We show the best current short films from all over the world, powerful films by young women, modern male perspectives, and confront life’s big questions. Socially relevant and personal topics innovatively visualised, without filters or taboos.
Who has not experienced that vague feeling that something important is missing in life? The films in this programme are about the power of decisions, the importance of memories and that sometimes a small hug can change a lot.
The Miracle is the hotel of your dreams, endless sunshine, plenty of food and lots of ways to lean back and relax. However, sometimes it is a place like this that shows you just what you don’t have. Suddenly, it becomes difficult to find a place that is right for you – even in paradise.
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Half-animal, half-human creatures meet at a speed-dating dance event where they explore their differences and difficulties communicating. When a lovestruck man-cum-anteater falls for a woman-cum-shrew, he gets caught up in this courtship ballet.
Deutschlandpremiere
Every year on August 15th Paul’s family holds their picnic on Callot Island. This year, however, when they find themselves trapped by the incoming tide, Paul has to confront his unique position in the family hierarchy. He has to grow beyond feeling stuck in between the worlds of childhood and adulthood and find his way back to the family.
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Santiago, Chile, 1980s – Camila and Paula are seven years old, neighbours and best friends. Outside their own four walls, the everyday lives of children and adults are determined by Pinochet’s military dictatorship – its strict discipline, curfews, harassment and protests. After a peaceful demonstration, the best friends go their separate ways.
Weltpremiere; ; Photosensitivity Warning
At war’s end – a final phone call between two generals. A farewell.
A woman looks back on her marriage and the years of domestic abuse she survived, recalling how difficult it had been for her to stay afloat.
A post operative existential crisis inspires an animator to make a film about a post operative crisis.
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