Short Film Day 2023: Life Cycles

As every year on December 21st, we at cellu l'art also celebrate the German Short Film Day initiated by the AG Kurzfilm. On the shortest day of the year 2023, we present you a nice selection of short films. Inspired by this year's focus theme "In limbo", we will show you short films on "life cycles": we will look at stages of life that are characterized by pauses, memories and longings, by moments between an old and a new life.
(Saal 1)
Kino am Markt

Guaxuma

film still Guaxuma
Animation Brazil
direction: Nara Normande

Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the North East of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.

Cortázar

film still Cortázar
Experimental Germany, Greece
direction: Argyris Germanidis & Katerina Strauch

Paralyzing lethargy in a large apartment complex. Days pass uniformly while people remain in their apartments. A criminal case brings unrest into the monotony.

Letters from Silivri

film still Letters from Silivri
Documentary Germany
direction: Adrian Figueroa

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala describes his life in prison in letters. At the same time, life goes on in the streets of Turkey. A coherent montage of visual and auditory experiences.

Augas Abisais

Deep Waters

film still Augas Abisais
Documentary Spain
direction: Xacio Baño

How could we dig up what happened without it being "diluted"? Maybe a dive into deep waters with a light-producing fish could help!

Iizuna Fair

film still Iizuna Fair
Animation Japan
direction: Sumito Sakakibara

In the midst of the frenzy night a man finds himself lost in the crevasse of time. It was not the grotesque beings nor the monsters, but it was he who "was here, but wasn't here". He was the phantom.

Huntsville Station

film still Huntsville Station
Documentary USA
direction: Jamie Meltzer & Chris Filippone

Every day, prisoners are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary. They spend their first moments of freedom at a bus station, between cigarettes, phone calls and quiet reflection.