Programme

Helmut

Isamu Hirabayashi // Japan // 2003 // 09:20 min

short fiction

A man and his Honda motorbike breeze past the peaceful landscape of a country road in Japan. A silent but suspenseful road trip.

Confessions of an Animation

Steve Backer // Australien // 2004 // 03:00 min

animation

What’s it like to be an animated character? Stuck to the paper, forever a victim of predestination? Time to speak up and make a complaint!

The Running Fishgutter

Jasper Zwartjes // Niederlande // 2003 // 05:10 min

short fiction

Tokyo fishgutter Kenshi meets his world record-breaking hero in 1964. Afterwards, he is inspired to compete at the next Olympic games - in his own hands-on category.

Der Mann im Schild

The Man on the Sign

Christian Meyer // Deutschland // 2004 // 12:00 min

animation

What happens when the traffic sign stick-people strike and organize a benefit concert? Catastrophe in the city Dings on the river Dongs!

Stalls

Elizabeth Sher, Maggie Simpson // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2004 // 03:00 min

short fiction

How to beat the long lines to the women’s toilet in three easy steps.

Kunstdefinitionen

Definitions of Art

Yuri A // Schweiz // 2004 // 05:00 min

A Swiss national, a bodybuilder, an art collector, a curator, and a blind artist each make their own personal statement about art.

Zippo

Zips

Stefano Sollima // Italien // 2003 // 09:00 min

Short Fiction

Everything he needs is inside himself, accessible by zippers. But what happens when an alien object falls in by mistake?

Water on Mars

Horst Da Luz // Deutschland // 2003 // 00:35 min

computeranimation short fiction

Mankind holds its breath as the Mars landing finally becomes reality. The astronauts step onto the strange new planet and hoist the flag, unaware of their danger of their conquest.

Acapulco

Dirk Siekmann // Deutschland // 2004 // 05:00 min

short fiction

The scoundrels Rolf and Peter are sitting in their van in front of a bank, planning a robbery in order to improve their lives. But unforeseen complications slow down their progress...

Egotrip

Urs Domingo Gnad // Deutschland // 2004 // 03:00 min

short fiction

A man is playing ball when the laws of nature suddenly cease to exist. A film shot in one take.

Strict Eternum

Didier Fontan // Frankreich // 2004 // 08:00 min

short fiction animation

Idyllic suburbia in the sixties: He works on the car while she watches TV. They are prisoners in their seemingly perfect world. All they can do is wait for the next snowstorm.

Gesichtsmusik

Face Music

Benjamin Kinsley // Deutschland // 2004 // 02:20 min

experimental music video clip

A study of facial expression: rhythmic distorton and stretching exercises, variations on winking and laugh lines. A film that makes use of all the facial muscles.

Egg

Benh Zeitlin // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2004 // 08:41 min

animation

Who is eating whom? Herman Melville’s ’Moby Dick’ reinterpreted: Ismael’s death sentence in collage with futuristic, hungry eggheads.

Rock the World

Suk Won Shin // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2004 // 03:04 min

computeranimation

What President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell really want.

Fliegenpflicht für Quadratküpfe

All Squares Must Fly!

Stephan Flint Müller // Deutschland // 2004 // 10:43 min

short fiction

A playful look at the ’sights’ in Berlin, including acrobatics with 10-ton-hats, farting posters, and experiments with camera perspectives.

After Dolly

Mick Elliott // Australien // 2004 // 03:45 min

animation

It began with one sheep. Five years later, the potential for genetic engineering is mind boggling. Cloned claymation figures offer a possible scenario in a genetically manipulated world.

Inge und Rudolf: Der ganz normale Horror

Inge and Rudolf: The Ordinary Horror

Thomas Wommelsdorf // Deutschland // 2004 // 06:00 min

short fiction

Rudolph cuts off his index finger. Inge is overjoyed: Insurance benefits equal vacation on Tenerife. But two lost fingers equal a whole house on Tenerife.

Fishes

Mirek Nisenbaum // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2003 // 02:00 min

animation

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a fish when a ship sinks? An underwater documentary of the parties we’ll never attend...

Flaschko - der Mann in der Heizdecke

Flaschko - The Man with the Electric Blanket

Nicolas Mahler // Österreich // 2002 // 06:00 min

animation

A man, his mother, and an electric blanket. Four seated melodramas.

Non-Fat

Oliver Manzi // England // 2003 // 00:30 min

Short Fiction

A fat barman has a problem with non-fat milk.

L’axe du mal

Axis of Evil

Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Pascal LiËvre // Frankreich, Kanada // 2003 // 05:45 min

music video clip

The Axis of Evil speech by George W. Bush, in French and sung to the melody of the 80’s hit And When the Rain Begins to Fall, by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora.