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GERMAN
COMPETITION
Collective Loneliness:
In the first program of the German competition, we are confronted with the phenomenon of collective loneliness, which accompanies individuals in various life situations and is situated within a larger societal context. To what extent does our freedom of choice extend to living as we wish, or are we ultimately trapped within our social bubbles?
Flowerboy
Germany
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2022
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9
Min
Regie:
Nicolas Schönberger, Thomas Hütte
Produktion:
Yannic Kreß
"Flowers are like people. Take care of them and they will blossom." To Flowerboy his customers' feelings are an open book. For every emotion he got the proper flower in store. Yet, as he effortlessly fills other peoples' vases his own remains empty. Only when a customer gifts a flower to him, Flowerboy must concede what he denied so far: his inability to feel. He must become his own vase's flower. A realization that takes him on a journey... And a tender feeling is what remains in the end.
"Flowers are like people. Take care of them and they will blossom." To Flowerboy his customers' feelings are an open book. For every emotion he got the proper flower in store. Yet, as he effortlessly fills other peoples' vases his own remains empty. Only when a customer gifts a flower to him, Flowerboy must concede what he denied so far: his inability to feel. He must become his own vase's flower. A realization that takes him on a journey... And a tender feeling is what remains in the end.
Flowerboy
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
Flowerboy
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
Regie:
Nicolas Schönberger, Thomas Hütte
Produktion:
Yannic Kreß
"Flowers are like people. Take care of them and they will blossom." To Flowerboy his customers' feelings are an open book. For every emotion he got the proper flower in store. Yet, as he effortlessly fills other peoples' vases his own remains empty. Only when a customer gifts a flower to him, Flowerboy must concede what he denied so far: his inability to feel. He must become his own vase's flower. A realization that takes him on a journey... And a tender feeling is what remains in the end.
"Flowers are like people. Take care of them and they will blossom." To Flowerboy his customers' feelings are an open book. For every emotion he got the proper flower in store. Yet, as he effortlessly fills other peoples' vases his own remains empty. Only when a customer gifts a flower to him, Flowerboy must concede what he denied so far: his inability to feel. He must become his own vase's flower. A realization that takes him on a journey... And a tender feeling is what remains in the end.
Flowerboy
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
St. Mickeyland
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
Regie:
Ulu Braun
Produktion:
Ulu Braun
Welcome to St. Mickeyland! In painting-like tableaus, a reservation inhabited by cartoon and media icons is displayed. The assembled characters are in search of meaning in life, reflecting on their creation in the honeypot of capital. While Snow White learns stand-up paddling, Winnie the Pooh gives birth to a descendant, adding a dash of humanity to the fictional shell.
Welcome to St. Mickeyland! In painting-like tableaus, a reservation inhabited by cartoon and media icons is displayed. The assembled characters are in search of meaning in life, reflecting on their creation in the honeypot of capital. While Snow White learns stand-up paddling, Winnie the Pooh gives birth to a descendant, adding a dash of humanity to the fictional shell.
St. Mickeyland
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
St. Mickeyland
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
Regie:
Ulu Braun
Produktion:
Ulu Braun
Welcome to St. Mickeyland! In painting-like tableaus, a reservation inhabited by cartoon and media icons is displayed. The assembled characters are in search of meaning in life, reflecting on their creation in the honeypot of capital. While Snow White learns stand-up paddling, Winnie the Pooh gives birth to a descendant, adding a dash of humanity to the fictional shell.
Welcome to St. Mickeyland! In painting-like tableaus, a reservation inhabited by cartoon and media icons is displayed. The assembled characters are in search of meaning in life, reflecting on their creation in the honeypot of capital. While Snow White learns stand-up paddling, Winnie the Pooh gives birth to a descendant, adding a dash of humanity to the fictional shell.
St. Mickeyland
Germany
|
2023
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13
Min
PARADISE EUROPE
Germany, Brazil
|
2023
|
17
Min
Regie:
Leandro Goddinho
Produktion:
Leandro Goddinho
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
PARADISE EUROPE
Germany, Brazil
|
2023
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17
Min
PARADISE EUROPE
Germany, Brazil
|
2023
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17
Min
Regie:
Leandro Goddinho
Produktion:
Leandro Goddinho
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
PARADISE EUROPE
Germany, Brazil
|
2023
|
17
Min
GONZO
Germany
|
2023
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4
Min
Regie:
Jannis Lenz
Produktion:
Jannis Lenz
Gonzo is a polar bear, born in the wrong body. He must find the confidence and courage in himself to overcome the ignorance and violence of others.
Gonzo is a polar bear, born in the wrong body. He must find the confidence and courage in himself to overcome the ignorance and violence of others.
GONZO
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
GONZO
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
Regie:
Jannis Lenz
Produktion:
Jannis Lenz
Gonzo is a polar bear, born in the wrong body. He must find the confidence and courage in himself to overcome the ignorance and violence of others.
Gonzo is a polar bear, born in the wrong body. He must find the confidence and courage in himself to overcome the ignorance and violence of others.
GONZO
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
A Distant Figure
Germany
|
2023
|
15
Min
Regie:
Ramón Durman
Produktion:
Kim Höver, Moritz Moessinger
A sudden act of violence causes a deep rift between two colleagues at the city cleaning service, who are forced to spend one last night shift together. Karl shies away from the loneliness of his imminent retirement, whereas for Sarah work symbolizes her independence.
A sudden act of violence causes a deep rift between two colleagues at the city cleaning service, who are forced to spend one last night shift together. Karl shies away from the loneliness of his imminent retirement, whereas for Sarah work symbolizes her independence.
A Distant Figure
Germany
|
2023
|
15
Min
A Distant Figure
Germany
|
2023
|
15
Min
Regie:
Ramón Durman
Produktion:
Kim Höver, Moritz Moessinger
A sudden act of violence causes a deep rift between two colleagues at the city cleaning service, who are forced to spend one last night shift together. Karl shies away from the loneliness of his imminent retirement, whereas for Sarah work symbolizes her independence.
A sudden act of violence causes a deep rift between two colleagues at the city cleaning service, who are forced to spend one last night shift together. Karl shies away from the loneliness of his imminent retirement, whereas for Sarah work symbolizes her independence.
A Distant Figure
Germany
|
2023
|
15
Min
A woman in Makueni
Germany
|
2022
|
14
Min
Regie:
Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina
Produktion:
Kirill Krasovski
She is in prison, waiting. But he has a long way to travel and arrives too late. He wanders through the strange city, lost, until he meets a woman who is willing to help him with some gentle magic.
She is in prison, waiting. But he has a long way to travel and arrives too late. He wanders through the strange city, lost, until he meets a woman who is willing to help him with some gentle magic.
A woman in Makueni
Germany
|
2022
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14
Min
A woman in Makueni
Germany
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2022
|
14
Min
Regie:
Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina
Produktion:
Kirill Krasovski
She is in prison, waiting. But he has a long way to travel and arrives too late. He wanders through the strange city, lost, until he meets a woman who is willing to help him with some gentle magic.
She is in prison, waiting. But he has a long way to travel and arrives too late. He wanders through the strange city, lost, until he meets a woman who is willing to help him with some gentle magic.
A woman in Makueni
Germany
|
2022
|
14
Min
Mechanical Resonance
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
Regie:
Juejun Chen
Produktion:
Juejun Chen (Juejun Chen)
The dance training from the filmmakers childhood, imprinted in her body's postures, often brings back memories of that time. By watching the dance tutorial videos shared by countless dance teachers on the internet today, she seems to have captured some of the reasons that caused her body to strongly resist and eventually led her to stop dancing.
The dance training from the filmmakers childhood, imprinted in her body's postures, often brings back memories of that time. By watching the dance tutorial videos shared by countless dance teachers on the internet today, she seems to have captured some of the reasons that caused her body to strongly resist and eventually led her to stop dancing.
Mechanical Resonance
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
Mechanical Resonance
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
Regie:
Juejun Chen
Produktion:
Juejun Chen (Juejun Chen)
The dance training from the filmmakers childhood, imprinted in her body's postures, often brings back memories of that time. By watching the dance tutorial videos shared by countless dance teachers on the internet today, she seems to have captured some of the reasons that caused her body to strongly resist and eventually led her to stop dancing.
The dance training from the filmmakers childhood, imprinted in her body's postures, often brings back memories of that time. By watching the dance tutorial videos shared by countless dance teachers on the internet today, she seems to have captured some of the reasons that caused her body to strongly resist and eventually led her to stop dancing.
Mechanical Resonance
Germany
|
2023
|
4
Min
GERMAN
COMPETITION
Oh, Germany:
In the second program block, "Oh, Germany," we focus on a central piece of German history – the divided Germany – and ask ourselves what relevance it still holds for us today. These are perspectives from the past, but also from the present, always with a clear eye on the future.
The Lost Dog
Germany
|
2022
|
6
Min
Regie:
Sven O. Hill
Produktion:
Sven O. Hill (Salto Film)
1985, in divided Berlin: a dog from West Berlin is curious to find out what is hidden behind the Wall. The dog runs away from home and sets off for East Berlin, but he has not reckoned with the tenacity of the GDR border guards.
1985, in divided Berlin: a dog from West Berlin is curious to find out what is hidden behind the Wall. The dog runs away from home and sets off for East Berlin, but he has not reckoned with the tenacity of the GDR border guards.
The Lost Dog
Germany
|
2022
|
6
Min
The Lost Dog
Germany
|
2022
|
6
Min
Regie:
Sven O. Hill
Produktion:
Sven O. Hill (Salto Film)
1985, in divided Berlin: a dog from West Berlin is curious to find out what is hidden behind the Wall. The dog runs away from home and sets off for East Berlin, but he has not reckoned with the tenacity of the GDR border guards.
1985, in divided Berlin: a dog from West Berlin is curious to find out what is hidden behind the Wall. The dog runs away from home and sets off for East Berlin, but he has not reckoned with the tenacity of the GDR border guards.
The Lost Dog
Germany
|
2022
|
6
Min
Afraid doesn't exist
Germany
|
2023
|
31
Min
Regie:
Anna Zett
Produktion:
Anna Zett
Anna Zett collages forgotten footage from the Berlin Archive of the GDR Opposition into a pulsating and poetic short thriller. A now defunct police state is made tangible both as a source of nebulous horror, and as a site of intimate political agency.
Anna Zett collages forgotten footage from the Berlin Archive of the GDR Opposition into a pulsating and poetic short thriller. A now defunct police state is made tangible both as a source of nebulous horror, and as a site of intimate political agency.
Afraid doesn't exist
Germany
|
2023
|
31
Min
Afraid doesn't exist
Germany
|
2023
|
31
Min
Regie:
Anna Zett
Produktion:
Anna Zett
Anna Zett collages forgotten footage from the Berlin Archive of the GDR Opposition into a pulsating and poetic short thriller. A now defunct police state is made tangible both as a source of nebulous horror, and as a site of intimate political agency.
Anna Zett collages forgotten footage from the Berlin Archive of the GDR Opposition into a pulsating and poetic short thriller. A now defunct police state is made tangible both as a source of nebulous horror, and as a site of intimate political agency.
Afraid doesn't exist
Germany
|
2023
|
31
Min
Make or Break
Germany
|
2022
|
8
Min
Regie:
Falk Schuster, Mike Plitt
Produktion:
Alexander Lahl
Alex wächst in der DDR-Zeit bei seiner alleinerziehenden Mutter auf. Als seine Mutter den Staat öffentlich kritisiert, beschließt das Jugendamt, Alex in ein Kinderheim zu schicken. Er sehnt sich nach seiner Familie und unternimmt mehrere Fluchtversuche. Zur Strafe wird er in eine Jugendstrafanstalt eingewiesen. Alex muss sich gegen Erzieher und Mitgefangene behaupten. Nach seiner Entlassung ist für ihn klar: Nie wieder wird er dorthin zurückkehren. Als er schließlich ein zweites Mal nach Torgau geschickt wird, überkommen ihn plötzlich dunkle Gedanken...Alex grows up in the GDR era with his single mother. When his mother publicly criticises the state, the youth welfare authorities decide to send Alex to a children's home. Once there, the eleven-year-old no longer understands the world. He longs for his family and makes several attempts to escape. As punishment, he is sent to a Detention Centre. Alex has to stand up to both the educators as well as his fellow inmates. After his release, it was clear to him: never again will he return there. When he eventually is sent to Torgau for a second time he suddenly is overcome by dark thoughts...
Alex wächst in der DDR-Zeit bei seiner alleinerziehenden Mutter auf. Als seine Mutter den Staat öffentlich kritisiert, beschließt das Jugendamt, Alex in ein Kinderheim zu schicken. Er sehnt sich nach seiner Familie und unternimmt mehrere Fluchtversuche. Zur Strafe wird er in eine Jugendstrafanstalt eingewiesen. Alex muss sich gegen Erzieher und Mitgefangene behaupten. Nach seiner Entlassung ist für ihn klar: Nie wieder wird er dorthin zurückkehren. Als er schließlich ein zweites Mal nach Torgau geschickt wird, überkommen ihn plötzlich dunkle Gedanken...Alex grows up in the GDR era with his single mother. When his mother publicly criticises the state, the youth welfare authorities decide to send Alex to a children's home. Once there, the eleven-year-old no longer understands the world. He longs for his family and makes several attempts to escape. As punishment, he is sent to a Detention Centre. Alex has to stand up to both the educators as well as his fellow inmates. After his release, it was clear to him: never again will he return there. When he eventually is sent to Torgau for a second time he suddenly is overcome by dark thoughts...
Make or Break
Germany
|
2022
|
8
Min
Make or Break
Germany
|
2022
|
8
Min
Regie:
Falk Schuster, Mike Plitt
Produktion:
Alexander Lahl
Alex wächst in der DDR-Zeit bei seiner alleinerziehenden Mutter auf. Als seine Mutter den Staat öffentlich kritisiert, beschließt das Jugendamt, Alex in ein Kinderheim zu schicken. Er sehnt sich nach seiner Familie und unternimmt mehrere Fluchtversuche. Zur Strafe wird er in eine Jugendstrafanstalt eingewiesen. Alex muss sich gegen Erzieher und Mitgefangene behaupten. Nach seiner Entlassung ist für ihn klar: Nie wieder wird er dorthin zurückkehren. Als er schließlich ein zweites Mal nach Torgau geschickt wird, überkommen ihn plötzlich dunkle Gedanken...Alex grows up in the GDR era with his single mother. When his mother publicly criticises the state, the youth welfare authorities decide to send Alex to a children's home. Once there, the eleven-year-old no longer understands the world. He longs for his family and makes several attempts to escape. As punishment, he is sent to a Detention Centre. Alex has to stand up to both the educators as well as his fellow inmates. After his release, it was clear to him: never again will he return there. When he eventually is sent to Torgau for a second time he suddenly is overcome by dark thoughts...
Alex wächst in der DDR-Zeit bei seiner alleinerziehenden Mutter auf. Als seine Mutter den Staat öffentlich kritisiert, beschließt das Jugendamt, Alex in ein Kinderheim zu schicken. Er sehnt sich nach seiner Familie und unternimmt mehrere Fluchtversuche. Zur Strafe wird er in eine Jugendstrafanstalt eingewiesen. Alex muss sich gegen Erzieher und Mitgefangene behaupten. Nach seiner Entlassung ist für ihn klar: Nie wieder wird er dorthin zurückkehren. Als er schließlich ein zweites Mal nach Torgau geschickt wird, überkommen ihn plötzlich dunkle Gedanken...Alex grows up in the GDR era with his single mother. When his mother publicly criticises the state, the youth welfare authorities decide to send Alex to a children's home. Once there, the eleven-year-old no longer understands the world. He longs for his family and makes several attempts to escape. As punishment, he is sent to a Detention Centre. Alex has to stand up to both the educators as well as his fellow inmates. After his release, it was clear to him: never again will he return there. When he eventually is sent to Torgau for a second time he suddenly is overcome by dark thoughts...
Make or Break
Germany
|
2022
|
8
Min
THIS LONG BREATH, CONCERNING BEATE'S SHOP
Germany
|
2023
|
21
Min
Regie:
Olaf Held
Produktion:
Ralf Glaser (Chemnitzer Filmwerkstatt E.V.)
Erzgebirge mountains, 1992. A stolen car is abandoned in the forest and Jana needs a bowl. Beate opens her shop, which hardly anyone notices. Then there's Nina with the computer screen. Steffen travels across the country with new products, and Jan struggles with his job-creation scheme. Why did Lotta steal the car? A memoir with gaps.
Erzgebirge mountains, 1992. A stolen car is abandoned in the forest and Jana needs a bowl. Beate opens her shop, which hardly anyone notices. Then there's Nina with the computer screen. Steffen travels across the country with new products, and Jan struggles with his job-creation scheme. Why did Lotta steal the car? A memoir with gaps.
THIS LONG BREATH, CONCERNING BEATE'S SHOP
Germany
|
2023
|
21
Min
THIS LONG BREATH, CONCERNING BEATE'S SHOP
Germany
|
2023
|
21
Min
Regie:
Olaf Held
Produktion:
Ralf Glaser (Chemnitzer Filmwerkstatt E.V.)
Erzgebirge mountains, 1992. A stolen car is abandoned in the forest and Jana needs a bowl. Beate opens her shop, which hardly anyone notices. Then there's Nina with the computer screen. Steffen travels across the country with new products, and Jan struggles with his job-creation scheme. Why did Lotta steal the car? A memoir with gaps.
Erzgebirge mountains, 1992. A stolen car is abandoned in the forest and Jana needs a bowl. Beate opens her shop, which hardly anyone notices. Then there's Nina with the computer screen. Steffen travels across the country with new products, and Jan struggles with his job-creation scheme. Why did Lotta steal the car? A memoir with gaps.
THIS LONG BREATH, CONCERNING BEATE'S SHOP
Germany
|
2023
|
21
Min
CHEMKIDS
Germany
|
2022
|
27
Min
Regie:
Julius Gintaras Blum
Produktion:
Leon Harms
While the youth of Chemnitz are looking for their way into adulthood, the former GDR industrial metropolis is struggling to guide them along their way.
While the youth of Chemnitz are looking for their way into adulthood, the former GDR industrial metropolis is struggling to guide them along their way.
CHEMKIDS
Germany
|
2022
|
27
Min
CHEMKIDS
Germany
|
2022
|
27
Min
Regie:
Julius Gintaras Blum
Produktion:
Leon Harms
While the youth of Chemnitz are looking for their way into adulthood, the former GDR industrial metropolis is struggling to guide them along their way.
While the youth of Chemnitz are looking for their way into adulthood, the former GDR industrial metropolis is struggling to guide them along their way.
CHEMKIDS
Germany
|
2022
|
27
Min
GERMAN
COMPETITION
(R)Evolution:
The third program, "(R)Evolution," navigates between aspects of the unstoppable evolution and the inevitable revolution, aiming not only to comprehend facts but also to enact change. Processes of disintegration occur here, sometimes gradually, sometimes unexpectedly, sometimes as an unavoidable consequence.
The Waiting
Germany
|
2023
|
16
Min
Regie:
Volker Schlecht
Produktion:
Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch, Volker Schlecht
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and returns, the frogs are gone. All of them. Karen sets out to find them – and encounters a horrible truth.
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and returns, the frogs are gone. All of them. Karen sets out to find them – and encounters a horrible truth.
The Waiting
Germany
|
2023
|
16
Min
The Waiting
Germany
|
2023
|
16
Min
Regie:
Volker Schlecht
Produktion:
Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch, Volker Schlecht
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and returns, the frogs are gone. All of them. Karen sets out to find them – and encounters a horrible truth.
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and returns, the frogs are gone. All of them. Karen sets out to find them – and encounters a horrible truth.
The Waiting
Germany
|
2023
|
16
Min
January, 28 -30
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
Regie:
Jan Peters
Produktion:
Jan Peters
An excerpt from Jan Peters' feature film ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (2022): A recovered bag of unexposed and partially overlaid analog film material becomes the occasion to expose a three-minute roll of 16mm or Super 8 film every day for a month and record just as much commentary text... until the end of the roll always cuts off the words mid-sentence after three minutes.
An excerpt from Jan Peters' feature film ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (2022): A recovered bag of unexposed and partially overlaid analog film material becomes the occasion to expose a three-minute roll of 16mm or Super 8 film every day for a month and record just as much commentary text... until the end of the roll always cuts off the words mid-sentence after three minutes.
January, 28 -30
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
January, 28 -30
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
Regie:
Jan Peters
Produktion:
Jan Peters
An excerpt from Jan Peters' feature film ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (2022): A recovered bag of unexposed and partially overlaid analog film material becomes the occasion to expose a three-minute roll of 16mm or Super 8 film every day for a month and record just as much commentary text... until the end of the roll always cuts off the words mid-sentence after three minutes.
An excerpt from Jan Peters' feature film ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (2022): A recovered bag of unexposed and partially overlaid analog film material becomes the occasion to expose a three-minute roll of 16mm or Super 8 film every day for a month and record just as much commentary text... until the end of the roll always cuts off the words mid-sentence after three minutes.
January, 28 -30
Germany
|
2022
|
9
Min
The Currency - Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie
Germany, Taiwan, Togo
|
2023
|
16
Min
Regie:
Gregor Kasper, Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying
Produktion:
Gregor Kasper, Patrick Atakpa Ayele-Yawou
An experimental poetic investigation of one of the world's largest e-waste recycling sites: Agbogbloshie. A contact zone of complex global economic, social, power-political, & technological processes.
An experimental poetic investigation of one of the world's largest e-waste recycling sites: Agbogbloshie. A contact zone of complex global economic, social, power-political, & technological processes.
The Currency - Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie
Germany, Taiwan, Togo
|
2023
|
16
Min
The Currency - Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie
Germany, Taiwan, Togo
|
2023
|
16
Min
Regie:
Gregor Kasper, Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying
Produktion:
Gregor Kasper, Patrick Atakpa Ayele-Yawou
An experimental poetic investigation of one of the world's largest e-waste recycling sites: Agbogbloshie. A contact zone of complex global economic, social, power-political, & technological processes.
An experimental poetic investigation of one of the world's largest e-waste recycling sites: Agbogbloshie. A contact zone of complex global economic, social, power-political, & technological processes.
The Currency - Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie
Germany, Taiwan, Togo
|
2023
|
16
Min
THIS IS NOT A CHARACTER, THIS IS BETRAYAL
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
Regie:
Romina Küper
Produktion:
Katharina Mumper, Maxine Paatzsch, Isabella Müller De Paula
An acclaimed debut novel. A reading at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus. A car ride through the Ruhr region into the Swabian province. A mother and her son, separated by the shame of their origins, that actually unites them.
An acclaimed debut novel. A reading at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus. A car ride through the Ruhr region into the Swabian province. A mother and her son, separated by the shame of their origins, that actually unites them.
THIS IS NOT A CHARACTER, THIS IS BETRAYAL
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
THIS IS NOT A CHARACTER, THIS IS BETRAYAL
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
Regie:
Romina Küper
Produktion:
Katharina Mumper, Maxine Paatzsch, Isabella Müller De Paula
An acclaimed debut novel. A reading at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus. A car ride through the Ruhr region into the Swabian province. A mother and her son, separated by the shame of their origins, that actually unites them.
An acclaimed debut novel. A reading at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus. A car ride through the Ruhr region into the Swabian province. A mother and her son, separated by the shame of their origins, that actually unites them.
THIS IS NOT A CHARACTER, THIS IS BETRAYAL
Germany
|
2023
|
13
Min
Things like these
Germany
|
2022
|
4
Min
Regie:
Dagie Brundert
Produktion:
Dagie Brundert
So that's the way it is now, just because it is... the bearing, actually I can totally trust my bearing. It's evolutionarily innate and has been honed over millions of years. However, it is sometimes bent and weakened by external things. Aimed away. Re-directed. But you can practise that!
So that's the way it is now, just because it is... the bearing, actually I can totally trust my bearing. It's evolutionarily innate and has been honed over millions of years. However, it is sometimes bent and weakened by external things. Aimed away. Re-directed. But you can practise that!
Things like these
Germany
|
2022
|
4
Min
Things like these
Germany
|
2022
|
4
Min
Regie:
Dagie Brundert
Produktion:
Dagie Brundert
So that's the way it is now, just because it is... the bearing, actually I can totally trust my bearing. It's evolutionarily innate and has been honed over millions of years. However, it is sometimes bent and weakened by external things. Aimed away. Re-directed. But you can practise that!
So that's the way it is now, just because it is... the bearing, actually I can totally trust my bearing. It's evolutionarily innate and has been honed over millions of years. However, it is sometimes bent and weakened by external things. Aimed away. Re-directed. But you can practise that!
Things like these
Germany
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2022
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4
Min
My Orange Garden
Germany
|
2023
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21
Min
Regie:
Anna-Sophia Richard
Produktion:
Domink Eder, Linda Hartogs
In her native Iran, Faravaz was to be arrested because of her music. Today, she lives in Germany and employs her voice to fight for the rights of Iranian women. A fight also for her own survival. In powerful images, Faravaz remembers her childhood, the oranges in her garden and how she finally found her home in her own body.
In her native Iran, Faravaz was to be arrested because of her music. Today, she lives in Germany and employs her voice to fight for the rights of Iranian women. A fight also for her own survival. In powerful images, Faravaz remembers her childhood, the oranges in her garden and how she finally found her home in her own body.
My Orange Garden
Germany
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2023
|
21
Min
My Orange Garden
Germany
|
2023
|
21
Min
Regie:
Anna-Sophia Richard
Produktion:
Domink Eder, Linda Hartogs
In her native Iran, Faravaz was to be arrested because of her music. Today, she lives in Germany and employs her voice to fight for the rights of Iranian women. A fight also for her own survival. In powerful images, Faravaz remembers her childhood, the oranges in her garden and how she finally found her home in her own body.
In her native Iran, Faravaz was to be arrested because of her music. Today, she lives in Germany and employs her voice to fight for the rights of Iranian women. A fight also for her own survival. In powerful images, Faravaz remembers her childhood, the oranges in her garden and how she finally found her home in her own body.
My Orange Garden
Germany
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2023
|
21
Min
GERMAN
COMPETITION
Light into the Darkness:
In the fourth program of the German competition, the spotlight is directed towards very personal stories that have long been hidden in the darkness. The play with brightness occurs here in some films on a thematic level, and in others on a technical level.
Three Trees Don't Make a Forest
Germany
|
2023
|
10
Min
Regie:
Leonhard Hofmann
Produktion:
Leonhard Hofmann, Lisa Backsch
The hottest day of the year. Two young people carry a used kitchen worktop from a middle-class residential neighborhood to the outskirts of Berlin. With their load, they move through non-places, bringing their own needs in between.
The hottest day of the year. Two young people carry a used kitchen worktop from a middle-class residential neighborhood to the outskirts of Berlin. With their load, they move through non-places, bringing their own needs in between.
Three Trees Don't Make a Forest
Germany
|
2023
|
10
Min
Three Trees Don't Make a Forest
Germany
|
2023
|
10
Min
Regie:
Leonhard Hofmann
Produktion:
Leonhard Hofmann, Lisa Backsch
The hottest day of the year. Two young people carry a used kitchen worktop from a middle-class residential neighborhood to the outskirts of Berlin. With their load, they move through non-places, bringing their own needs in between.
The hottest day of the year. Two young people carry a used kitchen worktop from a middle-class residential neighborhood to the outskirts of Berlin. With their load, they move through non-places, bringing their own needs in between.
Three Trees Don't Make a Forest
Germany
|
2023
|
10
Min
I Feel Your Silence
Germany
|
2023
|
17
Min
Regie:
Laura Heinig
Produktion:
Laura Heinig
Every sentence about the filmmakers grandma is like a loss. She didn't talk much - certainly not about what moved her. It is only after her death that the filmmaker search for how war and violence affect relationships and create silence. In everyday life, in the household and in the family. A tender portrait that takes us back to that time, which still resonates with us today.
Every sentence about the filmmakers grandma is like a loss. She didn't talk much - certainly not about what moved her. It is only after her death that the filmmaker search for how war and violence affect relationships and create silence. In everyday life, in the household and in the family. A tender portrait that takes us back to that time, which still resonates with us today.
I Feel Your Silence
Germany
|
2023
|
17
Min
I Feel Your Silence
Germany
|
2023
|
17
Min
Regie:
Laura Heinig
Produktion:
Laura Heinig
Every sentence about the filmmakers grandma is like a loss. She didn't talk much - certainly not about what moved her. It is only after her death that the filmmaker search for how war and violence affect relationships and create silence. In everyday life, in the household and in the family. A tender portrait that takes us back to that time, which still resonates with us today.
Every sentence about the filmmakers grandma is like a loss. She didn't talk much - certainly not about what moved her. It is only after her death that the filmmaker search for how war and violence affect relationships and create silence. In everyday life, in the household and in the family. A tender portrait that takes us back to that time, which still resonates with us today.
I Feel Your Silence
Germany
|
2023
|
17
Min
Under the Midnight Sun
Germany
|
2022
|
10
Min
Regie:
Mélissa Faivre
Produktion:
Mélissa Faivre
A dance of light and shadows, textured grayscale expanding across the landscape of an apocalyptic city. The sun is moon and light. It unveils itself by means of visual pulsating dynamics, unstable frequencies and vibrating rhythms; until it disintegrates into particles and pixels, and vanishes into darkness.
A dance of light and shadows, textured grayscale expanding across the landscape of an apocalyptic city. The sun is moon and light. It unveils itself by means of visual pulsating dynamics, unstable frequencies and vibrating rhythms; until it disintegrates into particles and pixels, and vanishes into darkness.
Under the Midnight Sun
Germany
|
2022
|
10
Min
Under the Midnight Sun
Germany
|
2022
|
10
Min
Regie:
Mélissa Faivre
Produktion:
Mélissa Faivre
A dance of light and shadows, textured grayscale expanding across the landscape of an apocalyptic city. The sun is moon and light. It unveils itself by means of visual pulsating dynamics, unstable frequencies and vibrating rhythms; until it disintegrates into particles and pixels, and vanishes into darkness.
A dance of light and shadows, textured grayscale expanding across the landscape of an apocalyptic city. The sun is moon and light. It unveils itself by means of visual pulsating dynamics, unstable frequencies and vibrating rhythms; until it disintegrates into particles and pixels, and vanishes into darkness.
Under the Midnight Sun
Germany
|
2022
|
10
Min
Love
Germany
|
2022
|
25
Min
Regie:
Timo Bénit
Produktion:
Konstantin Kann
Rosi, 60, has been spastically paralyzed since birth and therefore depends on the daily help of her husband. But after 30 years of marriage, she feels less and less attracted to him. On the Internet she meets a young and sensitive callboy, whom she invites to her home for a romantic night.
Rosi, 60, has been spastically paralyzed since birth and therefore depends on the daily help of her husband. But after 30 years of marriage, she feels less and less attracted to him. On the Internet she meets a young and sensitive callboy, whom she invites to her home for a romantic night.
Love
Germany
|
2022
|
25
Min
Love
Germany
|
2022
|
25
Min
Regie:
Timo Bénit
Produktion:
Konstantin Kann
Rosi, 60, has been spastically paralyzed since birth and therefore depends on the daily help of her husband. But after 30 years of marriage, she feels less and less attracted to him. On the Internet she meets a young and sensitive callboy, whom she invites to her home for a romantic night.
Rosi, 60, has been spastically paralyzed since birth and therefore depends on the daily help of her husband. But after 30 years of marriage, she feels less and less attracted to him. On the Internet she meets a young and sensitive callboy, whom she invites to her home for a romantic night.
Love
Germany
|
2022
|
25
Min
getty abortions
Germany, Austria
|
2023
|
22
Min
Regie:
Franzis Kabisch
Produktion:
Franzis Kabisch
What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? How does German and Austrian media illustrate the topic? Browsing through stock photo databases, teen magazines and personal documents of a real abortion experience - jumping from the early 2000s to the late 19th century, seeking out
What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? How does German and Austrian media illustrate the topic? Browsing through stock photo databases, teen magazines and personal documents of a real abortion experience - jumping from the early 2000s to the late 19th century, seeking out
getty abortions
Germany, Austria
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2023
|
22
Min
getty abortions
Germany, Austria
|
2023
|
22
Min
Regie:
Franzis Kabisch
Produktion:
Franzis Kabisch
What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? How does German and Austrian media illustrate the topic? Browsing through stock photo databases, teen magazines and personal documents of a real abortion experience - jumping from the early 2000s to the late 19th century, seeking out
What do abortions look like? What kind of images shape our view of them? And where do these images come from? How does German and Austrian media illustrate the topic? Browsing through stock photo databases, teen magazines and personal documents of a real abortion experience - jumping from the early 2000s to the late 19th century, seeking out
getty abortions
Germany, Austria
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2023
|
22
Min
7th - 17th
March 2024
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