INTERFILM 38 International Short Film Festival Berlin
15 - 20 November 2022

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SP 05 Carte Blanche: Regina Pessoa

The short film is perhaps the most fragile and marginalised format in the cinema cosmos. At the same time, it is also the most sensitive and human one. From a formal perspective, short films are not always "perfect", but that is precisely why they have been so crucial to the development of film as an art form. They are a laboratory for testing new aesthetics and narrative approaches that contribute to the renewal and revitalization of the film industry. The films which Regina Pessoa has selected for this carte blanche are among her personal favourites – they exhibit an extremely wide range of concepts and an elegant balance between the richness of the characters' inner universes, their enigmatic nature and the aesthetics and techniques employed.

18.11.22, 18:00h, ACUD Kino

19.11.22, 18:00h, Pfefferberg Haus 13

Carte Blanche: Regina Pessoa
10 films
Lucía

Lucía

Cristóbal León Dooner / Joaquín Cociña / Niles Atallah // Chile // 2007 // 03:50 min

Animation

Lucía remembers the summer she fell in love with Luis.

The man with the beautiful eyes

The man with the beautiful eyes

Jonathan Hodgson // England // 1999 // 05:38 min

Animation

Children are not allowed to visit the bad man's house. Based on a poem by Charles Bukowski.

Love is all

Love is all

Oliver Harrison // England // 1999 // 03:00 min

Animation

A snow queen sings about the virtues of true love, surrounded by animated miniatures. Shot entirely on film… with some scenes re-exposed up to twenty times!

La Comtessa de Castiglione

La Comtessa de Castiglione

David Lodge // England // 1999 // 13:12 min

Animation, Experimental, Live Action

The countess emerges from a magical box and vanishes into it again following several peculiar happenings. Inspired by the early portraits of photographer Mayer Freres, David Lodge creates a surreal nightmare drawing on the tricks of early cinema.

Flying Nansen

Flying Nansen

Igor Kovalyov // Ukraine // 2000 // 11:00 min

Animation

The explorer Nansen travels to the North Pole, where danger, adventure and a woman await him.

La pista

La pista

Simona Mulazzani / Gianluigi Toccafondo // Italy // 1991 // 02:00 min

Animation

A two-minute-long animated swirl of images and movements, based on the dance routines of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Min börda

Min börda

The Burden

Niki Lindroth von Bahr // Sweden // 2017 // 13:00 min

Animation

A gritty musical, set at a market square next to an expressway. The shop employees drive away their doldrums and fears by putting on song-and-dance performances. Here, the apocalypse represents a tempting sort of liberation.

Un Jour

Un Jour

Marie Paccou // France // 1998 // 04:28 min

Animation

One day, a man entered the protagonist's belly. It was a shock when he left it again. Later, many other men climbed into her belly, but they were either too fat, too thin, too big or too little.

When the day breaks

When the day breaks

Amanda Forbis / Wendy Tilby // Canada // 1999 // 09:40 min

Animation

After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, Ruby seeks affirmation in the city around her, and finds it in surprising places.

Madame Tutli-Putli

Madame Tutli-Putli

Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski // Canada // 2007 // 17:20 min

Animation

Madame Tutli-Putli gets on the night train. As evening falls, she realizes that she's trapped in a metaphysical adventure with no way out.