34th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2018
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IC 04 Strange Stories

If you have a penchant for “odd” things, you’re in the right place. Surrealistic stories, some of which will even send shivers down your spine, are paired with off-key notes, colors, and details. Moviegoers with wonderful imaginations will enjoy these films bursting at their seams with creative ideas: a sunken city, an alien with a fear of commitment, and a soldier returning from the war with a turbine in his face. This atmospheric staging of events takes us on a humorous, melancholic and sometimes depressing journey into their bizarre worlds.

21.11.18, 21:30h, Babylon 1

23.11.18, 15:30h, Babylon 1

24.11.18, 19:00h, ACUD Kino

Strange Stories
8 films
Telefonul

Telefonul

The Call

Anca Damian // Romania, France // 2018 // 10:00 min

Animation

The filmmaker paints a witty and absurd, yet loving, collage of the relationship to his mother.

MANEKI NEKO

MANEKI NEKO

Manolis Mavris // Greece // 2017 // 19:00 min

Experimental, Live Action

A man and a woman decide to share a taxi. They don’t know each other. But the cab driver seems to have a different opinion.

Héroes

Héroes

Juan Pablo Zaramella // Argentina // 2018 // 03:00 min

Animation

Glory is at our fingertips!

Reruns

Reruns

ROSTO ------ // Netherlands, Belgium, France // 2018 // 14:15 min

Animation

Dreams can be really weird sometimes. Childhood memories swirl around in the head of this character in a surrealistic mix of nonsense in a sunken city.

AURORE

AURORE

Maël Le Mée // France // 2017 // 17:00 min

Live Action

Together with her friends, Aurore, a 16-year-old girl, discovers her own body—using a supernatural finger as a guide.

Turbine

Turbine

Alex Boya // Canada // 2018 // 06:30 min

Animation

A traumatized soldier returns from a war with a turbine for a face. And he feels like something is somehow missing when he ends up in the apartment of his wife.

The Origin of Sound

The Origin of Sound

Paul Driessen // Belgium, Netherlands // 2018 // 13:00 min

Animation, Live Action

Six days have passed, and the world is created. But wait! The sound is missing. Luckily the creator has a large collection of cartoons that contains all kinds of sounds, even if all of them are a little below the belt line.

WK Cavia

WK Cavia

Cavy World Cup

Maria Philips // Netherlands // 2017 // 10:30 min

Live Action

Kiki is drying her fluffy friend with a hairdryer in preparation for the guinea pig world championship when suddenly the power goes out. Maybe the attractive fishmonger from across the way has a solution?