Screening

Short film competition

Tuesday, May 27 16:30 / Mikro /


Short film competition

List of films

  • Amelia Starlight

    Laura Thomassaint
    fic2024

    Adored by the media and the public, French star Amélia Starlight (Emmanuelle Béart) is terminally ill. She withdrew from public life a long time ago, but one day a journalist running a popular talk show receives an electrifying message from her – Amélia wants to appear on television for the last time.

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    film still Amelia Starlight
  • World at Stake

    Susanna Flock, Adrian Jonas Haim, Jona Kleinlein
    anim2025

    Employing the style of popular video games, such as FIFA, PGA Tour and Dirt Rally, this animation tackles issues that go far beyond sports arenas. Each of the protagonists struggles not only with their rivals but also emotions, expectations and spectators, who constantly judge the players. Is this game about scoring points only?

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    film still World at Stake
  • Living Stones

    Jakob Ladányi Jancsó
    fic2025

    A young woman is staying at a rehabilitation centre and delving deeper and deeper into the darkest parts of her past. Under the supervision of a therapist, she slowly uncovers layers of trauma. Trust and intimacy are an essential but very fragile part of this process.

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    film still Living Stones
  • Aferrado

    Esteban Azuela
    anim2024

    Joel roams the city on a motorbike like a character from the 1980s action film. All he wanted to do was to fix cars, but additionally, he cleans up the mess left by his bosses. The animation, pulsating with disco rhythms and set in a glitchy reality, shows a disintegrating man in a violent world.

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    film still Aferrado
  • The Granny & Fishes

    Maria Mavati, Ehsan Farokhi Fard, Ehsan Farokhifard
    doc2024

    An elderly woman lives in a desolate area ravaged by droughts near Lake Hamun in Iran. She is the only inhabitant of one of the villages evacuated due to the lack of water. Every day, she walks on the sun-cracked ground, collects dried fish and waits for life to return to the area.

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    film still The Granny & Fishes