competition 5
freezing

One looks ahead and doesn’t know what’s approaching him. One looks to the side and finds the ones she has to take care of. One looks back and doesn’t want to let go of anything. Life is long and has many steps. Sometimes you can take them easily. Sometimes not.

(Großer Saal) Tickets
(Kleiner Saal) Tickets
Volksbad Jena

Ártún

film still Ártún
Fiction, Denmark, Iceland,
direction
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Three teenagers travel to the capital and try out punk hairdo, smoking and flirting. Simultaneously, this is a journey to their inner selves. They wonder: What is happening to me? With my body? In the end they get more than they expected.

Wir könnten, wir sollten, wir hätten doch

film still Wir könnten, wir sollten, wir hätten doch
Fiction, Germany,
direction
David M. Lorenz

A romantic evening watching Tatort is interrupted by the doorbell. On the speaker, a stranger requests admission. Freezing. What should they do? Take the risk or handle their relationship?

Load

film still Load
Animation, Israel,
direction
Niv Shpigel, Robert Moreno

How heavy is he past? For an old man on a dinghy it weighs a lot for sure.

Gueule de loup

film still Gueule de loup
Fiction, France,
direction
Alice Vial

A little girl has only one true friend: A wolf puppet. It accompanies her to school, to the bath and is on her side during dark nights when mom has to work. But suddenly the puppet is torn apart and mom is at work again. The girl decides to wait for real wolves…

Stuck in the Cities

film still Stuck in the Cities
Documentary, France,
direction
Aurele Logier

The touching stories of people who don’t own their lives anymore. Trapped in cities, trapped in the past. Is there still a way out?

Leona

film still Leona
Fiction, Mexico,
direction
Davek Carrizosa

Single mother, on the edge of life, but young and beautiful. Leona tries to find a way to lead her children to a better future – even if she has to sacrifice a lot.