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Lisbeth Kovacic

AT
2016
Animation film
4’

This film features the WhatsApp chats between an Austrian activist and two Syrian refugees, who made their way to Germany […]

A Young Girl in Her Nineties

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian

FR
2016
Documentary
85’

Well-known choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang runs a dance workshop for Alzheimer patients in the geriatric department of Charles Foix d’Ivry […]

An Ode to Vaginismus

Catrine Val

DE
2017
Experimental
5’

In An Ode to Vaginismus, Indian poet Divya Dureja recites her eponymous poem which verbalises the shame and pain felt […]

Ayiti mon Amour

Guetty Felin

HT / US
2016
Feature Film
82’

Haiti, five years after the earthquake, in a coastal town forgotten by the rest of the world. The memory of […]

Berlin-Milieu. Ackerstraße 1973

Veronika Otten (Editor)

DE
1973
Documentary

The film document Berlin-Milieu. Ackerstraße 1973, edited by Veronika Otten, is visible evidence that the SFD made use of its […]

Body of Oz

Stephanie Müller, Klaus Erich Dietl

DE
2016
Experimental
5’

The short film Body of Oz makes references to the »happiest film ever made«, The Wizard of Oz, turning conservative […]

US
2016
Experimental
4’

On 5 October 2015, Belgian director Chantal Akerman took her own life. Film-maker and curator Vivian Ostrovsky had been a […]

Call of Beauty

Brenda Lien

DE
2016
Experimental
9’

Two girlfriends run a beauty channel on YouTube. Caught up in the beauty craze and constantly exposed to product placement, […]

Call of Cuteness

Brenda Lien

DE
2017
Experimental
4’

»While we watch the ›cat fail‹ of the day from a safe vantage point, all that remains invisible in this […]

Callshop Istanbul

Hind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer

CA
2016
Documentary
89’

For anyone who travels, Istanbul has always been a hub and interlink point between Asia and Europe. The chaotic dynamics […]

Copy Complete

Maria Auerbach

DE
2015
Experimental
8’

The found footage collage film Copy Complete deals with how cinema presented the computer in the 70s, 80s and 90s. […]

Drive with Care

Pilvi Takala

US
2014
Experimental Documentary
13’

Drive with Care investigates the life of a teacher at an elite boarding school in the US. In a deadpan, […]