Where do I stand, who am I, and why is this happening to me? These are the questions the persons portrayed in this program ask themselves. They are not fine at all and find themselves in a strange state that they cannot quite understand or articulate. They search for meaning, stability and purpose, and begin to reflect and talk. It takes time to grasp and understand what is happening and to find one’s bearings. And so, they take the plunge, venture into unknown places, reinvent themselves or carry on searching. (Sarah Adam)
CN: Sexualized Violence
A group of young women drift through nights and days of parties and encounters. They express their sexuality with confidence, yet their world is full of tension. In their conversations with each other they reveal their difficulties to move around the thin line between desire and fear, of being a subject or becoming an object. HEAVEN WILL WAIT blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction to explore the difficulties women encounter when living a sex positive live.
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Nominated:
Goldener Key
- Director: Silver Tjepkema
In an
Art Nouveau swimming pool, the statue of a man guards the entry hall, and old
tiles are reflecting the light which spills across the turquoise water. The
camera follows a young woman as she finesses her swimming skills. An analogue
visual poem of light, form, and motion.
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Premiere:
World Premiere
CN: Depression
Maria is feeling blue, even worse, she is not fine at all. Her various attempts to sort her life and find a routine have failed, and she no longer knows where to turn: “I have no fucking idea what’s next.” When she realizes that she can’t get out of this situation on her own, she asks for help and, as a result, manages to gain new perspectives. Thus, Maria’s ordeal turns into a humorous musical comedy that explores insecurity, vulnerability, and the difficulties of creative processes.
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Premiere:
Europe Premiere
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
- Director: María del Cueto
”So now I’ve landed here. A bump of flat land at the tip of England with the most beautiful pebbles in the world. A cottage full of memories and ghosts, perhaps. I’m allowed to stay for two weeks. I have the cottage all to myself.“ Filmmaker Dagie Brundert uses this time in limbo to reflect upon life.… >>>
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
A., a young man from Vienna, is preparing to join the armed forces. He shaves his head and says goodbye to his studies, his family, his job, and his girlfriend. The people around him react with incomprehension and tell him anecdotes about the military and war. A., however, does not react to this, he turns his gaze to the camera and speaks to the audience: he wants out – out of a world full of fiction, and out of the film itself.… >>>
Nominated:
A38-Production Grant Kassel-Halle
- Director: Zorah Berghammer
