Competition 2: Night Rituals

The night awakens desire, longing and fantasy, but also fear, terror and nightmares. We poor humans create rituals to get through the dark time of day in one piece: from spontaneous belly dancing to cheeky open-air peeing, from driving away evil spirits through harmonious singing to charades with the pet goat consecrated to death. Will the sun eventually rise again and bring redemption?

Wed, 3. May , 21:00 (Kino im Schillerhof, Helmboldstraße 1, red hall)

Sat, 6. May , 18:00 (Kino am Markt, Markt 5, cinema 1)

Topfpalmen

Potted Palm Trees

Fiction Austria 2020
20 minutes

direction: Rosa Friedrich

Betty is deaf, pregnant, she needs to pee badly and the man she loves is about to marry her sister: a wedding party turns into an inferno.

Black Summer

Experimental Germany 2022
12 minutes

direction: Felix Dierich

The "Black Summer" are the bushfires that devastated Australia in 2019/2020: An exceptional view of this disaster - from space.

Bato Nebo, Chants to the Gods

Documentary Austria 2021
15 minutes

direction: Luzia Johow

A mountain village in Georgia: beyond the hustle and bustle of the big city, the inhabitants again and again gather together to sing traditional songs.

Goads

Fiction Greece 2020
15 minutes

direction: Iris Baglanea

Ira and Selini grow up on an idyllic farm. But they also have to endure the tough life tests imposed on them by their strict father.

Sun Dog

Experimental Belgium 2020
19 minutes

direction: Dorian Jespers

A locksmith wanders through an eternal polar night in the freezing Russian north. Will each additional door opened in this fever dream bring him closer to the sun?