Filme

Andrés Bartos Amory, Lucija Stojevic // Spanien // 2023 // 04:59 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Mix-Medias

On a fishing boat loaded with people fleeing for their lives, a Rohingya remembers a song from his childhood. In his memories, he searches for the reasons for his flight and for the place of his future.

F*cking Head

Grégory Carnoli, Thibaut Wohlfahrt // Belgien // 2022 // 20:00 min

Stéphane returns to his hometown in Wallonia to watch a football match with his mates. They talk him into partying, but he's turned away at the Flemish night club.
[CW: police violence, racism]

My Mother and I

Emma Branderhorst // Niederlande // 2023 // 19:00 min

Coming of Age

Kees has big plans: she wants to move to France for her university studies. Alas, on the trip there she realises that her mother is not quite ready to say goodbye yet.

CCTV

Samira Karimi // Iran // 2023 // 10:00 min

When two lesbian students are caught by a CCTV camera, consequences suddenly loom as their parents are to be summoned to the school. Undaunted, the two come up with a novel idea.

Malin Ingrid Johansson // Schweden // 2023 // 12:51 min

Young Madden lives on a farm, where she has to help out a lot. Heading out in secret to attend a party, she makes an unexpected decision.

Mama Loves Me

Timmi Kwaku Davis // Deutschland // 2023 // 18:22 min

Coming of Age

Manuel grew up in socially disadvantaged circumstances with his single mother. On his biological father's 51st birthday, Manuel breaks into his penthouse apartment. He is to atone for the harm he has done to him and his mother. A heated argument breaks out, but eventually a door opens up: Blackness and masculinity play as much a role as overcoming intergenerational trauma.
[CW: Physical Violence]

And Me, I'm Dancing Too

Mohammad Valizadegan // Tschechische Republik, Deutschland // 2023 // 20:33 min

Choreography, Human Rights, Identity, Migration

Saba has a passion: she wants to dance. However, dancing is forbidden in the strictly religious country where she lives. Her conflict becomes a portrait of daily oppression.

Michele Tozzi // Italien // 2023 // 03:25 min

Environmental, Fantasy, Human Rights, Politics

The world in big hands: "Manimondo" is a playful metaphor for the impact that decisions made by individuals can have on the planet.

Lucas Malbrun // Frankreich // 2023 // 18:00 min

Disability, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics

Leipzig 1989, shortly before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc: Margarethe rebels against the East German regime and ends up in a psychiatric clinic. Though revolution is in the air, the secret police are more present than ever.
[CW: psychological violence]

Asarela Orchidia Dewi // Deutschland // 2022 // 18:55 min

Triggered by an old family photo, Azka begins to retrace their childhood in Indonesia. As they revisit long-forgotten memories, Azka discovers unresolved pains they never knew existed. Parents were at times awkward, at times ignorant in accepting Azka's trans*/non-binary gender. This experience marks the beginning of a journey that leads to profound self-acceptance.
[CW: Misgendering]

Mathias Krebser // Deutschland // 2023 // 01:49 min

Music video

A narrator with a grudge against mountain-bikers goes walking in the woods. But he has a plan: a trap made of branches and tree limbs!

David Robinson-Smith // Australien // 2022 // 12:25 min

Two characters cross paths, one has to endure abuse in the process. How responsible is the other? How do they deal with guilt? How to get off the hamster wheel, or process trauma? And how is it all connected in the end?
[CW: physical violence, suicide]

Maisha Maene // Demokratische Republik Kongo // 2022 // 14:00 min

Environmental, Habitat, Mockumentary, Sci-Fi

An afronaut climbs from the wreckage of a spaceship in the volcano crater of the Congolese mountain Nyiragongo. His visit to the nearby town causes a stir. How would you react?

Jack Turits // Ungarn, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2023 // 09:36 min

Human Rights, Politics

Three government officials let two refugees decide who gets a shot at citizenship, via duel. Both are given a weapon and told to commence shooting on the count of three. Whoever survives gets to sing the national anthem.
[CW: racism, death]

Isabella Margara // Griechenland // 2022 // 17:02 min

Environmental, Habitat

Trouble in a seafood restaurant: the catch has been poor, and everyone is praying for a miracle. When the whole team puts together a performance of a fisherman's yarn, fate smiles and a dolphin finds its way into their net!

Mikko Makela // Finnland // 2023 // 14:00 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans

During a one-night stand it becomes apparent that the ideas of cinematographic representations of love of a filmmaker and a cineaste go further apart than expected.

Resting Fog

Nikolett Fábián // Ungarn // 2022 // 05:14 min

Fog slowly drifts through the almost empty halls of a swimming pool. The few guests gather at the large windows and watch the last light of the day. Slowly, the world begins to change.

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

Aylin Gökmen // Schweiz // 2023 // 18:30 min

Human Rights

Vakıf, a Kurdish man who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth that have shaped his life – memories that include his mother, first love, and mistreatment by the police.
[CW: torture]

Depersonalization

Spartak Yordanov // Bulgarien // 2022 // 07:07 min

Video Art

Coincidence, all just pure coincidence. This grim animation treats personality loss. To what extent are we caught on the hamster wheel, or is it a form of collective consciousness instead? Food for thought.

Earworm

Pauline Picard // Frankreich // 2023 // 05:32 min

Disability, Fantasy, Horror

A creepy earworm is haunting Edith, in the form of a rabbit-eared man wearing a pink shirt. Whether she's in the shower or at her desk, at the bus stop, in the cinema or in bed with a lover – he just won't leave her alone.
[CW: Suicide]

Baltic Shea

Klaus Hoefs // Deutschland // 2023 // 04:56 min

Environmental, Habitat

No tootling with the poodle. No waggling with the wiener dog. Enough! It's off to the Baltic Sea – sorry: Baltic Shea.

Morgane Frund // Schweiz // 2022 // 19:06 min

Animals, insects, Human Rights, Mix-Medias, Politics

Editing footage for a project, a female director discovers that bears were not the only protagonists the amateur cameraman has recorded. A discussion about the power of the male gaze ensues.
[CW: sexism, sexualized violence, and voyeurism]

Eli Jean Tahchi // Deutschland // 2023 // 20:00 min

Back on Jamaica, his queer identity was something to be concealed. But in the company of a very special rugby team in Munich, Desmond finds the courage to be himself.

Time's Up

Camille Lugan // Frankreich // 2022 // 13:00 min

Work

Bike messenger Julie's running late. She's got to make up 11 minutes to get paid her bonus. Night after night, she rushes through Paris, while her relationship to Tom suffers.

Florian Felix Koch // Deutschland // 2020 // 13:32 min

Childhood, Environmental, Habitat, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Mix-Medias

Pro BMX rider Markus tells his story in an attempt to process a physical assault that nearly cost him his life. Alas, it also taught him what makes him happy: riding BMX bikes.
[CW: childhood trauma, suicide]