35th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2019
5 - 10 November 2019

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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

DOC 02 Animated Realities

Just like gaps in old photos can be completed with a few strokes, animation also makes it possible in documentaries to fill in gaps and talk about things that cause painful images. In return, animation quietly creeps into the environment, adds charm to images gone yellow or tells stories of home and alienation in unique ways. Reality, with all its urgency, coldness and hope, is not painted over, but newly recognizable.

06.11.19, 21:00h, Babylon 2

09.11.19, 19:00h, Babylon 2

10.11.19, 17:00h, ACUD Kino

Animated Realities
Animated Realities

Partner

Kindly presented in cooperation with: der Freitag

10 films
Bear With Me

Bear With Me

Daphna Awadish // Netherlands // 2018 // 04:50 min

Animation, Documentary

Migration takes place for a host of reasons. Couples relate how they overcame painful distances and made their way across borders for love and one another.

Spolu sami

Spolu sami

Apart

Diana Cam Van Nguyen // Czech Republic // 2018 // 10:00 min

Animation, Documentary

The experiential and emotional worlds of young people who have lost their parents are approached through animation and reality – and brought together in their separation.

Le Papier

Le Papier

Florine Paulius / Mina Convers / Baptiste Glévarec / Anne-Sophie Pyvka // France // 2018 // 05:10 min

Animation, Documentary

Bafodé’s application for asylum in France is rejected in strict interpretation of the law. His path to date and the pending decision are brought to life against austere backgrounds.

Memorie di Alba

Memorie di Alba

Alba's Memories

Andrea Martignoni / Maria Steinmetz // Italy, Germany // 2019 // 06:20 min

Animation, Documentary

Over the years back in the 1950s, Alba and Pierino began to get closer to one another, ever so tenderly. Footage from adolescence blends with memories.

Swatted

Swatted

Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis // France // 2018 // 21:00 min

Animation, Documentary

SWAT units violently surprise unsuspecting online gamers, while the Internet watches it all play out live – in a treacherous prank known as “swatting”.

Land of the Free?

Land of the Free?

Alissa Brasington / Liam Campbell / Brian Cawley / Lakota Dodging Horse / Ken Egu / C. Leigh Goldsmith / Haley Hudkins / Hannah Kreiswirth / Kaitlyn Leewing / Sequoyah Madison / Molly Murphy / Patrice Pinardo / Chenglin Xie // United States // 2018 // 04:20 min

Documentary

Racism in the White House, Colin Kaepernick’s NFL protests, and institutional discrimination lead African-Americans to doubt the founding principles of the USA.

Sangro

Sangro

I Bleed

Tiago Minamisawa / Bruno H. Castro / Guto BR (Co-director) // Brazil // 2019 // 07:15 min

Animation, Documentary

Brilliant visual language is employed to describe the fate of an individual with HIV and the special role played by society’s fears concerning the virus.

Colaholic

Colaholic

Marcin Podolec // Poland // 2018 // 11:00 min

Animation, Documentary

A metallic crackling, a bubbly hiss, a sparkling fizziness unfurl as the glass is hurriedly filled with a sugary friend – the story of a cola addiction.

Happy Ending

Happy Ending

EunJu Ara Choi // England // 2018 // 04:45 min

Animation, Documentary

A gentle, nightmarish play of colors paints the lonely life of a Korean sex worker.

Mi otro hijo

Mi otro hijo

My other Son

Gustavo Fabián Alonso // Argentina // 2019 // 10:50 min

Animation, Documentary

When illustrator Gusti’s son is born totally different than expected, the father has to find a new, personal way to accept the situation.