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

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IC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

IC 05 Take a Step Back

Hold on, maybe we'd better shift into a lower gear – or not? When it comes to some things, the train has simply already started rolling: it's either jump on quick or stay stuck where you are. For its part, this program shows all the interesting and odd things that can happen if you do indeed dare to hop a ride. From Identity 2.0, to a stock-video persiflage of a forced match, while elsewhere the work already fits fine. An exciting digital program featuring occasionally heavy subject matter.

16.11.23, 22:00h, Pfefferberg Theater

18.11.23, 17:30h, Cinestar Kino in der KulturBrauerei

19.11.23, 20:30h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

Take a Step Back
7 films
Please Make It Work

Please Make It Work

Daniel Soares // Portugal, Switzerland // 2022 // 14:00 min

Experimental, Live Action

The idyllic Swiss setting contrasts sharply with the stressful routine of a Portuguese cleaning woman: her boss, a property renter, is a jerk, the guests too, and her daughter is moody. And she's just expected to deal…

Obezlichavane

Obezlichavane

Depersonalization

Spartak Yordanov // Bulgaria // 2022 // 07:07 min

Animation, Experimental

Coincidence, all just pure coincidence. This grim animation treats personality loss. To what extent are we caught on the hamster wheel, or is it a form of collective consciousness instead? Food for thought.

National Anthem

National Anthem

Jack Turits // Hungary, United States // 2023 // 09:36 min

Live Action

Three government officials let two refugees decide who gets a shot at citizenship, via duel. Both are given a weapon and told to commence shooting on the count of three. Whoever survives gets to sing the national anthem. [CW: racism, death]

Aufnahmen einer Wetterkamera

Aufnahmen einer Wetterkamera

Recordings of a Weather Camera

Bernhard Wenger // Austria, Germany // 2023 // 18:28 min

Live Action

The picturesque Austrian Alps: a ski-area weather camera captures the majestic mountainscape – and interpersonal conversations on the side. Is there is no refuge from male intrusiveness, even on the remotest of peaks? [CW: Sexism and sexual violence]

A Kind of Testament

A Kind of Testament

Stephen Vuillemin // France // 2023 // 16:00 min

Animation

A website with your name exists, you click on it. There you find animated sequences, created using your profile photos, transformed into new stories. Things with personal significance to you appear in the videos. Creepy?

Felhők felett

Felhők felett

Above the Clouds

Vivien Hárshegyi // Hungary // 2022 // 13:32 min

Animation

For fear of getting hurt, a girl rebuffs the love of her youth. Inside, she gazes into the future: What will first love be like? Between rejection and butterflies in her stomach, her emotions are going haywire.

Concept of a Happy Mom

Concept of a Happy Mom

Henriette Rietz // Germany // 2023 // 04:39 min

Documentary, Experimental

Stock footage of "happy" families conjures canned warmth, while the inner monologues of overworked mothers intone off-screen. Tremendous meme fodder – if it weren't so serious. [CW: self harm, depression]