Whether we pray, dream, hope or spit lines together – we don’t just do it once, but time and again. Until the ground forms paths: paths of desire that lead us together and apart. These paths set no ultimatums nor do they make demands. They show how others find their way and where people come together; shortcuts, alternatives and suggestions. Every path of desire is the translation of the individual into the collective. Watching one another as we dream, pray and rap – perhaps that is how we’ll find shared directions. (Matti Ullrich)
In a small interior space, where bodies constantly yearn for sleep, the filmmaker seeks, in her beloved Henry, something soft and tender to inhabit, a little fur to retreat into. Between bedsheets and freckles, a love declaration emerges, a fragile collage tracing a pathway between intimacy, vulnerability, and warmth. An ode to our captive pets, and to the intimate worlds where we learn to live and to rest.… >>>
Nominated:
Goldener Key
A film that, through moments of humor, irony, and introspection, unfolds as a metaphorical exploration of repair, resilience, and the ambiguities of contemporary existence.
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Premiere:
German Premiere
Large Christian crosses stand on the summits of Swiss mountains, billboards displaying Bible verses occupy public spaces in cities. The filmmakers have never felt comfortable with the presence of these religious symbols. In 2009, mountain guide Patrick Bussard sawed down a cross in the Fribourg Alps – and was severely punished by the courts for doing so.… >>>
- Director: Noa Epars, Marvin Merkel
When Rupi raps, everything falls silent around him. He meets up with his brother Tando and their cousins Nero and Elgo to roam through the hood and to hang around at the youth club. As the ”Boys from Chb”, they write and rap about their background. Not referencing the classic hip-hop clichés, they live out their identity as Roma, go about their lives, and show us how much solidarity, optimism and love can be found between the lines.
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Nominated:
Goldener Key
