Searching Home in Strange Places Short Film Night during the "Fest auf der Mauer"

As part of the "Fest auf der Mauer" which welcomes international students to Jena, we present our short film night "Searching Home in Strange Places": fitting for the event, it is about searching, maybe even finding home aboard, in unknown placed. Based on the motto "My home is a heart", we will, in selected short films, visit some places as well as (life) feelings.

Admission is free, we would be grateful for a small donation.
(Skylight Hall)
Internationales Centrum – Haus auf der Mauer

Shoegazing

film still Shoegazing
Fiction France
direction: Servane d’Alverny

On the road in a world on fire, Gabrielle would rather isolate herself than have to confront the journey. A story about loneliness, denial, and the overwhelming anger of living in a dying world.

Esrever

film still Esrever
Fiction Germany
direction: Josh Findley

Cinematic thought experiment with a surprisingly original setting: Two find each other whose physics do not fit together at all – if it weren't for the possibilities of the film...

Po sezonie

Off-Season

film still Po sezonie
Fiction Poland
direction: Monika Majorek

„Off-Season” tells a story about the teenager Adam, who lives in a holiday resort by the sea. When a mysterious, mature woman arrives to the resort, Adam becomes immediately captivated by her. Spying on her slowly turns into an obsession, which makes him explore his sexuality.

Kirschknochen

Cherry Bone

film still Kirschknochen
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.

Kart-postal apo to Elliniko

Postcards from Hellinikon

film still Kart-postal apo to Elliniko
Fiction Greece
direction: Aphroditi Katerinopoulou

This film shows fragments of different lives, all captured at the Hellinikion Airport. Through all these short intimate moments it creates a sense for how varied life can be.