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

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

IC 07 Together Apart

Family, friends and all the relationships between the sexes are both a blessing and a curse at the same time – sometimes irreplaceable, sometimes insufferable. One likes to think that years of coexistence would have worn away any conflict, and yet in reality issues have only piled up with the passage of time. What a dream it would be just to be alone with one’s own thoughts. Only it feels a little silly when those thoughts get too loud and one begins to long for a real companion to talk to.

07.11.19, 13:30h, Babylon 1

09.11.19, 21:30h, Babylon 1

10.11.19, 18:00h, Babylon 3

Together Apart
7 films
Bodas de Oro

Bodas de Oro

The Anniversary

Lorenzo Tocco // Uruguay, Chile // 2018 // 17:00 min

Live Action

The whole family has come together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, joyful and slightly stressed out. Alas, the happy couple still has a little announcement to make.

בסדר גמור

בסדר גמור

FINE

Maya Yadlin // Israel // 2019 // 09:00 min

Live Action

Finally another chance to travel to a family celebration together! The daughters are dozing, when the father’s musical enthusiasm sets off an argument that snowballs.

Best day ever

Best day ever

Anissa Daoud / Aboozar Amini // Tunisia, France // 2018 // 15:00 min

Live Action

Misunderstandings replace communication and cause a family to sink into discord and aggression over the course of four brief episodes.

Story

Story

Jolanta Bankowska // Poland // 2019 // 05:00 min

Animation

Social media were supposed to bring us all closer together. Instead, they isolate us and cause the world around us to disappear. That doesn’t always go well.

Le Malheur des Autres

Le Malheur des Autres

Another man's sorrow

Barbara Schulz // France // 2018 // 14:00 min

Live Action

Charles’s life is characterized by loneliness – until a chance encounter reveals the perfect option for breathing new life into his everyday routine: funerals!

Moj dziwny starszy brat

Moj dziwny starszy brat

My Strange Elder Brother

Julia Orlik // Poland // 2018 // 12:30 min

Animation

It’s not always easy to find time for career and staying connected to one’s siblings at the same time. Especially when your brother is a banana.

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.