Festival O3 April 2, 2015

Istanbul Modern Cinema invites you to a short film marathon entitled Festival O³, merging three major short film festivals on a single day. With the “best of” selection from the Ottawa Animation Festival, which brought together the most talked about award-winning animations of 2014, and the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, the oldest short film festival in the world, the best shorts of 2014 will be screened in two colorful programs with scopes ranging from China to Argentina, from documentary to animation, and from narrative to experimental film. Mat Kirkby and James Lucas’s “The Phone Call”, starring Sally Hawkins, highlights the third program titled Oscar Shorts, a selection bringing together short films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards.

Oberhausen on Tour: “International Competition” and “MuVi” (13.00 – 15.00)
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, which has been continuing for over 50 years, is one of the most prestigious short film events in the world. This year’s “on Tour” program, which includes films from the Festival’s “International Competition”, will be on view within the scope of Festival O³, as well as a selection bringing together videos nominated for the “MuVi” Award for best music video made in Germany in 2014.Having hosted the first films of filmmakers such as Roman Polanski and George Lucas, the festival’s world tour program will visit 19 countries and 50 major cities, including Istanbul.

Best of Ottawa 2014, International Tour (17.00)
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest event of its kind in North America and takes place every September in Ottawa, Canada, with the participation of many world-renowned animation filmmakers. Istanbul Modern Cinema now hosts the selection “Best of Ottawa 2014,” which includes the winners of the festival’s official competition and crowd favorites.

Oscar Shorts: Live Action (19.00)
The program “Oscar Nominated Short Films” has been bringing Academy Award nominated shorts to theaters since 2006. This year the program tours the USA, Canada, and Europe and will also be on view at Istanbul Modern Cinema with the contribution of Shorts TV. The selection includes Oscar nominated Live Action Shorts and Animated Shorts.

Oberhausen on Tour: MuVi (13.00)

Aurat - Carmin | Markus Frohnhöfer | Germany | 2013 | 3’

Mouse on Mars - Cream Theme | Zeitguised | Germany | 2014 | 3’

Die Goldenen Zitronen – Der Investor | Katherina Duve, Timo Schirehorn, Ted Gaier| Germany | 2013 | 4’

Tim Neuhaus Ft. Kat Frankie – Easy or Not | Dietrich Brüggemann | Germany | 2013 | 4’

Jan Roth – Einundzwanzig | Martin Eichhorn, Daniel Spindler| Germany |2013 | 4’

Perera Elsewhere ft. Gonjasufi - Giddy | Pussykrew | Germany | 2013 | 4’

Diamon Version – Live Young | Diamond Version - TV | Germany | 2013 | 3’

Mary Ocher – No Lesson Learned | Mary Ocher, Tom Plate | Germany | 2013 | 3’

Beisspony – Terror of the District | Stephanie Müller | Germany | 2014 | 6’

Jan St. Werner – Transcendental Animal Numbers | Jan St. Werner | Germany | 2013 | 6’

Masahiro Miwa – Unserhaus For The New Era | Noriyuki Kimura | Germany | 2013 | 6’

Dagobert - Verstrahlt | Klaus Lemke | Germany | 2013 | 4’

Oberhausen on Tour: International Competition (15.00)

Returning to Aeolus Street | Epistrofi Stin Odo Aiolu | Maria Kourkouta | France, Greece | 2013 | 14’

Non-Euclidean Geometry | Neeuklidine Geometrija | Skirmanta Jakaite, Solveiga Masteikaite | Lithuania | 2013 | 11’

A Million Miles Away | Jennifer Reeder | USA | 2014 | 28’

Exorcize Me | Singapore | Ang Sookoon | 2013 | 3’

Gangster Backstage| Teboho Edkins | France, South Africa | 2013 | 37’

Best of Ottawa 2014: International Tour (17.00)

1000 Plateaus | Steven Woloshen | Canada | 2014 | 1’45”

Marilyn Myller | Mickey Please | United Kingdom | 2014 | 6’47”

Eager | Allison Schulnik | USA | 2014 | 7’

Butter Ya’Self | Julian Petschek | USA | 2014 | 7’

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos | Konstantin Bronzit | Russia | 2014 | 6’50”

The Pride of Strathmoor | Einar Baldvin | USA, Iceland | 2014 | 3’

Unity | Tobias Stretch | USA | 2014 | 7’

Things Don’t Fit | Tim Divall | United Kingdom | 2014 | 7’

Lesley The Pony Has an A+ Day | Christian Larrave | USA | 2014 | 4’

Oscar Shorts: Live Action (19.00)

AYA | Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun | Israel, France | 2012 | 39’

Boogaloo and Graham | Michael Lennox | United Kingdom | 2014 | 14’

La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak | Butter Lamp| Hu Wei | France, China | 2013 | 15’

Parvaneh | Talkhon Hamzavi | Switzerland | 2012 | 25’

The Phone Call | Mat Kirkby | United Kingdom | 2013 | 21’