Srčno / Have Heart
Will Anderson
VB/UK, 2017, digital, 12'10”
A looping GIF has an existential crisis.
Nothing Happens
Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot (Dansk Tegnefilm/Miyu Productions)
Danska, Francija/Denmark, France, 2017, digital, 11'49”
It’s freezing cold in the city suburbs. Yet some people are gathering. I watch them form a row across the horizon. We are all waiting for something to happen. But nothing does…
We have gathered to witness an event. To participate in being seen. The spectacle of watching and being watched.
Moje drugo oko / Ayny / My Second Eye
Ahmad Saleh (Fiction 2.0/Academy of Media Arts Cologne/Ahmad Saleh)
Nemčija, Palestina, Jordanija/Germany, Palestine, Jordan, 2016, digital, 10'50”
Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slackline on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they have always dreamt to own.
Zajčja kri / Rabbit’s Blood
Sarina Nihei (Sarina Nihei/Little Dot Studios)
VB/UK, 2017, digital, 4'42”
Rabbit’s Blood is a story about a society of two rival groups; sinister cloaked men and neutralist rabbits who have human-looking bodies that live underground.
Na obzorju / A L'horizon / On the Horizon
Izabela Bartosik (Les Films De L'arlequin/Nadasdy Film)
Francija, Švica/France, Switzerland, 2016, digital, 9'25”
A man and a woman are doing up a boat in order to go on a cruise together. This common project brings them together. They are passionate, become very close. Their relationship is sensual and tender. Yet they grow weary after a long period of relentless work, and both their life and the boat go adrift.
Lupus
Carlos Gomez Salamanca (Nocroma/Ikki films/JPL Films)
Kolumbija, Francija/Colombia, France, 2016, digital, 8'05”
In December 2011, a night watchman was killed by a pack of more than 20 stray dogs that were roaming the streets of Bosa, an area of Bogota’s suburbs. An animated short film on notions of body, savagery and territories is built around this tragic news item.
Breme / Min Börda / The Burden
Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Malade)
Švedska/Sweden, 2016, digital, 14'45”
A musical with apocalyptic undertones, divided into four episodes which take place in a supermarket, an extended-stay hotel, a call centre and a hamburger restaurant.
Best of the world I (2017) Svetovni jagodni izbor I (2017)
What's On
Flow Straume
Gints Zilbalodis
Sunday, 03. 08. 2025 / 16:50 / Main Hall
Cat is a solitary animal. However, as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In this lonesome boat sailing through mystical flooded landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. »A survival epic full of mysteries and magic, it’s an animated epic worthy of Ghibli.« – Time Out. »One of the most moving animated films in recent memory, and, beyond that, groundbreaking too.« – IndieWire. Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
Scorched Earth Verbrannte Erde
Thomas Arslan
Sunday, 03. 08. 2025 / 19:10 / Main Hall
A minimalist crime thriller set on the nocturnal streets of contemporary Berlin, much like its protagonist: laconic, efficient, and very, very cool.
Memoir of a Snail Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot
Sunday, 03. 08. 2025 / 21:30 / Main Hall
Bittersweet memories of a melancholy outcast seeking happiness in the clutter of everyday life. The animated tragicomedy for adult audiences has received an Oscar nomination, as well as numerous awards at major international festivals.