Filmblock "Flight"

Thursday, April 23 - 16.00h Thalia 1


Pakoon

Pakoon
Escape

Feature Film | Finland | 2008 | Helena Yli-Kyyny | 3'22''

Upset and full of fear, two girls are running through the depths of the forest. We can’t actually see who is pursuing them, but he must be close on their heels. Have the two of them any chance of getting away?

B96
Route 96

Feature Film | Germany | 2008 | Josephine Frydetzki | 35'11''

A village on the B96. To the left lie the lakeside properties of the newcomers, to the right the housefronts of the social welfare beneficiaries are crumbling away. This is the road Vincent and Steve have to cross in order to get together. It’s the street they cross once too often to stay friends.

Underground

Seconde classe
Second Class

Animation | France | 2008 | Boris Belghiti | 5'22''

Finding a place to sleep is not easy – particularly not in an overcrowded train. Snoring men, chattering women and boisterous children drive our overtired protagonist to the edge of madness. He decides to defend himself. Something that has serious consequences.

Underground
Underground

Feature Film | UK | 2008 | Markus Etter | 13'30''

At the very last moment, Keith darts into the London Underground. He carries a lady’s handbag in his hand. Internally in turmoil, he tries not to show his emotions. The other passengers though seem to pierce him with their probing stares. A journey begins that doesn’t seem to want to end...

Murche

Kuppikunta
The Coffee Break

Documentary | Finland | 2008 | Reetta Huhtanen | 19'16''

In the middle of our modern times, where things and people come and go and everything changes at record speed, three veteran students have decided to take the time to find out about the really existential questions in life. They do this at their leisure – in lengthy coffee breaks.

Murche
Ants

Feature Film | Germany | 2008 | Behrooz Karamizade | 20'

When he was a little boy, everything seemed possible to Reza. But as he gets older, he loses this feeling. As a grown man, he sets out to find the person he believes is responsible for all this.