COMPETITION 5
75 min + Q&A
Online: Fri. 11.3., 19:00
online available for 48 hours
Cinema: Fri. 11.3., 21:00 (Historischer Saal)
Q&A moderated Djamila Grandits
with Betina Kuntzsch (LOÏE FULLER – DIE ELEKTRISCHE FEE / THE ELECTRIC SPRITE) and Veronika Schubert (MINDSET)
Sat. 12.3., 20:00 (Pleskow Saal)
Competition 5 enunciates the dystopian qualities of the modern era. We see the interplay between our digital and physical selves, our sense of self against the screens that surround us, and the perfect reciprocity of idea and symbol. Characters are comforted by memories of the past and haunted by the unknowability of the future. Despite this sombre premise, the films aren’t nihilistic. As Scum Mutation notes, ‘It’s not because of hope that we resist, it’s because we resist that we see hope.’

LOÏE FULLER - DIE ELEKTRISCHE FEE / LOÏE FULLER - THE ELECTRIC SPRITE
Betina Kuntzsch, 2021, DE, 16 minutes

MINDSET
Veronika Schubert, 2021, AT, 6 minutes

MOM
Kajika Aki Ferrazzini, 2020, FR, 9 minutes

BACKDROP
Susanne Wiegner, 2021, DE, 4 minutes
A film about the false sense of security derived from pretending that everything is ok. Susanne Wiegner sets the stage of an apparently ideal home, until a very slow tracking shot reveals the bigger picture.

LIZARDIANS
Young Joo Lee, 2021, KR/US, 29 minutes

SCUM MUTATION
Ov, 2020, FR, 10 minutes
Content warning: This film contains coarse language, loud noise and images that some viewers may find distressing.