Less is more: No ties
The films of this programme present different relationships to one’s surroundings. The characters of the films all deal - in their own way - with the idea of losing ties with the people around them or with the environment in which they evolve. It can be for political and racial reasons like in Red Ants Bite by Elene Naveriani, for a sense of freedom and friendship like in Eau vive by Lucia Martinez, or for the sake of group dynamics like in Kids by Michael Frei.
While the films presented in this programme are all very unique, they are also directed by filmmakers coming from all parts of Switzerland and depict the many voices of contemporary filmmaking in Switzerland.
Curated by Delphine Jeanneret (Int. Kurzfilmtage Winterthur)
ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK
Lasse Linder
Switzerland / 2019, 18 min
He calls himself „Catman“. Christian lives with his two cats Marmelade and Katjuscha. They are inseparable. As he is yearning to become a father, he decides to fertilize his beloved cat Marmelade by an exquisite tomcat from abroad. “All Cats Are Grey In The Dark” is a melodrama that portrays an unconventional relationship between animal and human.
KIDS
Michael Frei
Switzerland / 2019, 9 min
An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal?
EAU VIVE
Lucia Martinez Garcia
Switzerland / 2019, 16 min
Between parties and swimming in the river, Lou gives up over the summer and sails in her reconfigured environment. At the slightest moments of comfort, the weariness of a territory that has become too familiar is superimposed on it. Melancholic, she thinks of another place she'd like to go.
STILL WORKING
Julietta Korbel
Switzerland / 2019, 17 min
In an abandoned factory destined to be demolished, Pavel’s routine, the guardian, is disturbed by the arrival of a young engineer who discovers an unusual electric activity, a running turbine. Pavel will be faced with the imminent disappearance of the factory and with the end of his universe…
RED ANTS BITE
Elene Naveriani
Switzerland / 2019, 23 min
Obinna and Afame are two Nigerians stranded in Tbilisi. Their journey through the city will reveal the complexity of their emotional and social ties in a country that wants them to disappear.
HORIZON
Anya Tsyrlina, Sid Iandovka
Switzerland / 2019, 7 min
An unremarkable random 70’s newsreel from the artists’ hometown in the soviet Siberia forms the substrate for a relentless exploration of the representational and narratological technics: without ever collapsing into a ‘story’ or abstraction, horizōn recants the relationship between analog and digital, surface and reference, sense and experience, past and present.
