German Animation 2: Onwards into the Future

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26. April 2024    
13:00 - 14:30

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Gloria 2
Königstraße 20, Stuttgart, 70173

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Will everything be better in the future? Will we be able to make free decisions or be controlled by others? And will we still be able to trust our intuition? In this programme, filmmakers dare to take a look ahead. Unfortunately, this is not always as fascinating as we might have hoped.

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Zoopticon - Songs from a Posthuman Ark
Zoopticon – Songs from a Posthuman ArkDirector: Jon Frickey, Sandra Trostel, Thies Mynther / Germany / 2023 / 29:07 min / Screenplay: Jon Frickey, Sandra Trostel, Thies Mynther / Production: Fairy Bot / World Sales: Sandra Trostel

Imagine you are the only being left in the universe and floating through outer space. This is the predicament of the Zoopticon, a spaceship filled with artifacts from Earth. It’s also the perspective of five mutated singing animals. When they realize that they are all living souvenirs from a planet called Earth, they decide to emancipate themselves.

Bye Bear
Bye BearDirector: Jan Bitzer / Germany / 2023 / 10:43 min / Screenplay: Jan Bitzer / Production: Woodblock / Distribution: / World Sales: Fabian&Fred GmbH

The 80s. A run-down motel. This is where a secret club of robot friends gather regularly to live out their dreams of being something else. They share the desire to be different animals. Tonight, however, is special. It’s a goodbye party for one of them.

The garden of Alalá
The garden of AlaláDirector: David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach – Jansen / Germany / 2023 / 12:15 min / Screenplay: David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach – Jansen / Production: sparked – Kreativagentur GmbH, hi&Moinsen – Atelier für Animation / Distribution: / World Sales: sparked – Kreativagentur GmbH

After a global catastrophe, a volcanologist lives alone in an icy desert, accompanied only by a crow. Driven by deep longing, he fights for survival and builds a mysterious construct.

chicken
chickenDirector: Anna Benner / Germany, Poland / 2023 / 8:03 min / Production: ZLA films / Distribution: / World Sales: ZLA films

A woman running from a terrible relationship finds herself eye to eye with a chicken. They share a moment, a cigarette and a desire to burn down everything around them to soothe their wounds.

Raja
RajaDirector: Franziska von Holst, Louisa Würden / Germany / 2024 / 19:42 min / Screenplay: Franziska von Holst, Louisa Würden / Production: Franziska von Holst, Louisa Würden / World Sales: Fabian&Fred GmbH

Darkness haunts the young girl, Raja. Overwhelmed by the weight of her shadows, she collapses. A light appears and her journey begins. In search for the end, Raja stumbles through a wondrous in-between world. There, she finds something she thought she had lost forever.