Saturday, April 26
| 2 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Unvarnished, Straight Up 13 lat i 10 miesiecy 13 Years and 10 Months Documentary | Poland | 9' |
Anastazja is thirteen years and ten months old. She lives in Poland not far from the border to White Russia. Doctors diagnosed her with cystic fibrosis when she was five and she will most likely not reach thirty. The illness is a daily presence in her thoughts and not least in her music. Sitting at the piano enables her to openly face down her illness.
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52 Procent - 52 Percent Documentary | Poland | 20' |
Alla Tichomirowa is eleven and in the sixth grade. She wants to become a prima ballerina and applies to the State Ballet Academic Theatre in St. Petersburg. The selection criteria are incredibly rigorous. Every girl must have the ideal proportions. Will Alla be able to score the required knee length to body size ratio of 52 percent? |
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| 2 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Sonbol Documentary | Germany/Iran | 54' |
“What’s the real reason you can’t find a husband?” Sonbol’s mother asks her. Sonbol Fatemi is thirty-five and lives in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran. She is a dentist and races cars on the side. Her life is a constant struggle against her mother who wants her to marry, against sporting officials who want to forbid women from racing cars and not least against her own doubts.
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| 2 p.m. Thalia 2 |
Producer`s Award 3 Sieben Tage Sonntag Seven Days Sunday Feature | Germany | 80' |
It is January 14, 1996. Actually a completely ordinary Sunday for Adam, Tommek and their clique: They drink, go out and just see where they wind up. As always, Adam is hoping that something will finally happen in his life. This day will end differently than the others before. Suddenly a bet has been made and the wager is a human life...
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Vom Besten Aller Menschen The Best of Man Documentary | Germany | 86' |
A fully unmotivated individual, Adam is frittering his life away. When his girlfriend dumps him for that very reason, he decides to turn his life around. He commences “Project Adam”, a grand self-improvement plan intended to fully tap his potential: Body, mind and soul. His project brings him into contact with the most unusual people.
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| 4 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Fou d`Amour Maine Story Feature | USA | 24' |
“Maine Story” is a tale about the past, a story about Shelly working in a factory in a small American town. She’s living her life on automatic pilot and not getting very far. One day her high school sweetheart returns. Perhaps it is time to face the past and make decisions?
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1st Date Animation | Germany | 1'55" |
The day has finally arrived. It’s almost time for the first date. He looks in the mirror and quickly smoothes his beloved mustache into shape. The doorbell rings. Liza and Arthur quickly get more intimate and kiss tenderly. Suddenly Liza cries out and vehemently demands, “That scratchy mustache has to go!” When Arthur reaches for his razor, his mustache suddenly takes off.
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Antes Que Sefa Tarde Before It's Too Late Feature | Brazil | 14' |
Digo just graduated from high school, a change in his life with which he is having a hard time. He doesn’t want to change even though the rest of the world continues turning. He needs time, just as in many other things in his life, in love for example. Still a virgin, he laments missed opportunities and his friend Lipe suddenly appears to have eyes for his interest Ana too.
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Inacceptable Animation | Germany | 3'05" |
A man navigates the streets trying not to attract any attention. He cowers in corners of buildings, takes refuge in side streets and avoids contact with pedestrians. He is frightened by something. Is he being pursued? Is he pursuing someone? Suddenly a stunningly beautiful woman pops up in front of him. He gazes into her eyes, glances away bewildered, searches for an opportunity to escape but doesn’t really want to go. Just who is he afraid of?
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Hearse Driver Feature | Hong Kong | 27'32" |
How would you feel if you were confronted by life and death every day? Tim works with his father as a hearse driver. They have little to say to one another. Tim’s mother died two years ago and his father’s desire to remarry causes disagreement and reopens old wounds. Will Tim finally be able to open up? Will he give in to a delicately blossoming love?
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Júlio Feature | Portugal | 6'38'' |
A man and a woman cross paths every day. She ignores him and appears to not even notice he exists. What is he to do? How can he capture the attention of the object of his affections? He must act; ardent pining alone won’t bring them closer. He must attract her interest, feel her gaze meeting his – whatever it takes.
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Die Begegnung - The Encounter Feature | Germany | 2007 | Susann Schimk | 7' |
Every relationship begins and ends with an encounter. Two people meet and lose themselves. A couple is on the run in a big city bathed in November light. The same light, the same place, only a different perspective. Now, a couple is pursuing someone. A direct confrontation is imminent. Only then, will they all be able to go their separate ways. A cinematic poem filled with secrets and mysteries.
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| 5 p.m. Thalia 2 |
Find Yourself Et Kjærlighetskapittel A Chapter of Love Feature | Norway | 9'40" |
Sixteen-year old Per brings his girlfriend home with him for the first time. His grandfather is cutting a friend’s hair there. Under the pretence of intending to read something, the two young people go to Per’s room. After a few minutes, the two elderly men hear loud moaning coming from upstairs. A brief, forthright, humorous story develops.
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Jill and Jack Feature | Canada | 12' |
How am I supposed to act? Where do I actually belong in life? Do I really need one? Can’t I be myself? In a world filled with widely varying ideals about sexual roles, you just have to experiment before you find yourself.
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Defekt - Flat Tire Feature | Hungary | 25'35" |
A young girl bored by her everyday life runs away from home and finds shelter with a group of young nonconformists. They party through the night together and she ventures into their alien world. In the end though, she is forced to realize that she’s maybe not as mature as she thought.
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Stiller Frühling - Silent Spring Feature | Germany | 48'30" |
“I wish I lived in another age when women wore more skirts,” says Sebastian, twenty-one and still a virgin. His patience is at an end! His grandfather helps him as best he can and Sebastian slowly starts to emerge from the primeval forest that is his ideas …
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Fucking Bags Animation | USA | 1'11" |
A young prepubescent shopping bag stumbles into a situation it won’t forget very quickly, namely the properly suggestive position its parents are in. The little bag is appalled.
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| 6 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Family Ties In deiner Haut - Inside You Feature | Germany | 22' |
An effulgent summer story in a vacation house on the Baltic Sea. Suse is actually looking forward to relaxing days alone with her mother but some surprises await them when they arrive: Her mother’s new boyfriend is suddenly there and the sixteen-year old girl feels like a third wheel. Then she discovers how she can tip the balance in her favor. She merely has to apply the right means....
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Zohar Feature | Israel | 30' |
Sixteen-year old Zohar lives with her younger sister and their single mother Debbie in a poor neighborhood south of Tel Aviv. The talented athlete balances familial obligations and her training as a runner. When a young man surfaces in her life, Zohar fears she could follow in the footsteps of her mother who loves nonstop affairs.
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Nadia, nadie - Nadia, nobody Documentary | Germany | 11' |
Nadia is an unmarried woman and that’s just fine the way it is. To her, five daughters are better than fifty Arab men. Nadia has learned to get through life on her own. Absolutely nothing is more important to the teacher than equal opportunity. Men have imposed rules on her and set boundaries her whole life long and she’s not in the mood for it any more. She thanks God for her strength every day.
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Mit sechtzehn bin ich weg With Sixteen I’ll Be Gone Feature | Germany | 30' |
“With Sixteen I’ll Be Gone” tells the story of fifteen-year old Jenny who is facing a new beginning after her parents’ separation. She just moved to a new city with her mother and her little brother and is anticipating the first day of school. The day portends a promising start in a better life until the past brutally catches up with Jenny and her family.
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| 7 p.m. Thalia 2 |
Parallel Worlds Was Weiß der Tropfen Davon What would the drop know about that? Documentary | Germany | 12'25" |
Silence in the chancellery in Berlin, the most influential building in Germany. The images filmed at a slow-pace and low-key show two janitors at work. This extremely poetic film captures booth the two men’s microcosm and their architecturally unique surroundings.
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Green Feature | USA | 14' |
Walter, a simple football field greenskeeper, cares for the turf yard for yard so lovingly that he gets into trouble with the coach. Fearing for his field, Walter forbids the team to practice on it. Right before the big game of the season when the field has been freshly manicured, there is an interesting turn of events.
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So Perfect! Experimental | Canada | 8' |
Two store mannequins stand behind a pane of glass that separates them from the outside world. The conversation they share is supposed to be their last... A slightly experimental film with a great deal of humor.
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Wie Ich Bin - How I am Documentary | Italy | 49' |
Walter, a simple football field greenskeeper, cares for the turf yard for yard so lovingly that he gets into trouble with the coach. Fearing for his field, Walter forbids the team to practice on it. Right before the big game of the season when the field has been freshly manicured, there is an interesting turn of events.
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Mainstreaming Musikvideo | Germany/ Norway | 4' |
John Erik devotedly tends the lemon trees in his basement. He doesn’t suspect at first that the lemons lead a secret life of their own. Yet, John Erik grows suspicious and hatches a plan to find out what they’re up to... A charming idea animated with loving care. “Mainstreaming” is a five-minute feel-good movie!
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| 8 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Loop Dear World Feature | Poland | 16' |
It’s the end of the world. Jakub treks through desolate landscapes on his way to zone 42; a radio message promises hope there. When he makes a stop in a house where he once lived with his wife, the memory comes alive...
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Der stumme Zwang The Dull Compulsion Feature | Germany | 12' |
A scenario reminiscent of Kafka: Two women yank the young woman Anna out of bed in the early morning. They invade her apartment, rifle through her belongings, make her hurry up and scoff at her bafflement. In the end, it becomes clear that they are “apprehending” Anna – just like every morning – for work...
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Guided Storm Feature | South Koreo | 15' |
What are we looking for in our relationships? Why is it always what we can’t have? And can true love be found? Between the remembered past and the present, “Guided Storm” deals with the hopes and disappointments we encounter on our quest for love...
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Mia Feature | Belgium | 18'58'' |
The young woman Mia and the grown man Frank meet on the roof of a parking garage. They sit next to each other and share the time. This is the story of a friendship between soul mates who find a refuge and themselves in the downtown of a city.
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Ou Quoi Feature | Belgium | 23' |
Since the accident that cost her parents their lives, Stefan and Marie are on their own. After a fashion, Stefan manages to support his sister who is wheelchair-bound since the accident and himself. Having just been turned out on the street, everything seems to be just getting worse until Stefan hears that a trailer that would be perfect for them is up for sale. He would do anything for it...
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| 9 p.m. Thalia 2 |
Power Struggle Pop Foul Feature | USA | 19'30'' |
A boy and his father are returning home from a baseball game when an acquaintance of the father decks him. The boy and his father reach an agreement not to tell the mother anything about the altercation. She draws her own conclusions though.
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Madrid, el Músculo Madrid, the Muscle Experimental | Spain/ Portugal | 3'30 |
Bodybuilding! Building building! Body building! An expressionistic and turbulent view of the Spanish metropolis of Madrid as mechanical and human muscle gets it into shape.
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Fertilize Animation | Belgium | 8'55 |
Male combatants clash in a futuristic fantasy world. They form a circle around a beautiful woman and try to break through to her, yet only one is able to make it to her. Eight minutes of choreography with breathtaking visual effects.
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Teenage Angst Feature | Germany | 60' |
Konstantin, Dyrbusch and Bogatsch are rich kids shunted of to an elite boarding school by their parents. Out of boredom and the desire to be something special, they band together and meet nights in a secluded dacha where they play and drink. However, the brutality of their games escalates alarmingly and the weakest member of the group is soon a target.
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| 10 p.m. Thalia 1 |
Underway, Alone The Vaudevillian Feature | USA | 16' |
Having just lost his job, the ventriloquist Jay and his dummy Chester are at a loss. Their vaudeville number isn’t a draw any more. Audiences don’t frequent their performances and the few who do, laugh at the wrong times. When the pair tries to steal from an old farmer, he catches them red handed. Fearing for their lives, they perform a final number and win over the audience one last time.
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Footprints Animation | Germany | 5'20" |
A girl is running frantically through a desert landscape, her long hair billowing from the blustering wind. The sand all around her erases every trace she leaves on the ground with her restless strides. From what is she fleeing? Why does she continually glance back? A shadow from her past appears to be pursuing her until there’s nowhere to run.
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¡Ay Caramba! Animation | Germany | 3'38" |
A classical hero story: A sponge, a head of lettuce, a car, a balloon and a pair of socks enter an epic competition. Whether as lone warriors or allies, whether set back or helped along by divine strokes of fate, only the best cross the finish line and experience the thrill of the coveted awards ceremony. Let the games begin.
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I Rezerva - The Spare Wheel Feature | Greece | 10'03" |
The 1970s: A tire liberates itself and hits the road. A lot of time will pass before it sees its original owner again. First, owner and function have to trade places, time and place have to be transcended and different people have to be made happy. What happens though, when it runs into its owner after a long time?
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Kestomerkitsijät - Roadmarkers Feature | Finland | 19' |
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, three people are touching up the markings on a remote country road. It is a raw fall day and the atmosphere is much the same. Aggression and misery amplify. She asks herself why she even took this job. He wants to confess his love but has difficulty talking about his feelings when cars keep racing by and it’s so damn cold.
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Za Horyzont - Beyond the Horizon Feature | Poland | 32' |
Malina and Zurek make short movies because they’re bored. One day they witness a crime that will fundamentally change their lives. At the same time, Milky is having problems coming to grips with his mother’s death. The new women in his father’s bed make him furious and feel powerless. The trajectories of three individuals’ lives intersect in an unusual manner. A mysterious journey begins… to the end, to the horizon.
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| 11 p.m. Thalia 2 |
Special: Experimental Free entrance. Clapping Pictures Animation | Belgium | 5'10" |
“Clapping Pictures” creates an arresting chromatic and musical happening. As if responding to the question “can one hear colors?”, geometric shapes blithely cavort across the screen. Intoxicating!
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Wellen - Waves Experimental | Germany | 3' |
The suspension of perpetual time prolongs a moment. Forward and backward motion reveals something gradually. The initial moment’s atmosphere and significance are altered in the context of before and after. Pandemonium is foreshadowed…
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Fleisch - Meat Animation | Poland | 2'47" |
In her experimental animated film, Katarzyna Kijek embarks on a search for commonalities between communism and capitalism. Social criticism that is fun and looks good: Everything is meat!
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Pan Much - Mr.Fly Feature | Poland | 9'40" |
A man in love must make decisions. Either he shares his life with his girlfriend or he chooses a life with his mother who has power over insects. After all, she intends to put a stop to their newfound happiness.
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Digitalny Vesliar Digital Sculler Experimental | Slowaky| 2' |
In “Digital Sculler”, digital images are transmitted into nature. A bold experiment that visibly succeeds and amazes…
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Underground Animation | Australia | 4' |
Going underground! Masses moving on escalators are swallowed up by subway tunnels and followed by security cameras. Audrey Lam’s animated film is an uproarious stop-motion photo collage.
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Samsa- Hommage an Franz Kafka Samsa: Homage to Franz Kafka Animation | Germany | 4' |
An author sits before his typewriter. After some hesitation, he begins to type. With every key he strikes, he dissolves some more and the boundaries between reality and fiction blur.
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Frequenz Morphogenese Frequency Morphogenesis Animation | Germany | 4'40" |
In the amorphous realm of pure thought, a golden tonal embryo appears for the first time, a sound that resonated through nothingness and returned to itself. The crisscrossing of the sound waves produced water and wind, which effortlessly began to weave the world’s nebulous body together.
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