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Focus: Social Impact

Where We Meet

THU 11:00 | Waschhaus Kesselhaus, Kino 2

Fell in Love with a Book

Switzerland 2025 / Documentary Short / 15’
Running for
Best Engaged Film

Magos Punks

Mexico 2025 / Documentary Short / 30’
Running for
Best Engaged Film

Tandem

Germany, Austria 2025 / Short Film / 13’
Running for
Best Engaged Film
At the pool's edge

Am Beckenrand

Germany 2026 / Documentary Short / 28’
Running for
Best Engaged Film

Friedefreude Erzgebirge

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 6’
Running for
Best Engaged Film
Focus: Social Impact

Where We Meet

23. April 11:00 – 13:00 | Waschhaus Kesselhaus, Kino 2

Solidarity and separation: Where We Meet focuses on community as a space of negotiation. How do we want to live together? Do we have the courage to truly listen to each other?

Fell in Love with a Book

Fell in Love with a Book

Switzerland 2025 / Documentary Short / 15’

Authors of a colllective share their experiences as people living without documents in a book. In writing together, they found a language that seeks dialogue and creates a space for encounter.

Color GradingMartina Jung
Assistant CameraFynn Gröber
Katja Stirnemann
CameraSam De Mena Fernández
CastTânia Bicalho
Bora Boom
Demba Coulibaly
Ackson Donelli
Darlene Monteiro
Purity Patience Odiase
Weitere Personen der Sans-Papiers Kollektive Basel
EditingCécile Brossard
Film SchoolBachelor Video HSLU -Hochschule Luzern, Design, Film, Kunst
Graphic CreationAnnie Kahri
LightingYves Nossack
MusicSilvan Koch
Sound DesignerSven Friedli
Magos Punks

Magos Punks

Mexico 2025 / Documentary Short / 30’

For 35 years the Reyes Magos Punks, the “holy punk kings,” have been distributing donations to children living on the streets of Mexico City. Between punk, the fight for freedom, and community, the film shows a subculture often misunderstood.

Cast Peter Punk
Pikos
CinematographerLuis Spielmann
ComposerFelina Montag
DirectorLuca-Els Mauritz
Luis Spielmann
EditingLuca-Els Mauritz
Music Desorden Público
Producer EsCine, Escuela Superior de Cine Ciudad de Mexico
Goetheinstitut Mexiko
Luca-Els Mauritz
Luis Spielmann
University for Television and Film Munich
Sound DesignerGerhard Auer
Tandem

Tandem

Germany, Austria 2025 / Short Film / 13’

Ever since his accident, Lukas has been blind, but his passion for swimming remains. Maybe it is not he who has to reinvent himself since the accident. A story of fears, freedom and self-determination.

CastSören Kneidl
Elias Krischke
CinematographerRoman Richards
DirectorRafael Karim Kousz
EditingLucas Lörch
MusicBen Wendel
ProducerRafael Karim Kousz
Jeremias Smeaton
ScreenplayRoman Glöckner
Rafael Karim Kousz
Sound DesignerLucas Lörch
StillRoman Richards
Am Beckenrand
At the pool’s edge

Am Beckenrand

Germany 2026 / Documentary Short / 28’

Glatten, a village in the northern Black Forest, must take in 34 refugees. Local resident Volker starts a citizens’ initiative to prevent this from happening. The village is divided long before the refugees even arrive.

Color GradingArda Ayberturk
CameraJohan Schwarzkopf
CinematographerFranziska Kabutke
DirectorLaura Hornberger
DistributorKatharina Schreiner
EditingSamuel Albert
Film School Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Graphic CreationSarah Klostermeier
MusicLust Philipp
ProducerLaura Hornberger
Sound DesignerTimo Letzgus
Sound MixerTimo Letzgus
VFX ArtistGrill Joshua
StillJohan Schwarzkopf
Friedefreude Erzgebirge

Friedefreude Erzgebirge

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 6’

Between village festivals and left-wing politics, Pit walks a fine line. The 17-year-old struggles with the reality of right-wing extremist tendencies in his hometown. Despite threats, he fights for change because he is not willing to leave.

Color GradingEric Demann
DirectorPaula Baierlein
Jonathan Bar-Am
Kilian Kämper