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Saint Marietta

Saint Marietta
Ben Young
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
UK
2021
13 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English

The starting point of this documentary exploration is a 1980s abuse scandal in Cleveland, northern England, which turned out to be a scandal of false accusations. In his uniquely personal and literarily remarkable way, Ben Young discusses this historical event from offscreen. What we see is surprising contemporary footage of the region. Image and sound unite in a strong-minded attempt to capture a piece of local history by cinematic means.

Borjana Gaković

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Director
Ben Young
Script
Ben Young
Editor
Theo Watkins
Producer
Ben Young
Sound
Jack Eyres
Score
Blessed are the Hearts that Bend
Kids DOK 2021
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Saka sy Vorona – Cat and Bird
Franka Sachse
A simple yet fast-paced silhouette animation: The black cat and white bird's world unravels when they venture into each other's space.
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Saka sy Vorona – Cat and Bird

Saka sy Vorona – Katze und Vogel
Franka Sachse
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
Germany
2021
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Black and white, white and black. At first everything seems well-ordered in this bicoloured world. The black cat lives in the white field, the white bird in the black one. Each in their place. But when the two venture into each other’s space, nothing stays the same and their world unravels. A fast-paced silhouette animation.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Franka Sachse
Producer
Uli Seis
Sound
Christian Schunke, Florian Marquardt
Score
Andreas Kuch
Animation
Franka Sachse, Aline Helmcke
Funder
MDM, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, BKM
Extended Reality: DOK Neuland 2021
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Samsara
Hsin-Chien Huang
Earth is destroyed, time nothing but an illusion. In space we explore our new collective consciousness and assume forms not originally envisaged by our DNA.
2021
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Samsara

Lun hui
Hsin-Chien Huang
Extended Reality 2021
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Taiwan
2021
21 minutes
English

What happens when we have to leave the destroyed earth? This VR experience takes us into space: Our consciousness becomes collective and our DNA is modified into new life forms. Time is nothing but an illusion here – past, present and future merge. We end up where we began, but in what form and when? A cycle of endless reincarnation.

Lars Rummel

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Producer
Hsiao-Yue Tsau
Executive Producer
Chung-Hsien Chen
Production Company
Virtual and Physical Media Integration Association of Taiwan
Editor
Hsin-Chien Huang
Interactive Design
Wei-Chieh Chiu
Artistic Design
Guan-Yi Li, Zu-Wei Chen
Creative Technologist
Wei-Chieh Chiu, Hua-Lun Wu, Chun-Yen Yu, Pei-Yang Yeh
Motion Capture
4DViews
Sound
Jason Binnick
Score
Jason Binnick
Director
Hsin-Chien Huang
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Scum Mutation

Scum Mutation
Ov
International Competition Short Film 2021
Animated Film
France
2020
10 minutes
English,
French,
Italian,
Spanish
Subtitles: 
English

Four creatures wobble like marionettes in the black void. An alien power tries to subdue them, police voices strike like truncheons. Bent, with bulging or thread-thin limbs, their skin turned inside out – human anatomy has mutated. But these vulnerable bodies start to fight back … “Scum Mutation” takes us into the battle zone without protection, into an indelible energy field of radical feminist protest – and becomes a resounding beacon of reconquest.

André Eckardt

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Director
Ov
Script
Ov
Editor
Ov
Producer
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
Sound
Ov, Raphaëlle Duquesnoy
Score
Ivvvo
Animation
Ov, Paul Guilbert, Jeremy Waulter
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Self

Self
Claudia Larcher
Animation Perspectives 2021
Animated Film
Austria
2015
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Nothing is closer to us than our skin. Its beautiful and less beautiful parts envelop the self, separate it from all else. A foray along naked parts of the body takes us from a shiny ridge via a rounded protuberance to a shady gorge. A neck. A belly…ear. A fellybear? Photos, videoclips and sounds form an irritating body collage.

André Eckardt

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Director
Claudia Larcher
Cinematographer
Claudia Larcher
Producer
Claudia Larcher
Sound
Constantin Popp
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Soft Animals

Soft Animals
Renee Zhan
International Competition Short Film 2021
Animated Film
UK
2021
3 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

Using different techniques and materials – from charcoal pencils via watercolour to oil paints, against the backdrop of a photo – Chinese-American animation artist Renee Zhan has created a sensual, impressive and extremely original visualization of a well-known piece of wisdom: “Sex with an ex is the best.” The chance encounter of two former lovers at a station seems to trigger not only memories but also unsuppressible lust: anima porn in top form!

Borjana Gaković

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Director
Renee Zhan
Script
Renee Zhan
Editor
Margred Pryce
Producer
Jesse Romain
Sound
Ed Rousseau
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Soup

Zupa
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Animation and Musique concrète 2021
Experimental Film
Poland
1974
9 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

The daily routine in the life of a young couple: getting up, squeezing blackheads, eating soup, daydreaming … Zbigniew Rybczyński reworks real-life images to create surreal collages in order to visually turn the inside out. He is supported by the Polish composer Eugeniusz Rudnik, whose great electro-acoustic inventiveness shifts playfully back and forth between naturalism and alienation.

André Eckardt

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Director
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Script
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Cinematographer
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Editor
Barbara Sarnocinska
Producer
Se-ma-for Produkcja Filmowa Sp. z o.o.
Sound
Mieczysław Janik
Score
Eugeniusz Rudnik
Animation
Zbigniew Rybczyński
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Squish!

Squish!
Tulapop Saenjaroen
International Competition Short Film 2021
Animated Film
Singapore,
Thailand
2021
17 minutes
Thai
Subtitles: 
English

A gaudily coloured twisty slide takes us into emotional shallows. A squeaky voice complains about its inadequacies. It belongs to an animated figure which serves as a catch bowl for a soul that’s not doing well. Its creator has pieced it together, but something holistic does not pop out of the demiurgic mush. Tulapop Saenjaroen uncovers the beginnings of Thai animation and takes a critical look at the future promise of media placebos.

André Eckardt

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Director
Tulapop Saenjaroen
Script
Tulapop Saenjaroen
Cinematographer
Parinee Buthrasri
Editor
Tulapop Saenjaroen
Producer
Supamart Boonnil
Co-Producer
Maenum Chagasik
Sound
Chalermrat Kaweewattana
Score
Damn Chestnut
Animation
Napat Shinawatra
Funder
Asian Film Archive
Narrator
Sunny Lola
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Stay Up

Reste debout
Aïssata Ouarma
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Burkina Faso,
South Africa
2021
38 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
English

The opening scene shows the anger: It’s about rape. The observing documentary by Aïssata Ouarma is more composed, though, focused on dealing with the trauma and the attempts to come to terms with it through art. The heavily pregnant Mariam attends a theatre education workshop. The camera follows her and her empathetic trainer in moments of mental and physical exertion designed to free her soul – and that of her unborn child – for good.

Borjana Gaković

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Director
Aïssata Ouarma
Script
Aïssata Ouarma
Cinematographer
Abdul Aziz Diallo, Barou Ouédraogo
Editor
Djibril Sanogo, Ernest Kabore
Producer
Don Edkins, Tiny Mungwe
Co-Producer
Sékou Traoré
Sound
Issiaka Diallo
Score
Féïçale Diara
World Sales
Bérénice Hahn
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Steakhouse

Steakhouse
Špela Čadež
International Competition Short Film 2021
Animated Film
France,
Germany,
Slovenia
2021
10 minutes
Slovenian
Subtitles: 
English

Coupledom has its own dynamics. Her professional obligations do not tick by the clock, his cooking and love are extraordinary, but, alas, precisely timed. This all too familiar incompatibility is condensed into murky, acrid roast fumes and ends civilized, but bloody. Špela Čadež gradually slows down the pace, creating a space for the absurd goings-on to penetrate deeper and deeper. Black humour, “well done”.

André Eckardt

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Director
Špela Čadež
Script
Gregor Zorc
Cinematographer
Špela Čadež
Editor
Iva Kraljevic
Producer
Tina Smrekar, Špela Čadež
Co-Producer
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Fabian Driehorst
Sound
Johanna Wienert
Score
Tomaž Grom, Olfamož
Animation
Clémentine Robach, Zarja Menart, Anka Kočevar, Špela Čadež
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Kids DOK 2021
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Stories from the Shower
Teresia Fant
The gym locker room is the epitome of awkward moments in every teenager’s life. Every week the same questions comes up: Shower today, or can I do without?
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Stories from the Shower

Fortellinger fra dusjen
Teresia Fant
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
Norway
2021
25 minutes
Norwegian
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

The gym locker room is an unavoidable chapter in the life of teenagers and the epitome of awkward moments. Happy the person who has a relaxed relationship with their body. Teresia Fant’s documentary gives the floor to those who are forced to enter this place every week and ask themselves: Shower today, or can I do without?

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Teresia Fant
Cinematographer
Teresia Fant, Jonathan Bjerstedt
Editor
Geir Fjermestad Rolandsen
Producer
Sarah Winge-Sørensen
Sound
Anna Nilsson, Filmreaktor
Score
Nicolas Lehtola
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Stripsody

Stripsody
Antoine Léonard
Animation and Musique concrète 2021
Documentary Film
France
1976
4 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
French (Overvoice)

The musical piece “Stripsody” for solo voice was created in a collaboration between mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian and comic book author and illustrator Roberto Zamarin. The score unites onomatopoetic elements, cartoon language and action sequences. Berberian’s magnificent voice takes up the dynamics of the images, swinging on a liana: past the “achoo” to the “boinnnggg”.

André Eckardt

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Director
Antoine Léonard
Producer
Mildred Clary