Filmblock "Work"

Thursday, April 23 - 15.00h Thalia 2


Schausteins letzter Film

Noteboek
Notebook

Animation | Netherland | 2008 | Evelien Lohbeck | 5'

In these days of computers and iPhones, the traditional notebook is increasingly neglected. That is a fateful mistake, as Evelien Lohbeck shows us. In her experimental animated film, reality and illusion blur and repeatedly put the audience’s expectations to the test. People should note this film.

Schausteins letzter Film
Schausteins final Film

Feature Film | Germany | 2008 | Christian Klandt | 37'

Everybody can access a personal final film, in which the most important events of their life are cut together and shown to their inner eye at the moment of death. A person can only die when they have actually seen this final film. But where do these films come from, and what happens when this sort of film disappears?

Was übrig bleibt
Left behind

Was übrig bleibt

Documentary | Germany | 2008 | Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein | 13'

In Walbrzych, on the Lower Silesian coalfield, the pits have closed down. Lukasz and his friend Jacek are now mining the coal off their own bat. Like a hundred other coalpickers, they dig illegally for the black gold outside the city limits. The police is constantly at their heels and they’ve already been buried quite a few times. But they carry on.

Petach Tikva
Shred of Hope

Feature Film | Israel | 2007 | Tom Shoval | 26'

As he does every day, Julian gets the bus to work in a printer shop. This one morning, however, his face displays signs of uncertainty and worry. The everyday rhythm that governs his life seems to be faltering, and Julian has to face new challenges.

Nice Day For a Picnic
Nice Day For a Picnic

Animation | Belgium | 2008 | Monica Gallab | 4'

Nice Day For a Picnic

Faceless men populate a surreal world, in which life has degenerated into a cycle of insignificant activities. Is there a way out of this loop of spectral boredom? As with René Magritte, the usual habits of seeing and thinking are shaken up in the nicest possible way in this film.

Arbeit für Alle
Full Employment

Feature Film | Germany | 2008 | Matthias Vogel, Thomas Oberlies | 12'

The future on the job-market is horrifying. A pilot project from the federal government shows where new workplaces could arise: young, motivated workers look after old people as they follow their occupations. In this way working life can be prolonged far further. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of new and exciting jobs materialise for young people starting out on careers.