They Call It Reality
The world around us is full of projections, which layer reality like a double exposure. Perceptions of our own lives, ideas of the other and imaginations of distant places shape what we call reality. But to be able to see things from a different perspective creates new chances and opens new spaces for playful interventions. The films in this program take us to places near and far, question pre-existing conceptions and allows us to watch the world a little different.
A Proposal to Project
A national park in California. In between the trees a cinematic screen is catching the light through the leaves. A proposal to project.
- 00:02:00
- Director: Viktoria Schmid
- Photography: Viktoria Schmid
- Editing: Viktoria Schmid
- Sound: Viktoria Schmid
- Languages:
- Subtitles:
- Year: 2017
- Website
Green Screen Gringo
The political climate in Brazil is complicated, but outside in the streets of Sao Paulo there are few traces to be found. Armed with a camera and a green screen the gringo sets out to explore the buzzing cityscape. He is capturing the small stories and surprising moments playing out in the streets. The result is a mixtape-portrait of modern day Brazil seen through the eyes of the visitor.
- Niederlande
- 00:15:51
- Director: Douwe Dijkstra
- Languages: pt
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2016
Approaching Truckdrivers
A German student studies abroad in Pakistan. He decides to shoot a film about the over-stuffed trucks, that fearlessly drive next to the cliff edges in a sparse mountain region. Two drivers offer him a lift on their three-day journey and invite him into their little cabin, the only private space in their mobile home. They talk about the hard work, their hopes and dreams, about religion and destiny, as they pass by the stunning scenery and on occasion, a colleagues truck, crashed down the slope.
- Pakistan
- 00:12:00
- Director: Daniel Asadi Faezi
- Production: Daniel Asadi Faezi
- Photography: Musa Yawari
- Editing: Daniel Asadi Faezi
- Sound: Daniel Asadi Faezi
- Languages: ur
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2017
- World Premiere
D.O.M.
The title D.O.M. is a pun on the polish word 'dom’ meaning 'home’ and on the acronym of two latin sentences that honor god and ghosts. Video artist Anna Pichura captures these themes, showing the loneliness of the countryside while searching for traces of past and present inhabitants, that remain unseen and underlining them with ludic religious symbols.
- Polen
- 00:08:00
- Director: Anna Pichura
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2017
- A38-Production Grant
- World Premiere
Be the Doctor, Practice Nursing
A young nurse carries a foldable screen through the streets of a city into the forest. She is setting up the screen to offer protection for patients that will never arrive. In her performance Sena Başöz explores themes of healing, art and nature. The wound requires dressing, but in reality it can also heal by itself in time. A nurse wishing to transform the world knows this well.
- Türkei
- 00:06:24
- Director: Sena Başöz
- Photography: Melisa Uneri
- Editing: Sena Başöz
- Year: 2016
- A38-Production Grant
- Europe Premiere
Nyo Vweta Nafta
If she marries him, he will build a brick house for her, he will buy a Samsung Galaxy and Versace clothes he promises, while they drive around on his scooter. These names invoke ideas of freedom, money and luxury. Shot on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa follows a group of young men. They share their hopes and dreams, while they fill the daily routines with banter about women, Superfruits and possible futures.
- Portugal
- 00:22:00
- Director: Ico Costa
- Languages: af
- Subtitles: en
- Year: 2017
- Golden Key
