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

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GERMAN COMPETITION

GC 03 Soul

Somewhere there is a point of indeterminable location where the really big dramas play out. Struggles for the soul, when the mind doesn’t know how to go on and the body turns on itself. However, this is also the point where the truly good in humans can emerge or overpowering external influences can gain the upper hand. Which one manages to get heard in the end, sober rationality or the unsure feeling somewhere deep inside the unknown, can make all the difference.

07.11.19, 19:00h, Babylon 2

08.11.19, 17:00h, ACUD Kino

10.11.19, 19:30h, Babylon 1

Soul
8 films
Blieschow

Blieschow

Christoph Sarow // Germany // 2019 // 09:40 min

Animation

A boy experiences summer out in the country back in the day when gamers still played monochrome favorites on portable consoles and the real world seemed wider, larger, and more colorful. He’s overwhelmed by everything around him, especially his cousin, who seems better at everything.

loyal

loyal

Diego Hauenstein // Germany // 2019 // 12:31 min

Live Action

Jay is dead. During an attempt to memorialize him, three friends put themselves into danger.

Die Tochter

Die Tochter

My daughter

Falk Schuster / Alexander Lahl / Max Mönch // Germany // 2019 // 06:30 min

Animation, Documentary

Jihadis also radicalize young people in Germany using the Internet. A father recounts how his daughter distanced herself from him.

Pride

Pride

Am Cu Ce - Pride

Hannah Weissenborn // Germany // 2018 // 19:15 min

Live Action

Stancu, a Romanian truck driver, gives his nephew Dragan a second driver’s card, so that he can keep driving past the legal time limit. But then Dragan falls asleep at the wheel.

Armed Lullaby

Armed Lullaby

Yana Ugrekhelidze // Germany // 2019 // 08:40 min

Animation, Documentary

On 27 September 1993, the Georgian population of Abkhazia was brutally massacred. Four children flee at the last moment, all with unclear destinations.

Jupiter

Jupiter

Benjamin Pfohl // Germany // 2019 // 13:30 min

Live Action

On the way to Jupiter, a comet passes Earth, closer than any heavenly body has previously come. Believing the event heralds the apocalypse, a family sets off on a last journey to a cult compound. But not all of the family members are truly convinced the end is nigh.

Nest

Nest

Sonja Rohleder // Germany // 2019 // 04:20 min

Animation

At night, a brightly colored bird sets out to find a companion. Alas, the objects of his desire have other plans.

Chaos

Chaos

Samuel Auer // Germany // 2019 // 05:00 min

Live Action

It all starts with a mysterious figure on the wayside, then events take their violent course, pulling innocent bystanders into their path, though all the time things are only going round in a circle.