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EFA – Short matters! III. (2021) EFA – Short matters! III. (2021)

various / 70 min

Short Films Programme.

All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
Nachts sind alle Katzen grau, Lasse Linder, Switzerland, documentary, 2019, 15’

Christian, who calls himself ‘Catman’, lives with his two cats Marmelade and Katjuscha. They are inseparable. As he is yearning to become a father, he decides to fertilise his beloved cat Marmelade by an exquisite tomcat from abroad.

Genius loci
Adrien Mérigeau, France, animation, 2020, 16'

One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.

People on Saturday
Menschen am Samstag, Jonas Ulrich, Switzerland, fiction, 2020, 10'

A sunny Saturday afternoon in the city. Ten tableaux show people struggling with the small and big challenges of their daily lives.

Lake of Happiness
Aliaksei Paluyan, Belarus/Germany/Spain, fiction, 2019, 29'

In a small Belarusian village, where time seems to stand still, Jasja, a 9-year-old girl, has to deal with her mother‘s death. Her father decides to send her to an orphanage. But one day she decides to run away, home.

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Late Shift Heldin

Petra Volpe

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 15:45 / Main Hall

Shot with the pacing and tension of a thriller, Late Shift follows a single night in the working life of a nurse in an overcrowded Swiss hospital. Both gripping and compassionate, the film is a tribute to the extraordinary people who stand by us in the most vulnerable moments of our lives.

Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!

Igor Bezinović

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 16:45 / Small Hall

On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.

A Poet Un poeta

Simón Mesa Soto

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 17:50 / Main Hall

A film that captures the poetic reality of a neurotic poet, skilfully blending cringe comedy with an emotionally resonant story of lost and rediscovered hope. A singular work with an unforgettable central character.