GAB
Ani is a journalist who was charged by her diary to write an article about Ezra dead during an attack. For doing this, she organized an appointment with Lily, the sister of the deceased, in a pub. While she was waiting for her in the bar, she will make an unexpected meeting that will not leave her indifferent.
GAB counts 138 official selections and 91 awards :
- 59 times winner
- 16 times finalist
- 16 time semi-finalist
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Gazanfer BIRICIKDirector
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Gazanfer BIRICIKWriter
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LA VIE PARIGOProducer
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Sci-Fi, Drama, Short, Musical
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Runtime:10 minutes
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Completion Date:February 28, 2018
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Production Budget:45,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France
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Language:French
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:UHD
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Independent Shorts AwardLos Angeles
United States
August 12, 2018
Best Director (Male) -
ARRF InternationalBarcelone
Spain
March 9, 2018
Spain
Jury Award -
Vancouver Jewish Film CenterVancouver
United States
Vancouver
Semi Finalist -
Festival International SiciliaSicilia
Italy
May 11, 2018
Italy
Best Idea -
CKF International Film FestivalSwindon
United Kingdom
April 30, 2018
Best Director -
CKF International Film FestivalSwindon
United Kingdom
April 30, 2018
Best Actor (Male) -
Changing Face IFFSyndey
Australia
May 1, 2018
Australia
Best Short Drama -
Berlin Flash Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
April 27, 2018
Germany
Best long short -
Virgin Spring CineFestKolkata
Bangladesh
June 27, 2018
Bangladesh
Silver award - Best short -
Minefield Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
June 30, 2018
Diamond award - Best short film -
Best Short CompetitionLa Jolla (CA)
United States
July 6, 2018
Award of excellence - Short film -
Hollywood Horor filmfestHollywood
United States
August 8, 2018
Honorable Mention - Best short -
Hollywood new directorsHollywood
United States
July 15, 2018
Honorable mention - best director -
Eurasian Film FestivlaMoscow
Russian Federation
July 10, 2018
Semi Finalist -
Near Nazaret Film FestivalAfula
Israel
July 5, 2018
Semi Finalist -
Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF)Siracusa / Sicily
Italy
June 2, 2018
Finalist -
Silver Screen For Short FilmClearwater / Florida
United States
February 13, 2019
Official Selecion -
Auckland International Film FestivalAuckland
New Zealand
June 2, 2018
Official Selecion -
Gold Movie Awards Goddess NikeLondon
United Kingdom
January 11, 2019
Official Selecion -
Speak Up Film FestivalMatraville
New Zealand
May 20, 2018
Official Selecion -
Red Corner Film FestivalMalta
Malta
June 17, 2018
Official Selecion -
Rome Independant PrismaRome
Italy
April 15, 2018
Italy
Official Selecion -
Rome Elephant Film AwardsRome
Italy
May 4, 2018
Official Selecion -
International ShortsVictoria
Australia
October 1, 2018
Official Selecion -
SBE's Hamilton International Film FestivalHamilton (NY)
United States
July 27, 2018
Official Selecion -
Black Sunday Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
June 24, 2018
Official Selecion -
Cannes Short Film FestivalCannes
France
September 6, 2018
France
Official Selecion -
European Indenpendant Film AwardNew York
United States
July 28, 2018
Official Selecion -
Motion Picture Film festival (Mopiff)Abuja, Calgary Alberta
Nigeria
August 31, 2018
Nigeria
Official Selecion -
Philippe K. Dick Film Festival (NYC)New York
United States
December 31, 2018
Official Selecion -
5th Philippe K. Dick Film Festival (Lille)Lille
France
December 31, 2018
Official Selecion -
5° Firenze FilmCorti International FestivalFlorence
Italy
October 18, 2018
Official Selecion -
Shepperton Screenwriting FestivalShepperton
United Kingdom
December 8, 2018
Official Selecion -
Lake View Inernational Film FestivalMoga, Punjab
India
August 11, 2018
Official Selecion -
Trichy Film FestivalTrichy
India
August 15, 2018
Official Selecion -
CEBU International Film FestivalCebu
Philippines
September 18, 2018
Philippines
Official Selecion -
THE ARTISTS FORUMNew York
United States
October 11, 2018
Official Selection -
3rd International Short Film Festival Pune india 2018Maharashtra
India
September 27, 2018
Official selection -
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)Santa Monica - California
United States
August 31, 2018
Best Short Ibestff -
World of Film International Festival GlasgowGlasgow
United Kingdom
October 4, 2018
Semi finalist -
Aphrodite Film AwardsNew York City
United States
August 29, 2018
Finalist -
Directors Cut International Film FestivalVancouver
United States
October 28, 2018
Finalist -
London International Motion Picture Film awardsLondon
United Kingdom
May 22, 2019
London
Official selection -
Mystic Film FestivalMystic - Connecticut
United States
October 18, 2018
Mystic
Official selection -
Anatomy: Crime - Horror International Film FestivalAthens
Greece
October 31, 2018
Greece
Official selection -
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film FestivalHollywood
United States
January 26, 2019
Semi Finaist -
Cine Author VODMallorca
Spain
Official selection -
The Muskoka Independent Film FestivalRosseau Ontario
Canada
Canada
Official selection -
Indiecapitol film awardsCamp Springs Maryland
United States
Official selection -
Shorts in FestMallorca
Spain
Official selection -
International Manhattan Film FestivalNew York
United States
Official selection -
LA Film AwardsLos Angeles
United States
Official selection -
Hollywood Film CompetitionLos Angeles
United States
Semi Finalist -
International Sound & Film Music FestivalIstria County
Croatia
Croatia
Official selection
Distribution Information
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LA VIE PARIGOCountry: FranceRights: All Rights
Formation
Start in 2010 with Actor Studio in Paris in Acting International school.
From 2011 to 2012 played theater
From 2012 to 2014 improvement face to camera
In June 2014 he follows Luc Besson's Masterclass " film director"
Experience as comedian
From 2011 to 2016 he played in shorts for TV
Experience as director :
2018 - Director for the short "GAB" :
- 101 official selections
- 57 awards awards
- 37 times winner
- 08 times finalist
- 12 times semi-finalist
2016 - Director for the short "The Heartthrob" :
- 29 official selections
- 15 awards
- 3 times finalist
- 3 times semi-finalist
2015 - Director for the short "Je suis un geste aurait suffi"
- 1 official selection
2014 - Director for the short "L'amour est dans la ferme"
2013 - Director for the short "13"
- 3 official selections
- 1 time finalist
2013 - Director for the web serie "N.Ewsar" - 3 episodes
2012 - Director for the short "Et maintenant on va où"
- 1 official selection
About the Director :
Born in Saint-Dié-Des-Vosges on April 15th, 1977, in 2010 he took courses of Actor Studio at Acting International in Paris until June 2011 before moving towards the end of 2011 towards a more advanced theatrical training with Jacky Sigaux known from the "Café de la Gare" where he met great names like Coluche, Miou-Miou, P. Dewaere, Desprosges or Romain Bouteille. During this experience he also perfects the writing.
At the end of 2012, he attended camera development courses with J. Genevray until February 2014, when he decided to put an end to this experience by declining a role in his feature film project.
He follows a Masterclass of Realization with Luc Besson in June 2014 at the Cité du Cinéma, it is at this moment that he becomes aware that this area suits him more than the others. Before this Masterclass Gazanfer had already made 8 short films.
It is however with the short film "GAB" realized in 2018 that Gazanfer manages to seduce the international festivals, and wins 55 awards in total for 95 selections until the end of November 2018. On the strength of this success the festivals ask him also the film " The Tombeur / The Heartthrob "he directed in 2015. The latter won 18 prizes for 27 selections from July to the end of November 2018.
Currently he is working on several projects of feature film and TV series, drama and science fiction, in collaboration with personalities of the French and international audiovisual landscape.
To help people who are new to the art world, he decided to develop the "Le Court.Mov" concept, which is still in the process of perfecting.
I am convinced that cinema is the only way to make people aware that to live together in peace it's not a dream but something possible if each one do the first step. Without taking care of however people's faith, religion, view, culture, ideology, ethnical group, or from where they are.
I have a dream : " Peace all around the world !"
Concerning the short GAB my note of intent :
"Around me we reproved (blamed) the lie, but we fled carefully the truth." Simone de Beauvoir - French novelist & philosopher
Even if this beautiful quote by Simone de Beauvoir could perfectly sum up the theme addressed in Gab, we must admit that the film goes much further.
Nowadays, society, consciously or otherwise, is accustomed, chained up with denial. The reason is perhaps that it is more pleasant to evade one's responsibilities by ignoring the sources of a problem than to assume its consequences.
Being aware of a discomfort may not help to avoid the consequences but can avoid the worst.
Gab exposes a problem in those days, terrorism, try to treat it philosophically while taking into account the different points of view that result.
On the one hand, there is the vision of a society out of the problem, on the other the cry of the broken, and at the center the victim, society as a whole.
When dealing with this kind of theme, you have to know how to jostle, apologize and reconcile.
By providing eloquent examples, whatever his point of view, we push the public to think, and in fact we must provide some elements of response. Our proposals must be based on universal values such as the tree of life. The peculiarity of this symbol is that it is common to all convictions.
In the end this mixture of values and reflections must lead to a balance, a conclusion that should make everyone agree.
Gab is a colorful film and to appreciate it must put aside all the preconceived ideas that everyone, whatever his point of view, could have. The challenge was great, hoping that the result would be the same.