Taking Off the Rose-tinted Spectacles

Films

Bunnyhood

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Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari
UK
International Competition Animated Film
In the middle of the night, Bobby is lured to the hospital by her mother, where terrifying horror bunnies anaesthetize her without her consent. A cryptic nightmare in sombre drawings.

Contains depictions of physical violence

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In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen

Filmstill There Are Many Doors in My Mother’s Home
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen
David Kind
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Family photos. A woman’s face is scratched out or overpainted. Fragmentary descriptions of the mother’s sudden outbursts are added. Approaching the trauma of an experience of violence.

Contains mentions of physical violence, mental health conditions, suicide, child abuse

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Der König von Spanien

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Der König von Spanien
Leonard Volkmer
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
A young man seems to get lost between his family home, Berlin darkrooms and a shared flat in Madrid. The clinical psychiatry reports are juxtaposed with heart-wrenching diary entries.

Contains mentions of mental health conditions, drug-use

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Nine Easy Dances

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Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal
Canada
International Competition Documentary Film
The director stages her parents, dancing, in the family home. A playful approach to family, transience and to illness. Associative, loose and intelligent.
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The Role

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The Role
Paolo Chianta
UK
International Competition Animated Film
Two filmmakers – brother and sister – hire a chef to play their father. The boundaries between the film and the reality of the single father’s life become increasingly blurred.
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Pain That Comes in Waves

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Pain That Comes in Waves
Irem Schwarz
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Pregnancy – loaded with media clichés and optimisation measures. Each deviation from the “normal course” is suppressed. And what happens when things turn out differently?
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