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 02 Surveillance & Control

In a documentary short, photographer Harald Hauswald recounts being spied on by the East German domestic intelligence service. Memories of the Stasi headquarters at Normannenstrasse reappear, and the anxiety that social media and new technologies also bring tracking and persecution is fed. Police violence starts to resemble parody, until a true case of the mysterious disappearance of a child in the GDR brings us back to the crimes of the SED regime.

05.11.19, 20:00h, Stasi-Zentrale

07.11.19, 16:00h, Stasi-Zentrale

Überwachung & Machtapparat
5 films
State of Emergency Motherfucker

State of Emergency Motherfucker

Sebastien Petretti // Belgium // 2017 // 05:34 min

Live Action

This is the story of two young guys without any trouble who just want to « screw » without being disturbed.« State of Emergency motherfucker» is a surrealistic comedy that depicts a society where police violence and invasion of privacy are daily routine, normal, tedious.

I Know You from Somewhere

I Know You from Somewhere

Andrew Fitzgerald // United States // 2017 // 15:00 min

Live Action

A young woman incurs the wrath of the internet after she inadvertently becomes a viral sensation.

Radfahrer

Radfahrer

Cyclist

Marc Thümmler // Germany // 2008 // 27:27 min

Documentary, Experimental

East German photographer Harald Hauswald was under close Stasi surveillance for many years. An experimental documentary that uses Hauswald's photos to illustrate the written reports.

Normannenstraße

Normannenstraße

Normans Road

Ij. Biermann // Germany // 2012 // 14:00 min

Documentary

Researching one's own family history is practically impossible when the Stasi past of individual members is clouded in silence.

Die besonderen Fähigkeiten des Herrn Mahler

Die besonderen Fähigkeiten des Herrn Mahler

The Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler

Paul Phillipp // Germany // 2017 // 29:00 min

Live Action

East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now.