Shorts Attack in February 2022

10 films in 80 minutes

Snails cast a spell on a businessman, huge things surprise in a small town, a big city mobilises against the flood of cars and there is resistance to state power: Shorts Attack in February follows quirky urban trends. New drugs are introduced, artificial intelligence is being tested, the residents of a house try their hand at everyday life, a Zoom meeting is under pressure to succeed and there’s time for the creative at the Lockdown. Even Bert Brecht can bring enlightenment!

The program:

VIEW
Odveig Klyve
Norway 2021
4:30 min
Documentary
Downtown Action
What’s big, grey, noisy, makes a mess and blocks the view of an entire waterfront town? Without giving anything away: It’s not a whale.

ANGST
Béla Baptiste
Austria 2021
10 min
Live Action
Hallucination-SciFi
In our world, we take drugs to find relief and peace beyond the hectic pace and chaos of modern life. In „Angst“, it’s exactly the opposite.

YES PEOPLE / Ja-Folkid
Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Island 2020
8:30 min
Animation
Harmony Comedy
One day in an apartment block. Six individuals spend their time in different ways. A comedy, quiet yet melodically animated, featuring dramatic undertones.

MEETING
Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Germany 2020
9 min
Live Action
Zoom Grotesque
3 minutes before the online meeting: The welcoming joke is well thought out and the internet connection is premium – what could possibly go wrong?

THE FIRE NEXT TIME
Renaldho Pelle
England 2020
8 min
Animation
Fight for your right!
Social injustice leads to unrest, which causes things to get heated in a struggling community. The oppressive surroundings develop a life of their own.

FRAMES
Farhad Pakdel
Canada 2019
11 min
Live Action
Urban AI-Tragedy
An intelligent city pursues and analyses a woman. The system interprets and records what she does. Is the system perfect!?

BENZTOWN
Gottfried Mentor
Germany 2020
5 min
Experimental
Traffic-Grotesque
A city is driven mad. Stuttgart defends itself against traffic chaos with tough, unconventional measures. Other cities could follow its lead.

PHLEGM
Jan-David Bolt
Switzerland 2021
6:30 min
Live Action
Snail Thriller
What is this snail doing on the concrete ground? The eager businessman has to deal with these little molluscs who possess zero sense of time.

HOW TO BE AT HOME
Andrea Dorfman
Canada 2020
5 min
Animation
Lockdown Reflection
We’ve all had to learn to stay home alone in recent years. Here’s a little guide on how not to lose your mind in the process.

DIESER FILM HEISST AUS RECHTLICHEN GRÜNDEN BREAKING BERT
Anne Isensee
Germany 2020
5 min
Animation
Responsibility Parabel
This film begins with a long title and then moves swiftly to search for a good ending. A lot in between seems familiar.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 230 of Shorts Attack!