“What’s better, Pizza or Kebab?” is the banal question at a place that might end up life-altering for the protagonist. In this program, family fathers are confronted with the realities of their daughters, or a young female chimney sweeper reveals her strategies in dealing specifically with certain customers. Familiar and entirely new locations enter into a relationship with their, not only human, main characters and allow new perceptions to emerge through cinematic interventions. (Anna Spanlang)
VS (or virtual spiral) revolves around the dynamisms between bodies and time on film. Digital video and expired 16mm film form the source material for the audiovisual transformation of the processual of time and (film) body through spiraling camera movements. Opposing movements, distance and closeness, or depth and surface engage in a constant dialogue here. The spiral runs like a red thread through the film. For the effect of the spiral movement, artist Lydia Nsiah invented a tracking apparatus whose movements she controlled live during filming.… >>>
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
Esther was raised on a remote farm. Ever since she moved to the city, a lot has changed fundamentally. The place of her childhood, however, remaines the same. How can she stay true to her values without alienating herself from her parents? A coming of age tale in which feminism and catholicism clash.… >>>
Premiere:
Europe Premiere
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
- Director: Ana Scheu Amigo
In the skies over Vienna while the city still sleeps. A young woman goes about her work as a chimney sweeper, a profession that makes her a symbol of luck, essential for the environment and safety. In this male-dominated field she makes unique experiences. A somber inspiration to reevaluate traditional roles.… >>>
Cordula Rieger's THE GALLERY documents in a filmic observation the eponymous action by FLINT-collective fempak_wie: Members of the collective address their individual experiences of sexualized violence. The acts of the perpetrators are displayed in black on white and transported to the public, which is no longer allowed to look or listen away.… >>>
What does human action mean in the context of our present and future? How do we want the world we live in and what do we not want? These questions are discussed in the stop motion film based on the quote by Joseph Beuys "The future we want must be invented, otherwise we will get one we don't want".… >>>
Premiere:
World Premiere
- Director: Kunst Leistungskurs der Herderschule Kassel 2022/2023
