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

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EV 05 Short & Silent – Silent Movies at Midnight for Free

Right up front on the left in Babylon Mitte’s main cinema one can find the little, unassuming console of Germany’s only orchestral cinema organ still preserved at its original location. Built in an age when the “talky” was in the process of irreversibly replacing the silent film, the theater organ in Babylon was the largest in the country back then. Every year with Short & Silent, interfilm revives the tradition: current silent films are given the live-score treatment in the spirit of a bygone era. Past and present collide, creating fruitful ruptures in a new cinematic space.

09.11.19, 23:59h, Babylon 1

Short & Silent – Silent Movies at Midnight for Free
7 films
Ekstase

Ekstase

Marion Kellmann // Germany // 2019 // 11:27 min

Experimental, Live Action

They awake in fright, fall prey to hysteria, and then pass out. Silent film husbands look on helplessly and full of fear at their silent film wives.

New Neighbours

New Neighbours

Sara Burgio / Andrea Mannino / Giacomo Rinaldi // Italy // 2018 // 05:50 min

Animation

The arrival of the new neighbour will give rise to a choral narration, a crescendo of 30’s tasty gags and quotes that will eventually lead to an unexpected ending.

The Lover

The Lover

The Lover

Igor Ivanov // Macedonia // 2018 // 08:00 min

Live Action

A failed circus artist managed to regain his beloved and to pull her from the embrace of her new lover, using the acrobatic skills she once fell in love.

Moda

Moda

Trend

Imanol Ortiz López // Spain // 2019 // 08:00 min

Live Action

In a tedious office, one regular and usual day, a rebel employee decides to go to work completly naked.

Cientouno

Cientouno

One Hundred And One

Sebastián Alfie // Spain // 2019 // 14:00 min

Live Action

“You die if you jerk off 100 times.” This threat rings through the ears of our main character. One day he has to choose between imminent hell and the impetuousness of adolescence.

Sim-e Sheshom

Sim-e Sheshom

The Sixth String

Gholamreza (Bahram) Azimi // Iran // 2019 // 14:33 min

Animation

On the verge of giving up on composing music, a musican happens to coincidentally come across a source of inspiration so simple, but eventually lead up to him revolutionising Iranian music.

La couleur de tes lèvres

La couleur de tes lèvres

The Colour of Your Lips

Annick Blanc // Canada // 2018 // 18:00 min

Live Action

A breathless apocalyptic scenario in a fur coat and diving mask, and the dilemma of how to deal with finite resources.