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German Language Competition
GERMAN LANGUAGE COMPETITION
FR 7.12. | 19.30
Kino in der KulturBrauerei | Room 8
The German Language is known for its diverse poetry. Ten moving
and funny films from around the German-speaking world competed for the “Ritter Sport Filmpreis”,
contributed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG.
OFTENTIMES
DEU 2017 | 4 min
Director: Cindy Schmid
Poem: Vielmals by Nora Gomringer
A poetry film that deals with the fate of the Swiss Verdingkinder.
MAYBE
DEU 2018 | 3 min
Director: Lena Schell, Sophia Stöhr, Hanna Viellehner
Poem: Vielleicht by Lena Schell, Sophia Stöhr, Hanna Viellehner
“Generation Y” – we are characterized by avoiding decisions
and our inability to handle the sheer number of possibilities confronting us.
THE DEMANDING EYE
DEU 2017 | 8 min
Director: Moana Vonstadl
Poem: Der fordernde Blick by Moana Vonstadl
In front of the door there's eerie things lurking – yet they
seem appealing. She makes up the unknown within spitting
distance and finds strange places in her mind. A film about
both attraction and refusal of the unknown.
AND THE WORLD TURNS
DEU 2017 | 4 min
Director: Rain Kencana
Poem: Und die Welt dreht sich by Jinn Pogy
In Germany more than 2.6 million children are living with
drug addicted parents. The children`s basic needs are often forgotten.
They feel responsible for their parents and take over tasks too early.
“And the world turns” tells the story of a girl that again has to collect
her drunk father from the bar at the corner, in a poetic way.
NICO – SPHINX OF ICE
DEU 2018 | 15 min
Director: Werner Fritsch
Poem: Nico – Sphinx of Ice by Werner Fritsch
Between life and death, rock icon Nico lies in a ditch,
fatally hit by a car. She comes into an imaginary dialogue with the love of her life:
Jim Morrison of The Doors.
ETERNAL RECURRENCE
DEU 2016 | 8 min
Director: Jörg Weidner
Poems: Rimus Remidium, Nach neuen Meeren by Friedrich Nietzsche
After his death in the year 1900 the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
awakes in a hat shop. In his own memory he had been meant for a higher purpose.
Yet his attempt to rise above his new fate fails miserably.
STANDARD TIME
DEU 2017 | 3 min
Director: Hanna Slak
Poem: silhouetten in turbulenz by Daniela Seel
A timeless, self-referential meditation on the power
of communication to transmute and, at times, distort.
THE NIGHT MODELLED IN GOLD
DEU 2018 | 3 min
Director: Mariola Brillowska
Poem: Aus Gold modelliert die Nacht by Mariola Brillowska
I draw myself / With straight lines /
My nose is the house entrance / My eyes are windows /
My face is a wall / My forehead is the carpet /
My ears are labyrinths / My mouth is a tunnel / My hair is forests /
My shoulder is the church / My stomach is the desert /
My breasts are the mountains / My basin is the bush
TRIAS
DEU 2018 | 5 min
Director: Cindy Schmid
Poem: Monolog; Und es war ein Tag.
Und der Tag neigte sich; Wir hätten nicht mitgemacht
by Nora Gomringer
A confrontation with society and the atrocities of the Third Reich.
OVER YONDER THE MOUNTAIN
CHE 2018 | 5 min
Director: Ines De Pellegrini
Poem: Dort änen am Berglein by Daniela Dill
Once upon a time Ms Goat gave birth to eight kids.
One day one of the kids left its family to study in Cambridge.
When the goat returned from her travels,
she found her siblings in a fairy tale.