GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT VIENNA 2023
International Competition – Animation Avantgarde
INTRO by Anne Isensee
THE MASTER OF THE SWAMPS by Sasha Svirsky
MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS by Sofiia Melnyk (UA/DE)
International Competition – Fiction & Documentary
AND ME, I’M DANCING TOO by Mohammad Valizadegan (IR/DE/CZ, PakFilm)
ARIBADA by Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Natalia Escobar (DE/CO)
LAKE OF FIRE by Neozoon
WAKING UP IN SILENCE by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
A WOMAN IN MAKUENI (MWANAMKE MAKUENI) by Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina (Faktura Film)
Austrian Competition
CATCHING BIRDS (MISE À NU) by Simon Maria Kubiena, Lea Marie Lembke (DE/FR, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
NEVER COME BACK by Assaf Gruber (AT/DE)
RECORDINGS OF A WEATHER CAMERA (AUFNAHMEN EINER WETTERKAMERA) by Bernhard Wenger (AT/DE)
TELL ME SOMETHING NICE by Amina Rosa Krami, Nola Anwar (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THIN ICE (DÜNNES EIS) by Simon Dallaserra
VIEWING (BESICHTIGUNG) by Jan Soldat (AT/DE)
Muvi – Austrian Music Video Competition
CERULEAN EYES – GEMILLE by Julian Dieterich, Moresome, Paul Scheufler (AT/DE)
OPERATION SCHÖNHEIT – CHRIS IMLER by Dagmar Schürrer (DE/AT)
Opening Program
HAPPY REBIRTH by Bjørn Melhus
2 out of 20
REDEMPTION by Miguel Gomez (DE/FR/IT/PT, Komplizen Film)
Focus
EINUNDZWANZIG – JAN ROTH by Martin Eichhorn, Daniel Spindler (Sinnbus)
REPORTS FROM THE VOID by Martin Prinoth, Martina Mahlknecht (TÒSU Film)
THEY WANTED TO BE LOVED by Bernhard Hetzenauer (AT/DE/MX)
Hi, It’s AI!
BACKFLIP by Nikita Diakur (DE/FR)
HYSTERESIS by Robert Seidel
MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE by Viktor Schimpf (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
Climate Crisis
HUMAN NATURE (NATUREZA HUMANA) by Mónica Lima (PT/DE, New Matter Films, DFFB)
Queer Identity
THE GARDEN OF FAUNS (EL JARDÍN DE LOS FAUNOS) by Pol Merchan
Last Generation
OLD AGE by Anna-Maria Dutoit (DE/PT)
THE WAITING by Volker Schlecht (mobyDOK)
Female Identity
LAMENTO by Binha Haase
The New Nuclear Age
MARINE TARGET by Lukas Marxt (AT/DE)
SUN UNDER GROUND (SONNE UNTER TAGE) by Mareike Bernien, Alex Gerbaulet (pong film)
The State, a Monster
LAND OF MOUNTAINS (LAND DER BERGE) by Olga Kosanović (AT/DE)
MAKE OR BREAK (BIEGEN & BRECHEN) by Falk Schuster, Mike Plitt (mobyDOK)
THE NEWT CONGRESS (DER MOLCHKONGRESS) by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser (CH/DE)
Human Rights
FIFTEEN MINUTES (FÜNFZEHN MINUTEN) by Sejad Ademaj (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
Late Night
THE ACT OF DYING by Jan Soldat (AT/DE)
THE CANNOLI BROTHERS by Ethan Folk, Ty Wardwell (Buttermilk Films)
DAY DREAM – APASHE FEAT. SPLITBREED by Hanna Seidel
HUNGARIAN TANGO by Pina Brutal
KLIMAX by Bea Hoeller (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
MUSE by Sylvia Borges
ONE DRIP TWO DRIP – DORNIKA by Dornika Kazerani
PUSSY LOVE by Linda Krauss (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
SORRY I AM LATE I WAS MASTURBATING by Alena Shevchenko
Festival Hits
THE KIDNAPPING OF THE BRIDE by Sophia Mocorrea (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
Best of the Fests
STAGING DEATH by Jan Soldat (DE/AT)
Children
CAT (KATZE) by Julia Ocker (Studio FILM BILDER)
HAYAT JUMPS (HAYAT SPRINGT) by Miriam Goeze (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
I’M NOT AFRAID! (ICH HABE KEINE ANGST!) by Marita Mayer (DE/NO, Fabian&Fred)
PRINCESS AUBERGINE (PRINZESSIN AUBERGINE) by Dina Velikovskaya (CINE-LITTE Productions, SMPL Films)
SEE YOU TOMORROW (BIS MORGEN) by Kevin Biele (ifs köln)
SOMNI by Sonja Rohleder (Talking Animals)
SQUIRREL (EICHHÖRNCHEN) by Julia Ocker (Studio FILM BILDER)
T-REX by Julia Ocker (Studio FILM BILDER)
TIGER by Julia Ocker (Studio FILM BILDER)
Young People
AND ME, I’M DANCING TOO by Mohammad Valizadegan (IR/DE/CZ, PakFilm)
Young Curators
FEST by Nikita Diakur
SERIAL PARALLELS by Max Hattler (DE/HK)
VIRTUOSO VIRTUAL (VIRTUOS VIRTUELL) by Maja Oschmann, Thomas Stellmach