| Short-Film Sessions
Short-Films from
Austria,
Germany,
Switzerland
Screening Schedule
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Austrian Short-Films
THE CINEMASCOPE TRILOGY
Director:
Peter Tscherkassky
Dream Work is - after
L'Arrivée and Outer Space - the third part of Peter Tscherkassky's
CinemaScope Trilogy. The formal element binding the trilogy is the specific
technique of contact printing, by which found film footage is copied by hand
and frame by frame onto unexposed film stock.
Tscherkassky's work
is exceptional because, with every film he makes, he knows how to pair his
strict concepts and his consistent exploration of a subject with a visual
richness, revealing new, surprising facets of sensuality.
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L'ARRIVÉE
by Peter Tscherkassy, experimental, 2min
A train arrives and collides with its mirror image. Events begin to turn head over heels. |
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OUTER SPACE
by Peter Tscherkassy, experimental, 10min
A house - at night, slightly tilted in the camera's view, eerily lit. A woman moves slowly towards the building. She enters it. |
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DREAM WORK
by Peter Tscherkassy, experimental, 11min
The same length as a period of deep sleep. A woman enters a building, removes her shoes and then her panties. As she falls asleep she not only falls deeper into the film, the latter penetrates her. |
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German Short-Films
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AT THE LAKE (Am See)
by Ulrike von Ribbeck, feature, 10min
Even in a segregated family, it's possible to survive boyhood. But what will you do if there is an accident? |
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BENNY X
by Florian Baxmeyer, feature, 10min
A mother kidnaps her daughter's favourite pop-star and drags him to her daughter's deathbed. |
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WINDOW WITH A VIEW (Fenster mit Aussicht)
by Vera Lalyko, animation, 9min
Fed up with your old curtains? Tired of the same dreary view? Improve your lifestyle with the latest scientific marvel! Fitted Illusion Glass - the window of the future! |
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WEDDING DAY (Hochzeitstag)
by Tanja Brzakovic, feature, 10min
Karin and her lover Helmut hit a tramp on their way to the country house of Karin's husband Erich. Both are at a loss. After a series of fateful decisions, and with suspicious Erich tracking them down, there seems to be no way out. |
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EARLY BIRD (Morgenstund)
by David Emmenlauer, feature, 10min
The receptionist of a seedy hotel falls in love with a young man checking in with his girlfriend. |
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ROCKS (Das Rad)
by Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel, Heidi Wittlinger; animation, 8min
Hew and Kew are made of stone. Hew and Kew talk, and a chat amongst stones can take a while. |
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RED GOURMET PELLZIK
by Andreas Samland, feature, 10min
Ina and Eddie are preparing for their first rendez-vous: Ina is getting herself all dolled up, while Eddie is trying to bake a cake. But all of a sudden Eddie's flat is invaded by thousands of flies... |
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UNDERCOVER
by Susanne Buddenberg, feature, 5min
Two men and one woman are training for a very mysterious, but actually quite ordinary job. |
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GREGOR'S GREATEST INVENTION (Gregors grösste Erfindung)
by Johannes Kiefer, feature, 11min
Gregor lives with his beloved and frail grandmother, whose legs grow weaker every day. Her obnoxious girlfriends want her to join them at the old folks' home, but grandson Gregor loves her dearly - and is a gifted inventor. When he learns that granny is able to walk underwater, he comes up with a brilliant idea... |
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THE VIEW OUT OF MY WINDOW (Blick aus meinem Fenster)
by Ulrike Friedrich, experimental, 4min
A fim capturing moments in city life, inspired by Kurt Tucholsky. |
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FREE CHOICE (Freie Auswahl)
by Daniel Kunle, documentary, 6min
A non-stop documentary about non-stop realtime loops. |
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ENTINEN MIES
by Lale Naipantoglu, fiction, 8min
A heavenly tale about love. |
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Swiss Short-Films
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SWAPPED
by Pierre Monnard, fiction, 10min
William swaps his dad for two goldfishes. When his mother finds out, she sends him along with his little sister, Marge, to get their father back. The journey quickly turns into an odyssey. |
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SJEKI VATSCH
by Jean-Paul Cardinaux, fiction, 15min
An accountant suffers an heart attack in his office. He ends up on a train taking him to "Heaven". |
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GERANIENFRIEDE
by Marcel Hobi, animation, 5min
Agitated church steeples... smoking men... flying children... waspish housewives... wild clouds... ill-trained dogs... fidgety mobile phones... pieces of a mosaic as a way of getting closer to this world of "Geranienfriede".
Award: Prix de la relève SSA-SUISSIMAGE Soleure 2002. Public prize |
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