OF TWISTS & TURNS
69 min Cinema: THU 7.3., 18:00 / METRO Kino, Pleskow Saal
SUN 10.3., 12:30 / METRO Kino, Historischer Saal +Q&A with Isaac Wenzek
The impact of a comet, a baby peeling out of an egg, and a deadly happy ending in a beautiful forest: Narratives, twisting and turning, finally reveal the unexpected – be it with a bang or quietly peeking around the corner. While sometimes creating space for boundless absurdity, those turning points are also explored as moments of confrontation or starting points for agency and emancipation.
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RED SHOES
Diyala Muir, 2022, GB, 8 minutes
Zindy uncovers a huge secret in her secluded society after being seduced by a mysterious gift. A present-day re-telling of a classic fairytale reveals a turning point for the protagonist as well as possibilities of feminist storytelling.
*MIDWESTERN LAST NAME* FAMILY REUNION
Elle Schwiderson, 2023, US-alt-short, 11 minutes
A story about an annual family reunion. While Elle is ready to face the ghosts of their past, the whole family will soon have to face an unexpected planetary upheaval. Between ghosts and comets, a story about tenderness and love emerges.
GLENN, THE GREAT NATURE LOVER
Anna Erlandsson, 2023, NO and SE, 4 minutes
Glenn loves nature and meets the love of his life while watching birds in a magnificent forest. Inspired by the beauty of nature, the two can’t help but decide to spend their lives here. Anything that doesn’t fit in with this plan is easily adjusted…
NAJWAŻNIEJSZE, ŻE SIĘ STARASZ | JUST KEEP TRYING
Karolina Borgiasz, 2022, PL, 5 minutes
Carpets are patted, onions are harvested, somewhere a hula hoop falls to the ground. An everyday life filled with failed attempts. Will the efforts come to nothing until the end of time? A confrontation with our own expectations.
RESSOURCES HUMAINS | HUMAN RESOURCES
Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek, 2022, FR, 3 minutes
Andy, followed by a friend filming the scene, goes to his recycling appointment. He picks a chair – furniture apparently sells fast. Created like a mockumentary and not shying away from macabre humour, HUMAN RESOURCES poses questions about the endless demands of productivity on human beings.
TODO ESTÁ PERDIDO | ALL IS LOST
Carla Pereira Docampo, Juanfran Jacinto, 2022, ES, 7 minutes
The Pérez family, although living in a perfect shiny telenovela world, seem nothing like normal. But who wants normality when you can have a tortilla for dinner that is made of the mother’s self-laid eggs? Glossed over by canned laughter, the unexpected repeatedly arises.
안 할 이유 없는 임신 | HOW TO GET YOUR MAN PREGNANT
Gyeong-mu Noh, 2023, KR, 30 minutes
Yujin is worn out after failing to conceive through IVF treatment, when a genius medical doctor finds a technology that would enable her husband to do the reproductive work instead. A shift in gendered labour that suddenly triggers a chain reaction of male fragility.