Festival 2009The Amount of Small Things

THE AMOUNT OF SMALL THINGS PRIMA ZI DE ŞCOALĂ
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
View Trailer THE AMOUNT OF SMALL THINGS PRIMA ZI DE ŞCOALĂ Der die das Sophie Narr Germany 2008 92 min. Director / Editor: Sophie Narr Photography: Anne Misselwitz Production Company: Anja Stanislawski / HFF Konrad Wolf World Distribution & Sales: Rise And Shine World Sales Address: Anja Stanislawski / HFF Konrad Wolf, Marlene Dietrich Allee, 11, Potsdam, 14482, Germany Tel./ Fax: 0049033162020 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	SOPHIE NARR Film and video editor for various production companies. Screenwriting studies. Editor video şi de film pentru diferite case de producţie de film. Studii de dramaturgie.


	Awards / Premii
	Cinematography Award, Next Reel Film Festival, 2007 Best School of Cinema Production, Asolo Art Film Festival, 2007

Synopsis / Sinopsis

The first grade in school – the year when childhood becomes both beautiful, and hard. The film follows four children from Germany, from families of different nationalities. Laethicia, Sanita, Fuat and Bright are seven and, for the first time in their lives, crawl away from the protection of their families and confront a world where competition and discipline dictate. Obstacles arise from all sides – the pages of the textbooks and the challenges with the colleagues – and joys seem to arise solely from breaks and vacations. The small ones are followed step by step, in class as they read, calculate or draw, as well as during talks or in breaks. The rigours of school prove to be quite harsh for the children of immigrant families, and the children seem trapped. Who of them will be present next year, in the photo of second-graders, and who will remain in the first grade? A ballad about childhood and the great small things that matter.

Clasa întâi la şcoală – anul când copilăria devine şi frumoasă, şi grea. Filmul îi urmăreşte pe patru copii din Germania, provenind din familii de naţionalităţi diferite. Laethicia, Sanita, Fuat şi Bright au şapte ani şi, pentru prima oară în viaţa lor, ies de sub aripa familiei şi se confruntă cu lumea unde competiţia şi disciplina sunt reguli de bază. Obstacolele se ivesc de peste tot – din filele manualelor sau din înfruntările cu colegii – iar bucuriile par să existe doar în pauze şi în vacanţe. Micuţii sunt urmăriţi pas cu pas, la ore, când citesc, fac socoteli sau desenează, precum şi la discuţii şi în recreaţii. Rigorile şcolii se dovedesc destul de dure pentru copiii care provin din familii de emigranţi, iar micuţii se simt în curând ca prinşi într-o cursă. Cine dintre ei va fi prezent, la începutul anului următor, în fotografia cu elevii clasei a doua şi cine va rămâne tot în clasa întâi? Un poem despre copilărie şi marile lucruri mici care contează.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Monday 26 - Hall A - 15h30 / Luni 26 - Sala A - 15h30
Saturday 31 - Hall B - 13h20 / Sâmbătă 31 - Hall B - 13h20

Films in Student Competition / Filme in Competitie - Student
7109 KM , Marcin Filipowicz, Poland
THE AMOUNT OF SMALL THINGS , Sophie Narr, Germany
BALKAN'S DIGEST , Ionut Piturescu, Romania
COUNTING LAMBS , Nico Sommer, Germany
THE CROSS , Anna Tokareva, Russia
DOING THE NORWAY , Gry Elisabeth Mortensen, Norway
ENDURING LIFE , Brechtye Boeke, The Netherlands
ETHNOSCAPE , Linda Paganelli, UK
FAMILY 068 , Toni Edo & Ruben Margallo, Spain
GAUCHOS: IF YOU DON'T GET ON, YOU WON'T FALL OFF , Jana Richter, Germany
HEALTH BUS AT THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT , Favre Laurence, Switzerland
ME AND MY LIFE WITHOUT SOME THINGS , Piperkoski Ilija, Romania
MODEL CITIZENS , Rebecca Whyte, UK
NO ES FÁCIL - CHILDREN OF CHE GUEVARA , Jacob Reinhart, Germany
ONCE UPON A TRAIN , Rosca Madalina & Vlad Petri, UK
THE PROZE OF TIME , Danilceac Oleg, Moldavia
RAPRESENT , Ivana Todorovic, Serbia
SOMEBODY LIKE ME , Ashley Shuyler, USA
UNTIL THE TIME COMES… , Zoltan Csubrilo, Hungary
WAITING FOR WOMEN , Estephan Wagner, UK
WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T RUSH , Matej Bobrik, Poland
WORLD NUMBER 2 , Jakub Vansa, Czech Republic

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

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