Kurz + gut – Kurzgeschichte und Kurzfilm | SOMMER KÖLN

In the organizer's words:

Short + sweet - short story and short film
Two narrative forms open the mind and heart to new perspectives.

Kurz und gut brings together in one evening what fits together wonderfully: short films and a short story - pointed, surprising and always with depth. Two narrative forms, two perspectives - one correspondence.

The short story Etiketten - 20 Gramm unerwünschtes Verlangen is read by the author herself: Jennifer Segebrecht, last year's finalist for the Cologne Prize for Young Literature, lives in Cologne and writes on Instagram, for artists* and publishes in magazines. Three short films then pick up on individual aspects and ideas.

It starts with a shopping trip in the feature film Mall by Jerry Hoffmann. In Immaculata by Kim Lêa Sakkal, we meet a young woman who loses control over herself and her body. In the third short film, an Iranian feature film by Hadi Babaeifar, we meet a self-confident young girl from Tehran who lives with her mother and her dog.

Concept: Uschi Schröter & Birgit Hauska, both SK Stiftung Kultur

CINEMA PROGRAMME

• Mall
  Jerry Hoffmann | D 2019 | Feature film 7'
  A theft with consequences: When introverted Didi is caught stealing a toy mermaid, his decidedly masculine father doesn't know how to deal with it.
• Immaculata
  Kim Lêa Sakkal | D, 2024 | feature film 20' | with Devrim Lingnau
  Derya is pregnant but hasn't had sex yet. A look into her life reveals signs of the supernatural and the divine that make us wonder about the true origin of her mysterious pregnancy.
• Goosfand (Sheep)
  Hadi Babaeifar, | Iran, 2024 | Feature film 13'15 | with Rose Tabatabaei, Gelavij Alam.
  Rose, a young girl, lives with her mother and her dog in Tehran. She notices that her neighbors are slaughtering sheep. The animals are sacrificed for a traditional ritual in which the meat is cooked and distributed among the people. Rose thinks it makes no sense to continue with this old custom and decides to save the remaining sheep.

The event takes place in cooperation with the literary magazine for short stories Das Gramm and will be shown at the OpenAir Kino im Mediapark, a place that brings culture to life.

Duration: 90 minutes
Location: Mediapark

Summer Cologne 2025
Summer Cologne is back - lively, colorful and diverse: From 22.7 - 20.8.2024 the city is the stage for our open-air cultural program.

☀️ This event is part of SOMMER KÖLN 2025 - organized in cooperation with the SK Stiftung Kultur and the City of Cologne.

All information and the complete program at: www.sommer.koeln