INTERFILM 40 International Short Film Festival Berlin
5 - 10 November 2024

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IC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

IC 06 Embracing the Maze

Whimsical, grim and surprising – this program is unlikely to leave viewers unaffected. What happens when puppet TV stars lose their creator? Or when a boy in China lays it all on the line for the coolest hairdo? Or when the wooded border zone between Poland and Belarus reveals its deadly side? What happens when an argument ends with a shocking confession to one's own mother? Then there are the copious drugs and good music, not to mention the macabre meal served up in a French ladies' club.

All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles.

07.11.24, 20:30h, ACUDkino

08.11.24, 13:00h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt (accreditation only!)

09.11.24, 19:30h, Pfefferberg Theater

10.11.24, 18:00h, Rollberg Kino

Embracing the Maze
6 films
A Summer's End Poem

A Summer's End Poem

Can-Zhao Lam // China, Malaysia, Switzerland // 2024 // 15:00 min

Live Action

Just before the end of the summer break, a boy from the Southern Chinese countryside invests all of his savings in his dream: a trendy, urbane hairstyle – with surprising consequences.

Wander to Wonder

Wander to Wonder

Nina Gantz // Belgium, France, Netherlands // 2023 // 13:50 min

Animation, Experimental

Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are puppet TV stars. When their creator dies, leaving them behind in the studio, their gradual decay drives them to make increasingly bizarre new episodes for their fans. [Content Note: Death or dying]

Wings

Wings

Fivos Imellos // Greece // 2023 // 17:33 min

Live Action

While a mother is busy preparing lunch for her son and his girlfriend she receives a terrifying call from him, in which he confides that he has accidently killed his partner during an argument. [Content Note: Abuse, Murder]

Mothers & Monsters

Mothers & Monsters

Edith Jorisch // Canada // 2023 // 15:45 min

Live Action

A group of perfect women meet at home with their perfect children for a perfect dinner. The waiters serve cabbage heads whose hearts defy expectations.

W lesie sa ludzie

W lesie sa ludzie

There Are People in the Forest

Szymon Ruczyński // Poland // 2023 // 09:53 min

Animation, Music Video

A refugee is abducted and brought to a forest by armed soldiers. Local villagers are the only witnesses to the event. The Polish-Belarussian woods become a deadly trap. [Content Note: Death or dying, Flight]

Sans Voix

Sans Voix

Voiceless

Samuel Patthey // Switzerland // 2024 // 15:20 min

Animation

A man lives alone, does his laundry, goes out, cleans, listens to music and takes drugs. Gradually he begins to reflect on his addiction, caught in a vortex between truth and illusion. [Content Note: Addiction]