Where is the tap from which the Danube flows? The murmur of the river does not tail off and leads the way. Five films in search of the lost, of origins, of the familiar and of the unknown. On a journey upstream, the encounters with strangers are what can provide answers. And it’s okay to get melancholic, because young and old tell stories of love, desire, grief and loss. The flow of the river, the flow of light. – We wait for the stories, the songs and people that the river brings to us. And takes again. (Matti Ullrich)
In CENOTAPH, an acoustic device – speakers placed on a beach – replaces the ocean that has disappeared. The sound of the waves that used to be there is broadcast through the speakers and looped, repeated ad infinitum. The sea, digitized and amplified, becomes a saturated wave, a flow of data, a transmitter signal whose origin is lost. The copy thus absorbs the actuality of the original, like a portrait of Dorian Gray or an invention by Morel.… >>>
Premiere:
German Premiere
A writer travels along the Danube in search of the river's origin. It is said that its waters come from a badly closed tap in a house. On the way he meets a young fugitive who escapes from his house by descending the river. Does the young fugitive come from the source of the Danube? What is his story? A film inspired by Claudio Magris' Danube tales.… >>>
Premiere:
German Premiere
- Director: Jaume Claret Muxart
Ismaël gets intrigued by a broken piece of a golden bank card on the ground. Led by associations and encounters in the public space, he explores his fascination with the card, mixing fiction and non-fiction along the way.… >>>
Premiere:
World Premiere
Kenya, Africa. A man works in a quarry. His wife is imprisoned in Makueni women’s prison. When he arrives there from his village, he is not allowed to see her. An encounter with an unfamiliar woman helps him in a mystical way.… >>>
Nominated:
Goldener Key
- Director: Valeri Aluskina, Daria Belova
