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Tarantism Revisited
Anja Dreschke, Michaela Schäuble
German Competition Documentary Film
Apulia, 1959: ecstatic dancing in a chapel. These women are said to have been bitten by a spider. Today, “tarantism” has been tamed as folklore and become a tourist attraction.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions
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Animalia Paradoxa
Niles Atallah
International Competition Animated Film
A human-amphibian hybrid creature wriggles through a post-apocalyptic world. A masterful avant-garde balancing act between dance, performance and puppet theatre.
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Taking Off the Rose-tinted Spectacles
#564
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Taking Off the Rose-tinted Spectacles
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Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari
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
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen
David Kind
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
Der König von Spanien
Leonard Volkmer
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
Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal
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.
The Role
Paolo Chianta
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.
Pain That Comes in Waves
Irem Schwarz
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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Marching in the Dark
#534
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Andhārātlyā mashālī
Kinshuk Surjan
Belgium,
Netherlands,
India
The suicide rate among farmers in India is staggering. The women left behind, now solely responsible for the children and mountains of debt, show solidarity. Powerful cinema!
Contains mentions of
suicide
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Balomania
Sissel Morell Dargis
An incredible story of the “Baloeiros”, an underground culture in the heart of Brazil’s favelas. Giant balloons, made in secret, leave you speechless.
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An Evening of Remembrance. Thomas Heise (1955-2024)
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
An Evening of Remembrance. Thomas Heise (1955-2024)
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Creativity of Constructive Minds
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Creativity of Constructive Minds
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The Diffusion Pilot
Aurelijus Čiupas
International Competition Animated Film
The machine compares, sorts, mixes millions of images, creating and dissolving. An intellectual game and research project on the contradictory nature of AI-based animation.
Accidental Animals
Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee
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.
Lines
Martin Schmidt
International Competition Animated Film
Two colour surfaces battle, taking up more and more space in their contest to outdo each other, causing breathlessness. An abstract and yet physically tangible cinematic event – large and loud.
Aferrado
Esteban Azuela
International Competition Animated Film
Joel repairs engines, but now his own is overheating because of his side job as a gangster’s henchman. He must take a decision. A breathless ride through Mexico City begins.
Contains depictions of
physical violence, murder, drug-use
Being John Smith
John Smith
International Competition Documentary Film
Saddled with one of the most generic names in the English language, British filmmaker John Smith takes a wry, deceptively straightforward look at how this has affected his life and career.
Die Stimme des Ingenieurs
Die Stimme des Ingenieurs
André Siegers
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.
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