Competition 5
terribly mad

When you behave like an animal you kick over the traces and leave behind the socially accepted behavioural level. But is the behaviour of animals in fact as bad or are people the ones that act against nature? Competition V is a stroll through estates of terraced houses, forests and even through a butcher’s shops to answer that question. Because: Aren’t we all animals?



Villa am Paradies

Oh Sheep

film still Oh Sheep
Animation, Germany,
direction
Gottfried Mentor

While two herds of sheep are always looking for each other’s company, their quarrelled shepherds try everything to separate them.

Sacha l’ours (Sacha the Bear)

film still Sacha l’ours (Sacha the Bear)
Fiction, France,
direction
Henri Desaunay

A hunter is after a bear. The bear hides in the house of a little girl called Goldlöckchen. She gives him food and plays with him. But then everything changes.

Huhn für Karl

film still Huhn für Karl
Fiction, Germany,
direction
Jan Liedtke

Gabi wants to murder Karl. But it has to look like an accident. Everything goes according to plan until they announce the numbers of the lottery…

The Red Army

film still The Red Army
Documentary, Great Britain,
direction
Paul Ryan

When a battle is happening in the Scottish highlands, two unlike partners team up to defeat the incoming army.

Animal Farm

film still Animal Farm
Animation, Germany,
direction
Constanze Engel

In a video of the in Weimar based band Crepes Sucette, 12 animals chase each other through all the minor keys of the circle of fifths. The special thing about it: The whole scenery consists of wool.

Foxes

film still Foxes
Fiction, Ireland,
direction
Lorcan Finnegan

A young couple is trapped in an estate of terraced houses and surrounded by howling foxes, they receive a sign from another world. A world of the paranormal and of madness.

Summer Bummer

film still Summer Bummer
Animation, USA,
direction
Bill Plympton

A man who wants to go swimming is thinking about what dangers could be lurking in the depths of the swimming pool.

El rastrillo se quiere comprometer (Rake’s Commitment)

film still El rastrillo se quiere  comprometer (Rake’s Commitment)
Fiction, Spain,
direction
Santi Veiga

A parable of social commitment and love.

Wie das Schwein zum Metzger wurde

film still Wie das Schwein zum  Metzger wurde
Fiction, Austria,
direction
Gregorius Grey

An armed man robs a butcher and breaks every rule of the art of robbery. He refuses to take money as prey. He is eying the sausage products, especially the hefty meat loaf rolls. His credo: No money in the world can compensate for the genuine flavour of a meat loaf roll.

Tastes Like Chicken?

film still Tastes Like Chicken?
Experimental, Brasil,
direction
Quico Meirelles

A chicken from livestock farming has a vision: It becomes aware of the mechanisms that influence its destiny. Even among millions of chicken, it believes that another life is possible.