre-production and the rest of the Narnia films scheduled for production and release over coming years. Swords hold a central theme in all these films. Reclaiming the Blade explores swords both in our modern media and in the hands of those practitioners and academics who study them in their historical context.
All over the world, groups of practitioners are reclaiming the knowledge of the Renaissance sword masters. Reclaiming the Blade showcases seven Historical Martial Arts groups in Europe and several in the United States. These groups are resurrecting these ancient techniques from manuals written in the 15th and 16th century by masters in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and many other western European nations. The interest in this resurgence is exploding as Fight Clubs form all over the world and membership flourishes.
All kids love epic adventures involving swords and the truth is, there’s a kid in all of us. Currently there are many feature narratives that hold the sword as a prominent part of the story telling process. By way of current examples, there’s a sword fight scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Fool’s Gold, Nim’s Island, and even in the cartoon, Bee Movie. It’s remarkable the attraction of swords in film. Swords are everywhere in films from the Chronicles of Narnia to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
The blade’s popularity shows no sign of waning with Warner Brothers geared up to produce War of the Gods and Legendary Pictures preparing for Clash of the Titans, not to mention the two Hobbit films in pre-production and the rest of the Narnia films scheduled for production and release over coming years. Swords hold a central theme in all these films. Reclaiming the Blade explores swords both in our modern media and in the hands of those practitioners and academics who study them in their historical context.
All over the world, groups of practitioners are reclaiming the knowledge of the Renaissance sword masters. Reclaiming the Blade showcases seven Historical Martial Arts groups in Europe and several in the United States. These groups are resurrecting these ancient techniques from manuals written in the 15th and 16th century by masters in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and many other western European nations. The interest in this resurgence is exploding as Fight Clubs form all over the world and membership flourishes.
《刀的回收》展示了7个在欧洲和一些在美国有历史的武术团体。这些团体正在让这些古老技艺重新复兴，他们通过意大利、法国、西班牙和其他西方欧洲国家的大师在十五世纪和十六世纪写的手册，做到这些。这种技艺复兴的有趣之处在于，以全球的搏击俱乐部形式传播开来。
Knowledge is the Beginning 知识就是开始
115 min. – Directed by Paul Smaczny – Germany / Israel / Palestine
115分钟 – 导演：Paul Smaczny –德国/ 以色列 / 巴勒斯坦
Knowledge is the Beginning is the story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra where young Arabs and Jews perform side by side. The film illustrates how prejudices are overcome during rehearsals, concerts and after-concert celebrations. It also demonstrates the problems that crop up occasionally and how music can help people from different points of view find common ground. For Daniel Barenboim, founder of the ensemble, the orchestra is a symbol for what could be achieved in the Middle East.
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a name derived from a collection of poems by Goethe, today embraces eighty Arab and Israeli musicians aged thirteen to twenty-six. Director Paul Smaczny has followed the orchestra since its inception. The film chronicles all five summer workshops in Weimar and Seville, Barenboim’s visit to Ramallah and Jerusalem in May 2004 – during which he received the prestigious Wolf Prize at the Knesset – as well as the sensational concert in Ramallah in August 2005.
《知识就是开始》 是一个关于东西方Divan管弦乐团的故事，东西方Divan管弦乐团的名字从歌德的诗中而来。在那里，年轻的阿拉伯人和犹太人一起演出。影片讲述在排练期间、演奏过程中和音乐会后庆祝活动中如何去克服偏见，并且展示在出现问题的时候如何让有矛盾的人发现彼此的共同点，化解矛盾。
98 min. – Directed by Alyona Semenova and Alexander Smirnov – Russia
98 分钟– 导演： Alyona Semenova 和 Alexander Smirnov – 俄罗斯
The flowers of rowan are delicate and fragile and bloom for less then ten days. The same appeared to be the lives of the young girls who were sent to clear mines left after the World War II on the fields of northern Russia.
According to the resolution of the State defense committee a number of groups were formed from civilians who after a short instruction were sent to clear mines left after the Nazi invasion.
The groups consisted mainly from sixteen-eighteen year old girls.
They were young, their life was in bloom and their hearts were longing to love. Marusya was a promising artist. Polina, a young widow, was learning to live without her beloved. But the destiny had its own plans for their lives. It prepared for each girl her own waltz on the mine field.
No book has ever been written about that brave feat. The film is based on a material received during the research for a documentary about girls-mine-seekers in Vologodskaya region of Russia. This is the true story that the filmmakers got to learn from the interviews of survivors.
山梨花很奇妙也很脆弱，只能盛开不到10天。同样的，在二战中，对于那些被送去排雷的年轻女孩，她们的生命同样很脆弱。
根据国家国防委员会的命令，排雷组织主要包括16-18岁的女孩。她们很年轻，生命正如盛开的花朵，渴望被爱。还没有一本书写到这样一种伟大壮举，这是根据真实故事改变的电影，让我们随着导演从幸存者那里学到些什么。
89 分钟 – 导演： Kit Hui – 香港
89 min. – Directed by Kit Hui – Hong Kong
Set during the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China, FOG tells the story of Wai who suffers from a rare amnesia that wipes his memory entirely clean. Relying on the conflicting recollection of his family and friends, Wai begins to unwrap the mystery behind his previous life which is being deliberately hidden from him by the people closest to him. Now he must confront the consequences as dark secrets are revealed. Taking place in a city at a historical crossroads and in search of it's own identity, FOG follows Wai through Hong Kong as he attempts to restart his life and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption.
故事发生在香港回归祖国大陆十周年，雾 讲述了一个名叫Wai的人,他患有罕见失忆症,记忆全部丧失。以从前家人和朋友的冲突回忆为依托，Wai开始从最亲近的人那里重新寻回过去，发现故意被隐藏的过去。他试图重新开始生活的旅程，并去找回自己生活的路。
102 min. – Directed by Václav Marhoul – Czech Republic
102分钟 – 导演：Václav Marhoul – 捷克共和国
North Africa, II. WW, Fall 1941. Jiri Pospichal, twenty years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death. All this takes its cruel toll in the shape of his gradual loss of self respect and courage. He is full of self-confidence and patriotic ideals, yet at the same time is deeply frustrated by his father, whom he views as a collaborator. His closest companion is a Jewish soldier, Jan Lieberman, in many ways more mature. Their opposite, in turn, is Corporal Kohák, a former member of the French Foreign Legion, for whom warfare is above all a profession The psychological drama between these three characters, the differing attitudes and personalities of each of them, are, during the course of the story and most clearly in its dramatic climax, brought into confrontation with a clear and harsh test of the moral character of all.
北非，二战期间，1941年秋季。二十岁的伊波斯皮哈尔，是一名捷克斯洛伐克军队的志愿军.他对英雄主义的天真想法使他面临着沙漠、军队内部复杂人际关系和死亡的危险.这一切让他在逐渐丧失自信和勇气的意识下付出了代价。他充满自信和爱国精神，同时和深爱他的父亲。他说最亲密的朋友是一个犹太士兵，比他在很方面更成熟稳重。他们是否能禁住考验？
99 min. – Directed by Michael Hatch – Australia
99 分钟– 导演：Michael Hatch – 澳大利亚
Bitter Art is the story of small-time filmmakers from an even smaller town. Our three heroes undertake a wild ride of personal discovery and self-redemption whilst seeking recognition for their big screen ideas.
The gigantic trees of Pemberton – a logging town and the film’s location in Western Australia’s South West – are almost as big as the boys’ dreams. Yet there seems no escape from their extended creative rut until the big news is announced: Pemberton is to host its inaugural Short Film Festival.
At first wild with excitement, they’re soon plain wild to discover that ex-classmate and the town’s favourite son, Cody Benson, is also making a film for the Festival. But the boys have a plan. And it doesn’t need a script. They make it their mission to sabotage Cody’s film rather than focusing energy on creating their own.
It’s during this journey of comical mayhem and misguided revenge that they re-discover the creative magic they once shared and Produce a film that just might return them to their former days of celluloid glory.
Bitter Art is a classic tale of chasing dreams at the expense of personal ideals. It explores the resilience of male friendship when tested to the emotional extreme and takes direct aim at the sitting duck of political correctness
从一个小城走出来的一个小导演的故事，三个英雄进行了一次发掘自我和赎回自我的野外之旅，从而发现他们的关于荧幕的思想认识。这是一个为了追逐个人理想而牺牲梦想的经典故事。它探讨了情绪极端时友谊的适应能力和直接目的。
92 分钟 – 导演： Paul Thiltges – 瑞士 / 卢森堡/ 德国
92 Min. – Produced by Paul Thiltges – Switzerland / Luxembourg / Germany
Welfare worker Hans-Peter Stalder possesses the secret code to happiness: a money-multiplying strategy which promises incredible wealth to its hand-picked investors and a subsequent life of leisure and luxury. There's only one downside to this story: it's entirely made up and the only one who really benefits from it is Stalder himself.
For thirteen years the notorious conman and womanizer fools his guileless victims and tricks the authorities, embezzling millions and taking women’s hearts by storm. But when a stupid mistake trips him up, the time has come for confession – big-time confession.
With each revelation of intimate detail, an increasingly colorful figure emerges. From behind the mask of respected citizen Hans-Peter Stalder a whole slew of characters step out: the unscrupulous swindler, the love-hungry lady-killer, the remorseful family man… Nothing is what it seems. But everything is true. Almost everything. we
一名福利工作者 Hans-Peter Stalder 拥有自己获得幸福的密码。当他做出一个愚蠢的行为时，他才知道要去忏悔，花大把的时间去忏悔。 有些事情看起来没什么，但是当几乎所有的事情都已经发生了之后，你才意识到这些事情都是真的。
95 Min. – Directed by Scott Thomas – USA
95分钟 – 导演： Scott Thomas – 美国
Harvey Radford is a 40-year-old septic tank cleaner with a big heart who does all that he can to make his neighbors and community a better place to live in. A loner, not by choice, who would like someone in his life to settle down with an raise a family. One day his world turns upside down with the arrival of the town's new librarian, Vienna. As the two get to know one another, they form a friendship and ultimately fall in love with one another; the relationship nearly being destroyed by Harvey's abusive, alcoholic father. In the end, it's Harvey's sensitivity that wins Vienna's heart as the two begin a new life together.
Harvey Radford是一名四十岁的化粪池清理工，他有一副热心肠，做了许多工作，使邻居和整个社区获得更好的生活环境。他同时也是个孤独而且没有主见的人，没人愿意和他组成一个家庭。直到有一天，旁边图书馆Vienna的到来，他的世界被颠覆了。随着他们的互相了解，他们渐渐成为朋友并最终坠入爱河。
110 Min. – Directed by Andreas Arnstedt – Germany
110 分钟- 导演： Andreas Arnstedt – 德国
The Dispensables (Based on a true story) The tragic story being told in this movie is about an eleven year old child growing up in a lower working class family. The mothers alcoholism reached a level that brought her in a psychiatry ward for detoxification and the father, not really able to educate his child anyway, ends up committing suicide in the living room. The child tries to cover up the death of his father out of fear to be brought to an orphanage, so he spends two weeks with the corpse of his father. As he can behave more freely while on his own, he starts to develop features he disliked in his father and to treat his surroundings the same way. Not only the constant confrontation with the continually disintegrating corpse of his father, but also the social interactions with his girlfriend, his grandmother (the mother of the dead), his teacher and the neighbour put the boy close to his psychic and physical limits. Whenever he is feeling overwhelmed and helpless in a current situation, flashbacks are used to tell more about the lifes of his parents, being jobless and caught in a draining circle of alcohol, temporary jobs, dealing with authorities, aggression, hope and living on a social edge. Over and over again they put themselves back to together, attepting to lead a normal life, but ultimately failing because of prejudices, burocracy and even the own incapability to solve problems. The film is the portrait of a family without real chances, a family like so many others in our society, showing the dramatic effects on human interactions due to changes of the social situation. The persons in our story are living in circumstances where dream careers or highly paid jobs are out of reach, instead their life is a fight for sheer survival. The circumstances our characters are struggling in prove the propagated claim for social justice of your achievement-oriented society wrong."
《一次》根据真实故事改编。这部电影讲述了一个悲惨的故事，关于一个成长在下层工人阶级的十一岁小孩。孩子的妈妈酗酒过度，爸爸又不可能好好教育孩子，最终在客厅自杀。孩子想掩饰父亲的死亡，不然有可能因成为孤儿而被带到孤儿院。所以和和他父亲的尸体在一起度过了两个星期的时间……
105 分钟- 导演：Elizabeth Lucas – 美国
105 Min. – Directed by Elizabeth Lucas – USA
A montage of songs, collage and unconventional narrative style, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY explores self-discovery in the face of adversity. CBT follows the lives of eleven New Yorkers over the course of seven years, each year on a Tuesday in September, as they try to achieve the dreams that drew them to the city.
CBT was developed with eleven New York actor-singer-songwriters through an extended rehearsal process with director Elizabeth Lucas. Using personal journeys and improv as a springboard for developing fictional characters and narrative, the cast wrote the songs they sing. The resulting stories and songs are both fictional and intensely personal, exploring the difference between the goals we pursue and what makes us happy and how the expanding gap between the two becomes more visible against the backdrop of catastrophic world events.
宛如歌曲的剪辑，打破传统的的叙事风格。《阴霾晴朗的周二》在逆境中探索自我。《阴霾晴朗的周二》追踪十一个纽约人在过去七年中的生活，
