"Lost and Found" is a film project for which six young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have each developed a short film on the theme of "generation". Together, these six short films make a whole cinema evening. Unique thereby is the selection of young directors, who are currently among the most talented in the Central and Eastern European region. Also special is that five of the short films (four short narrative films and one short documentary) are visually framed by an independent animation story. The filmmakers made their films with local producers in their home countries; postproduction was carried out in Germany. The theme "generation" is the thread running through the whole film. It mirrors a new selfunderstanding of young filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe. Traditions and national history are viewed in a new way and cinematically narrated. The concept of generation was not intended to neutralize the differences between the countries, but to create a fascinating frame for comparison. The stories were written in accordance with this thematic guideline especially for this project.
Festivals
2005 Int. Filmfestspiele Berlin Int. Forum (Premiere|Eröffnungsfilm)
2005 Belgrade Int. Film Festival 2005
2005 9. Sofia International Film Festival 2005
"THE BITTER CUP AWARD" of the Faculty for Journalism and Mass
Communication at the St. Kliment Okhridsky Sofia University
GRAND PRIX "SILVER SEAGULL" of the Jury of the Sofia International
Film Festival at the CoastInt. Film Festival Sofia 2005
2005 Filmtage Augsburg
2005 Skopje Int. Film Festival
2005 goEast|Wiesbaden
2005 Crossing Europe Festival Linz
2005 Int. Filmfestival Sarajevo
2005 Int. Filmfestival Edinburgh
2005 Umea Film Festival
2005 Europäische Kurzfilm Biennale Ludwigsburg
2005 Rio de Janeiro Film Festival
2005 Festival Int. du Cinéma au Féminin, Bordeaux
2005 Tage des Deutschen Films, Tiflis
2005 Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück
2005 Int. Film Festival Pusan
2005 Int. Film Festival Warschau
2005 Filmfestival Münster
2005 Ljubljana Film Festival
2005 Festival of European Films on Wheels, Ankara
2005 12. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
2005 Northern Lights Film Festival
2005 Int. Film Festival Thessaloniki
2005 Osteuropäische Filmtage Göttingen
2005 Black Nights Filmfestival Tallinn