Objection!
These protagonists have one thing in common: they are protesting. But it is not an open rebellion or an angry agitation, rather a latent crisis and an enduring campaign with complex connections. Protest is expressed in silent refusal, civil disobedience, fraternization and civil rights movements. Side effects of these commitments are exhaustion, fatigue, frustration, disillusionment, which have to be processed and overcome. You need stamina and endurance to face the stress, so hang in there!
Second Deputy Speaker
In the Swedish general elections of 2014, the far-right party SD (Swedish Democrats) became the Riksdag’s third largest party. By tradition - and through a formal vote - the chamber honors the large parties by awarding them the Speaker and three deputy speaker posts. Filmed in the Swedish parliament, SECOND DEPUTY SPEAKER gives a critical study of politics and symbols of resistance in parliamentary procedures.
- Schweden
- 00:15:11
- Director: Maximilien Van Aertryck
- Production: Axel Danielson
- Photography: Maximilien Van Aertryck
- Editing: Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
- Music: -
- Sound: Lars Wignell, Gustaf Berger
- Languages: sv
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2015
- Website
- A38-Production Grant
Limit S.O.S
A tragic funny short film about the madness of constant economic growth. Six protagonists talk about their “new” life since the northwest landing strip of the Frankfurt Airport was built.
- Deutschland
- 00:04:00
- Director: Andrzej Klamt
- Production: Andrzej Klamt
- Photography: Justin Peach
- Editing: Justin Peach
- Music: -
- Sound: Ronald Urbanzcyk, Wolf-Tassilo Sack, Oliver Engelhardt
- Languages: de
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2015
- Website
Bus Nut
BUS NUT re-articulates the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a key moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. This political and social protest against US racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery Alabama is assembled with an educational video on school bus safety as well as with an re-staged a vintage video. The audio contains Rosa Parks’ press conference statement.
- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Ghana
- 00:07:15
- Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Production: Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Photography: Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Editing: Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Music: Mahalia Jackson, OutKast
- Sound: Kari Rae Seekins
- Languages: tw
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2014
- Website
Fragments untitled #2
A footage compilation of "Bolji život" (A Better Life), a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. It has 82 episodes and is considered to be the most successful TV show ever produced in Yugoslavia. FRAGMENTS UNTITLED #2 reveals images that witness the rapid political and economic changes taking place in the post-Tito SFR Yugoslavia during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Serbien
- 00:06:11
- Director: doplgenger
- Production: xx
- Photography: xx
- Editing: xx
- Music: xx
- Sound: xx
- Year: 2014
- German Premiere
The Flyer
This performance in the public space centers around the absurd cycle and rotation of advertising leaflets. Each prospect grasped by a passer-by is a trace of relation which was established between two people completely indifferent to each other. The author tests whether such activity may establish a closer bond between people. The reactions of participants are varied: from antagonistic to distrustful, to affirmative.
- Polen
- 00:04:33
- Director: Katarzyna Guzowska
- Production: Oded Arad
- Photography: Mariusz Grabarski
- Editing: Katarzyna Guzowska
- Music: Katarzyna Guzowska
- Sound: Katarzyna Guzowska
- Languages: pl
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2015
- World Premiere
Always Tired
Why am I always tired? Is it because of my age, am I becoming lethargic, or is it an unconscious rebellion? Jochen Kuhn asks himself these questions and at the same time reflects melancholically about today’s merciless meritocracy. We are always on the move in these hectic times, challenging personal boundaries and irritating our neurons. Jochen Kuhn investigates this phenomenon from a distant and ironic perspective.
- Deutschland
- 00:06:07
- Director: Jochen Kuhn
- Production: Jochen Kuhn
- Photography: Jochen Kuhn
- Editing: Olaf Meltzer
- Music: Jochen Kuhn
- Sound: Olaf Meltzer
- Languages: de
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2014
- Website
Gezoindelach
As Yehuda reaches the age of 19, he decides to break free from his religious old identity and choose his own path. He enters the western secular world knowing nothing but religious life, with no proper education, common cultural language, or skills to help him succeed, and knowing that his family would cut any connection with him once he has crossed that boundary. The observational documentary follows Yehuda and his friends as they enter the limitless world of youth and freedom, while dealing with their reluctance to release their grip on their sweet childhood memories. GEZOINDELACH portraits the difficulties of leaving a closed society and the endurance and power which is indispensable to do so.
- Israel
- 00:27:39
- Director: Efrat Berger
- Production: Efrat Berger
- Photography: Efrat Berger
- Editing: Efrat Berger
- Music: Alberto Schwarts
- Sound: Shahaf Vagshel
- Languages: he,yi
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2015
- Europe Premiere
