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Diskurs Europa: Fokus Schweiz 1 – Wo wir hingehören
Discourse Europe: Focus Switzerland 1 – Where We Belong
SWISS FILMS präsentiert sieben ganz unterschiedliche Filme aus unserem Nachbarland. Alle verhandeln sie auf ihre ganz eigene Art die
Zugehörigkeit zu einem Ort, einer Gemeinschaft oder zu einem Gebäude. Sie hinterfragen dieses Zugehörigkeitsgefühl, aber auch dessen
Bedeutung im Leben und in der Gesellschaft. Sie sprechen von konkreten und mentalen Grenzen, die Räume und Menschen voneinander trennen.
SWISS FILMS presents seven very different films from our neighbouring country. All of them negotiate in their very own way the affiliation to a
place, a community or a building. They question this feeling of belonging, but also its significance in life and in society. They speak of concrete and
mental boundaries that separate spaces and people.
Swiss Made, Sophie Wietlisbach, Switzerland, 2017, 02:32min, Airport, Michaela Müller, Switzerland / Croatia, 2017, 10:35min,
Animation Animation
A satirical portrait of Switzerland that avails of aesthetic
codes inspired by touristic language. The film sarcastically Airports – the pinnacle of modern society, places where the
denounces the absurdity of the attractions that attempt to limits of borders, security and tolerance are constantly
satisfy an insatiable public. It addresses current issues and tested. While for some the journey starts, for others it
opens the way for reflections on the future of the Alpine abruptly ends.
region.
Versus, Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo , Switzerland / Rwanda,
The Meadow, Jela Hasler, Switzerland, 2015, 08:57min, Documentary 2016, 06:16min, Fiction
In a dry, barren landscape, a herd of cattle grazes, Alone in his apartment in a European city, a young man
accompanied by dogs, tended to by cowboys. Step by step, plunges into the dark corners of his thoughts.
the seemingly peaceful place starts to prove deceptive to
the viewer – while the cows end their day as it began.
Zufall / Coincidence, Thaïs Odermatt, Switzerland / Germany, 2016, Valet Noir / Blackjack, Lora Mure-Ravaud, Switzerland, 2017,
05:53min, Documentary 22:32min, Fiction
When does coincidence begin in every human being’s life? Leila, singularly androgynous, works at a casino, a
An essayistic reflection on the meaning of coincidence. predominantly male environment. A croupier at night, she
returns to her hotel room early in the morning. Camil, who
occupies the room next to hers, spends his days alone,
disappears at dawn and returns at nightfall. Gradually, a
mutual and silent attraction develops.
Bonobo, Zoel Aeschbacher, Switzerland / Germany, 2017, 20:00min,
Fiction
Félix, Ana and Seydoux live in the same social housing
without knowing each other. The three characters seem
linked by one element: The building’s dilapidated elevator,
an infernal machine leading them to an inescapable, tragic
destiny.
Diskurs Europa: Fokus Schweiz 2 – There and Back Again – Secondos’ Tales
Discourse Europe: Focus Switzerland 2 – There and Back Again – Secondos’ Tales
Als Zeichen einer funktionierenden Integrationspolitik kann man als Beispiel den Helvetismus «Secondo» oder «Seconda» nennen,
der als durchaus positiv konnotierter Sammelbegriff steht für Kinder von Migrant*innen, die in der Schweiz geboren wurden oder
den größten Teil ihres Lebens hier verbracht haben. Fünf Filme von Secondos und Secondas, die in der Schweiz aufgewachsen oder
für das Studium hierhergekommen sind, geben Einblick ins Landesinnere und den Alltag von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund
und Ausblicke auf eine zweite Heimat außerhalb der Schweiz.
As a sign of a functioning integration policy, the Helvetism "Secondo" or "Seconda" can be cited as an example. This is a collective
term with positive connotations for the children of migrants born in Switzerland or who have spent most of their lives here. Five
films by secondos and secondas who grew up in Switzerland or came here for their studies provide an insight into the interior of the
country and the everyday life of people with a migration background and perspectives on a second home outside Switzerland.
Kanton Yugoslavia / Little Yugoslavia, Nikola Ilić, Switzerland, 2013, Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber alles auf einmal lassen /
16:22min, Documentary You Can't Do Everything at Once, but You Can Leave Everything at
A multifaceted portrait of a motley group of people from ex- Once, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, Switzerland, 2013, 15:26min, Fiction
Yugoslavia who immigrated to Switzerland. But have they Memories of a life, skilfully combined from found footage.
truly arrived? As much as they might praise the advantages Broken down into chapters, the film reveals family secrets
of living here, they have kept their traditions of old and live a bit by bit and makes them form a seemingly autobiographic
life of nostalgia in their own separate canton, LITTLE story between fiction and documentary. It all began on a
YUGOSLAVIA. couch...
La Vague / The Wave, Irene Muñoz Martin, Switzerland, 2014, Edmund u Knezevcu / Free State of Edmund, Luka Popadić,
13:08min, Fiction Switzerland / Serbia, 2012, 22:44min, Documentary
On 20 November 1975 during the World Championships in In the 1980s, the Swiss lawyer Edmund Schönenberger
Rhythmic Gymnastics in Madrid, the Spanish dictator fought together with the Zurich Lawyers’ Collective for a
Franco died. On the basis of private and archival photos, the better world. Embittered by Swiss "pseudo-democracy",
film tells the story of a gymnast who is the mother of the he starts a new existence in the Serb province and
filmmaker and questions the writing of history, as indeed of continues to swim against the current.
Spain’s collective memory.
Mama Rosa, Dejan Barac, Switzerland, 2019, 19:47min, Documentary
The filmmaker gives us a glimpse into the life of his mother.
Rosa is from Croatia and has lived in Switzerland for many
years with her husband, who needs nursing. She takes care
of everything. Her grown-up children want to move out to
escape from the oppressive atmosphere at home. Rosa is left
behind.
Retrospektive: Regisseurinnen in der DDR 1 – Vom Aufbegehren
Retrospective: Female Directors in East Germany (GDR) 1 – On Rebellion
Die Frage, ob Filme von Frauen anders sind, beschäftigt zurzeit viele. Dass sie von denjenigen, die die Filmgeschichte
schreiben, zumeist übersehen wurden, ist indes gewiss. Das gilt auch für die Regisseurinnen aus der DDR. Ihre Filme, die
vergessen, kaum gezeigt oder gar verboten wurden, werden nun endlich erschlossen. Die Geschichte des unabhängigen,
experimentellen Films in der DDR ist hingegen eine andere, die es gleichermaßen beim FILMFEST DRESDEN zu entdecken gilt.
The question of whether women's films are different is currently preoccupying many. It is certain, however, that they have mostly
been overlooked by those who write film history. This also applies to the female directors from the GDR. Their films, which were
forgotten, hardly shown or even banned, are finally being catalogued. The history of independent, experimental film in the GDR, on
the other hand, is a different one, which is equally worth discovering at FILMFEST DRESDEN.
Aufbruch / Resurrection, Annelie Thorndike, East Germany (GDR), Ramona, Sibylle Schönemann, East Germany (GDR), 1979, 50:00min,
1985, 26:00min, Documentary Fiction
In the film, Dresden’s flourishing period, as well as its Ramona, a cheeky teenager, believes she has finally found
destruction and re-emergence are reconstructed using her "procreator", a baker, in a village in Brandenburg. He is
historic photographs; a propaganda film in terms of its style, sceptical, but he even takes his leather jacket out of the
yet which is borne by an honest goal. closet for her. The improvised dialogue accords the film a
lightness and humour.
Marx-Familie / Marx Family, Helke Misselwitz, East Germany (GDR), Strukturen und Film / Structures and Film, Christine Schlegel, East
1988, 06:00min, Documentary Germany (GDR), 1985, 08:00min, Experimental
Helke Misselwitz talks about Karl Marx the person and his Everything becomes a surface: Clothes, bodies, even the
family from the time in London when he lived in poverty. film footage itself. The material from differing actions is
Accompanied by: Images from the demolition of a building. painted, scratched and re-encoded. The graphic
The Kinobox contribution was banned and could only first intrusions surround their objects. Anxiety ensues.
be screened five years later.
David und Goliath / David and Goliath, Sabine Meienreis, East
Germany (GDR), 1981, 05:00min, Animation
In this gem, David and Goliath act as abstract planes
consisting of coloured tissue paper, cavorting with and
against each other. Letters start to play madly,
accompanied by the sounds of overexcited vocalists.
Retrospektive: Regisseurinnen in der DDR 2 – Neue Frauen braucht das Land
Retrospective: Female Directors in East German GDR 2 – The Country Needs New Women
Die Frage, ob Filme von Frauen anders sind, beschäftigt zurzeit viele. Dass sie von denjenigen, die die Filmgeschichte schreiben, zumeist
übersehen wurden, ist indes gewiss. Das gilt auch für die Regisseurinnen aus der DDR. Ihre Filme, die vergessen, kaum gezeigt oder gar verboten
wurden, werden nun endlich erschlossen. Die Geschichte des unabhängigen, experimentellen Films in der DDR ist hingegen eine andere, die es
gleichermaßen beim FILMFEST DRESDEN zu entdecken gilt.
.The question of whether women's films are different is currently preoccupying many. It is certain, however, that they have mostly been
overlooked by those who write film history. This also applies to the female directors from the GDR. Their films, which were forgotten, hardly
shown or even banned, are finally being catalogued. The history of independent, experimental film in the GDR, on the other hand, is a different
one, which is equally worth discovering at FILMFEST DRESDEN.
Anziehendes / Alluring Attire, Lisette Mahler, East Germany (GDR), Dachdeckerfamilie aus Frankfurt/Oder / Roofer Family from
1955, 15:00min, Documentary Frankfurt/Oder, Nina Freudenberg, East Germany (GDR), 1981,
10:00min, Documentary
Fashion was really not one of the strengths of the GDR, yet it
was tirelessly advertised. Lisette Mahler describes the Because Erich Honecker was once a roofer, this trade was
nightmare of every woman: The dress she has just bought always accorded particular attention. Not only do the pair
can suddenly be seen everywhere in the city. Which happens of roofers in this Kinobox contribution have a large and
when a woman buys "off the peg". . robust family, but even half of the town beneath them.
Sie / She, Gitta Nickel, East Germany (GDR), 1971, 30:0min, Aktfotografie, z. B. Gundula Schulze / Nude Portraits – Gundula
Documentary Schulze, Helke Misselwitz, East Germany (GDR), 1983, 12:00min,
Documentary
In the state-owned VEB Treffmodelle textile mill, Gitta
The photographer Gundula Schulze reflects on stereotypical
Nickel asks women about equal opportunities, their plans
views of nude photography, which she contrasts with
for the future and social pressure. They give surprisingly
counter-models. This is underscored in parallel with
frank answers. The camerawork and editing have
everyday scenes of check-out ladies in a supermarket,
something exhilarating about them, inspired by the spirit of
whose lives are concerned by completely different things.
the 1960s.
Treibhaus / Under Pressure, Christine Schlegel, East Germany (GDR),
Meta Morfoss, Monika Anderson, East Germany (GDR), 1979, 1985, 12:0min, Experimental
16:00min, Animation
Christine Schlegel worked together many times with the
Meta Morfoss is a credit to her name. Depending on her
congenial performer Fine Kwiatkowski, who knows how to
mood, she can turn into an angel, an animal or even the
create connections with the most diverse materials in her
other gender. Childhood as a place of freedom. The literary
disconcerting expressive dances.
source is from Peter Hacks.
Sieben Rechte des Zuschauers / The Seven Rights of a Viewer, Marion
Rasche / Peter Mißbach, East Germany (GDR), 1980, 02:00min,
Animation
Reverence for the artist, no way! The film mercilessly takes
the side of the viewers. Their reactions in the cinema
auditorium truly affirms that which is cinema: Crying,
laughing and sleeping together...
Animated 1: How dare you?
Das Animationsprogramm setzt sich mit dem Trauma auseinander, das wir unserem Planeten zugefügt haben und trotz engagierter Initiativen
einer jungen Generation auch weiterhin ungebremst tun. Unser Gastkurator, der Animationskünstler David Buob, beleuchtet das Thema mit
seinen ausgewählten Filmen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven - philosophisch, kapitalismuskritisch, politisch, zornig.
This animation programme deals with the trauma we have inflicted on our planet and continue to do so unabated despite the committed
initiatives of a young generation. Our guest curator, the animation artist David Buob, illuminates the topic with his selected films from various
perspectives - philosophical, critical of capitalism, political, angry.
Insect Bite, Grace Nayoon Rhee, USA, 2015, 02:29min, Animation Der Apfel / The Apple, Kurt Weiler, East Germany (GDR), 1969, 14:00min,
Animation
The history of knowledge began with the apple that was
A tiny bug tries to figure out what it wants to be. nibbled despite it being forbidden. The scientifically minded
person causes progress continuously, with revolution
following upon revolution.
Instinkt / Instinct, Rao Heidmets, Estonia, 2003, 10:05min, Animation Thermostat 6, Maya Av-Ron / Mylène Cominotti / Marion Coudert /
Sixtine Dano, France, 2018, 04:48min, Animation
A film about what happens when the creator loses control over Diane cannot ignore the leak coming from the ceiling above
their creation and it starts to obey its own will. the family dinner anymore…
Totem, Caleb Wood, USA , 2014, 02:09min, Animation Second Hand, Isaac King, Canada, 2012, 07:35min, Animation
The term "second hand" refers to the ticking hand on a clock; it
Caleb Wood is an animation artist and is most interested in the also describes re-used items. Would you rather save time? Or
dynamism of the mundane and overlooked, as well as of the save stuff? This film examines the imbalance and waste
abstract, and all things moving. A celebration of animal. created by these modern obsessions.
Kuhina / Swarming, Joni Männistö, Finland, 2011, 07:18min, Animation Ça Mouille ! / It’s Wet !, Alexis Godard / Nan Huang, France, 2018,
07:20min, Animation
A child discovers life in a dead bird and starts to play with it. A young woman enjoys everything, in ignorance of the world
around her, until she reaches the limits of her own self-esteem.
Taxonomy, Karen Aqua, USA, 2011, 04:08min, Animation The Pride of Strathmoor, Einar Baldvin, USA / Iceland, 2014, 08:33min,
Animation
The animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms reside in a state A hand-drawn animated film set in the US State of Georgia in
of constant flux. Through the metaphor of transformation, this 1927. Framed around the journals of pastor John Deitman, the
film explores the themes of malleability, instability and film details Deitman’s persecution of the local black
interconnectedness. population and chronicles his descent into madness.
Animated 2: Afterlife
Willkommen, Fremder! Hier gelten ein paar Regeln. Wir werden persönlich. Wir haben keine Angst vor Traurigkeit. Wir sind hier,
um über Dramen zu sprechen, aber wir sind nicht hier, um Euch zu verletzen. Wir werden darüber nachdenken, ob ein Leben nach
den Traumata der Vergangenheit möglich ist und ein Leben mit all unseren Zukunftsängsten!
Welcome, stranger! There are a few rules here. We get personal. We're not afraid of sadness. We're here to talk about drama, but
we're not here to hurt you. We will think about whether life after the traumas of the past is possible as well as a life with all our
fears in the future!
Balcony, Dávid Dell'Edera, Hungary, 2016, 06:18min, Animation Dom / Home, Agnieszka Borowa, Poland, 2015, 14:22min, Animation
Another unbearably hot dog day on the estate. The still air is Home is a place. A family. A history. Relationships. A memory
so thick you could cut it with a knife. Some game or other is that forms a person. This is a story about a girl coming back
being played to kill the time. Shadows wander and sweat home. This visit brings a storm of chaotic, difficult
flows. For crying out loud! memories. In order to leave this place for good, she must
confront her past.
Les Journaux de Lipsett / Lipsett Diaries, Théodore Ushev, Canada, 5 Ans Après la Guerre / Five Years After the War, Samuel Albaric /
2010, 14:03min, Animation Martin Wiklund / Ulysse Lefort, France, 2017, 16:39min, Animation /
Documentary
The film depicts the maelstrom of anguish that tormented
How does one grow up between an absent Iraqi father and a
Arthur Lipsett, a Canadian experimental filmmaker who
pervasive Jewish mother? Tossed around by the great
died at the age of 49. His descent into depression and
upheavals of the modern times, Tim tries as hard as he can
madness is explored through a series of images and sounds
to find his place in the world.
taken from Lipsett’s own work.
Icebergs, Eirini Vianelli, USA / Greece, 2017, 09:00min, Animation
Žltá / Yellow, Ivana Šebestová, Slovakia, 2017, 06:45min, Animation
Based on the book "Scenes" by the award-winning
The metaphoric story of the young opera singer Viola.
screenwriter Efthymis Filippou (THE KILLING OF A SACRED
Scared of everything yellow, sunny and spontaneous, she
DEAR), ICEBERGS is an existential, dark comedy consisting of
hides herself in sad, violet shadows. Will she find her way to
14 short vignettes, ranging from the mundane to the absurd.
happiness?
Oskolok / The Shrapnel, Dmitry Ivanov, Russia, 2016, 04:10min,
Animation
A soldier who was wounded in war returned home where
his mother was waiting for him.
Fokus Québec: Singularité Plurielle
Focus Québec: Singularité Plurielle
Québec ist ein Land der Möglichkeiten. Ein fruchtbarer Ort voller Geschichten. Diese bemerkenswerten, komplexen,
gleichsam universellen Filme erzählen von der Provinz eines Landes (nah oder fern) und seiner Bewohner*innen.
Quebec is a land of opportunity. A fertile place full of stories. These remarkable, complex, yet universal films tell of the
province of a country (near or far) and its inhabitants.
Altiplano, Malena Szlam, Canada / Argentina / Chile, 2018, 15:30min, Cherche Femme Forte / Strong Woman Wanted, Marilyn Cooke,
Experimental Canada, 2019, 15:30min, Fiction, German Premiere
Artist and filmmaker Malena Szlam upends properties of Nadège lacks the confidence to get what she wants from
light, time, form and colour to create a daring reinvention of life... until the day she discovers a new passion that awakens
the landscape study, one that transforms the geological the beast inside her.
universe of the Andes Mountains into a space both ancient
and wholly alien.
Jarvik, Emilie Mannering, Canada, 2019, 19:30min, Fiction, German Terres Fantômes / Ghost Lands, Félix Lamarche, Canada, 2019,
Premiere 19:19min, Experimental, German Premiere
As the summer nears its end, Léa desperately needs some In the 1970s, a new planning policy forced residents of
room to breathe. However, her brother’s mechanical heart several villages in the interior of Gaspésie to leave their
constantly reminds her that life hangs by a thread. homes and move to the coast. Félix Lamarche explores
the consequences of this brutal, disturbing event.
Les Évaporés / The Evaporated People, Yann-Manuel Hernandez,
Canada, 2019, 17:38min, Fiction
On 1 August 2008, Marc B. was seen for the last time near
Dorwin Falls in Rawdon. He vanished without leaving a
trace, like thousands of others around the world. They are
called "Johatsu", the Evaporated.
Balkan Shorts: Home Is Where I Dance And Drink Rakija
Auf dem Balkan haben die Menschen ein ganz besonderes Verhältnis zu "ihrer" Musik. Es ist mehr als nur Blasmusik und
Dudelsack. Sie gehört zum Leben dazu, ob man sie nun mag oder nicht. Tradition trifft auf neue Lebensformen, Brauch auf
Moderne. Doch eins steht fest: Kein Volksfest ohne Kolo. Und erst recht nicht ohne Rakija.
People in the Balkans have a very special relationship to "their" music. It is more than just brass music and bagpipes. It is part
of life, whether you like it or not. Tradition meets new ways of life, custom meets modernity. But one thing is certain: no folk
festival without Kolo. And certainly not without rakija.
Halo, München / Hallo, Munich, Krsto Papić, Yugoslavia , 1968, O Noapte in Tokorika / A Night in Tokoriki, Roxana Stroe, Romania,
13:00min, Documentary 2016, 18:00min, Fiction
Routine life in the Dalmatian hinterland changes with the It is Geanina’s 18th birthday and the whole village is there.
arrival of returning guest workers and the things they bring The neon palm is lit up and the DJ is wearing his golden
along: Cars, radios and new ways of life. shirt. Alin and his friends ride up in style and take over the
dance floor. But Alin seems to have something on his mind.
Paparuda, Lucia Lupu, Moldova, 2016, 15:00min, Fiction Rakijada, Nikola Ilić, Switzerland / Serbia, 2016, 19:00min,
Documentary
In a village hit by drought, Dumitru starts a quest for water. On the schnapps Olympics within the Serbian soul. An
Ioana, the girl who accompanies him on this pursuit, is a exhilarating film from a village of resistance fighters.
silent witness to the baseness of people they meet on their
way.
Deep Violet, Iglika Triffonova, Bulgaria, 2008, 06:38min, Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar: Sljivovica, Gerry Bassin, Serbia,
Documentary 2011, 03:24min, music video
In front of the microphone in a bar on the outskirts of Sofia,
Dessy, a singer who cannot see and never could, tells a story Sljivovica, flashy cars, BBQ meat and brass – it doesn’t get
of happiness, fear, hope, dreams and her unbiased vision of more cliché than this. A music video by one of the most
the world around us. successful orchestras from the Balkans. Get up, drink and
dance!
Happiness Machine
Gutes tun, vielleicht sogar die Welt zum Guten zu verändern: Diesen idealistischen Versuch unternimmt das Projekt "Happiness Machine“. Es
besteht aus 10 eigenwilligen, skurrilen, spielerischen, politischen, vor allem aber musikalischen Kurzfilmen – allesamt von Regisseurinnen
geschaffen. Alles kreist in ihrem Filmen um die Frage: Wie wollen wir leben? Wie können wir eine gerechtere Gesellschaft schaffen?
Doing good, maybe even changing the world for the better: This idealistic attempt is being made by the Happiness Machine project. It consists of
10 idiosyncratic, bizarre, playful, political, but above all musical short films - all created by women directors. Everything in their films revolves
around the question: How do we want to live? How can we create a fairer society?
Die Flunder / The Flounder, Elizabeth Hobbs, UK / Austria, 2019, Generator/Operator, Andrea Schneider, Switzerland / Austria, 2019,
06:31min, Animation 06:00min, Animation
A fisherman and his wife live in a hovel. One day the fisherman Translating the ideas of cooperation, trust, sharing and
catches an enchanted fish. The man tells his wife of the strange solidarity into separate working microcosms that run in an
incident, and they decide to ask the fish to use its powers and endless loop.
improve their circumstances.
Hierarchy Glitch, Vessela Dantcheva, Bulgaria / Austria, 2019, 06:25min, The Happiness Machine, Ana Nedeljković, Serbia / Austria, 2019,
Animation, 07:00min, Animation
Visual patterns are tied up in hierarchical behaviour that A simulation of a non-existent video game concerned with the
restrains the full potential and mobility of each individual business practices of a company which at first sight seems
element until the matrix collapses. ideal.
Lickalike, Rebecca Blöcher, Germany, 2019, 08:00min, Animation /
Music Box, Joanna Kożuch, Slovakia / Austria, 2019, 05:30min, Experimental
Animation
Someone disappears from the scene and a tree is upside down.
Acrobats are trying to create a perfect pyramid from human In search of the roots, people are torn from their usual order
bodies. One of them hurts his arm and the pyramid tumbles and reassembled. While connections are made in the dark,
down. The ringmaster has three possibilities for solving the elsewhere a woman tries on the primordial soup and ends up
situation. in a system of people circling around themselves.
Pantopos, Eni Brandner, Austria / Slovakia, 2019, 08:00min, Animation Vermessung der Distanz / Measuring the Distance, Susi Jirkuff, Austria,
2019, 07:00min, Animation
Starting out in a seemingly old-fashioned world of grandeur
Exploring urban edges as they correspond with the marginality
and glamour, PANTOPOS takes us on a journey of discovery to a
of the social groups who inhabit them.
surreal and peculiar place of new and abstract ideas, where
nothing is as it used to be.
Bloomers, Samantha Moore, UK / Austria / Sweden, 2019, 09:35min,
Animation / Documentary Suggestion of Least Resistance, Michelle Kranot / Uri Kranot, Denmark /
Austria, 2019, 05:25min, Animation
Animated fabric brings the story of a lingerie factory in Manchester to
life. Silk, cotton and lace go under the camera, as the workers recount “Riot: by definition a violent disruption of the existing order.” A
the history of Headen & Quarmby, the UK garment manufacturing dazzling, poetic and political audiovisual trip on the notion of
industry, and British family traditions of making. the individual versus the historic.
Seriously, WTF?: Let’s Be Evil!
Wir sind wieder da! Nach unserem letztjährigen Höhenflug in die Sphären filmischer SciFi-Abenteuer begeben wir uns in diesem
Jahr in die tiefsten Abgründe der menschlichen Seele. Wieviel Blut verträgt ein Mensch und was hat ein Haarwuchsmittel mit all
dem zu tun? Und überhaupt, kann man das mit Spargel essen? Es wird hochgradig böse und gemein. Großartig!
We're back! After last year's flight into the spheres of cinematic SciFi adventures, this year we are heading into the deepest
abysses of the human soul. How much blood can a person tolerate and what does hair growth have to do with all of this?
Anyways, can you eat this with asparagus? It will be very evil and mean. Great!
Retch, Keir Siewert, UK, 2018, 04:20min, Fiction Bad Hair, Oskar Lehemaa, Estonia , 2019, 14:28min, Fiction
Have you ever felt unwell in your own skin? Well, that is If you ever thought about getting rid of that awkwardly
certainly nothing compared to the protagonist's feelings. So, looking bald spot on your head, you might wanna
here is a little example of what to do if you feel really reconsider after this intense journey into the dark alleys of
miserable. male vanity. Luscious locks come at a price you may not be
prepared to pay.
Wild Will, Alan King, Australia, 2019, 12:57min, Fiction Altitude, Nicole Scherer, Austria, 2019, 10:58min, Fiction
When your friend returns from a space mission and is Did you know that certain heights mess with your brain?
staring at you in dead silence, we recommend not talking to Seriously! Don't go up there if you're not sure about your
him. Just leave him be and don't ask stupid questions. This mental health because romance might not be the only thing
film will let you know why. that dies up there.
Nox Insomnia, Guy Charnaux, Brazil, 2019, 07:54min, Animation, Asparagus Tips, Sam Bailey, UK, 2019, 04:11min, Fiction
German Premiere
Imagine the most unimaginable place you'd never go to and One finally receives that coveted dinner invitation. Time to
you'll still be very far from this disturbing experience we're make new friends. But what happens when the host burns
about to take you through. We just hope nobody has ever the starter? Not suitable for vegans!
experienced this in their lives.Regionaler Fokus 1: Mitteldeutsche Filmnacht
Regional Focus 1: Regional Film Night
Regionale Filmschaffende wagen sich in diesem Jahr wieder auf die große Bühne. Sie stellen in einer langen Nacht ihre aktuellen
Arbeiten vor, bringen das Publikum zum Lachen und rühren es zu (Freuden-)Tränen. Im Anschluss entscheiden die Zuschauer*innen
als wohl strengste Jury des Festivals, wer den mit 2.000 Euro dotierten Publikumspreis mit nach Hause nehmen darf.
This year, regional filmmakers are venturing onto the big stage again. During a long night they will present their current works,
make the audience laugh and move them to tears (of joy). Afterwards, the audience, probably the strictest jury of the festival, will
decide who can take home the Audience Award, which is endowed with 2,000 euros.
Fantasmia, Luise Fiedler, Germany, 2019, 07:20min, Animation, Lychen 92, Constanze Klaue, Germany, 2019, 29:59min, Fiction
German Premiere
Spasms and cries that echo through the night announce the Germany 1992: Mo has to spend the holidays with his family
presence of a new being. She says it is going to be a on the campground in Brandenburg. The new system and
masterpiece. the brutal swimming lessons from his father have left their
marks.
Interstate 8, Anne Thieme, Germany / USA, 2019, 15:00min, Fiction Das Anrecht auf Zerfall / The Right to Fall Apart, Rika Tarigan,
Germany / Egypt, 2019, 03:50min, Animation
In the southern United States, two young women meet by An experimental poetry film that attempts to depict the
chance in the back of a police car and, without saying a struggles of a body encumbered with depression and
word, experience the injustice hovering over them. anxiety. It explores how we navigate the heaviness of
emotional and mental distress.
Wir sprechen heute noch Deutsch / And We Still Speak German
Tithonos & die Göttin der Morgenröte / Tithonos & the Goddess of Today, Miguel Ferráez / Clara Winter, Germany / Mexico, 2019,
Dawn, Jörg Weidner, Germany, 2019, 13:06min, Animation
16:16min, Experimental
The Goddess of Dawn is cursed to love mortals. She wants Based on the integration course "Living in Germany", the
one of her lovers – the Trojan prince Tithonos – to stay at her project contrasts the values and jokes conveyed in the
side forever and he is granted immortality from Zeus. lessons with the scenery that dominates the image of
Unfortunately, she forgot to ask for eternal youth as well. Germany abroad.
Der Ruf / The Call, Karl-Friedrich König, Germany, 2019, 21:44min,
Fiction, World Premiere
Steffen and Ben are missionaries going throughout the
godless land of eastern Germany. They are followers of an
evangelical denomination and off to make Jesus known in
the rural villages. They pair Bible-believing strictness with
teenage slang and Christian hip hop.Regionaler Fokus 2: Von Borna bis Shibuya – Sachsen im Spiegel seines audiovisuellen Erbes
Regional Focus 2: From Borna to Shibuya – Saxony Reflected in its Audio-Visual Heritage
Zusammen mit dem Filmverband Sachsen und der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
präsentiert das FILMFEST DRESDEN digital wachgeküsste Filmschätze aus den Archiven, eindrucksvolle Zeitdokumente aus 100
Jahren sächsischer Geschichte mit Baumkuchen, Halbstarken, Tanz und frischem Atem.
In collaboration with the Film Association of Saxony and the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library, FILMFEST
DRESDEN presents digitally awoken film treasures from the archives, impressive contemporary documents from 100 years of Saxon
history with ‘Baumkuchen’, beatniks, dance and fresh breath.
Odol-Werbespots / Odol Commercials, West Germany (FRG), 1960, Privataufnahmen von Auslandskonzertreisen der Dresdner
01:55min, promotional film Staatskapelle (Kompilation) / Private Recordings of Foreign Concert
Trips by the Dresden State Orchestra (Compilation), East Germany
Three slightly psychedelic commercials for popular Odol (GDR), 1956, 15:00min, Documentary
oral hygiene products. "Throughout the world at first" – but
with confidence in the era of space exploration. On foreign concert trips, the conductor of the Dresden State
Orchestra captured much on 8mm footage that was
radically different to everyday life in the GDR: Soviet
relations and Western normality.
Wachsen uns unsere Kinder über den Kopf? / Are Our Children Drehscheibe Dresden (Kompilation) / Dresden Hub (Compilation),
Outgrowing Us?, East Germany (GDR), 1962, 05:00min, Audio only René Falkner / Marina Kem / Udo Kühn a. o., Germany, 1995,
12:00min, Documentary
A talk by a doctor: Due to the tumultuous advances over the
last 50 years, the physical development of young people is Overview in the maze of prices: A semi-digital agency
racing ahead of their mental and emotional one. This provides help – Saxony invites a dictator – sporting descent
disharmony is expressed in the term "rowdy". and economic ascent – independent, Barbie, ball: the 7th
FILMFEST DRESDEN.
Dny Zwjazanosće. Wobrazy ze Zjězda Serbow / Unity Days. Footage 450 Jahre Marienberg 1521–1971 / 450 Years of Marienberg 1521 to
from Sorb Folk Gathering, East Germany (GDR), 1956, 05:00min, 1971, Wilfried Gester / Fritz Wagler, East Germany (GDR), 1971,
Documentary 08:00min, Documentary
The start of a film report about female Sorbians in July 1956 "My town… is not a city, but it’s not small either." An
rambling through the centre of Bautzen in traditional dress amateur camera team presents Marienberg in the Ore
and causing a stir. Mountains during the GDR. At times hymnal, at other times
honest and roguish.
Dokumentacija Ludowych Rejow: Reje z Hochozy / Documentation Konditorei und Konzertkaffeehaus Robert Haussmann Borna bei
of Folk Dances: Dances in Hochoza, East Germany (GDR), 1959, Leipzig / Robert Haussmann Confectionery and Concert Coffeehouse
06:19min, Documentary in Borna near Leipzig, German Reich, 1926, 05:14min, promotional
An ethnological documentation on an ethereal cultural The Haussmann Confectionery – an institution at the gates
heritage: An older Sorbian lady performs a folk dance from of Leipzig. The tinted film presents the pyramid cake
the region between the wood pile and the watchdog. production, cultivated concert amusements and, last but
not least, the "Bornaer Zwiebel" chocolate speciality.Experimente: Störfall im Kraftwerk der Gefühle
Experiments: Malfunction in the Powerhouse of Feelings
Der Schwerpunkt des diesjährigen Experimente-Programms liegt auf Found-Footage-Filmen. Es sind Collagen, Mash-ups oder Remixe, die aus
vergessenen oder verloren geglaubten Filmen bestehen. Die Bilder werden zu neuem Leben erweckt und in einen neuen poetischen
Zusammenhang gebracht, sie schaffen ekstatische Wahrheiten und surreale Zeitbilder. Sie bringen uns zum Lachen und verführen uns zum
Tanzen.
This year's experimental programme focuses on found footage films. These are collages, mash-ups or remixes consisting of forgotten or lost films.
The images are brought to new life and placed in a new poetic context, creating ecstatic truths and surreal images of time. They make us laugh
and seduce us to dance.
Little Lower Than The Angels, NEOZOON Art Collective, Germany, Ekstase, Marion Kellmann, Germany, 2019, 11:27min, Documentary /
2019, 13:14min, Documentary / Experimental Experimental
The found footage film explores the relationship between A montage of scenes from silent films. Based on similar
religion and speciesism. The main focus is on the numerous settings and gestures, it explores the stereotype of women
YouTube representatives of creationism and the idea that on the verge of insanity. The film displays the women as
man is the undisputed pinnacle of creation. captives in a continuous cycle of symptoms, diagnosis and
treatment.
Leaking Life, Shunsaku Hayashi, Japan, 2019, 14:27min, Animation, Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*But Were
Experimental, German Premiere Afraid to Ask), Scott Calonico, UK / Germany / USA , 2018, 11:10min,
Documentary / Experimental
Thousands of them are packed in a bag. The hand dragging
the bag has never been seen from their angle. The track on The amazing story of how the Berkeley police department,
sand is easily erased by waves. Touching the surface of the the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, an Academy Award
sea, they grow a new skin. winner and Mr. Spock are all connected by SUDDEN BIRTH,
one of the most unintentionally hilarious and disturbing
training films.
Mensch Maschine Or Putting Parts Together, Adina Camhy, Austria, Displacement, Maxime Corbeil-Perron, Canada, 2019, 08:44min,
2019, 07:50min, Documentary / Experimental Animation / Experimental, German Premiere
A feminist essayistic film as an audio-visual remix: An An expressionist composition that explores illusions, fear
experimental collage of sound and image, sketch-like and and wonder through flickers of stop-motion animation,
associative. Part cultural studies analysis, and part electroacoustic music and analogue video synthesis.
subjective stream of thought.
Elvis: Strung Out / Elvis: Strung Out, Mark Oliver, Canada, 2018, Cavalcade, Johann Lurf, Austria, 2019, 04:30min, Animation /
04:35min, Experimental Experimental
Through the use of specially composed music and editing, Can we believe our eyes? The short films of Johann Lurf
an iconic Las Vegas performance by Elvis Presley is explore the enigmatic territory between the real and the
transformed into a nightmarish portrait of a superstar in perceived, challenging our senses to comprehend visions
the grip of an opioid-fuelled rage. All hail the King! and sounds taken from the environment by means of subtle,
beautiful trompe l’oeil effects.GOLDEN TIGER – Highlights aus 10 Jahren SHORT TIGER
GOLDEN TIGER – Highlights from 10 Years of the SHORT TIGER
Originell, eigenständig und kurz – das sind Kriterien für einen erfolgreichen Vorfilm. Seit 2011 verleiht eine Expert*innenjury den FFA-Kurzfilmpreis SHORT TIGER an
Filme unter fünf Minuten, um diese einem großen Kinopublikum zu präsentieren. Wir präsentieren die Premiere des Jubiläumsprogramms mit ausgezeichneten
Highlights aus zehn Jahren.
Original, independent and short - these are the criteria for a successful supporting film. Since 2011, a jury of experts has been awarding the FFA Short Film Award
SHORT TIGER to films under five minutes in order to present them to a large cinema audience. We present the premiere of the anniversary programme with excellent
highlights from ten years.
Mission „Junge“ / We Have a Mission, Mirjam Orthen, Germany, Carlotta's Face, Valentin Riedl / Frédéric Schuld, Germany, 2018,
2011, 00:50min, Documentary 05:00min, Animation / Documentary
Paul is a social media junkie. Steffi likes this. As a child, Carlotta did not expect the people around her to have
faces. She even did not recognise her own. Years later, she learns
about a rare untreatable deficiency in her brain.
Fest, Nikita Diakur, Germany, 2018, 03:00min, Animation You and Me, Karsten Krause, Germany, 2009, 03:45min,
Experimental
A suburban block party. Rave, drone, BBQ and ice cream. Then a A woman is walking towards her husband's camera for four
stunt. YouTube inspired and simulated. decades. A love story on narrow gauge film.
Wer trägt die Kosten? / Who Will Pay the Bill?, Daniel Nocke, Der Storyteller / The Storyteller, Milan Ruben Kappen, Germany,
Germany, 2015, 03:50min, Animation 2013, o1:10min, Fiction / promotional film
Three beastly experts provide deep insights into a highly
This film tells the story of a man who can't tell stories.
explosive subject: Should whoever has the most to eat also pay
the least tax?
Brand / Ablaze, Jan Koester / Alexander Lahl, Germany, 2019, Die Santa Maria / The Santa Maria, Erik Schmitt, Germany, 2016,
05:15min, Animation / Documentary 4:35min, Fiction
A man who receives a treasure map by accident is now looking for
When the mayor of a little village decides to receive some forty
the treasure. Whilst searching he has to deal with gangsters, a
refugees, a wave of dislike and hatred befalls him and his family.
devious widow, a corrupt policeman and a pretty policewoman.
Megatrick, Anne Isensee, Germany, 2017, 01:46min, Animation Steffi gefällt das / Steffi Likes This, Philipp Scholz, Germany, 2012,
04:35min, Fiction
A little metaphor about life.
Paul is a social media junkie. Steffi likes this.
Olgastraße 18, Jörg Rambaum / Liv Scharbatke, Germany, 2011, Our Wonderful Nature – The Common Chameleon, Tomer Eshed,
04:06min, Experimental Germany, 2016, 03:32min, Animation
The story of a flat and its inhabitants. The feeding habits of the common chameleon as never seen
before.Critic’s Finest: Manche mögen’s mysteryös
Critic’s Finest: Some Like It Mysteryous
Immer mehr Filme setzen auf das Dunkle, Magische, Gruselige, Mysteriöse. Das gilt schon lange auch für den Kurzfilm.
Beiträge aus Kroatien, Österreich, Spanien, Kanada und Deutschland zeigen, wie tief auch das Kleinformat unter die
Gänsehaut dringen kann.
More and more films are focusing on the dark, magic, creepy, mysterious. This has long been true for the short film as well.
Contributions from Croatia, Austria, Spain, Canada and Germany show how deeply even the small format can get under the
skin.
Shutter, Ryan Kjolberg, USA, 2018, 04:03min, Fiction Wattläufer / Tide, Dennis Jacobsen, Germany, 2005, 20:00min,
Fiction
When a man’s printer begins printing disturbing images of Robert lets a cutter skipper drop him off on a lonely Iceland
him in his home, he comes to the chilling realisation that he in the Wadden Sea mud flats. The next morning his duffel
is not alone. bag has disappeared. Is he not alone on the Iceland?
Krampus, Christof Pilsl, Germany, 2016, 18:54min, Fiction Allerleirauh / Whisper of the Fur-Cones, Anja Struck, Germany, 2004,
08:00min, Animation / Experimental
In three different living rooms, parents and children are A girl without legs, a dead deer and a man in a fox mask in a
waiting for St Nicholas and Krampus. And before the night is scene of subtle violence. "What is my child doing? How is my
over, the innocent ones will get their reward and the guilty deer? I will come one more time and then never again."
their just punishment.
Posledny Autobus / The Last Bus, Martin Snopek / Ivana Laučíková, Madame Tutli-Putli, Chris Lavis / Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada,
Slovakia, 2011, 16:00min, Animation 2007, 17:00min, Animation
It is the start of the hunting season. The animals of the Solitary, exhausted and profoundly melancholic: The
forest board a small bus and flee to safety. anachronistic Madame Tutli-Putli waits patiently to board a
train, surrounded by a lifetime’s worth of personal
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