*_IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTORS_* h2. CALL OF BEAUTY *FEATURE FILM, D 2016* *RUNNING TIME: 8:40 MINS.* *DIRECTOR: BRENDA LIEN* Two beauty bloggers in their compulsive shrill sparkling world: Actually, they too, want to be simply loved just LIKE THAT, as they are ... photoshopped on the outside but oh so beautiful on the inside. h2. MARION *_WORLD PREMIERE_* *FEATURE FILM, D 2016* *RUNNING TIME: 21:30 MINS.* *DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER CONRADS* How would we react if our spouse lies in a coma and there is no hope for improvement? The 45-year-old Marion escapes the decision and is looking for security with the young nurse Sebastian. h2. VENDEPLOV – PORTRAIT EINES SELTENEN FELDSPORTS *_Hesse PREMIERE_* *DOCUMENTARY, D 2015/2016* *RUNNING TIME: 22:00 MINS.* *DIRECTORS: PETER SEIPEL & ELISA MAY* The film is an ode to the niches of passion. However, Sebastian is not a farmer but an athlete: A master on his way to the European Championship in plowing. Sounds interesting? It is because "everyone can do table tennis..." h2. LUCKY *_RHINE-MAIN PREMIERE_* *ANIMATION, D 2016* *RUNNING TIME: 11:00 MINS.* *DIRECTORS: KIRSTENCARINA GEISSER & INES CHRISTINE GEISSER* Obsessive horse girls mutate into a horror variant: The stallion Lucky must flee. A garish trip (of destiny) back to freedom. h2. EMILY MUST WAIT *_RHINE-MAIN PREMIERE_* *FEATURE FILM, D 2016* *RUNNING TIME: 11:58 MINS.* *DIRECTOR: CHRISTIAN WITTMOSER* A space, a camera setting, a feeling of oppression. In this apocalyptic chamber theatre we are rooting for Emily, who fights for her bare survival in times of flight and terror. h2. KASSEL 09.12. *EXPERIMENTAL FILM, D 2016* *RUNNING TIME: 7:51 MINS.* *DIRECTOR: ARIANNA WALDNER BINGEMER* Adolf Winkelmann and Arianna Waldner Bingemer – one film, two takes. Two "city-selfie-films" which are almost 50 years apart. A city portrait in 16mm to digital.