The Bus Trip short film selected for the iChill Manila International Film Festival

The Bus Trip short film selected for the iChill Manila International Film Festival

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Sarah is invited to show her film in Israel as part of a film festival bus trip.
She is hoping for political discussions and friendship, except the conversation stops each time she brings up the occupation of Palestine. So instead, Sarah talks to her dead dad over a noisy phone line.

Director Biography

Sarah Gampel is an independent animator from Stockholm, Sweden. She studied screenwriting in Copenhagen, as well as animation at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (SADA) and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her films tell personal stories that often relate to specific political issues. Her work has been shown at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, the La Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Cuba, as well as at film events in New York City, Givat Olga, and Ramallah.

Credits

  • Sarah Gampel
    Director
  • Sarah Gampel
    Writer
  • Sarah Gampel
    Producer
  • Alexandra Dahlstrom, Tomas Neumann
    Key Cast

Specifications

  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Bussresan
  • Film Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Autobiograpfical, Documentary, Animation, Political
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 30, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel, Palestine, State of, Sweden
  • Film Language:
    English, Polish, Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:85:1

Awards

  • Göteborg Film Festival
    Göteborg, Sweden
    January 31, 2016
    World Premiere
  • Sveriges kortfilm festival 2016
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    April 2, 2016
    Best Documentary, Best Student Film
  • Roma Doc, April
    Rome
    Italy
  • Winnipeg Underground Film Festival
    Canada
  • Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
    Palm Springs
    United States
  • FRAPA – The Porto Alegre Screenwriting Festival
    Brazil
  • Arroios Film Festival
    Lissbon
    Portugal
  • International Animated Film Festival Animator
    Poznan
    Poland
  • Cartoon Club Rimini 2016
    Italy
  • IndieEarth Animation Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
    August 20, 2016
  • FARCUME: Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Faro
    Faro
    Portugal
    August 27, 2016

Screening

FRIDAY 27 January 2017 at 10PM screening at iChill Manila International Film Festival

Festival director: Kuya Manzano

iChill Theater Cafe

1125 Dos Castillas st Sampaloc Manila

(Near UST hospital, behind McDo Lacson)