In closed interior spaces, underlying conflicts and the inner lives of the protagonists are explored and processed in an intense way. The themes of “spacious density” do not end within these confined walls, but extend mentally and emotionally far beyond them.
After A Room
In dreamy-melancholic 16mm images we dive into Naomi’s flat and her mental world. Here she explores together with her boyfriend their bodies, their relationships and their parental traumas. The transition from childhood to adulthood presented as a tentative game of intimacy and affection.
In dreamy-melancholic 16mm images we dive into Naomi’s flat and her mental world. Here she explores together with her boyfriend their bodies, their relationships and their parental traumas. The transition from childhood to adulthood presented as a tentative game of intimacy and affection.
Director:Naomi Pacifique
Screenplay:
Naomi Pacifique
Hugo Koolschijn, Rafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique
Cinematographer:
Xenia Patricia
Editing:
Naomi Pacifique
Sound designer:
Pablo Garrido Carreras
Sound mixer:
Edward A Guy, Kamila Wojcik
Film school:
London Film School
Production designer:
Davide Valsecchi
First ad:
Paisley Valentine Walsh
Handbuch
[Handbook]
Summer 2020, the uprising against the belarussian dictator Lukaschenko is brutally put down and many of the demonstrators are arrested. In a minimalist yet expressive re-enactment, Handbook visualises methods of torture and imprisonment as a cold-blooded choreography.
Summer 2020, the uprising against the belarussian dictator Lukaschenko is brutally put down and many of the demonstrators are arrested. In a minimalist yet expressive re-enactment, Handbook visualises methods of torture and imprisonment as a cold-blooded choreography.
Director:Pavel Mozhar
Screenplay:
Pavel Mozhar
Adam Graf, Jonas Römmig
Editing:
Pavel Mozhar, Florian Seufert
Sound designer:
Ganna Gryniva
violence, psychological abuse
Würdenbewahrerin
[Dignity Keeper]
Sandro Rados
Producers:
Clément Pelletier, Peter Riedl
Lisa Brunke
Cast:
Ines Miro
Cinematographer:
Lisa Jilg
Costume:
Mara Laibacher
Editing:
Andreas Bothe
Music:
Alexander Wolf David
Sound designer:
Julian Berg
朵丽 / DUO LI
[Lili Alone]
The young mother Lili flees from the countryside to the city to support her family financially. There, however, she falls into the clutches of a surrogacy agency and directly finds herself in another desperate situation. Within the oppressive building complex, Lili searches for security and independence.
The young mother Lili flees from the countryside to the city to support her family financially. There, however, she falls into the clutches of a surrogacy agency and directly finds herself in another desperate situation. Within the oppressive building complex, Lili searches for security and independence.
Director:Jing Zou
Screenplay:
Jing Zou
Liangzi
Sound designer:
Huijia Mo
domestic violence
Das Verhalten des Tiers
[Animal Behavior]
The apparent tranquility of a mouse’s home is abruptly destroyed. The mouse has to fight for its life in roaring floods. But who is watching the mouse and who is watching the observers? In minimalist black and white shading a multidimensional reality is created in which things are not as they seem.
The apparent tranquility of a mouse’s home is abruptly destroyed. The mouse has to fight for its life in roaring floods. But who is watching the mouse and who is watching the observers? In minimalist black and white shading a multidimensional reality is created in which things are not as they seem.
Director:Yiying Gao
Yiying Gao
Sound designer:
Shikai Tao
Art director:
Yiying Gao
Nicht die 80er
[Not the 80s]
A small encounter in the hallway turns Lucy’s life upside down. Suddenly Anton is standing there, and he is into Lucy, and Lucy is stumped. Since, well, Anton is HIV-positive and Lucy is actually in love with Anton, too. With lightness, an eye for detail, and disarming honesty, apparent certainties are shaken up.
A small encounter in the hallway turns Lucy’s life upside down. Suddenly Anton is standing there, and he is into Lucy, and Lucy is stumped. Since, well, Anton is HIV-positive and Lucy is actually in love with Anton, too. With lightness, an eye for detail, and disarming honesty, apparent certainties are shaken up.
Director:Marleen Valien
Producers:
Christine Duttlinger, Markus Krojer, Ludwig Meck, Lotta Schmelzer
Screenplay:
Christine Duttlinger, Ludwig Meck, Max Rauer, Marleen Valien
Ilya Barrett
Cast:
Deniz Orta, Melin Rose, Joshua Jaco Seelenbinder
Cinematographer:
Max Rauer
Editing:
Vreni Sarnes
Music:
John Ferrère, Jonas Vogler
Other:
Christopher Klettermeier, Johann Meis
Sound designer:
Frederik Thomsen
Sound mixer:
Paul Powaljaew
Film school:
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Casting director:
Stella Markert
Production designer:
Christina Mammes