Dear Diary
Dir. Clementine Decremps, 3:04, Germany
Dear Diary, I can't sleep. There are so many things in my past I could have done differently. I need to exorcise myself of my former selves.
Clémentine Decremps is a Freelance film editor, director and screenwriter based in Berlin, Germany. Originating from France, she studied at the Sorbonne and Femis in Paris. Having taken part in several projects with Wim Wenders (Emotion, Présence, Perfect Days) as well as other visionary artists and filmmakers, Clémentine has developed her taste for non-linear narratives to good use by approaching editing as fine arts.
After directing several commercials, she completed three short films in 2023 and 2024.
When she is not working, Clémentine gets excited about flower patterns, overlays, the 1970’s and her gigantic striped cat.
Dir. Clementine Decremps, 3:04, Germany
Dear Diary, I can't sleep. There are so many things in my past I could have done differently. I need to exorcise myself of my former selves.
Clémentine Decremps is a Freelance film editor, director and screenwriter based in Berlin, Germany. Originating from France, she studied at the Sorbonne and Femis in Paris. Having taken part in several projects with Wim Wenders (Emotion, Présence, Perfect Days) as well as other visionary artists and filmmakers, Clémentine has developed her taste for non-linear narratives to good use by approaching editing as fine arts.
After directing several commercials, she completed three short films in 2023 and 2024.
When she is not working, Clémentine gets excited about flower patterns, overlays, the 1970’s and her gigantic striped cat.
Vorbei Rauschen
Dir. Amrei Sophie Wesinger, 10:00, Germany
Frida reluctantly attends her sister's birthday party. Unexpectedly, her secret abortion becomes the center of attention and triggers a wave of revelations.
Amrei studied theater and media and started producing short films in 2018, which she scripted and directed. Her projects focus on political topics such as gender identity, queer love and women's health. Her films are characterized by an emotional rollercoaster of characters.
Dir. Amrei Sophie Wesinger, 10:00, Germany
Frida reluctantly attends her sister's birthday party. Unexpectedly, her secret abortion becomes the center of attention and triggers a wave of revelations.
Amrei studied theater and media and started producing short films in 2018, which she scripted and directed. Her projects focus on political topics such as gender identity, queer love and women's health. Her films are characterized by an emotional rollercoaster of characters.
I am Her
Directed by Rosh Zeeba
12:36 Min, HD color, 16:9, Sound, GER, 2018
Editing: Roya Bigane, Rosh Zeeba
Art Direction: Rosh Zeeba
Sound by Edis Ludwig, ST Kirchhof
This film was made possible by Hamburger Filmförderung, Haus Of Xhaos and HfbK, Hamburg
The film echoes a choir of different female read characters from mythology, fiction and theory. I aim to create a visual imagery that interacts with discomfort (deutsch. Unbehagen) and that shifts positions and rhythms and yet shows imagery and signs that are recognizable.
My imagery consists of my personal archive material that I have filmed and collected: Queer and female/femme sexuality, drag personas, close ups of organic forms, allocated landscapes, footage of female characters in oriental and middle eastern black and white films. The aim is to create a shifted space and to turn hegemonial validities upside down
Directed by Rosh Zeeba
12:36 Min, HD color, 16:9, Sound, GER, 2018
Editing: Roya Bigane, Rosh Zeeba
Art Direction: Rosh Zeeba
Sound by Edis Ludwig, ST Kirchhof
This film was made possible by Hamburger Filmförderung, Haus Of Xhaos and HfbK, Hamburg
The film echoes a choir of different female read characters from mythology, fiction and theory. I aim to create a visual imagery that interacts with discomfort (deutsch. Unbehagen) and that shifts positions and rhythms and yet shows imagery and signs that are recognizable.
My imagery consists of my personal archive material that I have filmed and collected: Queer and female/femme sexuality, drag personas, close ups of organic forms, allocated landscapes, footage of female characters in oriental and middle eastern black and white films. The aim is to create a shifted space and to turn hegemonial validities upside down
But Humble Sinners
Dir. Stephanie Halovanic
Runtime 11:22, United States
Two nuns scam a cowboy for a coffin.
Stephanie Halovanic (she/hers) is a queer director and writer based in New York City. Her debut film But Humble Sinners premiered at the Austin Film Festival, where it won the festival’s audience award. Stephanie’s latest short film, The Last Hurrah (starring Jess Gabor and Julia Rehwald), follows a friendship breakup over the course of one night in NYC (entering the festival circuit later this year.) This November, Stephanie will make her directorial theater debut at The New York Theatre Festival with an original work called “Eric and Denise,” a two person play about a relationship that explodes in a therapist’s waiting room. Stephanie has worked in advertising for the past 10 years, making award-winning work at agencies such as McCann New York, R/GA and Sagmeister & Walsh. She currently works as an in-house director at Pinterest, focussing on scripted and docu-style projects. In 2020, Stephanie started the organization Low Budget Women in Film, a space for female identifying artists to feel a sense of community and power as filmmakers.
Dir. Stephanie Halovanic
Runtime 11:22, United States
Two nuns scam a cowboy for a coffin.
Stephanie Halovanic (she/hers) is a queer director and writer based in New York City. Her debut film But Humble Sinners premiered at the Austin Film Festival, where it won the festival’s audience award. Stephanie’s latest short film, The Last Hurrah (starring Jess Gabor and Julia Rehwald), follows a friendship breakup over the course of one night in NYC (entering the festival circuit later this year.) This November, Stephanie will make her directorial theater debut at The New York Theatre Festival with an original work called “Eric and Denise,” a two person play about a relationship that explodes in a therapist’s waiting room. Stephanie has worked in advertising for the past 10 years, making award-winning work at agencies such as McCann New York, R/GA and Sagmeister & Walsh. She currently works as an in-house director at Pinterest, focussing on scripted and docu-style projects. In 2020, Stephanie started the organization Low Budget Women in Film, a space for female identifying artists to feel a sense of community and power as filmmakers.
Thought Police
Dir. Leniko Sennoma, 6:28, Germany
A satirical video performance in which a woman battles the final boss—an animated antagonist—with a phallic sugar police baton.
Are sick of being called „Thought Police“ for pointing out that systemic oppression exists in everydaylife? Are you trying to have reasonable conversations and how to be less disrespectful? But you rarely get to a point where you leave the status quo, mostly you’re just being made responsible for hurting and restricting abelist-cis-white-het-male-language? Then you need to get your own personal 'Thought Police'-high-quality-sugar-baton. With 'Thought Police' nobody will ever gaslight you again. And YOU can finally be sweet as Candy.
Leniko Sennoma’s main artistic mediums are film and installation. They completed their studies in fine arts, philosophy, and pedagogy at UdK/FU Berlin in 2020, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and finished their Master (Meisterschü-ler:in) in Fine Arts at UdK Berlin in 2024. Sennoma's work explores the boundaries between reality and dream, with a focus on social justice and intersec-tional feminism. They combine techniques of lucid dreaming and archetypical symbolism to question the status quo of information society. Their art is an on-going search for possibilities of collective liberation, the dismantling of systemic oppression, and the creation of political collaboration. By developing an audiovisual-metaphorical language that works with the synchresis of image, sound, and material aesthetics, they create hypnotic environments that appear simultaneously gentle and eerie. Influenced by their studies in epistemology, theoretical, feministic, analytical philosophy and film theory, their works play with the consciousness of the viewer, generating a broad spectrum of associations, emotions and contrasts. Sennoma's video/installations and short films have been shown in numerous galleries, museums and festivals in and outside Europe, including Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Gallery 062 Chicaga USA, Gallery SA-KURA Nagoya Japan and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, ONÍRICO, 2019.
Dir. Leniko Sennoma, 6:28, Germany
A satirical video performance in which a woman battles the final boss—an animated antagonist—with a phallic sugar police baton.
Are sick of being called „Thought Police“ for pointing out that systemic oppression exists in everydaylife? Are you trying to have reasonable conversations and how to be less disrespectful? But you rarely get to a point where you leave the status quo, mostly you’re just being made responsible for hurting and restricting abelist-cis-white-het-male-language? Then you need to get your own personal 'Thought Police'-high-quality-sugar-baton. With 'Thought Police' nobody will ever gaslight you again. And YOU can finally be sweet as Candy.
Leniko Sennoma’s main artistic mediums are film and installation. They completed their studies in fine arts, philosophy, and pedagogy at UdK/FU Berlin in 2020, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and finished their Master (Meisterschü-ler:in) in Fine Arts at UdK Berlin in 2024. Sennoma's work explores the boundaries between reality and dream, with a focus on social justice and intersec-tional feminism. They combine techniques of lucid dreaming and archetypical symbolism to question the status quo of information society. Their art is an on-going search for possibilities of collective liberation, the dismantling of systemic oppression, and the creation of political collaboration. By developing an audiovisual-metaphorical language that works with the synchresis of image, sound, and material aesthetics, they create hypnotic environments that appear simultaneously gentle and eerie. Influenced by their studies in epistemology, theoretical, feministic, analytical philosophy and film theory, their works play with the consciousness of the viewer, generating a broad spectrum of associations, emotions and contrasts. Sennoma's video/installations and short films have been shown in numerous galleries, museums and festivals in and outside Europe, including Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Gallery 062 Chicaga USA, Gallery SA-KURA Nagoya Japan and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, ONÍRICO, 2019.
Loophole
Dir. Hannah Gonzalez, 7:44, Germany
Loophole was a small venue and artspace based Neukölln since 2009, with an reputation for it's chaotic and punk attitude, openness to experimentation, and support of local up-and-coming bands. In its 15 years of operation, it hosted thousands of concerts, performances, exhibitions, film clubs, karaoke nights, and more. In July 2024, it was shut down by the city of Berlin, after years of challenging relationships with the neighbors and the police. In Loophole's final years, it was run by a collective of artists, creatives, and friends. They attempt to process the deep feelings of loss for their space and home, while reminiscing over the beautiful memories that were made there.
Hannah Gonzalez is a creative filmmaker and musician originally from San Diego, California and based in Berlin since 2019.
Dir. Hannah Gonzalez, 7:44, Germany
Loophole was a small venue and artspace based Neukölln since 2009, with an reputation for it's chaotic and punk attitude, openness to experimentation, and support of local up-and-coming bands. In its 15 years of operation, it hosted thousands of concerts, performances, exhibitions, film clubs, karaoke nights, and more. In July 2024, it was shut down by the city of Berlin, after years of challenging relationships with the neighbors and the police. In Loophole's final years, it was run by a collective of artists, creatives, and friends. They attempt to process the deep feelings of loss for their space and home, while reminiscing over the beautiful memories that were made there.
Hannah Gonzalez is a creative filmmaker and musician originally from San Diego, California and based in Berlin since 2019.
All That's Left
Dir. Simone Holland, 13:01, US
A surreal look into the perception of existence, Mercedes, loses themselves through the many people that seamlessly enter and exit their universe. Thrown into the maze that is their mind, she struggles to differentiate reality from her imagination. Awakening their demons, she embraces the chaos, but is she truly in control?
With their storytelling grounded in reality, Simone uses surrealism as their lens. As a 2021 EMMY Award winning Camera Operator and former 2022 ROTATE Fellow, at YouTube and Wieden + Kennedy, Simone continues to push boundaries. She directed and was cinematographer for projects for McDonald’s, Red Bull, Anheuser-Busch Global and Bustle x HIlton, as well as for artists like Jazmine Sullivan, Tone Stith, Adi Oasis and Jamila Woods. As a creative director, Simone has worked with Mcdonald's, Nike, Duracell, and the 2021 BET AWARDS. Cross-pollinating her creative versatility, Simone applies her multi-disciplinary technical experience to her directorial and creative work as a current 2022 BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Fellowship, Directorial Fellow.
Dir. Simone Holland, 13:01, US
A surreal look into the perception of existence, Mercedes, loses themselves through the many people that seamlessly enter and exit their universe. Thrown into the maze that is their mind, she struggles to differentiate reality from her imagination. Awakening their demons, she embraces the chaos, but is she truly in control?
With their storytelling grounded in reality, Simone uses surrealism as their lens. As a 2021 EMMY Award winning Camera Operator and former 2022 ROTATE Fellow, at YouTube and Wieden + Kennedy, Simone continues to push boundaries. She directed and was cinematographer for projects for McDonald’s, Red Bull, Anheuser-Busch Global and Bustle x HIlton, as well as for artists like Jazmine Sullivan, Tone Stith, Adi Oasis and Jamila Woods. As a creative director, Simone has worked with Mcdonald's, Nike, Duracell, and the 2021 BET AWARDS. Cross-pollinating her creative versatility, Simone applies her multi-disciplinary technical experience to her directorial and creative work as a current 2022 BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Fellowship, Directorial Fellow.
The Secret Lives of Lesbians Cats
Dir. Kate Jessop
United Kingdom, 1:38
What do cats talk about when their owners aren’t around? What do they really think of their lesbian owners? The Secret Lives of Lesbians Cats is the new episode of Planet Pussy Willow, the feminist sci-fi development of the multi award winning comedy adult animation series Tales From Pussy Willow.
Kate Jessop is a multi award winning animation filmmaker who has had hundreds of international exhibits and has 5 international distribution deals including Shorts International and Amazon Prime. She represented the UK in the Best of Women in Film and TV and was selected for the Berlinale Talent Lab both with her portfolio as a director and with her comedy series Tales From Pussy Willow chosen for development in the Project Lab. She has worked across narrative film, comedy, illustration, live visuals, music video and motion design and has undertaken artist residencies in Berlin, Istanbul and Reykjavik. She is also the director of the Brighton International Animation Festival.
Dir. Kate Jessop
United Kingdom, 1:38
What do cats talk about when their owners aren’t around? What do they really think of their lesbian owners? The Secret Lives of Lesbians Cats is the new episode of Planet Pussy Willow, the feminist sci-fi development of the multi award winning comedy adult animation series Tales From Pussy Willow.
Kate Jessop is a multi award winning animation filmmaker who has had hundreds of international exhibits and has 5 international distribution deals including Shorts International and Amazon Prime. She represented the UK in the Best of Women in Film and TV and was selected for the Berlinale Talent Lab both with her portfolio as a director and with her comedy series Tales From Pussy Willow chosen for development in the Project Lab. She has worked across narrative film, comedy, illustration, live visuals, music video and motion design and has undertaken artist residencies in Berlin, Istanbul and Reykjavik. She is also the director of the Brighton International Animation Festival.
Coldsores
Dir. Ina Morken, 11:13, United Kingdom
'Coldsores' is a fun and sexy tale which follows twenty-something Allie (Evie Mortimer) as she navigates her dating life after a (not so fun and sexy) genital herpes diagnosis.
Born in Norway, raised in Taiwan and educated in Scotland, Ina is an up and coming film maker on a personal mission to rescue the rom-com genre. Following her graduation from Film & TV at Edinburgh College of Art, she worked in the Scottish Factual Entertainment industry on programs for BBC, STV and Channel 4 in Glasgow. Now based in Berlin, she's focusing on her passion for writing and directing, currently working on her next two shorts.
Dir. Ina Morken, 11:13, United Kingdom
'Coldsores' is a fun and sexy tale which follows twenty-something Allie (Evie Mortimer) as she navigates her dating life after a (not so fun and sexy) genital herpes diagnosis.
Born in Norway, raised in Taiwan and educated in Scotland, Ina is an up and coming film maker on a personal mission to rescue the rom-com genre. Following her graduation from Film & TV at Edinburgh College of Art, she worked in the Scottish Factual Entertainment industry on programs for BBC, STV and Channel 4 in Glasgow. Now based in Berlin, she's focusing on her passion for writing and directing, currently working on her next two shorts.
The Awakening
Dir. Zdena Sýkorová, 4:45, Czech Republic
A woman is waking up in a lonely double bed and this takes her on a journey of self-discovery. She discards her ex-boyfriend's shirt and explores her own wardrobe. Each new piece of clothing gradually transforms her black and white world into shades of pink and awakens her inner strength and self-acceptance.
Zdena Sýkorová is a filmmaker with a focus on the visual imagery of the film medium. With a background in theater and photography, her passion lies in the visual storytelling of fiction films. She graduated from the Cinematography department at FAMU in Prague in 2023. Now, she is based in Prague and Berlin.
Dir. Zdena Sýkorová, 4:45, Czech Republic
A woman is waking up in a lonely double bed and this takes her on a journey of self-discovery. She discards her ex-boyfriend's shirt and explores her own wardrobe. Each new piece of clothing gradually transforms her black and white world into shades of pink and awakens her inner strength and self-acceptance.
Zdena Sýkorová is a filmmaker with a focus on the visual imagery of the film medium. With a background in theater and photography, her passion lies in the visual storytelling of fiction films. She graduated from the Cinematography department at FAMU in Prague in 2023. Now, she is based in Prague and Berlin.
What flowers are taken to a grave?
Dir. Elena Gilda, 16:18, Spain
Quines flors es porten a una fossa? (What flowers are taken to a grave?) is an experimental documentary-essay that starts from questioning the family story around the death of Joaquima Hernandez Oliver, the author's great-grandmother, who the only information she had about her was that she had died about madness during the Spanish civil war (1936-1939).
Through archive images and filmed images, a journey is made through the names, dates and silences until the present, where these genealogies are common in the collective imagination and family histories, leaving the door open to those near futures, difficult to imagine, but easier to understand.
With the help, participation and collaboration of the Grup d'Història de Nou Barris, Marta Blas, Bernat Albareda, Xènia Serrano, Jordi Serrano and Quildo Serrano.
Language: Catalan and Spanish, subtitled in English.
Due to the characteristics of the research and the context, a binary language is used.
Elena Gilda (Barcelona, 1997) graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona.
Since 2017, she began to specialize in the audiovisual and performance field, playing with the limits of these formats and trying to find the cracks to also subvert the hegemonic methods of representation. She investigates and works from a critical and self-questioning perspective on memories, inheritance and power relations.
The balance between irony and the sensitive (personal and collective) are present in her works characterized by images, materials and everyday content.
Dir. Elena Gilda, 16:18, Spain
Quines flors es porten a una fossa? (What flowers are taken to a grave?) is an experimental documentary-essay that starts from questioning the family story around the death of Joaquima Hernandez Oliver, the author's great-grandmother, who the only information she had about her was that she had died about madness during the Spanish civil war (1936-1939).
Through archive images and filmed images, a journey is made through the names, dates and silences until the present, where these genealogies are common in the collective imagination and family histories, leaving the door open to those near futures, difficult to imagine, but easier to understand.
With the help, participation and collaboration of the Grup d'Història de Nou Barris, Marta Blas, Bernat Albareda, Xènia Serrano, Jordi Serrano and Quildo Serrano.
Language: Catalan and Spanish, subtitled in English.
Due to the characteristics of the research and the context, a binary language is used.
Elena Gilda (Barcelona, 1997) graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona.
Since 2017, she began to specialize in the audiovisual and performance field, playing with the limits of these formats and trying to find the cracks to also subvert the hegemonic methods of representation. She investigates and works from a critical and self-questioning perspective on memories, inheritance and power relations.
The balance between irony and the sensitive (personal and collective) are present in her works characterized by images, materials and everyday content.
Happy Birthday to us!
Dir. Tamara Tasic
Serbia, 19:06
The story of two inseparable friends born on the same day of the same year. As they grow up, their unique, idyllic world—understood only by them—begins to crumble when one of them finds a boyfriend.
Tamara Tasić (Belgrade, Serbia, 1996). She studied Digital Arts at Faculty for Media and Communication at Singidunum University in Belgrade. Her field of work doesn’t only include filmmaking, but also animation, collage, and art direction. Throughout her multidisciplinary practice, she developed her recognizable visual style with vibrant colors and playful rhythm which she uses in her personal stories with whimsical characters. In June 2023, Tamara was selected to participate in Director Summit at Sarajevo Talents (Sarajevo Film Festival). She made 3 student films, two short fiction “The girl who loves yellow” and "Happy birthday to us!" and one short documentary/animation “It’s all your fault!” which won the Audience Award for The Best Film at Dok'n'Ritam international film festival for music documentaries, 2021. She currently lives in Belgrade, Serbia and is working on starting her own "Brusnica creative studio".
Dir. Tamara Tasic
Serbia, 19:06
The story of two inseparable friends born on the same day of the same year. As they grow up, their unique, idyllic world—understood only by them—begins to crumble when one of them finds a boyfriend.
Tamara Tasić (Belgrade, Serbia, 1996). She studied Digital Arts at Faculty for Media and Communication at Singidunum University in Belgrade. Her field of work doesn’t only include filmmaking, but also animation, collage, and art direction. Throughout her multidisciplinary practice, she developed her recognizable visual style with vibrant colors and playful rhythm which she uses in her personal stories with whimsical characters. In June 2023, Tamara was selected to participate in Director Summit at Sarajevo Talents (Sarajevo Film Festival). She made 3 student films, two short fiction “The girl who loves yellow” and "Happy birthday to us!" and one short documentary/animation “It’s all your fault!” which won the Audience Award for The Best Film at Dok'n'Ritam international film festival for music documentaries, 2021. She currently lives in Belgrade, Serbia and is working on starting her own "Brusnica creative studio".
