FLURFLIMMERN Pop-Up Vol. 3: Shorts on Mental Health

In the organizer's words:

FLURFLIMMERN meets Kunstverein: MENTAL HEALTH
July 18, 2025 | 8:30 pm

An evening curated by the FLUR artists' collective - moderated by
screenwriter and director Gina Wenzel.

How do people deal with inner pressure, illness or exclusion? Where does
where does psychological vulnerability begin - and how is it made visible?
On this evening, we will be showing five award-winning films that deal with mental health at the intersection of the body, society and the inner world.

The film program:
Alex in the fields (short film, 2024, 29 min)
Director: Marie Zrenner
Two young men on a therapy farm: Adrian struggles with his addiction, Alex visits him. A haunting study of healing, closeness and emotional vulnerability in a protected space.

Xanh (2022, short film, 12 min, animation)
Director: Thi Dang An Tran
A moving animated dialog between daughter and father about experiences of racism - and the silent powerlessness that continues across generations.

Gör (2022, short film, 9 min)
Director: Anna Roller
A single mother at the limit: when her son is accused of theft, the situation escalates. A drastic, deeply touching short film about fear, responsibility and psychological overload.

Pandas don`t cry (2020, series pilot, 15 min)
Director: Gina Wenzel
A farm. A few chickens. A few sheep and seven city kids caught between parties, drugs, petty crime and searching for meaning, who are given a unique chance to make a new start on a therapy farm.

Murky water (2020, short film, 10 min)
Director: Elena Wiener
The protagonist lives with an autoimmune disease - and increasingly loses herself in
psychological isolation. The mixture of animated elements, real film and soundscape makes her inner world emotionally tangible.

Followed by a discussion with director Elena Wiener ("Trübes Wasser")

Flurflimmern - Das diverse Kurzfilmscreening - Pop-Up 2025" is a project as part of the Kreativ.Quartiere Ruhr program, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and implemented by ecce - european centre for creative economy GmbH