Filmblock "Letting go"

Wednesday, April 22 - 20.00h Thalia 1


Clint

Clint
Clint

Feature Film | Germany | 2008 | Philipp Scholz | 4'

Clint and Mia are happy, but one thing is getting up Mia’s nose: her boyfriend’s addiction to cigarettes. For love’s sake, Clint is willing to give up his favourite vice – and his intent does indeed seem at first like it’s going to succeed. But can he really keep it up?

Schwester Ines
Nurse Ines

Feature Film | Germany | 2009 | Christiane Lilge | 27'

Nurse Ines can’t remember a time when she hasn’t worked as a midwife in her mother’s clinic. Never has she set foot outside of that house. When she is invited to a job interview, her secret dream of becoming an air hostess is close to becoming a reality. When she tries to leave the clinic, though, strange events occur.

Aus Liebe Aus
Of Love Off

Documentary | Germany | 2008 | Anna Brass | 14'

In Limbo

Olga und Jir¢i have been married for 55 years, when Jir¢i suddenly decides to end his life – out of love as he says. But his attempt does not come off. Lots of questions come up: how will this go on? What will happen to the relationship between Olga und Jir¢i A sensitive film about holding on and letting go in old age.

In Limbo
In Limbo

Animation | Switzerland | 2008 | Michelle Ettlin | 4'

Fragments of conversation in a train compartment form the setting for a particular journey through black and white landscapes. A married couple is talking worriedly about their son, who seems, in their opinion, increasingly unsure of where he stands. Absorbed in the conversation, they don’t notice that the train’s already off on a new track.

Kontrakt
The Contract

Feature Film | Poland | 2008 | Ksawery Szczepanik | 19'

A man comes back to his childhood home, but only to go away again. His mother suspects the real reasons for his visit, yet they remain unspoken. Neither of them is brave enough to be honest, and so it seems that time has stood still in the old house. Faded memories block the view ahead.

VROOM-VROOM!

Meorot
Illuminations

Animation | Israel | 2007 | Itai Froumin | 4'

In this experimental animated film, forms, figures and colours dissolve in a poetic symphony and then recombine. Everything is moving, and the constant change is the only constant in the arrangement of image and sound. Experiencing this film sensuously is more important than looking for its meaning.

VROOM-VROOM!
VROOM-VROOM!

Feature Film | USA | 2008 | Tess Sweet | 11'

After her boyfriend has left her, Zoe impulsively gets her stuff together and simply takes off. But it’s not just her heart that’s broken. Her car’s engine seems pretty sick too. Stranded in the desert, she comes across an unusual woman driving a lorry, who shows her a quite special place.