INTERNATIONAL SHORTS ART
Art is free; if it is not free, it is not art
SAT MAY 2nd I MAL SEH’N KINO I 22:00 I CURATED BY SAUL JUDD
ABORTION PARTY
In this party, odd guests will appear, loud punk music will be played, odd conversations will take place but underneath the chaotic, video games and YouTube tutorials, DIY aesthetics
style, monologue, the hostess tells some of her own story, while touching on very personal and social topics.This is a good party because the guests feel good and are very supportive of each other.
Feature film, Spain 2025, OmeU (English), Director: Julia Mellen, Length: 13 Min.
TIME TO GO (LA HORA DE IRSE)
The young Patricio works for his older sisters but the job is causing him a lot of anxiety. He decides it’s time to stop it. A date with a mysterious man could be exactly what he needs to change his work situation. But events that surge at this night have their own rules and it becomes intimately hot but dangerous and bloody. The Film celebrated its world premiere at the 76th Berlinale Shorts.
Feature film, Argentina 2025, OmeU (Spanish), Director: Renzo Cozza, Length: 20 Min.
HESSIAN PREMIERE
UNAVAILABLE (NEDOSTUPNI)
As the war in Ukraine continues, Serhii, a young man, works as a volunteer in a part of the country that is not occupied while his mother lives with his grandfather in an occupied territory. Meanwhile he loses contact with his mother. And when she finally decides to escape, he finds out that a humanitarian convoy from his hometown has been destroyed in a bombing raid. Because of this urgency he has to make some risky decisions. The Film celebrated its world premiere at the 82th Venice Filvetival.
Feature film, Ukraine/F/BE/BU/NDL, 2025, OmeU (English), Director: Kyrylo Zemlyanyi, Length: 13 Min.
GERMAN PREMIERE
KASEY CARTOON
“You’re just not a good idea!” – Kasey is a cartoon character who represents a diverse society. But because the diversity trend is supposedly dead, and she isn’t bringing her animator Veronica any luck at film festivals, Veronica decides to get rid of her without a second thought. Yet Kasey puts up a determined fight. In this eccentric blend of animation and live-action, humour and tragedy are intertwined from the very start.
Animation / Feature film, USA 2024, Director: Veronica Kedar, Length: 10 Min.
GERMAN PREMIERE
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS: DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH
SO MAI 3 I CINEMA AT DFF I 20:15 I CURATED BY KAROLA GRAMANN, HEIDE SCHLÜPMANN AND GUNTER DELLER
A short film programme curated by Karola Gramann, Heide Schlüpmann and Gunter Deller explores various facets of art and cinema. Featuring films by Helga Fanderl (MONA LISA, 2000), Bruce Conner, Dore O. / Werner Nekes (BEUYS, 1981), Gunter Deller (WINTERJUNE, 2014), Jürgen Böttcher (A SHORT VISIT TO HERMANN GLÖCKNER, 1985) and Derek Jarman (STUDIO BANKSIDE, 1972), art is brought into focus and demonstrates how film can be used to articulate positions of resistance to prevailing market logic:
“The art and cultural industries are driving a process of dehistoricisation and dematerialisation of art by elevating it to media stardom and market value. This programme brings together short films that resist this trend; through their very independence, they subversively reintroduce artworks and artists as physical entities into our everyday world, or continue to give them a space within this external reality of theirs.” (Heide Schlüpmann)
Selected films:
BEUYS (BRD 1981. R: Dore O./Werner Nekes. 11 Min. DCP)
MONA LISA (DE 2000. R: Helga Fanderl. 3 Min. 16mm)
STUDIO BANKSIDE (GB 1972. R: Derek Jarman. 7 Min. DCP)
WINTERJUNE (DE 2014. R: Gunter Deller. 6 Min. DCP)
KURZER BESUCH BEI HERMANN GLÖCKNER (DDR 1985. R: Jürgen Böttcher. 32 Min. 35mm)