Competition 5: Dance of Seduction

If the desire is aroused even shortly, the dance begins: a meditative waltz on the Danube, a few loosely improvised jazz steps or lascivious abdominal movements to the chanson – in a dizzying vortex of lust and death drive, the cinema screen will be asked to dance five times.

Wed, 20. October , 20:15 (Schillerhof – red room)

Fri, 22. October , 20:00 (Schillerhof – blue room)

Het appelhuis

Midnight Jazz

Fiction Belgium, Netherlands 2019
21 minutes

direction: Jules Mathôt

A mysterious man on the run finds himself in a remote house at night – and falls into a vortex of bright colors and groovy jazz sounds.

Serial Parallels

Experimental Hong Kong 2019
9 minutes

direction: Max Hattler

The city of Hong Kong and its characteristic house facades are transformed into a moving series of parallel strips with the help of animation.

Bullets of Baptism

Fiction Iran 2020
11 minutes

direction: Zivar Hojati

A tormented man commits suicide – several times, again and again, until he gradually transforms into a completely different individual.

Plava granica

Blue Frontier

Documentary Serbia 2020
20 minutes

direction: Ivan Milosavljević

A deep river, an elderly, patient gentleman and a mystical fish: perfect ingredients for a meditative journey without ending, but with many side paths.

Freza

The Cutter

Fiction Russia 2020
15 minutes

direction: Anna Melnikova

The manicurist Sascha spends a night with her mysterious neighbor and her boyfriend. A deadly obsession grows out of Sasha's fascination.