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Exploring Realities

Fri, 13. 3., 17:00Sun, 15. 3., 19:30

79'

Ural

Ural

Alla Churikova
DE
2019,
14’30

Seemingly endless grasslands, wild tulips, eagles hunting – a magic circle of seasons with icy winters and scorching summers: The director enjoyed a happy childhood on a small Soviet military base in the Ural region. Only decades later does she learn about the terrible nuclear testing in which her father participated as an officer of the Red Army.

Conception: Catie_Jen

Conception: Catie + Jen

Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits (Moth Studio)
UK
2018,
4’14

We follow Jen and Catie, two sisters struggling with infertility, an unexpected pregnancy and difficult life decisions. Sisterhood and motherhood meet in this powerful story of love, fear and trust.

Butterflies In Berlin – Diary Of A Soul Split In Two

Butterflies In Berlin – Diary Of A Soul Split In Two

Monica Manganelli
DE
2019,
29’50

Alex moves to Berlin, shortly before the end of the Weimar Republic. Trying to find his sexual identity and his place in the world, he becomes the first transgender person in history to undergo sex-change surgery. However, National Socialism is on the rise, and the vibrant capital of sexual freedom will soon become a place of brutal repression.

Iktamuli

Iktamuli

Anne-Christine Plate
GE
2019,
5’28

Everyday scenes from the lives of a mother and her son with special needs. She sometimes struggles to accept him the way he is, and her emotions towards him are often ambivalent. The story is told as an associative montage of scenes, reflecting the mother’s emotions and experiences as we listen to her inner monologue.

Memorie di Alba

Alba’s Memories

Maria Steinmetz & Andrea Martignoni
IT
2019,
6’20

Alba recalls how she fell in love with her brother’s friend Pierino in early 1950s Italy.

Saigon Sur Marne

Saigon Sur Marne

Aude Ha Leplège
BE
2019,
14’12

While doing household chores, an old couple tell their granddaughter about their lives in Vietnam and France and about the war. They describe all the major events in their relationship, from their first meeting at the age of twenty up until the present, and also speak about exile and immigration.

Bear With Me

Bear With Me

Daphna Awadish
NL
2019,
4’46

A short animated documentary about immigrants who have left their home behind and crossed borders for love.

Tricky Women - International Animation Filmfestival Vienna