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Competition Programme IV (2021) Tekmovalni program IV (2021)

različni avtorji / various / 77 min

Frozen Jumper
Tina Frank (independent)
Austria, 2020, 6'45"

An abstract, two-part musical short film that revolves around the question of materiality and digitality.

Comeback
Vladimir Leschiov (Lunohod Animation Studio)
Latvia, Lithuania, 2021, 7'55"

One day, the father recalls the passion of his childhood, which he had to abandon. Nostalgia gives him the idea of a Christmas present for his son. And the game comes back.

Un corpo / A Body
Milena Tepaldo (Cinemazero/FMK festival/Credit Agricole Friuladria)
Italy, 2021, 2'10"

A body is a shape, and every shape is different from others, even though all have a common destiny. With a kind of poetry, a voice will tell what a body is, while images will show what a body could be.

Vidiš li ih ti? / Can You See Them?
Bruno Razum (Zagreb film)
Croatia, 2021, 10'30"

The film is structured in such a way that its beginning also makes its end, creating the form of an "endless day". The focus of the plot is a boy suffering from schizophrenia. After witnessing the killing of a deer in the woods, he flees home in panic.

Malumore / Bad Mood
Loris Giuseppe Nese (Lapazio Film)
Italy, 2020, 12'05"

The mother cares for seniors in their homes, where the ticking clock counts down the working day between the frightening sounds of heavy breathing that increase the fear of emptiness...

Ta presneta očetova kamera! / My Father's Damn Camera
Miloš Tomić (Film Factory)
Slovenia, 2021, 6'35"

A reckless boy in an almost desperate and therefore troublesome way persistently seeks the attention of his father – a photographer.

Es ist genau genug Zeit / There Is Exactly Enough Time
Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich (Virgil Widrich Filmproduktion)
Austria, 2021, 2'12"

A collaboration by father and son.

Elena
Birutė Sodeikaitė (Artshot/Tripode Productions/Adriatic Animation)
Lithuania, France, Croatia, 2021, 12'26"

Elena is enjoying her life in the clouds, until she meets a charming Red Crane, and a seed starts growing inside her. Not ready for the changes and sacrifices that the seed brings to her life, Elena rips it out of her body. Soon she will realise the consequences of doing so.

Babičino seksualno življenje / Granny’s Sexual Life
Urška Djukić (Studio Virc/Ikki Films)
Slovenia, France, 2021, 13'40"

A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.

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Urška Djukić’s (Granny’s Sexual Life) debut feature explores the power of girls’ voices to overturn traditional ideas and patriarchal patterns through the eyes of a shy and sensitive 16-year-old girl, Lucija. The opening film of the Perspectives Competition and winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film at this year’s Berlinale.