Sunday, April 11, 2010 — 7 PM — Room 10-250
Animation, Experimental & Narrative Films
67º Nord / 67º North (Thomas Schienagel, Ildiko Dietrich, Benjamin Haagen, Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg, Germany, 2009), 12:56 min.
Jouris lives alone in lighthouse in the middle of the great wide ocean. The days go by, and there are no ships at all, only an old limping crow. A big storm changes everything.
Kleine Brötchen / To Lower One’s Sights (Marcus Zilz, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany, 2009), 6:25 min.
Cartoon people have to deal with themselves and what their parents gave them.
Left Brained Larry & Right Brained Rachel (Sally Ward, , Denmark, 2009), 8:10 min.
The life and death of Siamese twins Larry and Rachel.
Let There Be Sound (Christian Lachenschmidt, Christian Scheck, Stefan J. Wuehr, Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg, Germany, 2009), 4:52 min.
A giant creature is drifting through space making a peculiar noise with its respiratory system. Suddenly the organ is broken and the music stops... what next?
Zeitriss / Time Rift (Quimu Casalprim i Suárez, Academy of Media Arts Cologhe, Germany, 2009), 11:00 min.
A woman sits down next to a man in a living room and says nothing. It’s the end. At the same time, it’s the beginning of a transformation in the logic of things, dissolving into a physical experience of light, sound and movement.
Me, Myself and I in the Age of Download (Thomas Kutschker, Filmisches Berlin, Germany, 2010), 4:14 min.
An entertaining exercise in the phenomena of digital copying and downloads from the internet. A science experiment, and a poetical observation of modern times.
Scen nr:6882 ur mitt liv / Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (Ruben Östlund, Sweden, 2005), 8:30 min.
A scene on a bridge.
Gottlos / Godless (Andre Frenzel, Daniel Anderson, GUKiT Saint-Petersburg, Germany/Russia, 2009), 11:00 min.
The Uighur shepherd Bash-Kop feels forsaken when his idol figurine breaks into pieces. Pike, a missionary, promises him salvation if he makes a sacrifice, but Bash-Kop finds his own way.
Believe (Paul Wright, Young Films, United Kingdom, 2009), 19:00 min.
Believe is the story of one man's grief following the death of his wife. The film captures a desperate journey, played out against beautifully isolated highland landscapes.
Intermission, 20'
Now, Now, Now (Guido Rambeck, Cengiz Sunter, Tina Porsche, Max Kluger, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, Germany, 2009), 13:49 min.
Stories from a nursing home and a primary school assembled to create a contemplation of the human life cycle. Metaphoric imagery counterpoint audio interviews with two very different generations to pose questions about time, age, and what is really important in life.
Todsichertot / Killing a dead man (Steffen Cornelius Tralles, Hamburg Media School, Germany, 2009), 6:46 min. min.
Boris is a cleaner who works for brutal killers. His job is to clean up the crime scene, to dispose of the dead body and to cover the tracks. But this time is different.
Wattwanderer / Tidelanders (Max Zähle, Hamburg Media School, Germany, 2009), 12:18 min. min.
Thomas’ family has drifted apart. To bring everyone together again, his mother organizes a family outing--a walk across the mud flats.
Narben Im Beton / Scars in Concrete (Juliane Engelman, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany, 2009), 30:00 min.
This film deals with the issue of infanticide and tells of a young mother whose life has spun out of control.
The Eye of the Eye (Tuomas Kaila, Aalto University School of Art & Design, Finland, 2009), 6:40 min.
A cleaning lady has something to say to the inhabitants of a dream world reflected on the silver screen.
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