We are happy to partner once again with the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF) in its 9th edition! Over 400 films in multiple languages from across the globe will be screened, with 3 competition sections, several film packages, seminars, talks and master classes. The films will be screened at 3 venues, including the Bhavan from August 16 to 18, 2019.
The German contribution to the Festival includes Short Export - Made in Germany, an exciting package of short films curated by AG Kurzfilm along with the Goethe-Institut Lyon and other partners. In its 14th edition, seven outstanding short films have been selected out of more than 500 German submissions at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019. This years' 95-minute programme ranges from bizarre and exciting to warm-hearted and hilarious stories, told as fiction, documentary or animation short films.
Short Export - Made in Germany
Screenings: August 16, 2019, 7:30 P.M. @ Suchitra
August 18, 2019, 4:30 P.M. @ the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
Life in Neuperlach, a Munich suburb, is tranquil. It is a safe neighbourhood where people know and greet each other. Everybody has their own backyard; single car garages line the narrow footpaths and everything is nicely groomed. However, this peaceful existence has been troubled for some time now: refugees are set to move in next door. Some of the residents are worried that their peace will be disturbed, so they are putting up a noise protection wall.
NEKO NO HI (CAT DAYS)
Jon Frickey | Germany, Japan 2018 | animation | 11'
A true story about a war and the tragic impact it has on the lives of three people. The story of a young man who leaves his life behind in Germany and sets off to help people. In 2013, Addai joins a Salafist group in Syria. A few years later his mother meets Ilias, a returnee from Syria. Their personal stories paint a clearer picture of Addai’s story.
AM CU CE - MEIN GANZER STOLZ (AM CU CE – PRIDE)
Hannah Weissenborn | Germany 2019 | fiction | 19'
Romanian trucker Stancu has given his nephew Dragan a second driver card which enables him to stretch his legal driving time. But when Dragan falls into microsleep at the wheel and almost causes an accident, Stancu suddenly feels responsible.
The film uses animated objects discovered in the family archives to recount the life of my mother. It is a 20th century biography: growing up in the Nazi era, teenage years in post-war Germany, the building of the Wall and life in the GDR and then reunified Germany. It is a story of escaping and adapting, challenging and conforming.
As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She doesn’t even recognise her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficiency in her brain. In the end, it is art that gives her the chance to finally recognise herself.
For further details and updates screening schedules please visit the BISFF website.
