Kinosloga. Retrosex 2023

A sensory cinematic experience capturing the intercorporeal journey of a soul through the afterlife, from Laos to Zanzibar. In a transcendent sequence, the audience is asked to close their eyes and surrender to a soundscape accompanied by bursts of colour still visible through closed eyelids.

China, 2001–2023. Qiaoqiao travels through an increasingly unrecognisable country in search of her long-lost lover Bin.

An epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction — and offer hope for survival and a way forward. Centring on a landscape project by the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, Kossakovsky uses the circle to reflect on the rise and fall of civilizations.

Following an unfortunate accident, a feisty little mouse and a shy young fox cub unwittingly find themselves in animal heaven. In this strange environment, they will have to put aside their natural instincts and work together to succeed on their journey through this new world. The little mouse and the young fox share many adventures and unexpected surprises and ultimately become the best of friends.

From humble beginnings in suburban Australia, The Birthday Party grew to become one of the most influential acts of their time – commanding a level of respect which remains undiminished to this day. Singer Nick Cave’s incendiary vocals and guitarist Rowland S. Howard’s groundbreaking sonics stunned audiences across the globe. By the time of their inevitable disintegration they’d been labelled the most dangerous band in the world.

The Darkened Room, Boat, Lamp, Out Yonder: Neighbor Boy, Industrial Soundscape, Bug Crawls, Intervalometer Experiments

When her mother dies in the forest along the Polish-Belarusian border, sixteen-year-old Kurdish girl Runa must care for her four younger brothers and her depressed father. While the family navigates an uncertain future and the looming threat of deportation in a refugee centre, Runa finds refuge in the world of art… This partially animated documentary tells the story of coming of age in the shadow of the global refugee crisis.

The film takes us to fields across Europe growing our fruit and vegetables. Seydou, from Mali, picks oranges in southern Italy. He has no contract and is paid by the crate, living in a hut he built himself in a settlement without water or electricity… Blueberries in Portugal, olives in Greece, strawberries in Spain—over two million migrant workers labour across Europe’s fields, most without contracts and earning minimum wage, some undocumented and deep in debt with agents. 

Set in the Cork City’s working-class north side, the film follows a 17-year-old foster child. Suddenly forced to move in with his estranged older brother, Christy discovers that blood is thicker than water.

A humorous and touching debut about a young girl’s daring quest to bake a cake in the time of Saddam Hussein when Iraq is suffering under strict sanctions. Winner of Cannes 2025 Audience Award and Directors’ Fortnight Best First Feature Award.

A young Muslim woman struggles to reconcile her blossoming sexuality with her identity and family expectations in Hafsia Herzi’s adaptation of Fatima Daas’ 2020 novel.

Following Psychonauts and Unicorn Wars, Alberto Vázquez returns with another surreal animated feature replete with black humour.

Ostrikov’s feature debut blends existential sci-fi, romance and cosmic comedy into a genre-fluid exploration of love, loneliness and the human need for connection, love, and purpose, even in the face of existential isolation.

A heist drama film develops into a trenchant and tragicomic critique of the economic hierarchies of power, while exploring the divide between the East and the West. 

WTF OFF, what on earth is that? A crazy programme, devised by Gala Frécon and Sébastien Sperer, consisting of 12 animated short films from all over the world. The aim of WTF OFF is to promote different animated works, often strange in terms of visuals or narrative but always consistent and impactful. Whether political or simply entertaining, the films presented in WTF OFF will constantly push the audience to their limits, offering them an hour and a minute of intense and totally offbeat pleasure. A true visual experience that will leave no one behind. Dear audience, open your eyes and your chakras to welcome this animated UFO in the best possible way. We All Just Can’t Get Enough of WTF OFF. – Sébastien Sperer

A programme of the best animated shorts from around the world, programmed to give you a thorough insight into the latest developments and trends in auteur animation, including many award-winners from some of the leading international festivals.

The past and the present, mania and sadness, closeness and loneliness. All this and much more is covered in this year’s selection of eight animated shorts, chosen by the members of this year’s Kinotrip team.

Copenhagen at the end of World War I. When young factory worker Karoline finds herself unemployed, alone and pregnant, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman who runs an illegal adoption agency… This dark fairy tale for adults by Magnus von Horn (Sweat) is based on true events from Danish history.

When a twenty-nine year-old art history graduate finds herself living on her parents’ sofa, penniless, jobless and without friends, she comes to the realisation that growing up is harder than she had expected.

Boris Robič is an ordinary man. One evening, while reading a book in his apartment, shots are fired at him. No one understands what happened. Not him, not the police. After all, Boris lived a quiet, peaceful life and believed he had no enemies. But when the detective closes the case, Boris starts his own investigation… World premiere at the San Sebastián film festival.