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

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ECO Green Film Competition

ECO 02 Creature Comforts

Here as well we find ourselves confronted by the no-longer-avoidable climate apocalypse. Phew again. Consciously foregoing the more objective view of nature as a whole, for "Creature Comforts" we zoom in on the living beings that are facing down this huge challenge. Here too, at times this plays out with humour, at others times with drastic images. In any case, these stories testify to tremendous anger, to contradictions, to fear and to hope.

16.11.23, 18:00h, ACUD Kino

17.11.23, 22:00h, Pfefferberg Theater

Creature Comforts
8 films
Terra Mater – Mother Land

Terra Mater – Mother Land

Kantarama Gahigiri // Rwanda, Switzerland // 2023 // 09:51 min

Live Action

Cobalt, cassiterite or silicon? Mining minerals has become essential in many areas – as they become indispensable in our smartphones or laptops. An artful production about the dark sides of globalization.

Fox Tossing

Fox Tossing

Zénó Mira // Hungary // 2023 // 07:48 min

Animation

An aristocratic garden party, a baroque castle in an idyllic setting, fine dining, an exuberant atmosphere. But steel cages are arrayed here too, containing animals brought for a specific purpose: so-called fox tossing. [CW: violence against animals]

Pimeän vieraat

Pimeän vieraat

Strangers in the Dark

Jenni Pystynen / Perttu Inkilä // Finland // 2023 // 12:00 min

Documentary, Experimental

A firefly has a scant few weeks to mate during its lifetime. Better be quick then – if only it weren't for humans and their infernal light pollution! Insane close-up shots from the insect kingdom.

Code Rose

Code Rose

Julie GROUX / Romain SEISSON / Taye CIMON / Sandra LEYDIER / Pierre COËZ / Manuarii MOREL // France // 2022 // 05:08 min

Animation

Somewhere out on the open sea, a flamingo alights on an aircraft carrier – blocking the landing strip and grounding the waiting fighter jets. A soldier shoos it away, but it'll be back – next time with reinforcements.

Algodreams

Algodreams

Vladimir Todorovic // Australia // 2023 // 10:52 min

Animation, Experimental

From plot to images to voice: this year we are showing a short film generated entirely by AI. You knew it had to happen eventually! The resulting prognoses for future life on Earth are more than grim.

Go Fishboy

Go Fishboy

Lan Zhou / Chiayu Liu / Denise Cirone / Andrey Kolesov / Zhen Tian / Sebastian Doringer // France // 2022 // 06:22 min

Animation

A respected chef takes his son along to the fish market and shows him his craft, but the boy doesn't seem interested. The child acts increasingly weirder, as their relationship plunges the father into a crisis of faith.

Mulika

Mulika

Maisha Maene // Congo // 2022 // 14:00 min

Live Action

An afronaut climbs from the wreckage of a spaceship in the volcano crater of the Congolese mountain Nyiragongo. His visit to the nearby town causes a stir. How would you react?

Sandwich Cat

Sandwich Cat

David Fidalgo // Spain // 2022 // 11:00 min

Animation

David leads a happy life with his Sandwich Cat until an alien posesses its body and he is plummeted into a fast-paced, hilarious vortex involving the very existence of humanity.