DOK Stream 24h
DOK Stream 24h
Lurji motsvi
Elene Mikaberidze
Georgia,
France,
Belgium,
Qatar
Audience Competition
A family are struggling with their blueberry harvest in the mountains of Georgia. At the same time, current crisis spots bring back memories of the Russo-Georgian War – and worries about their own children’s future.
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10:00
FluxusopolisMultiple Venues
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Multiple Venues
FluxusopolisFree entry Free entry AR Character RunAR Character Run
BARBAR
Germany
DOK Neuland
Motion is the art that binds the changing characters of this AR-project, which are drawn by exhibition visitors. An artwork created by all, always fluctuating.
MinitourismMinituryzm
Jan Grabowski
Poland
DOK Neuland
See the Sphinx, Ancient Rome and the Eiffel Tower all in one day. This 360° film plays with scaling and engages with our ideas of world-building and virtual reality as a medium.
Finally MeFinalmente eu
Marcio Sal
Brazil
DOK Neuland
Animated in unique style, this VR-experience introduces Mr. Saul, an aging man who works in a brothel and is hiding a big secret. Follow his musically illustrated journey to self acceptance.
Contains mentions of discrimination against LGBTQIA2S+ persons MurmurationMurmuration
Patricia Bergeron
Canada
DOK Neuland
The animated film dives into a poetic underwater world as it follows a teenager on his journey to Europe. He is accompanied by the stories of those who could not finish their journey.
Contains mentions of death Reconstruction HomeReconstruction Home
Antonia Nestler
Germany
DOK Neuland
A broken Syrian home, torn down by war, put back together through AR and the recollections of its former inhabitants. A reflection on the sense of home and the loss of it.
Contains mentions of war scenes GlitchbodiesGlitchbodies
Rebecca Merlic
Austria
DOK Neuland
What is inclusive representation in the virtual world? This game presents 59 protagonists from across the globe and gender spectrum in dreamy and surreal landscapes.
Contains depictions of nudity Tales of a Nomadic CityTales of a Nomadic City
Med Lemine Rajel, Christian Vium
Denmark,
Mauritania
DOK Neuland
A multimedia dive into Nouakchott, Mauritania: an ever-changing city. This collaborative project is made of a 360° film as well as archival and vernacular media, bringing the city to life.
Nothing Can Ever Be the SameNothing Can Ever Be the Same
Brendan Dawes, Gary Hustwit
USA,
UK
DOK Neuland
A collaboration between artists and machine, this continuously-running generative film is based on the visual archive and music of Brian Eno, as well as new interviews.
Nut UniverseJiè zǐ
Yihan Mei, Jiahong Wu
China
DOK Neuland
An abstract world, drawn in digital ink, inspired by Taoist philosophy. This interactive experience allows the visitor to fly, swim and soar as something other – and maybe more – than human.
Oto’s PlanetOto’s Planet
Gwenael François
Luxembourg,
Canada,
France
DOK Neuland
Oto’s life in solitary peace is upended by the arrival of a territorial spaceman. A cheerful story about our own planet, laced with black humor.
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10:30
Isabel HergueraCineStar 6
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CineStar 6
Isabel HergueraFree entry Free entry |
11:00
Lichter der Straße#521
CineStar 4
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CineStar 4
#521
Lichter der StraßeLichter der StraßeLichter der Straße
Anna Friedrich
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
School Screening
What does it mean to lead a nomadic life in Germany today? This film explores the potentials of a vagabond existence in a world of settlement permits and garden fences.
Contains mentions of racism |
11:30
German Competition Documentary Film 1#561
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#561
German Competition Documentary Film 1BedsoresBedsores
Fritz Polzer
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Thinking about thwarted migration, exploitative systems, the threadbare glamour of mass tourism in lockdown. Cruise ships lie in the harbour, film footage fades.
Baħar bissBaħar biss
Franziska von Stenglin
Malta,
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Punta, a moustachioed Maltese, weaves a traditional fish trap. As always, waves crash on the rocks, but the times when you could earn a living by fishing here are long gone.
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele TürenIn 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 Pain That Comes in WavesPain 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?
Himmel wie Seide. Voller OrangenHimmel wie Seide. Voller Orangen
Betina Kuntzsch
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
This cheerful animated collage recalls the first Interflug flight to Majorca in spring 1990. The sea may shine ever so blue, the GDR travellers remain mere onlookers in this holiday paradise.
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12:00
Miralles#531
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
MirallesMiralles
Maria Mauti
Spain,
Mexico
International Competition Documentary Film
The Catalan architect Miralles died far too young. His filmic portrait is airy and dense, abrupt and flowing, unconditionally stubborn, itself reminiscent of a Miralles design.
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12:00
Objects Are Closer Than They Appear#571
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#571
Objects Are Closer Than They AppearWhat We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t MoveAfto pou zitame apo ena agalma ine na min kinite
Daphné Hérétakis
Greece,
France
International Competition Documentary Film
An Athens filmmaker wants to understand the paradox of contemporary Greece: Fossilised monuments to past glory here – the stagnation of the present day there.
HauspausenHauspausen
Biko Erki, Stefan Koutzev, Nathalie Bailoukova
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
As Johannes Kloosterhuis meticulously paints his miniature houses with a paintbrush and stencil, the reclusive artist muses on different forms of dwelling and being.
Gut Ding will Weile habenGut Ding will Weile haben
Jens Franke
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Do you think of what a memorial is meant to remind you of? An enlightening tour of Leipzig, “City of Heroes” of the Peaceful Revolution, and the grey areas of a contemporary culture of remembrance.
Haunted HouseHaunted House
Ayden Lamb
Canada,
USA
International Competition Animated Film
The dark confines of a flat, light still burning in the kitchen. Ghostlike apparitions mingle with old video recordings. This was the home of a loved one who lived in two worlds.
Contains mentions of death Where the Jasmine Always BloomsWhere the Jasmine Always Blooms
Husein Bastouni
Germany
International Competition Animated Film
A Palestinian neighbourhood in southern Damascus. The memory of a lost home is patched together from pictures of a life between the debris of war, constant threats, youth and jasmine.
Contains depictions of war scenes |
12:00
Twice into Oblivion#511
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#511
Twice into OblivionTwice into OblivionL’oubli tue deux fois
Pierre Michel Jean
France,
Haiti,
Dominican Republic
International Competition Documentary Film
The 1937 “Parsley Massacre” in the border region between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has traumatised the islanders. An attempt to come to terms with it by artistic means.
Contains mentions of physical violence |
14:00
The Meeting of Creative Minds 3#541
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#541
The Meeting of Creative Minds 3Sultana’s DreamEl sueño de la Sultana
Isabel Herguera
Spain,
Germany
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
Inspired by a feminist science fiction story, the Spaniard Inés embarks on a journey of discovery through India. She is looking for Ladyland, the utopian land of women.
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14:00
Naima#522
CineStar 4
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CineStar 4
NaimaNaima
Anna Thommen
Switzerland
Audience Competition
As a migrant, Naima must begin her life again from scratch when she moves from Venezuela to Switzerland. The 46-year-old must start from the bottom here. A film about human strength.
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14:30
German Competition Documentary Film 2#562
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#562
German Competition Documentary Film 2Accidental AnimalsAccidental Animals
Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Animals caught by chance by Google Maps car cameras disrupt the claim of capturing the world accurately. Their appearance in the image creates – involuntarily – funny situations.
Gut Ding will Weile habenGut Ding will Weile haben
Jens Franke
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Do you think of what a memorial is meant to remind you of? An enlightening tour of Leipzig, “City of Heroes” of the Peaceful Revolution, and the grey areas of a contemporary culture of remembrance.
Die Stimme des IngenieursDie Stimme des Ingenieurs
André Siegers
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
A man records words to preserve his voice. He finds it increasingly difficult to articulate. A film about voice and identity – and about
what exists between the words.
HauspausenHauspausen
Biko Erki, Stefan Koutzev, Nathalie Bailoukova
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
As Johannes Kloosterhuis meticulously paints his miniature houses with a paintbrush and stencil, the reclusive artist muses on different forms of dwelling and being.
Der König von SpanienDer 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 |
14:30
Valentina and the MUOStri#591
Regina Palast 4
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Regina Palast 4
#591
Valentina and the MUOStriValentina and the MUOStersValentina e i MUOStri
Francesca Scalisi
Switzerland,
Italy
International Competition Documentary Film
A US Navy satellite communication system on Sicily. Valentina lives here with her parents but wants to become more independent. A tender story of emancipation at a site of global politics.
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15:00
The Void We Create#532
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
#532
The Void We CreateOn Weary Wings Go ByLinnud läinud
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Estonia,
Lithuania
International Competition Animated Film
A tiny girl made of delicate porcelain observes the onset of winter, which freezes the natural paradise where she lives and everything in it. Nobody escapes its frosty grip.
We Had Fun YesterdayWe Had Fun Yesterday
Marion Guillard
Belgium
International Competition Documentary Film
In this autobiographical essay, Guillard interweaves her experiences as a wildlife filmmaker and her relationship to her own body and her femininity. A surprising and plausible link.
Photosensitivity warning Tales from the SourceTales from the Source
Léonard Pongo
Belgium
International Competition Documentary Film
Artist Léonard Pongo has been exploring the landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo for ten years. For him, the country with its art, traditions and philosophy is not a resource, but a source.
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15:00
The Brown Dog + Luciano#512
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#512
The Brown Dog + LucianoThe Brown DogThe Brown Dog
Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina
UK,
USA
International Competition Animated Film
A cold winter’s night. Armoured in coolness, Nobody makes his lonely security guard rounds in the square, engrossed in his meandering reflections of life – melancholy of the streets.
LucianoLuciano
Manuel Besedovsky
Argentina
International Competition Documentary Film
Luciano lives in an impoverished neighbourhood in Argentina: everyday life with mother and sister, job hunting, hormone injections. A sensitive film about gender, origins and getting on with life.
Contains mentions of discrimination against LGBTQIA2S+ persons Photosensitivity warning |
15:00
Ibuka, Justice + Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises#572
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#572
Ibuka, Justice + Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological ExercisesIbuka, JusticeIbuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
Canada
International Competition Animated Film
Rwanda, 1994: Like hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, the Rutikara family is persecuted by Huti militias. They are rescued by chance – because a soldier was moved by their baby as they fled.
Contains depictions of war scenes, death Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological ExercisesLes choses d’une vie, exercices d’archéologie intime
Céline Ségalini
France
International Competition Documentary Film
Céline arranges objects in the house of her deceased grandmother. It is an attempt to understand her better – her relationship to her own identity and France’s colonial history.
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17:00
Hurikán + Olivia & the Clouds#5A1
Schaubühne Lindenfels
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Schaubühne Lindenfels
#5A1
Hurikán + Olivia & the CloudsHurikánHurikán
Jan Saska
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
France,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
International Competition Animated Film
A Prague food stall has run out of beer. Regular Hurikán takes matters into his own hands. An epic parkour in the drowsy but steep side streets of the city begins.
Contains depictions of physical violence, drug-use Olivia & the CloudsOlivia & las nubes
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
Dominican Republic
International Competition Animated Film
A film about the complexity of human relationships and overlapping love stories – narrated in a variety of ways: stop motion technique, cartoon animation and experimental film.
Photosensitivity warning |
17:00
The Other One#542
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#542
The Other OneThe Other OneTa druhá
Marie-Magdalena Kochová
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
Family obligations, her autistic sister’s needs and her own dream of studying psychology – 18-year-old Johanna must find the courage to take a life-changing decision
Contains depictions of mental health conditions |
17:00
Once upon a Time in a Forest#523
CineStar 4
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CineStar 4
#523
Once upon a Time in a ForestOnce upon a Time in a ForestHavumetsän lapset
Virpi Suutari
Finland
Audience Competition
Forest activist Ida takes on the giants of the Finnish forest industry and her own family’s prejudices. A modern fairytale with a harsh awakening in reality.
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17:30
Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction)#592
Regina Palast 4
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Regina Palast 4
#592
Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction)Just Above the Surface of the EarthJust Above the Surface of the Earth
Marianna Milhorat
Canada,
USA
Camera Lucida
Conservationist on the trail of the sixth great mass extinction. An experimental portrait that tells of frogs, starfish and bats – and ultimately of us humans.
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17:30
Barluschke#563
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#563
BarluschkeBarluschkeBarluschke
Thomas Heise
Germany
Thomas Heise (1955–2024)
The spy who came in from Mittenwalde: Berthold Barluschke, employed by both the East and West German secret service, arms dealer, family man and professional impostor in a psychogram about identity and morals.
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18:00
In Limbo#533
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
In LimboW zawieszeniu
Alina Maksimenko
Poland
Doc Alliance Award
Ukraine, February 2022. The filmmaker flees to her parents’ house on the outskirts of Kyiv, where they live in an unbearable and inherently self-destructive limbo.
Contains mentions of war scenes Contains depictions of war scenes |
18:00
Barbara Morgenstern und die Liebe zur Sache#513
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#513
Barbara Morgenstern und die Liebe zur SacheBarbara Morgenstern und die Liebe zur SacheBarbara Morgenstern und die Liebe zur Sache
Sabine Herpich
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
The pioneer of electronic living-room pop works on her new album. Step by step, the intimate experiment goes public. Music becomes a shared safe space.
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18:00
Third Ways in a Divided World 4#573
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#573
Third Ways in a Divided World 4Für die PalästinenserFür die Palästinenser
Edna Politi
FRG
Retrospective
1974, Palestinian reality in Israel and the West Bank, economic and political oppression – documented by an Israeli who wants to make a convincing appeal: the urgent need for dialogue.
AidaAida
Marwan Salamah
GDR
Retrospective
Marwan Salamah was delegated by the Palestine Liberation Organization to study in Babelsberg. As a one-man team, he realised this portrait of a young educator in a PLO orphanage in Tunis.
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18:00
Among the Palms the Bomb, Or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty#5C1
Cinémathèque in der Nato
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Cinémathèque in der Nato
#5C1
Among the Palms the Bomb, Or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of PlentyAmong the Palms the Bomb, Or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of PlentyAmong the Palms the Bomb, Or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty
Lukas Marxt, Vanja Smiljanić
Austria,
Germany
Camera Lucida
The Salton Sea, a former nuclear testing ground on the brink of ecological collapse. The few people who still live here are campaigning to protect the abandoned area.
Contains mentions of war scenes |
19:30
The Car That Came Back from the Sea + Pelikan BlueHauptbahnhof Osthalle
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Hauptbahnhof Osthalle
The Car That Came Back from the Sea + Pelikan BlueFree entry Free entry The Car That Came Back from the SeaSamochód, który wrócił z morza
Jadwiga Kowalska
Switzerland
International Competition Animated Film
Poland, 1981. There is hardly any food, no fuel, only limited freedom. Six friends squeeze into an old car and set out for the Baltic Coast – and perhaps beyond.
Pelikan BlueKék Pelikan
László Csáki
Hungary
International Competition Animated Film
Home-made freedom of travel. The Iron Curtain has fallen. Three friends in Hungary forge train tickets to see Western Europe at last. A private pleasure soon turns into business.
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20:00
Peaches and Oranges#543
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#543
Peaches and OrangesBirthday Cakes from ChinaShēng rì dàn gāo gōng zhù nǐ fú shòu yǔ tiān qí
Shengjia Zhang
China
International Competition Documentary Film
Why do we love to celebrate birthdays with cakes? A witty exploration of a specific culinary cultural history, with surprising parallels to fast food and propaganda.
Extremely ShortTotemo mijikai
Koji Yamamura
Japan,
USA
International Competition Animated Film
The last syllable on the lips of a dying man is “da”. Koji Yamamura translates a short story by author Hideo Furukawa into a thrilling and highly dynamic film.
What Goes UpWhat Goes Up
Samar Al Summary
Saudi Arabia,
USA
International Competition Documentary Film
A Saudi artist is trampolining at a military airfield in Arizona. She would have to lift off to get home. A struggle not just with gravity, but with the patriarchy.
Photosensitivity warning My Therapist Said, I Am Full of SadnessMy Therapist Said, I Am Full of Sadness
Monica Tedja
Indonesia
International Competition Documentary Film
Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.
Himmel wie Seide. Voller OrangenHimmel wie Seide. Voller Orangen
Betina Kuntzsch
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
This cheerful animated collage recalls the first Interflug flight to Majorca in spring 1990. The sea may shine ever so blue, the GDR travellers remain mere onlookers in this holiday paradise.
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20:00
Morichales#5B1
Schauburg
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Schauburg
#5B1
MorichalesMorichalesMorichales
Chris Gude
USA,
Colombia
International Competition Documentary Film
A fictitious explorer reports on gold-mining and its commercialization in Venezuela. Paradoxically, the gold diggers live off nature – and destroy it at the same time.
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20:00
wo/menPolnisches Institut
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Polnisches Institut
wo/menFree entry Free entry wo/menwo/men
Kristine Nrecaj, Birthe Templin
Germany
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
A portrait of six Albanian “Burrneshas”, women in the social roles of men, who have been going against the grain of the country’s patriarchal structures with wit and courage for decades.
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20:00
Spinning Dreams and Beats#5A2
Schaubühne Lindenfels
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Schaubühne Lindenfels
#5A2
Spinning Dreams and BeatsNineteenth-Century Stroboscopic Discs (1831–1882)Disques stroboscopiques du dix-neuvième siècle (1831–1882)
Dominique Willoughby
France
Animation Night
Ghastly grimaces, acrobatics, fountains of colour – the precursors of cinema needed only a few animation images to amaze. A parade of reanimated historical wonder discs.
The Mystical Shogun Kunitoki Strobe LightThe Mystical Shogun Kunitoki Strobe Light
Sami Sänpäkkilä
Finland
Animation Night
A record with multicoloured dots turns in the strobe light. A hypnotising rain of confetti to the beat of psychedelic organ Krautrock from Finland.
Photosensitivity warning Hungry GhostHungry Ghost
Guido Devadder
Belgium
Animation Night
The Phenakistiscope in three dimensions: A sculpture that shows the ghostly march of silently screaming people through a landscape of arms and legs in short animation loops.
LapisLapis
James Whitney
USA
Animation Night
Myriads of dots orbit the kaleidoscopic centre to the sweeping sound of a sitar. A breathtaking piece of visual music, realised by means of early computer animation.
UFOsUFOs
Lillian F. Schwartz
USA
Animation Night
Rectangular shapes in brilliant colours proliferate in a black void. The pioneer of computer animation uses 2D programming language to simulate strange fantastic galaxies.
Max Cooper: Cardano CirclesMax Cooper: Cardano Circles
Mario Carrillo
Mexico
Animation Night
Stunningly beautiful – and science-based, too: Cooper’s euphoric electronica track and its visualisation in the exhilaration of a geometrical principle that originated in 1570.
Thrum IXThrum IX
Will Bishop-Stephens
UK
Animation Night
Accompanied by a vibrant guitar, the animation and noise machine “Thrum IX” enchants with snail shells and poppy capsules growing and shrinking on bicycle spokes.
ZyprazolZyprazol
Dan Hayhurst, Reuben Sutherland
UK
Animation Night
“Zyprazol” is medicine, a psychedelic drug. Graphic elements and broken beats zip wildly past our eyes and ears. A music video made by Sculpture.
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20:00
Wishing on a Star#524
CineStar 4
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CineStar 4
#524
Wishing on a StarWishing on a StarWishing on a Star
Peter Kerekes
Italy,
Slovakia,
Czech Republic,
Austria,
Croatia
Audience Competition
Those who confide their secret desires to astrologer Luciana and seek advice are unerringly sent to a place for a new beginning. Entertaining dramas and the big questions in life.
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