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

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30th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution and fall of the Wall

30Y 03 30 Years Fall of the Wall - Hopes & Longing

The end of the Cold War made average “East Germans” feel like “Hans in Luck” at first, but capitalism and the profit imperative quickly caught up with them. The grocery budget is tight and the unemployment office demands modern flexibility. Life, both on the job and in private, becomes characterized by the struggle to survive. The credo: every man for himself, royal rumble style. Memories of the summer of ’87 resurface, as families drove to the Baltic coast for vacation, in Trabis pulling trailers.

08.11.19, 16:00h, Breitscheidplatz

Sehnsüchte & Hoffnungen
6 films
Hans im Glück

Hans im Glück

Happy Hans

Wolfgang Meisterstein // Germany // 1990 // 02:30 min

Live Action

What joy, the Wall has fallen! Hans goes on an excursion to explore West Berlin and has some thrilling fast food experiences.

Corp.

Corp.

Pablo Polledri // Argentina // 2016 // 09:00 min

Animation

From the initial idea through to the foundation of a company and the subsequent clearing of a rainforest, “Corp.” shows us the machinations of the wonderful world of the free market economy!

Treciadieniais

Treciadieniais

On Wednesdays

Ieva Javaityte // Lithuania // 2011 // 03:00 min

Live Action

An older lady enjoys the ritual of grocery shopping and loves the contact with the products.

Die Umschulung

Die Umschulung

Marion Kellmann // Germany // 2006 // 22:07 min

Live Action

A cameraman accompanies a perpetually unemployed man while he participates in an occupational reeducation. It could be his last one.

May Day

May Day

Olivier Magis / Fedrik De Beul // Belgium // 2017 // 20:00 min

Live Action

In Thierry’s living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job-and quickly. But we’re in Brussels, so nothing goes quite as planned.

Die Weite suchen

Die Weite suchen

Wide Horizons

Falk Schuster // Germany // 2015 // 29:30 min

Animation, Documentary

Its the summer of 1987 and a young family from the Leipzig district in East Germany are going on holiday, driving with their Trabant and trailer to a small holiday home on the Baltic Sea near the border to West Germany.