Guest Program Kurzsuechtig Festival: It Ain’t Over till the Fat Lady Sings

Not everything is easy, but a lot is great. Pour yourself an eggnog! This year's guest festival, the Central German Short Film Festval Kurzsuechtig, dedicates its program in a documentary, fictional and animated way to the trials and tribulations of life and old age.
(Schillerhof – blue room)

Die Isolation der Oma Lilo

The Isolation of Grandma Lilo

film still Die Isolation der Oma Lilo
Documentary Germany
direction: Patrick Richter, Christoph Eder

A documentary contact between grandson Patrick and his 91-year-old grandma Lilo. Between eggnog and unfulfilled dreams, it's about the reality of old people during the pandemic.

Megatrick

film still Megatrick
Animation Germany
direction: Anne Isensee

A little metaphor on life.

Für dich bei mir

Margret and Helmut

film still Für dich bei mir
Fiction Germany
direction: Clemens Beier

The elderly Margret gets on a trip permeated by techno music and flashes of light when she goes on a desperate search for her demented husband Helmut.

Some of These Days

film still Some of These Days
Documentary Germany
direction: Vincent Förster

A documentary comedy about jazz and dictatorships. Nothing is like it used to be. Only the grandparents are sitting on the sofa and as always defy all odds with charming determination.