Competition 1: Keep the Ball Spinning

What are we striving for? Freedom? Love? Recognition? Perfection? But what is really behind all our aspirations? Who is actually looking behind the scenes? Why does this feeling of the intangible surround us in our search for perfection? And while we are searching: who or what is actually keeping the ball spinning?
(Kino im Schillerhof, Helmboldstraße 1, red cinema)
(Kino am Markt, Markt 5, cinema 1)

Das Spiel

The Game

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Documentary Switzerland
direction: Roman Hodel

A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest. The presenters follow the action on the pitch. Right in the middle: the referee. The eyes are on him.

Espace recomposé

Recomposed Space

film still Espace recomposé
Experimental Switzerland
direction: Mark Olexa

Music mumbles trough locations of the daily life, which the camera transforms into fantastic worlds .

A Moment

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Fiction Macao
direction: Koi Wang Chao

Father and son are separated, both emotionally and spatially. Together they are in the same stairwell, but keep missing each other again and again. Will a meeting bring them closer again?

A Most Exquisite Man

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Animation Estonia
direction: Jonas Taul

A timeless animated film about a man who loses himself in his exquisite life. Will he find his way out of the desolation of perfection?

Letters from Silivri

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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.