The formation and history of Lake Baikal in Siberia are re-imagined with hand-made animation, featuring the voice of a Buryat woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat-Mongolian language.
Germany
Calls from Moscow
Days before the invasion of Ukraine is announced, four young Cubans visit a Moscow apartment for a 24-hour stay. In their phone calls, the present and future coexist: their stories as queer and undocumented immigrants, and the exchanges with the film’s director after the outbreak of the war.
The Meaning of A Ritual
n empathic, young plant doctor gifted with extrasensory powers and an emotionally fragile, isolated artist, must rescue each other to rediscover the essence of living.
A coming of age story about two women from different generations, who have more in common than they are willing to admit.
SUGAR
In “SUGAR,” we delve into the ‘Hook-Up Culture’ of the generation-z and the rise of the ‘Sugar Daddy’ concept. Our film is based on real experiences of young women in Berlin. We tell our story in one night as FIADH (19) spends it in the Berlin nightlife, torn between her Sugar Daddy MARCEL (54) and her boyfriend MICHA (20).
A Poem for Giselle, a Poem for a Peasant
Through the reconstruction of memory and reinterpretation of the classical ballet "Giselle," Diana develops a message of solidarity with Bolivian peasants of the North Potosí, thereby illuminating the impact of racism in a postcolonial global society and mending her own connection with her lineage and personal identity.
Maifeld
In post-war Germany, Hannelore meets Marina, a young Italian. They develop a friendship for which the conservative townspeople, and above all their husbands, have little understanding. A friendship of symbolic character, based on the deep desire of two women for self-determination and mutual support and which has to fend off the constant influence of the other people's motives.