International Competition 5: Who am I?

When

28. April 2024    
10:00 - 11:30

Where

Gloria 1
Königstraße 20, Stuttgart, 70173

Type

We show the best current short films from all over the world, powerful films by young women, modern male perspectives, and confront life’s big questions. Socially relevant and personal topics innovatively visualised, without filters or taboos.

Fortunately, we are usually free to decide who we are and who we want to be. However, we only have limited influence on how we are perceived. And sometimes things are different than they seem. Because it’s not that simple with us humans.

Tickets

Tafel – Publikumspreis IW5Director: / / / :00 min

Electra
ElectraDirector: Daria Kashcheeva / Czech Republic / 2023 / 26:33 min / Screenplay: Daria Kashcheeva / Production: FAMU, Maur Film, Artichoke, PapysD Productions / World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies. The short film explores the mystery of human memory and asks whether our memories are fiction, or even myths.

Photosensitivity Warning

Drijf
DrijfDirector: Levi Stoops / Belgium / 2023 / 14:59 min / Screenplay: Levi Stoops / Production: Lunanime / World Sales: Miyu Distribution

This animated short film evolves around two people adrift and lost at sea. Surrounded by water they have to fight a bloody battle for survival – for their lives, but also their dying relationship.

Sprout
SproutDirector: Florian Maubach / Germany / 2023 / 4:26 min / Screenplay: Florian Maubach / Production: Florian Maubach / World Sales: Florian Maubach

Emerging excitement, a dancing body, and the sensual awakening of sexuality turn this experimental animation film into the nucleus of a transformation process. The stimulating, metaphorically charged short film pushes boundaries but doesn’t solely focus on the pleasure event. It also allows a look behind the curtain of male sexuality.

Beautiful Men
Beautiful MenDirector: Nicolas Keppens / France / 2023 / 18:35 min / Production: Miyu Productions / World Sales: Miyu Distribution

Three bald brothers travel to Istanbul to have a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

Crab Day
Crab DayDirector: Ross Stringer / United Kingdom / 2023 / 11:00 min / Screenplay: Aleksandra Sykulak / Production: Bartosz Stanislawek / World Sales: National Film and Television School

As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.

Frite sans maillot
Frite sans maillotDirector: Matteo Salanave Piazza / France / 2023 / 4:11 min / Screenplay: Salanave Piazza Matteo / Production: La Poudrière – Ecole du Film d´Animation / World Sales: La Poudrière – Ecole du Film d´Animation

In the pool changing room, Anthony realizes he has forgotten to bring his bathing trunks. Swimming class is about to begin, and he needs to find a solution.