Shorts Attack in March 2020

10 films in 90 minutes

The program:

THE OSTRICH POLITIC
Mohamad Houhou
France
2018
6:30 min
Animation
Politics for all
A scientific report shakes the ostrich nation to its core. The government acts quickly to restore order.

GERICHTSZEICHNER
Jochen Kuhn
Germany
2018
11:30 min
Animation
Justice!
A man is on trial – one who cuts the ears off of people, including children, in the name of a god.

LOYAL
Diego Hauenstein
Germany
2019
12:30 min
Live Action
Sprayer
Jay is dead. During an attempt to memorialize him, three friends put themselves into danger.

HÉROES
Juan Pablo Zaramella
Argentinia
2018
3 min
Glory
Der ewige Ruhm ist zum Greifen nah!
Count your fingers: Glory is at our fingertips and there are big fights!

MINUS ONE
Natassa Xydi
Greece
2016
16 min
Live Action
Living conditions
Summer in Athens, and Elsa’s family isn’t the only one renting their apartment to tourists.

KIDS
Michael Frei
Switzerland 2019
9 min
Animation –
Group dynamik
How do we define ourselves when we are all equal? Who is steering the crowd? What if it is heading in the wrong direction?

ELLA
Benjamin Rost
Germany/ France 2018
9 min
Live Action
Having to move
Ella’s moving. But she only realizes how difficult it is to say goodbye when a young family comes to see some of the furniture for sale.

APFELMUS
Alexander Gratzer
Austria 2019
7 min
Animation
Lebensphilosophe
Philosophical dialogues between humans and animals on the important things in life: freedom, existence, applesauce. Applesauce!

HA HA HA
Samuli Valkama
Finland 2019
9 min
Live Action
Laugh!
Infectious laughter is driven to extremes in a dystopian laughter factory as a woman slowly pulls her colleagues out of their tristesse.

DESZCZ [RAIN]
Piotr Milczarek
Poland 2019
5 min
Animation
The Fall
During a free fall from the top of a skyscraper, gawkers come together. The resulting euphoria leads to a couple of copycat acts.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 217 of Shorts Attack!