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A dimly lit, scarcely furnished flat, the hissing and buzzing of an open microphone. What follows is an argument in Arabic between mother and son. She complains about his lethargy. He sees no point in school while the country is at war. At last, the boy sets out through the busy streets of his neighbourhood which is a chaotic patchwork of everyday life and the debris of war.
A film about the ancient Greco-Roman influences on early Christianity. An animated meditation on iconography and on the history of religion, art and architecture, accompanied by the sacred music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This Japanese urban legend is quite different from typical German fairy-tales. In addition to classic themes like betrayal and revenge, the legend of the “slit-mouthed woman” also includes supernatural elements.
Sit back, relax, grab yourself a cup of Tea, and enjoy the slightly slower but dramatic story that is about to unfold!
Short films are like pasta! They come in many forms, each culture has its own specialties, everyone likes them.
A pair of socks lose sight of each other during the spin cycle of the washing machine. Being suddenly alone gives rise to new encounters and puts the socks’ friendship to a tough test.
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Sometimes there's more than one bandit, and little fellows can be pretty mean!
An eye has a fatal encounter with a hammer and a block of wood.
Based on a four-on-the-floor beat and a Wall of Sound. On top of that is a landscape full of motion and colour, which offers a new perspective.
Animated short film
The memory of Dresden, the city which was one of the most painted and destroyed in the past centurys. A romantic-expressive trip into the past, sort of fictive documentary in animation. All material used in film are the artworks from the artists who use to work in this city. From Caspar David Friedrich to WOLS.
An astonishing “half abstract night-walk fantasy” based on drawings by the great Miles Davis backed by his interpretation of the Tina Turner classic.
A shaman performs a rite of passage on a snow-covered mountaintop. She changes her shape and floats on bird wings into the valley. In a mystical forest, she contacts her non-human ancestors to calm the land which is infested with military conflicts.
Diana takes her daughter Mia to the zoo. Mia is thrilled and wants to get as close as possible to the animals - far too close, Diana thinks...
Based on the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini by the Iranian morality police, the film shows the situation of women and human rights in Iran since the Islamic Revolution. The hand-drawn animation illustrates a poem by the author Ayeda Alavie.
Once the first episode of the "Steckbrief Natur" series was completed, the film crew decided to stay on the island and produce two other parts.
A surreal Lego stop-motion film (brickfilm) that blurs the boundaries between reality and dream. Join Poco on a fantastic journey through space and time!
An animated lesson in self-esteem, what's a top pig to do when she want's to slim down?
The animation is based on Joseph Brodsky’s poem “Don’t Leave the Room” and shows a surrealistic reality in which the main character is faced with the choice of a room. At first glance, the choice of rooms is quite large, but in fact, all the rooms turn out to be pieces of one large cake.
The fascinating and partially hidden story of this woman and other former “guest workers” in Germany is told by her daughter, who as a member of the next generation is struggling with her own identity and her relationship with her mother, as well as her mother’s different cultural mindset.
The film is a D.i.Y. semi-autobiographical, short stop motion animation video, using plasticine characters to portray one day in the life of a gender-queer person.
Karl goes from room to room and tries to fit in. First he visits the business people, then the sports people and after them the party people. Will he find the place where he belongs?
All effects are made analogically by in-camera editing, half-process developing and toning.
Carried by a pleasantly laid-back jazzy score, these seven minutes of animation offer a joyful journey through an elegantly black-and-white world of forms oscillating between figuration and abstraction. We meet strange frogs, caterpillars, and other critters moving in such perfect synchrony with the music that they could never seem real to us, as they take the shape of ornamental structures. And coming back again and again is the moon, with clouds gliding by. (tr)
Night after night, an unsuspecting woman is visited in her sleep by a demon.
One evening, a prison director announces to a convict his execution for the next day. As though by a miracle, later at night the cell door opens. Exhausted by endless interrogations the convict drags on through dark prison corridors. On his odyssey to gain freedom he is tossed back and forth through various mental states: his fear of being discovered, his hope for salvation and moments of sheer madness.
A camera roams incessantly through an apartment and a life without any particular hallmarks. Sound and animated interventions portray family bliss and unhappiness, quarrels and separation, age and death. Radio news open the window a little to what is going on in the world outside. The constantly changing interiors tell of people who were at home here without ever showing them.
A girl who only wants to be alone. One day, a Cat knocks on her door. Since then everything has changed...
When a person disappears, everything remains in its place. The film shows the life of my grandfather, Herbert Hurrle, through the things he accumulated in life. The memories with which these things are filled come to life.
The protagonist is leaving on a journey to the places, that remind her of the past. The woman looks back on her memories of the unhappy love and tries to leave these behind.
A performative poetry film about pecunia, passports, and privilege. Money origami stop motion animation, money being burnt and laundered, money in a museum. Psychedelic plant ornaments, juxtaposed with tanks and the devouring of currency from privileged and not-so-privileged countries in front of a national landmark and passport kissing.
Giant Fox and William Honda just wanted to have a nice coffee together, but the afternoon turns out more adventurous than expected.
'Otto', made of red clay, can freely transform into whatever shape it wants, and responds to and gets inspiration from every sound it hears through its ears. The sea he lives in is made of staff notes. Whenever meeting the best musicians who made a mark in classical music, 'Otto' introduces the musician and his musical characteristics to the audience. Let's go on a fun trip to meet classical genius musicians with 'Otto', which boasts a unique musical sensibility and soul!
Kampf dem Hunger is a promotional film with music by Walter Simon Huber using the "Anbaumarsch" by Walter Wild.
Beyer ad by Pinschewer.
An illustrator discovers that one of his creations is missing and chases after it.
The poor lumberjack Ali Baba gets unexpected riches when he discovers a robber's cave full of countless treasures. Among the treasures is a jeweled vase with a genie in a bottle. When the robbers realize that they have been robbed, they swear bitter revenge. But they reckoned without the clever Ali baba and his faithful genie.
Metro station as a place of constant moving. Play with light and reflections from abstract to concrete forms.
Rusty the Knight prepares a perfect Christmas for the king.
A camera straight out of a video game hovers through artificial landscapes and portals. In a ghostly house, a fantasy video game is being played on a computer screen: how are virtual space, toxic masculinity, gaming and fantasy connected?
A man runs out of gas on the outskirts of Innsmouth.
Gustaf the puppet plays the piano. An amateur film
What happens if you have to find out first whether you’re a boy or a girl?