Shorts Attack in January 2024
7 films in 85 minutes – with German subtitles
Stick to your routine or break the mold! Shorts Attack in January 2024 shows skating as a life force in India, while conspiracies rage in Germany, pirated films are celebrated in Africa and old Russia is going under. It is about social forces and also about the dream of flying.
The program:
LOOP
Pablo Polledri
Spain / Argentinia 2021
8 min
Animation
Loop as life prinzip
In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and …
JANWAAR
Danny Schmidt
India / USA 2022
10 min
Documentaryfilm
Skate!
In an Indian region skating is more than just a hobby: it connects children at the skate park and manages to overcome generations of caste.
BIOTOP
Paul Scholten
Deutschland 2018
11:30 min
Documentaryfilm
Building a wall in Bavaria
Life in Neuperlach, a Munich suburb, is quaint. It is an safe neighborhood, where people know and greet each other. Everybody has their own backyard …
APOSTLES OF CINEMA
Ajabu Ajabu
Tanzania 2023
16 min
Documentaryfilm
African business idea around movie classics
Frank makes dubbed versions of foreign cinema classics and sells Tanzanian films that he downloads from the Internet, to preserve the cultural heritage.
FOLLOW MY STEPS
Nils Balleydier
France 2022
4:30 min
Animation
Dream of flying
Playful sibling rivalry and a flock of watchful birds in the snow. Who is copying who? Finally: They want to fly!
ERLKÖNIGIN
Benjamin Kramme
Germany 2023
12:30 min
Live Action
Conspiracy thriller
What to do when your daughter has bad pneumonia? Stay true to the nationalist ideology of your community and keep singing songs.
GOLDEN LEGGINS
Arkadii Nepytaliuk
Ukraine 2022
20 min
Live Action
Politics and vacation camps
Summer of ’91 in the USSR. Time seems to pass more slowly at a summer camp. Young girls dream of golden leggings, while history is written in Moscow.
Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 253 of Shorts Attack!
