December 12 | 7 PM
Oblomov – Lenaustraße 7, Berlin, DE
A cozy, DIY-style event with Berlin-based and international shorts.
All films are presented in English or in their original language with English subtitles.
Oblomov – Lenaustraße 7, Berlin, DE
A cozy, DIY-style event with Berlin-based and international shorts.
All films are presented in English or in their original language with English subtitles.
chicken - Anna Benner, Germany, 8:03, Animated
I am Her - Rosh Zeeba, Germany, 12:36, Experimental
I Danced It All (Ho ballato di tutto) - Sarah Narducci, Italy, 15:00, Drama
You Dare - Antonella Desini, Germany, 4:40, Music Video
Coldsores - Ina Morken, UK, 11:13, Comedy
Quines flors es porten a una fossa? (What flowers are taking to a grave?)- Elena Gilda, Spain, Documentary, Experimental 16:18
Cá ndeachaigh Mé? (Where Did I Go?) - Fioannuala McCormack, Étáin Sweeney, UK, 5:42
Vorbei Rauschen - Amrei Sophie Wesinger, Germany, 10:00, Drama
Conflict of Meanings - Soore Vahe, Iran, 5:00, Experimental
Sunburn - Uma Chaghaghi, Germany, 11:37, Horror
Through my skin - Giorgia Bovo, Germany, 17:05, Dance
I am Her - Rosh Zeeba, Germany, 12:36, Experimental
I Danced It All (Ho ballato di tutto) - Sarah Narducci, Italy, 15:00, Drama
You Dare - Antonella Desini, Germany, 4:40, Music Video
Coldsores - Ina Morken, UK, 11:13, Comedy
Quines flors es porten a una fossa? (What flowers are taking to a grave?)- Elena Gilda, Spain, Documentary, Experimental 16:18
Cá ndeachaigh Mé? (Where Did I Go?) - Fioannuala McCormack, Étáin Sweeney, UK, 5:42
Vorbei Rauschen - Amrei Sophie Wesinger, Germany, 10:00, Drama
Conflict of Meanings - Soore Vahe, Iran, 5:00, Experimental
Sunburn - Uma Chaghaghi, Germany, 11:37, Horror
Through my skin - Giorgia Bovo, Germany, 17:05, Dance
chicken - Anna Benner, Germany, 8:03, Animated
A woman who is escaping an abusive situation stumbles and finds herself eye to eye with a hen who is in the same situation. Even though they are separated by a fence as well as by species they develop a mutual understanding based on the outward shared symptoms of their pain: sore skin. In the moment of their connection we see flashbacks to the origin of their pain. As the woman smokes a cigarette to calm her nerves, she and the chicken come up with a plan: to set the world on fire to match their burning skin. The fire may be imaginary but nevertheless it soothes and provides catharsis.
Anna Benner is a Berlin based artist and filmmaker. Her work deals with the psychology of the everyday, often using hand-drawn rotoscope animation. Her artworks have been exhibited across Europe; her animated short films have screened worldwide and won prizes at film festivals like Annecy, Encounters and Stuttgart Trickfilmfestival.
A woman who is escaping an abusive situation stumbles and finds herself eye to eye with a hen who is in the same situation. Even though they are separated by a fence as well as by species they develop a mutual understanding based on the outward shared symptoms of their pain: sore skin. In the moment of their connection we see flashbacks to the origin of their pain. As the woman smokes a cigarette to calm her nerves, she and the chicken come up with a plan: to set the world on fire to match their burning skin. The fire may be imaginary but nevertheless it soothes and provides catharsis.
Anna Benner is a Berlin based artist and filmmaker. Her work deals with the psychology of the everyday, often using hand-drawn rotoscope animation. Her artworks have been exhibited across Europe; her animated short films have screened worldwide and won prizes at film festivals like Annecy, Encounters and Stuttgart Trickfilmfestival.
I am Her - Rosh Zeeba, Germany, 12:36, Experimental
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
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
I Danced It All (Ho ballato di tutto) - Sarah Narducci, Italy, 15:00, Drama
Lea is about to face the last thing she ever wanted: Mara, her best friend, has decided to move from their house.
The story of their separation unfolds on a birthday night filled with Marlboros and glasses of gin and tonics.
Meanwhile, a washing machine starts spitting foam.
Sarah Narducci was born in Naples in 1997. She attended the Faculty of History and Conservation of Cultural Heritage and then began working as an assistant and assistant director on small sets and commercials. In 2019 she made her first short film "A Father”, with which she was admitted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia's directing course for the three-year period 2021-2024. In 2021 she made the documentary "Placid Blue" and the fantasy short "Even the Earth is Tired”. In 2022 she is a juror for the BNL X Cinema of the Future award for the Venice Days of the 79th Venice Film Festival. Subsequently she made the short film "I danced it all" (2023).
Lea is about to face the last thing she ever wanted: Mara, her best friend, has decided to move from their house.
The story of their separation unfolds on a birthday night filled with Marlboros and glasses of gin and tonics.
Meanwhile, a washing machine starts spitting foam.
Sarah Narducci was born in Naples in 1997. She attended the Faculty of History and Conservation of Cultural Heritage and then began working as an assistant and assistant director on small sets and commercials. In 2019 she made her first short film "A Father”, with which she was admitted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia's directing course for the three-year period 2021-2024. In 2021 she made the documentary "Placid Blue" and the fantasy short "Even the Earth is Tired”. In 2022 she is a juror for the BNL X Cinema of the Future award for the Venice Days of the 79th Venice Film Festival. Subsequently she made the short film "I danced it all" (2023).
You Dare - Antonella Desini, Germany, 4:40, Music Video
A woman walks down the street and is judged and/or sexualised by passers-by because of her appearance. When she has to go to the toilet to change her tampon, she sees the usual guy urinating in the street or in Berlin's free public urinals, while she has to pay to use the adjacent public toilet. As if that weren't enough, only credit cards are accepted, which excludes the less wealthy and the less tech-savvy (such as the elderly). Pissed off, she enters the toilet and is transported to an alien dimension as it is a refuelling station for a spaceship. There she will find like-minded people and therefore freedom in both her outlook and her sexuality. She will then return to her own world invigorated and ready for the daily struggles.
Antonella Desini studied film history& critics, video post-production and screenwriting. Over the years she has collaborated on several independent video projects; she is based in Berlin and You Dare is her first music video.
A woman walks down the street and is judged and/or sexualised by passers-by because of her appearance. When she has to go to the toilet to change her tampon, she sees the usual guy urinating in the street or in Berlin's free public urinals, while she has to pay to use the adjacent public toilet. As if that weren't enough, only credit cards are accepted, which excludes the less wealthy and the less tech-savvy (such as the elderly). Pissed off, she enters the toilet and is transported to an alien dimension as it is a refuelling station for a spaceship. There she will find like-minded people and therefore freedom in both her outlook and her sexuality. She will then return to her own world invigorated and ready for the daily struggles.
Antonella Desini studied film history& critics, video post-production and screenwriting. Over the years she has collaborated on several independent video projects; she is based in Berlin and You Dare is her first music video.
Coldsores - Ina Morken, UK, 11:13, Comedy
'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.
'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.
Quines flors es porten a una fossa? (What flowers are taking to a grave?)- Elena Gilda, Spain, Documentary, Experimental 16:18
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cá ndeachaigh Mé? (Where Did I Go?) - Fionnuala McCormack, Étáin Sweeney, UK, 5:42
“Cá ndeachaigh mé?" is a 16mm experimental film that delves into how emigration can transform our sense of self, sometimes requiring us to leave not only our home geographically but also linguistically. The film follows a young couple's emotional journey from the countryside of Donegal to Glasgow, as they navigate new cultural landscapes.
Fionnuala McCormack is a Belfast-based artist with a background in documentary and visual arts. She was a selected participant in the 25th Ji.Hlava Academy, where she worked under the guidance of esteemed experimental director Khavn De La Cruz. Her project, 'Cá a nDeachaigh Mé’ (Where Am I Going?), is a 16mm film visual arts piece which has been exhibited at the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival and the Earagail Arts Festival in July 2023. Her latest visual arts project, ‘I’m Your Baby’ was shot on a mixed medium on 8mm film and digital and is a textured unravelling of multiple female experiences with sexual messaging and sexual abuse.
“Cá ndeachaigh mé?" is a 16mm experimental film that delves into how emigration can transform our sense of self, sometimes requiring us to leave not only our home geographically but also linguistically. The film follows a young couple's emotional journey from the countryside of Donegal to Glasgow, as they navigate new cultural landscapes.
Fionnuala McCormack is a Belfast-based artist with a background in documentary and visual arts. She was a selected participant in the 25th Ji.Hlava Academy, where she worked under the guidance of esteemed experimental director Khavn De La Cruz. Her project, 'Cá a nDeachaigh Mé’ (Where Am I Going?), is a 16mm film visual arts piece which has been exhibited at the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival and the Earagail Arts Festival in July 2023. Her latest visual arts project, ‘I’m Your Baby’ was shot on a mixed medium on 8mm film and digital and is a textured unravelling of multiple female experiences with sexual messaging and sexual abuse.
Vorbei Rauschen - Amrei Sophie Wesinger, Germany, 10:00, Drama
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.
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.
Conflict of Meanings - Soore Vahe, Iran, 5:00, Experimental
The Tower of Babel was built to unify understanding, but it became a symbol of human fragmentation and conjecture. Even if we live in a common language today, our souls are lost in the ruins of interpretation and translation. The word "pain" is full of meaning; for one, it is a poem of longing, for another, it is a song of sadness. In today's world, humans, like lost poets amid their unfinished poems, search for the meaning of words, but remain endlessly in the embrace of discordant interpretations and rarely dance in the embrace of empathy and absolute understanding of each other.
Soore Vahe was born in Tehran. She graduated from theatre at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University.
The Tower of Babel was built to unify understanding, but it became a symbol of human fragmentation and conjecture. Even if we live in a common language today, our souls are lost in the ruins of interpretation and translation. The word "pain" is full of meaning; for one, it is a poem of longing, for another, it is a song of sadness. In today's world, humans, like lost poets amid their unfinished poems, search for the meaning of words, but remain endlessly in the embrace of discordant interpretations and rarely dance in the embrace of empathy and absolute understanding of each other.
Soore Vahe was born in Tehran. She graduated from theatre at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University.
Sunburn - Uma Chaghaghi, Germany, 11:37, Horror
A young woman with an allergy to the sun ventures out of the shadows during a rare eclipse to bask in the daylight just once, only to discover a dark shadow within her that cannot be brightened by the light.
Born to a German mother and Iranian father and raised in the creative Byron Bay, Uma developed an interest in film and photography from an early age. Her passions grew when she moved to Berlin at 18; It was there that she honed her skills in analogue photography and created a network within the arts community. Uma’s passion for film led her back to Australia where she completed a Bachelor of Film and TV in 2023. Since then she has been back in Berlin working on new her next project. Her focus is on directing and writing within the horror genre.
A young woman with an allergy to the sun ventures out of the shadows during a rare eclipse to bask in the daylight just once, only to discover a dark shadow within her that cannot be brightened by the light.
Born to a German mother and Iranian father and raised in the creative Byron Bay, Uma developed an interest in film and photography from an early age. Her passions grew when she moved to Berlin at 18; It was there that she honed her skills in analogue photography and created a network within the arts community. Uma’s passion for film led her back to Australia where she completed a Bachelor of Film and TV in 2023. Since then she has been back in Berlin working on new her next project. Her focus is on directing and writing within the horror genre.
Through my skin - Giorgia Bovo, Germany, 17:05, Dance
A surreal journey in 3 acts through the physical and emotional sensations of a performer’s life. From the transformation of the creative process and the temporary crossing of paths of different energies working together, to the sensation of being watched, while also feeling alone, during a performance. Created and shot in one room in Berlin, the environment changes in each scene as a symbol of the way the dancer’s experience evolves over time. “Through my skin” is choreographed, directed, shot and edited by the same person in order to minimize the layers of separation between the dance and the viewer.
Giorgia Bovo is a dance artist born in Italy, former New Yorker and current Berlin resident. She is a dancer, choreographer and self-taught filmmaker. Often exploring dance on camera through low budget productions, her work gained her invitations to international dance festivals like IDACO NYC, features at relevant institutions like the NYU Langone Medical Center and commissions for music videos.
She created choreographies for acclaimed dance institutions through the US and Europe.
A surreal journey in 3 acts through the physical and emotional sensations of a performer’s life. From the transformation of the creative process and the temporary crossing of paths of different energies working together, to the sensation of being watched, while also feeling alone, during a performance. Created and shot in one room in Berlin, the environment changes in each scene as a symbol of the way the dancer’s experience evolves over time. “Through my skin” is choreographed, directed, shot and edited by the same person in order to minimize the layers of separation between the dance and the viewer.
Giorgia Bovo is a dance artist born in Italy, former New Yorker and current Berlin resident. She is a dancer, choreographer and self-taught filmmaker. Often exploring dance on camera through low budget productions, her work gained her invitations to international dance festivals like IDACO NYC, features at relevant institutions like the NYU Langone Medical Center and commissions for music videos.
She created choreographies for acclaimed dance institutions through the US and Europe.
