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Films

Zoopticon

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Zoopticon
Jon Frickey, Thies Mynther, Sandra Trostel
Germany
International Competition Animated Film
In 2043, humanity launches the spaceship Zoopticon to send a greeting to distant galaxies. An extraterrestrial opera with cheering colours and radiant pop charm in the darkness of space.

Cyclepaths

Filmstill Cyclepaths
Cyclepaths
Anton Cla
Belgium
International Competition Animated Film
A man on an e-scooter on the outskirts of the city. Only the rifle over his shoulder irritates. The mood of high alert is deceptive. The disaster has already happened.

Contains depictions of war scenes, murder

Margarethe 89

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Margarethe 89
Lucas Malbrun
France
International Competition Animated Film
Leipzig, 1989. A young punk, detained in a mental hospital, longs to be close to her boyfriend. A doomed love story in the midst of the collapse of the GDR.

Sewing Love

Filmstill Sewing Love
Sewing Love
Xu Yuan
Japan
International Competition Animated Film
A consensual union becomes a brutal assimilation that ends in death and a new beginning. Powerfully moving colours and fascinating sounds transport irritating emotions.

Contains depictions of physical violence

1976: Search for Life

Filmstill 1976: Search for Life
1976: Search for Life
Tess Martin
Netherlands
International Competition Animated Film
Two research trips into a possible future of humanity and the very real past of a family history combine to form a narrative about our relationship to time.

Y

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Y
Matea Kovač
Croatia
International Competition Animated Film
Charcoal lines explore the ups and downs of a couple’s relationship. The passionate partnership is sketched, touched up and finally wiped away.

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