UP & COMING 1
74 min
Online: FRI 8.3., 19:00 / online available for 48 hours
Cinema: THU 7.3., 17:00 + Q&A / METRO Kino, Historischer Saal
SAT 9.3., 15:00 / METRO Kino, Pleskow Saal
The blink of an eye, a broken heart, an irritated scalp, a tiny mole. In this program we journey to different corners of the body and encounter stories of fears, insecurities and self-consciousness, but also of exploration, transformation and self-determination. The bodies we meet in this program expand, fragment, are squeezed into bathing suits, merge with others, get carried away, and start resembling landscapes. Yet, collectively they become territories for self-discovery and liberation.
VISION
Çağıl Harmandar, 2023, JP, 7 minutes
Tokyo University of the Arts
Eyes are magical spheres that make up dreams and retain memories. In our eyes, the visions of the within and of the beyond overlap. New worlds come to be when our gazes meet.
キョ ガン | SEWING LOVE
Xu Yuan, 2023, JP, 9 minutes
Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design
The expression of emotional desire called love. Two characters melt into each other, a perfect dance. When one forcefully absorbs the other, chaos unfolds.
ACHLU
Cléane Ambry, 2023, FR, 6 minutes
EMCA Angoulême
Eve has always been scared of the dark. When night falls, she recreates artificial daylight at home and keeps herself busy to eventually find sleep. Yet even when she finally sleeps, the night follows her in her dreams.
缠 | BRAIDED
Chenxi Zhang, 2023, US-alt-short, 6 minutes
CalArts - California Institute of the Arts
Mom always braided my hair so tautly. One day, she cut off my braids. Occasionally, I feel a gentle yet profound tug. On the top of my head I touch our unbreakable bond and the journey of female growth we were unprepared to face.
CUERPO DE ESTA SOMBRA | BODY OF A SHADOW
Andrea Muñoz Álvarez, 2023, CO, 12 minutes
While asleep, a woman is dragged from her town by a huge dark mass and taken to the meadow of a group of wild women. In the strangeness of the untamed, she’ll find herself awake.
CONDITION OF RABBITS
Yanchen Wu, 2023, GB, 3 minutes
Royal College of Art, Postgraduate Art & Design
A chance conversation recorded by the director in between interviews, in which four women talk calmly about their state of being. The rabbit is a constant point of reference and a metaphor for the distrust of marriage and choice.
IT’S JUST A WHOLE
Bianca Scali, 2023, DE, 11 minutes
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
In a clinical setting, Maya undergoes a thorough skin examination, baring every inch for scrutiny. After uncovering a suspicious birthmark, she is confronted with her anxieties about surgery and control over her own body. Will she ever feel whole again?
SUBLIME
Rotem Dash, 2022, IL, 5 minutes
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Wandering through a landscape of giant body parts, a woman journeys into her dark inner fantasies. This process leads her towards discovery, liberation, and self-love.
SWADDLE
Pepi Eirew, 2023, US-alt-short, 5 minutes
CalArts - California Institute of the Arts
A young girl finds family from an ancestry website and travels to meet them. A quirky take on the very real joys and pitfalls of DNA disclosure.
CREVETTE
Elina Huber, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Sven Bachmann, 2023, CH, 5 minutes
Lucerne School of Arts and Design
After stepping sock first into a puddle under her fridge, Jeanie realizes that her freezer is completely frozen over. While hacking at the ice, items in her fridge also gradually come to life, reminding her to face her fears.
SWIM!
Isabel Santos, 2022, US-alt-short, 5 minutes
CalArts - California Institute of the Arts
At swim practice, a girl is confronted with her changing body while being bombarded by the whistling of her eccentric coach, the burden of God’s watchful eye, the majesty of the older swimmers and naughty recordings on her teammate’s mobile phone.