Shorts Attack in July 2024

7 films in 90 minutes – with German subtitles

The dear family! Sometimes we go backwards through life, sometimes an era ends, generations compete with and against each other, and political issues shape cohesion. Children are portrayed, parents are reflected. Can a family explode? In Möbius Trip, this happens in the car.

The programm:

LIFE LEFT BEHIND
Valia Phyllis Zwart
Norway 2022
6 min
Live Action
Reverse travel
It’s rarely a great idea to argue in a car, but sometimes you have no choice. Even worse when you end up missing the beautiful landscape.

THE FAMILY PORTRAIT
Lea Vidakovic
Kroatia, France, Serbia 2023
14:30 min
Animation
Aristocracy collapse
What could a quiet afternoon in an aristocratic villa have looked like just prior to the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

SHOOTING WATERMELONS
Antonio Donato
Italy, England 2023
20 min
Life Action
Vacation with father
Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence. Their father, Aurelio, is a severe and overtly masculine man …

EINMAL WIEDER DIESER JUNGE SEIN
Jan Koester, Lisa Violetta Gaß
Germany 2022
7:30 min
Animation
Mother reflektion
„My mother started drinking when I was eight.“ A story of lost trust and the seeming impossibility of interpersonal connection to others.

AYSHA
Cengiz Akaygün
Germany 2021
13 min
Live Action
Identity!
In the Syrian city of Afrin, an extremely pious woman wants to test her two daughters‘ religious knowledge. But Aysha rebels.

THE MÖBIUS TRIP
Simone Smith
Schottland 2023
17 min
Live Action
Family explotion in car
This one is trippy: stuck in a car with the dysfunctional family on the way to a wedding – bloody hell! Mother, father, daughter, son!

THE WIND AND THE TREES
Todd Stewart
Canada 2022
8:30 min
Animation
Generation poetry
Deep in the boreal forest, a mature pine tree and a seedling begin a conversation. As the years pass, they observe the ever-present wind.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 259 of Shorts Attack!