Intercultural Short Film Night

As part of the 5th Intercultural Weeks in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district and on the Day of the Refugee, we present a program of short films in the Saalgärten that deal with intercultural and transcultural issues: flight and exile, but also arrival and new everyday life, living next to and with each other.
Saalgärten Rudolstadt

Kirschknochen

Cherry Bone

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Animation Germany
direction: Evgenia Gostrer

How does one grow up as a child of Russian-Jewish refugees in Germany? A personal reminiscence in watercolor impressions.

Frozen Out

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Experimental USA
direction: Hao Zhou

A man wanders through the snow in exile: in letters to his sister, he reflects on his coming out, his alienation from a gentrified homeland, his relationships with his family.

Notre territoire

Our Territory

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Documentary Belgium
direction: Mathieu Volpe

Individually portraying the residents from a provisional settlement for seasonal workers – in empathic and intimate photo stills.

Travelogue Tel Aviv

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Animation Switzerland
direction: Samuel Patthey

Samuel Patthey, a student from Switzerland, spent six months on an exchange semester in Tel Aviv – in his sketches he captures the daily routine, the hectic city life, routines and exuberant partying.

Je serai parmi les amandiers

Among the Almond Trees

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Fiction Belgium, France
direction: Marie le Floc'h

After some hard distress, Maysan and Iyad have found a secure refuge at the Breton coast. However, their marriage is slowly breaking up.

Übergang – "Xbuk Alo?"

Transition – "Xbuk Alo?"

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Documentary Switzerland
direction: Aron Marty, Andi Bänziger

At Manu's barber shop, professionalism encounters fun, young meets old, Standard and Swiss German gets mixed up with the Semitic languages Tigrinya and Amharic.