Berlinale Shorts präsentiert: Kawauso, The Moon Also Rises, Ungewollte Verwandtschaft und Preoperational Model

In the organizer's words:

Kawauso
by Akihito Izuhara
Japan 2023Berlinale Shorts | International Premiere | Animation
A girl is walking along when she is caught by a Japanese otter. The two try in vain to talk to each other
while the scraps of humanity rain down from the sky.

Berlinale Shorts | International premiere | Animation
A girl is strolling through the fields when a Japanese river otter catches up with her. The two try in vain to communicate while all the
junk of humanity rains down around them.

The Moon Also Rises
by Yuyan Wang
France 2024
Berlinale Shorts | World Premiere | Documentary Form
Artificial moons are to be launched into space to erase the difference between day and night. An elderly couple
retreat into the increasing darkness of their apartment, illuminated by digital devices.

Berlinale Shorts | World premiere | Documentary Form
Artificial moons are going to be launched into space to eliminate the difference between day and night. An elderly couple retreats into
the increasing darkness of their apartment, illuminated by digital devices.

Unwanted Kinship (Unwanted Kinship)
by Pavel Mozhar | with André Mewis, Christiane Sill, Steffen Roll, Iryna Poplavska, Oleksandr Kryvosheiev
Germany 2024
Berlinale Shorts | World Premiere | Documentary Form
Using the streets of his Berlin neighborhood as a film backdrop, a director from Belarus examines the systematic nature of Russian
Russian and Belarusian war crimes in Ukraine and questions his own responsibility for this war.

Berlinale Shorts | World premiere | Documentary Form
Using the streets of his Berlin neighbourhood as a backdrop, a filmmaker from Belarus investigates the systematic nature of Russian
and Belarusian war crimes in Ukraine and explores his own responsibility for this war.

Preoperational Model
by Philip Ullman | with Mette Marie Fisker, Tine Street Andersen
Netherlands 2024
Berlinale Shorts | International Premiere | Animation
Princess Sophie and her maid Jessica prepare for a new day at court. Sophie's struggles with her future existence as
Queen turns hierarchies, role assignments and time levels upside down. A disempowerment from the perspective of the powerful.

Berlinale Shorts | International premiere | Animation
Princess Sophie and her maid Jessica prepare for the new day at the royal court. Sophie's struggle with her future existence as queen
turns hierarchies, role assignments and timelines upside down. A disempowerment story from the perspective of the powerful.

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Price information:

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