❗ Trigger/content warning: blood, animal cruelty
Additional screening: 18 September / 18:10 / Anschlag hall
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MATTA AND MATTO
Director: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 10
In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.
THE SUNSET SPECIAL 2
Director: Nicolas Gebbe
Country: Germany
Duration: 19
On this exclusive luxury cruise two families meet, while artificial facades dissolve, psychedelic dreamworlds unfold and the reality beyond superficial comfort is unveiled.
CARP XMASS
Director: Anna Heribanová
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 8
Carp XMass is a short naturalistic dramedy, a truly lovely family film. Once upon a time in a small village in a far-away land, carp are preparing for Christmas eve - peaceful and happy as required by the traditions. But Christmas has failed to meet these values a long time ago. They have become the peak of the year-round consumption and there are some who may lose their lives in the honor of these sacred days.
Vegan Mayo
Director: Luca Toth
Country: Hungary
Duration: 5
She is all that: A super empath, a justice warrior and your favourite confidence queen… but then again maybe just a sausage.
A Crab in the Pool
Director: Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Country: Canada
Duration: 11
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.
MIISUFY
Director: Liisi Grünberg
Country: Estonia
Duration: 10
Digital pet cat Miisu gets tired of her owner and starts to revolt. Inspired by Tamagotchi, Musify observes the world through the eyes of digital pets.
BYE BEAR
Director: Jan Bitzer
Country: Germany
Duration: 11
The 80s. A run-down motel. This is where a secret club of robot friends gather regularly to live out their dreams of being something else. They share a desire to be animals. On this night, it’s a goodbye party for one of them.