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What It Takes

Director

Akkim Lee

Writer

Akkim Lee

Producer

Laura Stockton

Key Cast

Katie Schwartz Inherent Vice
Paulo Tocha Blood Spor

Short - 20 minutes - United States - 2015

SYNOPSIS : What It Takes is a celebration of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Judo, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling and all other forms of combat that has transformed the life of countless individuals.

FILM WEBSITE : http://www.whatittakes-movie.net/

The Sun Devil and the Princess

Director

Steven Ayromlooi

Writer

Steven Ayromlooi

Producer

Alex Villareal

Key Cast

Evan Parke Peter Jackson's King Kong, Django Unchained, Alias
Mandy Amano Coyote Ugly, Crank 2
Tony Todd Transfomers, Candyman, The Rock

Short - 29 minutes - United States - 2014

SYNOPSIS : The realm is embroiled in war between the two Goddesses. The Evil Queen, Goddess of the Moon, has captured Princess Kyoko – a devout follower and one of the last in the realm pure enough to hold counsel with the Sun Goddess. Without her, defeat is inevitable. But a mysterious warrior, of the fabled Ashikage clan, has miraculously rescued the Princess from the Queen’s impenetrable fortress.

FILM WEBSITE : http://www.sundevilfilm.com/

Antoine And The Heroes

Director

PATRICK BAGOT

Writer

PATRICK BAGOT

Producer

ALAIN MARIE

Key Cast

CESAR DEL GIUDICE
PHILIPPE REYNO
LIINA BRUNELLE

Short - 20 minutes - France - 2012

SYNOPSIS :We are in the 70s. Antoine, a b-film craze teenager, doesn’t want to miss the last session of two movies with his heroes. One room of the movie theatre shows a horror movie with his favorite actress, Angela Steele. The other one, a karate movie with his star actor, Jim Kelly. Running from one room to the other, Antoine falls, hits his head and looses consciousness.
In his subconscious, the two films will become one strange feature where his two heroes will meet… for the last time.

Monopolis II - The City of Swords

Directors

Erik Wessel

Writers

Erik Frisch

Producers

Stripe AS

Animation short - 13 minutes - Norway - 2014

SYNOPSIS : This is a surrealistic vision of a future architectonic structure with reference to among others Fritz Lang and Salvador Dali. The film shows a beautiful place in which it is perilous to stay. The structure consists of razor-sharp columns, shaped like swords.
As such, it illustrates the classic contrast between beauty and evil.

FILM WEBSITE : http://www.erikwessel.com/

Our weapon is our tongue

Director

CRISTIÁN CARTIER BALLVÉ

Writers

CRISTIÁN CARTIER BALLVÉ
MARTINA SANTOLO

Producers

MARTINA SANTOLO
MARTIN LONGO

Animation short - 15 minutes - Argentina - 2013

SYNOPSIS : When he discovers his community has been destroyed and his wife kidnapped, Marcos embarks himself upon an extraordinary adventure to rescue her.

FILM WEBSITE : http://www.nanl.com.ar/

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The Thin Line That

Defines

Director

Christopher Marasigan

Writer

Jerking Pingol

Producers

Ellen Ang
Christopher Marasigan
Mark Robert Rosales

Key Cast

Wushu Discovery
Shaolin Hung Fut Kung Fu

Short doc - 5 minutes - Philippines - 2012

SYNOPSIS : Martial arts is an endless cycle of search and discovery.
A deep well of philosophy and journey.
Which is the beginning? Which is the end? Which is the point that connects all points?

Power

Director

Jeanny Gering

Producer

Alexander Wasielewski

Music

Mekaal Hasan

Short doc - 19 minutes - Germany - 2014

SYNOPSIS : If you want to survive, as a woman in 2014, you have to know how to fight.” Debi Steven was raped at the age of 11. It took her another ten years, to speak about what had happened to her, but the event influenced her life for ever.

FILM WEBSITE : http://www.jeannygering.com/film

Budô

Director

Daniel Guerra

Writer

Daniel Guerra

Producers

Daniel Guerra
Luiz da Franca

Key Cast

Toshihiko Tsutsumi
Toshinobu Endo
Patrick Bonaly

Short doc - 14 minutes - Brazil - 2014

SYNOPSIS :“BUDÔ” is the philosophy that guides all the japanese martial arts and value more the human character formation above its physical training. Today, Martial Arts are treated as self-defense and figthing systems: a very obsolete and inaproppriate vision of it.

Malek Means Angel

Director

Lea Hjort Mathiesen

Key Cast

Malek Hannachi
Yassmine Ayari
Habib Laabidi

Short doc - 27 minutes - Denmark - 2014

SYNOPSIS : With the smile of an angel and the will of a warrior, Malek is far from an average eleven year old girl. Striving to one day become a professional fencer, she spends every day training alongside her best friend Yassmine in a working class neighbourhood in Tunis.

Iranian Ninja

Director

Marja Riahi

Producer

DEFC

Cinematographer

Mahnaz Mohammadi

Short doc - 30 minutes - Iran - 2014

SYNOPSIS : In the heart of Tehran, a community of female ninjas is kicking butt and changing lives. Led by the charismatic Khatereh, these martial arts enthusiasts teach young girls how to twirl nunchucks, launch dropkicks and break the bonds of their patriarchal society. With its eye-popping fight scenes and intimate character portraits, Iranian Ninja is an urgent dispatch from the frontlines of self-defence.

This documentary recounts the challenges, difficulties and obstacles for Iranian women that engage in sports "Ninjutsu", to narrate Iran's first female ninja "Khatereh Jalilzadeh".