Competition 5: Working Ceremonies

Half of life is work – sometimes more than that. The workplace becomes its own little cosmos. Work makes proud and connects us to others, it is exhausting and challenging, boring and exploitative. We endlessly struggle with the world around us, walk in circles and wait for the day of rest. But what awaits us when it comes?
(Kino am Markt, Markt 5, cinema 2)
(Kino am Markt, Markt 5, cinema 1)

Daga

Stagnant Water

film still Daga
Fiction Israel
direction: Coraline Zorea

Working in the communal fishery of her kibbutz instead of going to high school suits Dvora just fine. But today is her last day at work and she feels like a fish out of water.

schichteln

keep shiftin’

film still schichteln
Documentary Germany
direction: Verena Wagner

Muscle mass, glowing hot glass and the birds that sing with the coming daylight: a night shift at a glass factory in the German-Czech border region.

Somleng reatrey

Sound of the Night

film still Somleng reatrey
Fiction Cambodia
direction: Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann

Vibol and his brother Kea sell noodles on a motorized cart every night on the streets of Phnom Penh, a fast growing and changing city.

Everybody Dies

film still Everybody Dies
Experimental USA
direction: Anderson Matthew

Mind, body and space fold into themselves in this poetic journey into the desert – a reflection on the nature of death as something not to be feared, but embraced.

O Cordeiro de Deus

The Lamb of God

film still O Cordeiro de Deus
Fiction Portugal
direction: David Pinheiro Vicente

The summer festivities of a Portuguese village are suffused with sensuality and violence in this enigmatic portrait of a tightly knit family.