Filmblock "Outsider"

Saturday, April 25 - 17.00h Thalia 2


Bad Habit, Little Rabbit

Bad Habit, Little Rabbit
Bad Habit, Little Rabbit

Animation | Germany | 2008 | Christian Effenberger | 7'

A little hare with a taste for carrot tops finds the biggest carrot in the world – but the huge thing is anchored solidly in the ground! Little hare’s energetic attempts to get at its lunch, all the same produce unexpected results. Presented as a country song, this film lets us view what is an eternal battle between hare and carrot.

For Wendy
For Wendy

Feature Film | Canada | 2008 | Jacquelyn Mills | 11'

Three children try to understand the death of their mother. In the process, they ask themselves innocent but profound questions. Little Josh finally comes up with an answer. A dreamlike atmosphere and magnificent close-ups make “For Wendy” into a filmic poem, which is not only good to look at but also makes you think.

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Tess Has a Stain on Her Dress

Animation | Israel | 2008 | Eran Flax | 4'

When little Tess discovers a red stain on her dress one day, her whole family gets very excited about it. All of them think they know what the stain means. By contrast, Tess can’t understand at all, why the case has become such a big deal. Grown-ups simply don’t understand some things.

Martha
Martha

Feature Film | USA | 2008 | Katja Straub | 14'

The 11-year-old Martha is frustrated. Time and time again, she has to shift with her family, who are extremely embarrassing for her anyway, from one town to the next. Her only escape is her vivid daydreams, in which the world is as Martha would like it to be. The film adroitly blurs the boundaries between the little girl’s reality and her imagination.

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Before It’s Gone

Feature Film | Brazil | 2008 | Paulo Leierer | 14'

Almeida learns from his doctor that he has only a few days to live. The sad news doesn’t, however, seem to shock his friends and relatives very much. Disappointed by the lack of sympathy among the people around him, Almeida tries to get a few people to turn up to his impending funeral.

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A Story of a Missing Car

Feature Film | Poland | 2009 | Grzegorz Jaroszuk | 12'

This tragic-comic film shows excerpts from the everyday life of a young man, who confronts the problems of his directionless youth with a mixture of resignation and stubbornness. Violence, women, and his eternally dissatisfied parents make the life of the sympathetic anti-hero into no more than constantly running the gauntlet.