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KUKI Festival
3/11/24 - 10/11/24
3/11/24 - 10/11/24
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Spencer MacDonald // Poland, Switzerland, United States // 2024 // 14:51 min
Documentary
When everything becomes too much for James, he prefers to hide at home and observe microorganisms through his microscope. The resilience of these tiny creatures gives him the strength to get through everyday life.
[Content Note: Abuse]
Fernanda Pineda / Hanz Rippe Gabriel // Colombia // 2023 // 14:39 min
Documentary
Quibdó, one of Columbia's most dangerous cities: Afro-dance instructor Jonathan Bonays initiates the dance group Black Boys Chocó to save young, queer individuals from the vicious circle of violence entrapping them.
[Content Note: Death or dying, Transphobia and trans misogyny, Homophobia and heterosexism]
Ibrahim Handal // Palestine // 2023 // 10:00 min
Live Action
Four friends from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem dream up a clever plan to take a trip to the seaside for the first time in their life. They hire a taxi and pretend to be Italian tourists! What could possibly go wrong?
Nishi Dugar // India // 2024 // 20:15 min
Live Action
Guddal, a free spirited 5-year-old girl, fond of playful mischief, lives with her siblings and nanny in their rambling ancestral home. But the news of the death of her ailing grandmother and the flood of mourning relatives in her idyllic space fill her with curiosity and questions.
Michele Meek // United States // 2023 // 08:35 min
Live Action
Coach Charlie holds some very outdated and problematic views. Lucky he has a bunch of bright, sassy kids at this year’s tennis camp who stand together and find a clever way to finally put an end to gender segregation in sport.
Lisette Ma Neza // Belgium // 2024 // 19:57 min
Documentary, Experimental
A collective poem woven by five women about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict which transforms humans into refugees. And never coming home.
Grégoire Callies / Gatien Peyrude / Maud Chesneau / Justine Aubert / Justine Raux / Anna Danton / Cassandra Bouton / Loic Girault // France // 2023 // 05:57 min
Animation
A hermit crab and a small shrimp become friends as they face the dangers of the beach to find a new shell.
Lucía G. Romero // Spain // 2024 // 18:09 min
Live Action
The sisters Jessica and Alma don't have it easy at home. But on one of their routine trips to the food bank on the night of the summer solstice fest known as San Juan, they begin to treat each other with love and not violence.
Christoph Lauenstein / Wolfgang Lauenstein // Germany // 2024 // 21:28 min
Animation
Twelve-year-old Vincent hates change. First his parents separate. Then his beloved grandfather dies. He simply wishes everything could be the way it was. When a portal to the past suddenly opens and allows him to keep reliving the happiest of day of his life, he seizes the opportunity...
Aiko Alonso // Mexico // 2023 // 16:17 min
Live Action
When Luna’s mother gives her a menstruation cup, the excitement of using it doesn’t last long when she realises how complicated it is to use it in her high school, where there isn’t any clean water in the sinks and toilets. Luna gets a conversation started amongst the other girls at school and their frustration quickly develops into a revolution.
Jamaica Kindlová // Czech Republic // 2024 // 04:50 min
Animation, Documentary
Ten-year-old Vítek has special abilities — he can feel and hear what others cannot. This animated documentary, made using the technique of sand animation, opens a door to his world and shows us that the absence of one sense doesn't have to be just an obstacle.
Constanza Majluf // Chile // 2024 // 18:22 min
Live Action
Young Manuela dreams of winning the competition for „Best National Costume“ in honour of the Independence Day celebrations at her school. Meanwhile, her older brother Gabo takes the risk of demonstrating against the brutal, military dictatorship under General Augusto Pinochet on the streets.
Christian Manzke / Sofie Kienzle // Germany // 2023 // 02:31 min
Animation
A creature in space overexploits its own planet with existential consequences.
Virginie Nolin / Laurence Olivier // Quebec // 2023 // 19:40 min
Live Action
9 year-old Sarah is quietly discovering love when an assault derails her sexual awakening. An intimate and delicate tale in which the play between different mediums offers an insight into gender performativity and consent.
Marion Jamault // France // 2024 // 08:49 min
Animation
When her pet rat goes missing, Paulette is heartbroken and wishes on falling stars and searches for it everywhere. Among the new enchanting acquaintances she makes on her travels is a friendly bat who joins in the search with its supersonic powers!
Cristhian Jallier // Colombia // 2024 // 11:00 min
Animation
When cousins Garu and Ponki are sent away because of their bad behaviour, they have one more chance to change their ways or be doomed to stay in the spooky village of the forgotten forever...
Anna Huix // Spain // 2023 // 19:57 min
Documentary
In the astonishing Karakoram Mountain Range in the North of Pakistan, women's soccer requires more than just a ball and a jersey. From hate speech to police presence at games, the courage with which these young women stand up to patriarchal oppression is inspiring.
Bérenger Barry // France // 2024 // 10:00 min
Live Action
Ben and Hazel have been friends since kindergarten. Can the green light of a hacked traffic light change that?
Charline Lefrançois / Florian Geisseler // Switzerland // 2024 // 15:23 min
Documentary
Le Lignon is one of the largest housing complexes in the world, one kilometer long and home to over 6000 residents. Situated by the Rhone River and forest, it is also a habitat for many birds. A study of two microcosms and the ambivalent relationship between humans and nature.
Amélie Hardy // Quebec // 2024 // 16:36 min
Documentary
Between loads of washing, Cooper confronts our gaze in a laundromat and frankly shares the story of her gender reassignment and long tumultuous journey of self acceptance.
Ignas Meilūnas // Lithuania // 2024 // 12:14 min
Animation
Two friends have a fabulous time skating on a frozen lake until a strange creature appears, observing them through the ice. Once they learn how to communicate, the fun really begins!
Heeyoung Lee // South Korea // 2024 // 05:10 min
Animation
What happens to us when we dearly miss a loved one, even a pet? Take Haru for instance, heartbroken about the death of his cat. One day he awakes to find himself transformed into a cat. And when he looks around, he sees that he is not alone…
Joël van As // Germany // 2024 // 08:48 min
Documentary
Punk music and playing the drums are Wiete's greatest passions. An equally important part of her life is her disability and her wheelchair, which she relies on most of the time. Still, for the longest time it was not easy for her to fully identify with this.
Amanda Strong // Canada // 2024 // 18:00 min
Animation
Set in the future, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm of terrifying creatures. Those that consume the earth with greed will have to fight those that protect the earth.
Oskar Lehemaa // Estonia // 2023 // 19:40 min
Animation
Where do all the mising socks go and what are they up to while they’re gone? Pille is brave enough to search for her father’s lost sock, in the fantastic world of dust balls and forgotten things, deep under the bed.
Harry Bhalerao // Germany // 2023 // 02:42 min
Animation
A cool kid, stray cats, lots of carrots and a funky surprise!
Thirza Ingold // Switzerland // 2023 // 05:47 min
Animation
Olga loves her pigs, but she loves eating pork chops even more. When the ghosts of the slaughtered pigs start influencing the farm from their cloud, Olga loses her appetite.
Julia Ocker // Germany // 2022 // 03:37 min
Animation
In an ocean full of bigger, meaner creatures, a pufferfish does what it can to seem as big and strong as possible. But how will they ever be able to play with each other when everyone just wants to act scary?
Morgane Simon / ARNAUD DEMUYNCK // Belgium, France // 2024 // 06:50 min
Animation
Fishing requires one thing above all: peace and quiet. But if you go to the lake with an excited puppy, fishing can quickly become a swimming session. Especially if a frog and a duck join in the fun!
Alexandra Lemay // Canada // 2023 // 05:00 min
Animation
Charlie sits down at the computer and tries her hardest to concentrate on doing her homework, but all the cool fun things that pop up on the screen are much more interesting. A hilarious reflection on the allures of internet distraction.
Suncana Brkulj // Croatia, Denmark // 2024 // 08:07 min
Animation
A community of hard-working creatures all contribute to their fantastic flow of life, and the main water source, a fountain, is existential. What happens when a butterfly inadvertedly stops the flow?
Emma Kanouté // Belgium // 2023 // 08:35 min
Animation, Live Action
When Louise visits her parents country house in the middle of summer, melancholy memories of her first lesbian love as a teenager come flooding back.
Pierre-Luc Granjon // France // 2024 // 12:22 min
Animation
The forest at night. Full of mystery and magical encounters. Whether or not young Eliot is dreaming, this fantastic adventure makes his family’s new house, into a wonderful home.
Abel Rubinstein // England // 2022 // 20:29 min
Live Action
Charlie is an absolutely normal teenage girl. That isn't true. Charlie isn't any more abnormal than any other teenager. Charlie is a sixteen-year-old trans girl living in Blackpool. On paper, she knows that differences are to be embraced, but in reality she only wants to fit in. Over the course of one extraordinary night, Charlie takes a significant step forward in embracing who she truly is.
Torill Kove // Norway, Canada // 2024 // 16:43 min
Animation
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. Exploring the spaces between reality and memory a profound acceptance ensues.
Juejun Chen // Germany, China // 2023 // 04:15 min
Experimental, Live Action
Found footage from Chinese dance schools reveals the dehumanisation of bodies through strict training. A sharp critique of mechanisation in a success-driven society.
Bence Hlavay // Hungary // 2024 // 10:06 min
Animation
Enjoying the summer’s day with his old friends in his former hometown is something Marci longs to do, but in the midst of racing thoughts and overwhelming emotions, the biggest challenge is to just be in the moment.
Philip Ivancsics // Austria // 2024 // 07:35 min
Live Action
Nico thinks that his friend Luisa’s dad is much cooler than his, but sometimes the truth is much more interesting and fun than preconceptions.
Daniel HUSS // France, Germany // 2023 // 08:36 min
Live Action
A group of young male friends spend a routine evening at a villiage pub drinking and making fun of one another while old cheesy pop songs play in the background. Everything as usual. But as Toni watches an older couple dance in the course of the evening, he begins to ask himself what he really wants.
Odessa Choi / Odessa Choi // Germany // 2023 // 04:34 min
Documentary
17-year-old Odessa Choi explores the effects of growing up with three cultures. In this self-directed documentary, she examines the lack of a clearly defined belonging, but also the positive sides of multiculturalism by reflecting on her own upbringing.
Warda Mohamed // United Kingdom // 2023 // 18:58 min
Live Action
Muna, a British-Somali teenager, is really looking forward to the school trip and her friends have tasked her with compiling the greatest playlist of all time. But when Muna’s grandfather in Somalia dies, a confusing mourning period begins for a man she never really knew.
Jelena Oroz // Croatia // 2024 // 06:22 min
Animation
Automobiles are everywhere. Brutal, aggressive, loud. But now they've grown legs and conquered the sidewalks too. A revenge campaign against the heartless nature of cars takes shape.
Stiv Spasojevic // France // 2023 // 06:40 min
Animation
A robot travels through space to undertake research on a faraway planet and makes an unexpected friendship amongst the extraordinary beauty and nature to be found there.
Ulu Braun // Germany, United States // 2024 // 11:58 min
Animation, Experimental
An amusing meditation on the American Dream in a glitchy and painterly collage that reflects on media, military, consumption and self-optimization.
Nour Ben Salem / Julien MENANTEAU // France // 2023 // 22:00 min
Live Action
Maha's blind grandad is not well and dreams of finally returning to the seaside. But because Palestinian refugees are not allowed to leave the camp in Balata, Maha ropes in a whole bunch of friends to stage an elaborate plan to make her grandad believe that he can return to his homeland.
Florence Miaihe // France // 2024 // 15:00 min
Animation
A beautifully flowing and epic animation as a tribute to the Olympic swimming champion and holocaust survivor Alfred Nakache. A reflection on resilience and solidarity.
Emilio Martí Lopez // Spain // 2023 // 30:00 min
Documentary
Although the Sahrawis are essentially nomads, they have been forced to live in exile for many years. Children from the refugee camps in Algeria use their own words and drawings to explain what this means to them and create awareness of the conflict in Western Sahara in this personal and creative way.
Mikk Magi // Estonia // 2023 // 12:47 min
Animation
It’s Peter’s very first time in the countryside and he finds everything extremely weird. Little does he know that the spooky photo in his room will lead to a fun adventure, with the help of the seemingly wild local kids.
Kelsi Phung / Fabien Corre // France // 2023 // 01:29 min
Animation
The vibrant plea of a generation of trans and non-binary people for the recognition of their rights.
Ramazan Kilic // Turkey // 2023 // 15:36 min
Live Action
Şevîn comes up with a clever plan to continue watching Kurdish television in the village, even though all the aerials have been removed. Most of all, she wants to make her grandma happy.
Renee Zhan // England // 2023 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Fei, a 16-year-old British-Chinese girl, is the top violinist in an elite London youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place in the orchestra, Fei’s anxieties and internalized racism grow to take monstrous physical form.
Hadi Babaeifar // Iran // 2023 // 13:15 min
Live Action
From their window, Rose and her dog observe a lot of sheep and activity in the yard across the street. When she finds out that they are to be slaughtered for the joyous and charitable, Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, “Eid al-Adha”, she feels sorry for the sheep and wonders what she could do to save them.
Teymour Ghaderi // Iran, United States // 2024 // 10:56 min
Documentary
Esmaeel is a 16-year-old Afghan refugee, living alone, under the radar, under the vast sky and working with camels on an Iranian tourist island. The only thing that makes this situation tolerable is being able to stay in contact with his family.
Marianne Ulrichsen // Norway // 2024 // 17:22 min
Live Action
Vilja is fighting in various ways: with her parents' separation, her mum's new partner and in the wrestling club. When her new stepsister joins the wrestling team, Vilja has had enough.
Dina Naser // Egypt, Jordan, Palestine // 2023 // 18:43 min
Live Action
Hind is one of the best in her karate group, which is usually a safe place for her. But when her trainer abuses his power, her world is shaken. And it's not because of her missing hearing aid.
Subarna Dash // India // 2024 // 12:17 min
Animation
Which room in any house is generally safe from prying eyes and awkward questions? A quirky, shy girl and the joyous comfort she finds in bathrooms whilst growing up.
Alexander Aguilar // France // 2023 // 01:37 min
Animation
This entertaining animation finds clever ways to visually describe the way in which a trans child finally gets through to his mother about his identity.
Cillian Green // Ireland // 2023 // 07:25 min
Animation
A young man in Dublin undergoes a crisis of meaning, speaks with flies and pedals through his confused mental world in search of clarity and a moment of calm.
Jacob Krupnick // Nigeria, United States // 2023 // 14:44 min
Documentary
When a video of kids dancing in the rain goes viral, it brings global attention to an unlikely ballet school outside Lagos, Nigeria. Now, Daniel Ajala -- who learned ballet over YouTube -- is training students to perform on the world stage.
Elia Merlot // France // 2023 // 19:22 min
Live Action
Ryta and her family are Roma and have just moved into a council housing estate in a new neighbourhood. There she develops a fascination for a young man called Kaïs, who only seems to have a passion for pétanque. What’s a girl to do?
Mariana Gil Ríos // Colombia // 2023 // 16:38 min
Live Action
After her big sister sneaks off with a boyfriend, Rafaela‘s boredom and curiosity lead her to explore the house. Of talking dogs, unexpected allies and finding the freedom to discover oneself.
Daan Lucas // Netherlands // 2023 // 09:06 min
Animation
Two flower gnomes enjoy a beautiful day until flooding rains threaten to wash away their world. While searching for the source, they discover a child king and the ghastly secret behind his tears.
Shih Hui Hsu // Taiwan // 2023 // 12:00 min
Documentary
Cheng Pao gives us a tour of his family’s beautiful farm in Taiwan and shows how making a tasty pizza can start with collecting chicken eggs, picking tomatoes and even chopping wood.
GUIDO BACA YAHUIRA // Peru // 2022 // 14:00 min
Live Action
When young Benito is unable to go to school because of the pandemic, he practices reading and writing with an old book at his mother’s side while their animals graze in the Andes Mountains. What he learns, is so valuable, that he passes it on.
