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

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SP 06 Craving for Narratives

Essay films take different paths in their argumentation. Featuring decidedly subjective points-of-view, they break free from the constraints of conventional narrative patterns. These films often start off from small details, from the highly personal, lingering on these observations to develop statements about the nature of human coexistence. What we have here are thought experiments, in which, for instance, first-person shooters are examined for their pacifist potential, house pets challenge the fundamental tenets of religion or endangered species are conserved in digital space.

Triggerwarning: death

18.11.22, 20:30h, Pfefferberg Haus 13

20.11.22, 18:00h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

Craving for Narratives
5 films
Craving For Narrative

Craving For Narrative

Max Grau // Germany // 2015 // 25:00 min

Documentary, Experimental

Was my step-father a true hippy, even though he wore white high-top sneakers? And what fascinates us today about the oldies, which our parents already thought were lame back when they themselves were still teenagers?

Biting the dust

Biting the dust

NEOZOON // Germany // 2021 // 13:30 min

Experimental

Who gets to go to heaven and who doesn't? Your pet doesn't, that's for sure. Or does it?

How to Disappear

How to Disappear

Leonhard Müllner / Michael Stumpf / Robin Klengel // Austria // 2020 // 21:06 min

Animation, Documentary

Going AWOL in an online first-person shooter environment. Can you even do that? Exploring the idea within a game conceived as a recruitment tool, the film reflects on the connection between war and play, as well as discipline and disobedience.

Our Ark

Our Ark

Deniz Tortum / Kathryn Hamilton // Netherlands, United States // 2021 // 12:00 min

Animation, Documentary

We archive everything, as if ecological collapse could be averted by some sort of digital Noah's ark. But can we upload ourselves and our planet and really save everything with the aid of digitally archived 3D models?

A White Screen Is Visible

A White Screen Is Visible

Sohaib Bouaiss // Netherlands // 2020 // 08:00 min

Animation, Experimental

Guided by sleep disorders which have consistently plagued him since youth, a filmmaker who grew up in diverse cultures documents the search for his identity in an abstract fashion.