Pink Velvet Valley
Fiction
Belgium
direction:
Sébastien Petretti
A charming village in the arse end of nowhere, Scotland; a cab falling to bits; and soft-spoken Alec Calan, facing an acute case of Ray-ban addiction: Welcome to Pink Velvet Valley!
The Deal
Animation
Great Britain, Poland
direction:
Ewa Smyk
A stop-motion animation film on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based in part on Mikołaj Smyk’s diary – the director’s grandfather.
Rakastan Annaa
I Love Anna
Fiction
Finland
direction:
Joonas Rutanen
Santeri watches the older boys on their motorbikes. He styles his hair and visits his friend Anna. At Anna‘s home, childhood‘s anarchy meets adolescent’s puberty.
Peep Show
Animation
Italy
direction:
Rino Stefano Tagliafierro
The viewer witnesses a private show in which art is the object of desire. The most beautiful erotic icons of the classical period wink and show themselves off.
Über Druck
Over Pressure
Documentary
Germany
direction:
Sebastian Binder & Sebastian Fred Schirmer
Everyone knows it, everyone has it. No pressure in the kettle means deadlock. Nevertheless it always seems too strong. Pressure is not tangible, pressure is mostly transparent. But if it is high enough, pressure is noticeable.
Jungwild
Buck
Fiction
Austria
direction:
Bernhard Wenger
Michael prefers listening to loud music rather than thinking about future responsibilities. His father, however, is a hunter and likes to savour the peace and quiet of the woods while contemplating his son’s future.
Flowers and Bottoms
Experimental
Greece
direction:
Christos Massalas
Arses and flowers. Always nice to look at. For the viewer and the viewer‘s viewers – a film inside a film.
Fantasia
Fantasy
Fiction
Finland
direction:
Teemu Nikki
Potatoes, nothing but potatoes! A Finnish farmer‘s boy is fed up with it. Change, improvement, pizza.
Ce qui échappe
The Elusive
Fiction
Belgium
direction:
Ely Chevillot
A mother and her son deeply in love. Which is perfectly alright. Or is it?