INTERFILM 39 International Short Film Festival Berlin
14 - 19 November 2023

Detailed search

IC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

IC 04 Emotions in Motion

What makes us truly happy? Is it youthful beauty, self-fulfilment at work – or perhaps the multifaceted relationships to partners, family or friends that enrich and unburden us? The protagonists of the program "Emotions in Motion" struggle with dysfunctional family structures (to put it mildly), search for love and sometimes find their way back to one another – or themselves – in totally unexpected ways or in spite of various obstacles.

16.11.23, 17:00h, Pfefferberg Theater

17.11.23, 18:00h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

19.11.23, 15:30h, Rollberg Kino

Emotions in Motion
5 films
As It Was

As It Was

Anastasiia Solonevych / Damian Kocur // Poland, Ukraine // 2023 // 15:29 min

Live Action

After a year in Berlin, Lera heads back to her hometown Kyiv for Christmas. There, she experiences first-hand the new everyday life during wartime with old friends and family. "As It Was" is a moving bit of cinema. [CW: war]

Heart Fruit

Heart Fruit

Kim Allamand // Switzerland // 2022 // 20:00 min

Live Action

Does true love really exist? And what makes for a good relationship? Over a single summer night, the protagonists flirt, go on dates or to couples therapy, dance or practice kissing with apricots. And everything flows.

Take Me Home

Take Me Home

Elizabeth Sargent // United States // 2023 // 15:45 min

Live Action

During a video call, Emily sees her mentally challenged sister Anna alone with her dead mother and is unable to grasp the situation. She comes back home from New York – and must relearn to engage with Anna's perspective.

回春

回春

Return to Youth

Mel Sangyi Zhao // China, United States // 2022 // 17:20 min

Live Action

When cosmetic institute staff intrusively suggest that 50-year-old ex-dancer Bing consider vaginal rejuvenation surgery, she pushes back. Sharing a smoke with a teenage stranger, she grasps what truly keeps one young.

The Möbius Trip

The Möbius Trip

Simone Smith // Scotland // 2023 // 17:00 min

Experimental, Live Action

This one is trippy: stuck in a car with the dysfunctional family on the way to a wedding – bloody hell! Mother, father, daughter, son – in a quirky psycho-horror trip chock full of mutual bashing. [CW: Drugs, Strobe Lights]