Filme

Adrien Lhommedieu // Frankreich // 2021 // 10:00 min

Childhood, Choreography, Comedy, Coming of Age, Fantasy

A young boy is fascinated by ballet but afraid to admit it – until he crosses the path of a professional ballet dancer.

The Devil

Jan Bujnowski // Polen // 2022 // 18:57 min

According to research conducted by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (OBOP) throughout the 1990s, approximately 95% of Poles identified as believers. In the same period, the unemployment rate reached record highs. In times of crisis, when people turned to spirituality, seemingly impossible events became possible...

The Guardians of Refuse: A short history of rubbish

Susann Maria Hempel // Deutschland // 2022 // 11:05 min

Animals, insects, Environmental, Mix-Medias, Politics, Video Art

Archives are handy when it comes to reconstructing human history, but trash is often equally helpful. Here, more precisely, we examine the contents of animal stomachs. Sadly, turtles can't tell the difference between plastic bags and jellyfish.

The Magnifying Glass

Nazgol Emami // Deutschland // 2017 // 10:33 min

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With a whole heap of imagination and a magnifying glass, a girl manages to transform her new home into a magical world. If only there wasn’t that annoying ringing of the doorbell! Who could it be?

Antonin Niclass // // 2021 // 08:40 min

It's 2 o'clock in the morning at a gloomy bus station in the middle of nowhere: the wastebaskets are overflowing with trash, the cold neon light shines down upon the tired, lonely souls waiting for the next bus. Time for the resident pigeons to bring a little magic to this depressing spot.

Circle of Trust

Victor Nyåker // Schweden // 2022 // 15:50 min

Comedy, Habitat

Sonja and Per, a woman and man in their forties, meet up for the first time in real life in a municipal gymnasium, with the intention of creating a space of trust between themselves. A "room" where they can safely explore sides of themselves that they suppress in their everyday lives.

Alexander Gratzer // Österreich // 2016 // 05:21 min

Waiter? Hello, waiter? Where’s the waiter? A customer sits in a café and waits, but no one comes.

A first Attempt at aesthetic Resistance

patrick bazin // Frankreich // 2022 // 03:03 min

Environmental, Human Rights, Politics, Video Art

Ugly plastic chairs are omnipresent. In the name of all that is beautiful, someone has to do something about the situation.

Sonny Calvento // Philippinen // 2020 // 15:47 min

Comedy, Fantasy, Work

Vangie is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, she uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to achieving balance in life.

Neon Phantom

Leonardo Martinelli // Brasilien // 2021 // 20:00 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Human Rights, Musical, Work

In a Brazilian megacity, João delivers things 24/7, from food to medicine to shoes. Singing and dancing with other cyclists, he voices criticism towards his job.
[CW: racism]

Alexander Rönnberg // Schweden // 2016 // 03:30 min

An evening alone at home, junk food and a selfie. Oops! This picture shows a bit more than intended...

Brenda Lien // Deutschland // 2021 // 20:00 min

Horror, Mix-Medias, Politics, Video Art, Work

Maxi, a musician and producer, wrestles with herself when her creative process comes to a standstill due to internal and external pressure to perform.

Tomer Eshed // Deutschland // 2011 // 06:00 min

The story of the world's only heterosexual Flamingo and his desperate search for love.

Louis Morton // Dänemark, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2018 // 04:00 min

On a remote island in the future, people are training for an important mission. Take a look at the mechanics of this training facility and the creatures within.

Igor Kovalyov // Ukraine // 2000 // 11:00 min

The explorer Nansen travels to the North Pole, where danger, adventure and a woman await him.

Fragments of a Young Woman

Romina Küper // Deutschland // 2021 // 10:28 min

25-year-old Hannah, a philosophy student, has a problem: she's going round in circles. To escape a sort of inner emptiness, she meets up with men. A film about female identity and desire.

Mikhalchuk Maria // Weißrussland // 2020 // 02:10 min

The faces of strong, brave and caring women standing on the front lines in the struggle against violence. Together they symbolise Belarusian freedom, faith and honesty.

Kiri Dalena // Philippinen // 2017 // 23:00 min

Descriptions of the decades-long struggle of the Maoist New People's Army, the military arm of the Philippine Marxist-Leninist front which was forced into the underground.

Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro // Frankreich // 2016 // 06:50 min

Horror

A group of frogs spreads out over an abandoned site with plenty of leftover food from a recent garden party. And there’s even music.

(LA)HORDE Ballet National de Marseille // Frankreich, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2022 // 08:12 min

Choreography, Video Art

Electronic-music artist Rone, avant-garde dance collective (La)Horde and filmmaker Spike Jonze team up to bring the fine art museum at Marseille's Palais Longchamp to new life at night, in the scope of a ghostly choreography.

Happytrail

Pauline Cremer, Jakob Werner, Thea Sparmeier // Deutschland // 2021 // 05:19 min

Coming of Age, Identity, Migration

Franka has hair on her legs, her arms, her stomach – like lots of other women. Depilation hurts! And doesn't feel right… Is there no alternative?

Leyla Coll-O'Reilly // // 2022 // 16:38 min

Coming of Age, Gay / Lesbians / Trans

Groom portrays a young school dropout named Hannah, who is working a trial shift at a beauty salon, in a story about coercive relationships, consent, puberty and sexual desire.

Handbook

Pavel Mozhar // Deutschland, Weißrussland // 2021 // 26:00 min

An experimental arrangement, rendered on film, taking the form of a manual, which employs re-enactment (based on eyewitness accounts) in a striking manner to render palpable the machinations of Lukashenko's perfidious system of repression and power.

Michael Brynntrup // Deutschland // 1984 // 18:00 min

The original is in motion.
The identity is being denied.
On the very first take I wanted to pose naked in front of the camera. But I guess I didn't have the guts. - By the way, I took that shot by self-timer.

Alfie Barker // // 2021 // 10:21 min

A flyer informs the inhabitants of a British community that their houses are to be torn down to make way for a real estate development project. In shock, they explain what the loss means to them.