Programme

Congregation

Nick Simpson // Australien // 2021 // 02:56 min

If clubbers are a congregation, this is their anthem. An ode to the communal act of letting-go.

Fausse Nouvelle

Charlotte Pouyaud // Frankreich // 2021 // 04:35 min

Fantasy, Historical, Music video

The story of two bandits who have committed horse theft and wander amidst abandoned plains and dusky forests, until their own crime catches up with them.

Manden og Hovedet

The Man and the Head

Nilas Røpke Driessen // Dänemark // 2020 // 05:56 min

A head lies horizontally in the water, like a peninsula. A little rowboat docks alongside the head: a person climbs out and builds a house, to live henceforth in this strange place.

Boulettes

Patrick Gauthier // Kanada // 2019 // 06:00 min

Horror

Ginette stands behind the tasting counter of a small grocery store. Woe unto anyone who refuses her delicious little samples.

Mulm

Tobi Trebeljahr, Carol Ratajczak // Deutschland // 2020 // 06:51 min

Habitat, Horror, Musical, Work

The self-isolated protagonist observes a far-off star in a world full of backpack tourists. In the midst of a surreal desert, he must finally face the connection between cat, backpackers and star.

My paws are soft, my bones are heavy

Felix Klee // Deutschland // 2021 // 04:32 min

Animals, insects, Environmental, Habitat, Video Art

An artificial intelligence escapes to the bottom of the sea as a mountain lion. A poetic short film written by an AI language model, sound-tracked by a musical neural network and visualised by a video game engine.

The Machine

Alsen Rau // Deutschland // 2020 // 04:56 min

Animals, insects, Comedy, Horror, Human Rights, Politics, Thriller

The machine is a monkey that sees figures that probably only live inside its head.

Sed Libera Nos A Malo

Jack Salvadori // Kosovo // 2020 // 06:36 min

Comedy

The power of habit is enormous. So, to church we go, where the experience has been adapted to the new safety standards of the Covid era, without foregoing time-honoured rituals.

d'Gschicht vom grüene Chääs

the tale of the green cheese

Noah Erni // Schweiz // 2020 // 04:48 min

Animals, insects, Comedy, Environmental, Horror

A farmer leads an idyllic life in the Swiss Alps, until one of his goats gives birth to a goatling that doesn't look like it is supposed to. But it is ideal for creating a new product.

Angst

Béla Baptiste // Österreich // 2021 // 10:00 min

Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In our world, we take drugs to find relief and peace beyond the hectic pace and chaos of modern life. In "Angst", it's exactly the opposite.

Pizzaman le Superhéro

Adrien Fournier // Frankreich // 2021 // 01:19 min

Comedy, Habitat, Mix-Medias

Pizzaman, the superhero, delivers in 30 minutes or your money back. And he really gives his best, but Digital Code Man manages to hold him up at the house door.

Hit The Road, Egg!

Sabine Redlich // Deutschland // 2021 // 01:18 min

Comedy, Coming of Age, Identity, Migration

Imagine a set of ovaries as a game of pinball. Super short, ultra colourful and a tad ironic, here's a perfectly reasonable explanation for menstrual pain.

Ghost Dogs

Joe Cappa // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2020 // 10:45 min

Animals, insects, Comedy, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Horror

A midnight film featuring a series of hallucinatory and surreal images.

Flex

Josefin Malmén, David Strindberg // Schweden // 2020 // 04:20 min

Are we ever good enough for ourselves? A surreal comedy that slips into the skin of a bodybuilder with an ambivalent self-image and explores the fine line between self-love and self-hate.

Spoon

Victor Velasco // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2019 // 04:33 min

Coming of Age, Disability, Old age, Sci-Fi, Work

A business man is headed to work one Monday morning. A young man addresses him. The latter has a greater influence on his behaviour than he initially cares to admit.

Mmm...Cat

Yongxin Wang // Deutschland // 2021 // 05:05 min

Animals, insects, Comedy, Fantasy

A girl who would like to live alone receives a visit: a cat knocks on her door. From this moment on, something changes.

Okruszki życia

Katarzyna Miechowicz // Polen // 2020 // 07:00 min

Absurd adventures of three individuals living in the same little seaside village. Their idyllic existence is interrupted after mysterious events occur, causing fear in town. Everything seems to be controlled by a faceless man.

Banana Island

Caroline Schwarz // Deutschland // 2021 // 04:30 min

Human Rights, Politics

A banana island inhabitant notices that people are approaching his living space with a boat. Panicked at the thought of dealing with strangers, he begins to eat his banana island.

When the Moon was Gibbous

Erika Grace Strada // Dänemark // 2021 // 03:41 min

A surreal world on another planet. Humanoid creatures battle against a huge monster.

Ding

Malte Stein // Deutschland // 2021 // 04:32 min

Pursued by a little creature, a man is driven to the edge of insanity.

bloody afternoon – Eine Ode an die Periode

Lisa Blädtke // Deutschland // 2021 // 04:15 min

Human Rights, Music video, Politics

The taboo regarding menstruation is examined in an ironic, sarcastic manner, as the female filmmaker plays with cartoonish props, while questioning established advertising aesthetics.