Filme

Gijs Kast // Niederlande // 2022 // 02:20 min

Animals, insects, Environmental

Electrifying in black and white: the collaboration between dancer and musician is palpable. If only we were able to experience the film on the cinema screen, with proper sound…
[CW: strobe light]

Gush

Juliette Van Ardenne // Niederlande // 2023 // 10:39 min

Environmental, Thriller

A mother who lost touch with herself after the birth of a child struggles to regain some semblance of mental health. A thriller about a young woman whose pregnancy pushes her to the edge of psychosis.

Noah Sheldon // China // 2018 // 04:12 min

Documentary

50 to 60 polystyrene boxes fit on her bike without tipping – a shaky affair. A look at the life of an itinerant labourer in Shanghai, who ekes out a living selling styrofoam boxes.

Sugar

Jeroen Annokkée // Niederlande // 2010 // 07:30 min

Comedy

Bert's scantily dressed neighbour comes by to borrow a cup of sugar. When she lets the cup slip and they both try to catch it, destiny strikes.

Follow My Steps

Nils Balleydier // Frankreich // 2022 // 04:26 min

Playful sibling rivalry and a flock of watchful birds in the snow. Who is copying who?

If Not Now, When…?

Jens Rosemann // Deutschland // 2021 // 03:33 min

Comedy

Today is the day: Sven is going to jump off the high dive at the outdoor pool. Although… maybe tomorrow would be better? Or next week? Does look pretty high. Better go get some French fries first.

The Swimmer

Máté Boegi // Dänemark // 2023 // 17:00 min

Audio engineer Willem came to Denmark's west coast with his girlfriend to record typical beach sounds. But then he hears a man and woman having sex – and one of the voices sounds oddly familiar…

/ Nieto // Frankreich // 2021 // 12:00 min

Fantasy

The grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria’s deep jungles. His sudden presence creates complete anarchy in the fauna’s world, which was until-then perfectly organized.

sara priorelli, Maria Zilli // Italien // 2022 // 04:52 min

Comedy, Thriller

Revenge in the "Sweet Dreams" motel: things get bloody in the pool when a hotel employee is no longer able to bear the constant humiliation.
[CW: murder, blood, sexual violence]

Undress Me

Victor Lindgren // Schweden // 2013 // 14:30 min

Drama

Mikaela has undergone a gender-affirmation procedure. One night at a bar she meets a guy who goes home with her. In "Undress Me" sexual objectification becomes a 'playing doctors' situation, each person wanting the other to take the first step towards sex. A film about our notions of masculinity and femininity, and how we come into existence through the way others see us.

Gustavo Vokos // Brasilien, Peru // 2022 // 18:25 min

Childhood, Coming of Age, Historical, Human Rights

Deep in the Peruvian Andes, thousands of individuals come together to solve their problems in violent one-on-one show-downs. This is meant to restore social equilibrium. What twists of fate have brought a father here?
[CW: animal cruelty, physical violence, homophobia]

Elizabeth Sargent // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2023 // 15:45 min

Coming of Age, Disability

During a video call, Emily sees her mentally challenged sister Anna alone with her dead mother and is unable to grasp the situation. She comes back home from New York – and must relearn to engage with Anna's perspective.

Kantarama Gahigiri // Ruanda, Schweiz // 2023 // 09:51 min

Environmental, Video Art

Cobalt, cassiterite or silicon? Mining minerals has become essential in many areas – as they become indispensable in our smartphones or laptops. An artful production about the dark sides of globalization.

Soda Jerk // Australien // 2018 // 54:00 min

Part political satire, eco-horror and road movie, Terror Nullius is a 54-minute political revenge fable. It hitches a ride into the dark heart of Australia, to apocalyptic desert camps and where bicentenary celebrations of the colony are ravaged by carnivorous sheep. Working against official nationalist mythologies, the feature film remix has been called "one of the best Australian films of the decade" by The Guardian, a "dizzying, ambitiously satirical work".

Lea Vidakovic // Kroatien, Frankreich, Serbien // 2023 // 14:35 min

What could a quiet afternoon in an aristocratic villa have looked like just prior to the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire? In this take, a brother pays a visit with extended family, disturbing domestic tranquillity.

Christen Bach // Dänemark, Deutschland, Niederlande // 2023 // 04:55 min

Environmental, Fantasy, Identity, Migration, Musical, Video Art

Under water, there is no consensus among the mythical creatures whether the weird, enormous technological snake on the sea floor is a good omen or not. They debate the matter in song.

Chihying Musquiqui // Deutschland, Taiwan, Togo // 2021 // 22:00 min

Fantasy, Historical, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics, Sci-Fi, Video Art

Togolese photographers are testing devices that can compensate for insufficient exposure when shooting dark skin tones. A newly developed face camera algorithm is very popular on the African continent. And in addition: the production of a kung fu movie with a computer-generated voice of Bruce Lee.
[CW: discrimination, racism]

Morten Arnfred // Dänemark, Norwegen // 2022 // 06:52 min

Choreography, Horror

What image does the phrase "lump of meat" evoke? A uniform mass of flesh or several pieces joined to form a lump? Is the human body a lump? What about many bodies, taken together?
[CW: blood]

Nienke Deutz // Belgien, Frankreich, Niederlande // 2023 // 14:54 min

Irma, whose desire to have a kid has gone unfulfilled, would love to finally relax at this 5-star hotel. Alas, she's surrounded by pregnant women. Is her plan for regeneration ruined? A sensitive animation with depth.

Simone Smith // // 2023 // 17:00 min

Video Art

This one is trippy: stuck in a car with the dysfunctional family on the way to a wedding – bloody hell! Mother, father, daughter, son – in a quirky psycho-horror trip chock full of mutual bashing.
[CW: Drugs, Strobe Lights]

Junha Kim // Republik Korea, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2023 // 06:54 min

Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In this experiment, inspired by Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto", the boundary between human bodies and technical devices is fluid.

Fazila Amiri // Kanada, Afghanistan // 2020 // 12:30 min

Set in contemporary Afghanistan, a red bicycle opens two windows into the world of two Afghan women.
[CW: violence , sexism, war]

Lajaward Haqiqi // Afghanistan // 2013 // 03:34 min

How listening to music is a legitimate need of all human beings, and for the people of Afghanistan.
[CW: war]

Natalie Cubides-brady // // 2023 // 12:54 min

Environmental, Sci-Fi

"Dear Ida, yesterday I got lost in the smog. It envelops everything. The suffocation is everywhere." "The Veiled City" poetically links industrialisation with a post-apocalyptic future.

Volker Schlecht // Deutschland // 2023 // 15:35 min

Animals, insects, Environmental

This work features gripping voice-over narration by biologist Karen Lips, who spent years in Costa Rica, among other places, where she witnessed the disappearance of entire frog species. One dark side of globalisation.