Archive 2003
The Holiday Plan
Director: Allan Gustafsson, S 2002, 10 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Fr, October 31 14:45 CinemaxX 2
Su, November 2 19:45 CinemaxX 2
Christmas in Sweden. Homeless man Raffe, however, does not share the holiday spirit. In order to have a bit of turkey and watch a bit of television he decides to commit a little crime and get caught. He tries his luck in the northern winter but things are not as simple as expected.
The honourable scaffolder
Director: Brendan Muldowney, IRL 2003, 17 min, 35 mm, b/w, OV
We, October 29 22:30 Universum 2
Su, November 2 17:30 Universum 2
Medieval Ireland. Hangman and judge grow rich by taking money for postponing the executions of people condemned to be hanged. But some people are put to the test by their consciences...
Tre Bicchieri di Cristallo
Director: Alessandro Mistichelli, I 2003, 16 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
We, October 29 15:00 CinemaxX 4
Three women return home to a place they never wanted to go back to. Because they feel better where they are. So the handsome burglar comes just at the right moment. But he can take care of himself...
Trois petits chats
Director: Francois Vogel, F 2003, 6:05 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Th, October 30 22:30 CinemaxX 1
Su, November 2 17:30 CinemaxX 3
This film is a study of style and words; the images play with each other, change form, dissolve and take on new shape again.
Vacations in November
Director: Pavel Meovedev, RUS 2002, 20 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Sa, November 1 17:15 CinemaxX 3
A documentation of the daily struggle for survival in the Russian tundra. The harsh life during the hunt for game is in stark contrast to the majestic beauty of the landscape.
Vegas
Director: Michelle Yu, GB 2003, 4 min, Beta SP, colour
We, October 29 14:45 CinemaxX 2
Two cats travel to Las Vegas, seeking freedom and adventure just like Thelma and Louise. They gamble and win in Glitter Town, all to the music of Clubstrophobia, the new cult band from Norway.
Weichei
Director: Bernd Lange, D 2002, 8 min, 35 mm, b/w, GV
We, October 29 19:45 CinemaxX 2
Fr, October 31 22:30 CinemaxX 1
Carla is sixteen and pregnant. She wants an abortion. But her boyfriend Rocko wants to keep the child. Carla gives him a task to complete: "Take care of a raw egg for 24 hours".
Weitzenberg Street
Director: Kaspar Jancis, EW 2002, 11:15 min, 35 mm, colour, no dialogue
We, October 29 22:30 CinemaxX 1
Th, October 30 17:30 CinemaxX 2
Sa, November 1 20:00 CinemaxX 1
A man desires a woman. She wants someone else. The man ceases his courtship as a murderer appears in the window. The woman amuses herself with a fly and begins to desire the man. A spy solves the problem. In the end there are only the man, the woman and the fly.
Werner
Director: Rémi Bénichou, F 2003, 19 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Fr, October 31 17:30 Universum 2
Pierre Goldstein fights in the Resistance. Fifty years after the war he tells a journalist about his very personal experiences in the war. "I just kept hitting. I took out a German, I killed Werner".
What about the bodies
Director: Simon Ellis, GB 2002, 7:20 min, Beta SP, colour, no dialogue
Th, October 30 19:45 CinemaxX 2
Getting rid of a corpse is not the easiest thing in the world - especially when it does not want to be got rid of and when more than one person has this intention...
Yamamoto San
Director: David Fourier, F 2003, 12 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
We, October 29 22:15 CinemaxX 2
Fr, October 31 20:00 CinemaxX 1
Mr. Yamamoto visits Europe. Like most Japanese he travels with a group. After a drinking bout he misses his bus. Alone in a foreign country he attempts to find his way and meets Luisa, he takes care of him.
Zwei Leben
Director: Christian Plähn, D 2003, 15 min, 16 mm, s/w, GV
Fr, October 31 20:00 Universum 1
Sa, November 1 22:30 Universum 1
A businessman, tired of life, wants to jump from his apartment house. Standing on the railing, he is kept from jumping by a homeless man living in the roof. The tramp gradually persuades him to leave him all his clothes and his money...