When the Referee Goes Missing


(BALi Kinos)

Rules of Play

An Animation about playing with no goals and no rules: A group of tired playground visitors meet at night for a last contest.… >>>

  • Duration: 8 Min.
  • Director: Merlin Flügel

Pep Talk

Inspired by high octane motivational speeches given to athletes and teams going out to WIN WIN WIN, the film is set in on a basketball court, featuring a motivational speech delivered by a cheerleading mascot-coach figure.… >>>

  • Duration: 9 Min.
  • Director: Avi Krispin

Mountain Plain Mountain

A visit to the last standing circuit in Japan to host a rare kind of horse races will unfold an intricate web of dependencies. In this film, the peculiar qualities of the sport are highlighted through avoiding a direct portrayal of these robust animals.… >>>

  • Duration: 22 Min.
  • Nominated: A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
    • Director: Daniel Jacoby, Yu Araki

    Cat Lotto

    49 french fries forks stuck in 49 slimy cat food cubes. Which will be the first six the cat is going to choose and devour?… >>>

    • Duration: 3 Min.
    • Director: Dagie Brundert

    Things and Wonders

    A series of six episodes in which video artist Anna Vasof plays with our perceptions. As the title forecasts, it is all about small wonders, conjured by the artist with the help of everyday objects in a most joyously playful and humorous way.… >>>

    • Duration: 4 Min.
    • Director: Anna Vasof

    Jour de fête

    “If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”… >>>

    • Duration: 2 Min.
    • Director: John Smith

    Staying With the Trouble

    The film's cast includes four unlikely protagonists: the hunter and the eagle, a judoist and a border control officer. Despite their different circumstances, these characters offer us their own bodily interpretations of the constantly shifting power scales, oscillating between the states of control and submission. The film zooms in on certain gestural instances in an attempt to understand the differences between the popular notion of 'touch control' and the laden with controversy 'controlling touch', whose role is to maintain an orderly and coherent world in times of unrest.… >>>

    • Duration: 14 Min.
    • Director: Alyona Larionova