Masculinities
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Matthias Huber
Switzerland
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film
A lovingly designed mini-drama about a droll puppet with a button nose and jug ears in scary situations we all remember from our childhood.
Biegen und Brechen

Biegen und Brechen
Falk Schuster, Mike Plitt
Germany
German Competition Short Film
DOK im Knast
This animated documentary with reduced imagery portrays the protagonist’s traumatic experiences in the GDR’s residential care system and the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre.
Einmal wieder dieser Junge sein

Einmal wieder dieser Junge sein
Jan Koester
Germany
German Competition Short Film
The director’s mother starts drinking when he is eight years old. Coming to terms with trauma through dancing pixels and bodies that question gender norms.
Die Welt ist ein Haus und es gibt Regeln in diesem Haus

Die Welt ist ein Haus und es gibt Regeln in diesem Haus
Felix Leffrank
Germany
German Competition Short Film
A quite creative reflection of uncreative phases: A story-teller struggles with depression and writer’s block, under the watchful eyes of inner and outer demons.
Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)

Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)
Ethan Barrett
USA
International Competition Short Film
A beautifully tongue-in-cheek animation about the relevant (and hitherto unanswered) question of how to be least in one’s child’s way.
Dog-Apartment

Koerkorter
Priit Tender
Estonia
International Competition Short Film
Driven by the barking of a rented apartment, a ballet dancer trudges through his monotonous daily routine. A surreal stop motion animation about a man who’s gone to the dogs.
Screenings & Tickets
In the Cinemas
18.10.
#251
Passage Kinos Astoria
Teil der Kompilation
18.10.2022
Passage Kinos Astoria
#251
Teil der Kompilation
20.10.
#483
Regina Palast 6
Teil der Kompilation
20.10.2022
Regina Palast 6
#483
Teil der Kompilation
22.10.2022
Hauptbahnhof Osthalle
Teil der Kompilation
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