Playtime: ca. 120 Min. from 12 years
Venue: Kinopolis Cinema 1 Time: 8:00 PM Date: Saturday, 03/16

International Competition 8

Office workers in China try to break out of their monotonous, grey daily routine by breaking into dance (WHERE DO ANTS SLEEP AT NIGHT). A nuclear family in Indonesia gets carried away in a shrill musical number designed to encourage the last childless couple to procreate (BASRI AND SALMA IN A NEVER-ENDING COMEDY). And a Swiss dance group’s autonomy is taken away from them when they have to dance to someone else’s tune to the point of complete submission (SYNCOPE).

Film dances playfully across language barriers and geographical borders, giving us a captivating insight into the diversity of human existence – from the innermost emotions of the soul to mundane everyday life. This becomes evident in the 49 films from 29 countries of the International Competition programme.  We share similar dreams, longings and fears, and we begin to understand how much we are alike and united in our desire to understand and express the human condition with all the tools available to us. Both the body and the voice become instruments in the search for human connection and our place in this world.

International Competition 8

Fest & Stress

Insisting on staying at a canceled bachelor party a stressed man struggles to befriend the only other and very hostile guest while the groom tries to win back his fiancée.

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La valise rouge

An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation.

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Pássaro Memória

A bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets, but the city can be a hostile place.

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Syncope

Whim gets casted for the dance piece SYNCOPE which turns out to be a life threatening spectacle.

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Faire un enfant

After many years together, a couple decides to have a baby. Throughout their relentless efforts, the partners try to maintain their love and unity. Making Babies is a minimalist comedy drama that takes a bittersweet look at a couple’s life, with its doubts, its challenges and its resilience.

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