Filmblock "Deadlock"
Wednesday, April 22 - 18.00h Thalia 1
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Animation | Germany | 2008 | Patrick Schuler | 5'
The phenomenal journey to a dying plant begins with a camera moving through the cosmos of nature. The pollen from the almost dead plant spurts out as if it’s been blown up. A visual spectacle with a great deal of loving attention to detail.
Goleshovo
Goleshovo
Documentary | Bulgaria / UK | 2008 | Ilian Metev | 34'
There are only 59 people left in the village of Goleshovo. Ringing the bells up in the tower, loading up the donkeys and routinely doing the garden are everyday occupations they carry out. So as not to slip into loneliness, it helps them to share memories, to sing songs together, and take a drop of good Christian schnaps.
Goleshovo
Henkisesti Iäski
Mentally Fat
Feature Film | Finland | 2008 | Antti Heikki Pesonen | 15'30''
When Sami and Mira first meet, they immediately bond over two things: their enjoyment of life and of copious amounts of alcohol. Almost every day they spend some time together, but, somehow, nothing serious seems to come of their relationship. Did Sami lose his courage or was there simply no spark between the two of them?
Licht bricht sich
Breaking Light
Documentary | Germany | 2008 | Florian Gottschick | 15'
Monika, a strong-willed woman in her 60’s, has cancer. She has faced up to death long ago. She shifts from her old flat into a hospice, where questions about the future come up for her. Where should she spend the time remaining to her? More than ever before, she learns to value the little things, which go to make up what is great in life.
Behind the Curtain
Behind the Curtain
Feature Film | Greece / UK | 2009 | Dimitris Bavellas | 17'42''
After being betrayed by his girlfriend, Antoni’s life goes off the rails. He tries to get away from the world at his parents’ beach house. From here he can see life outside passing him by. Now it’s up to his two best friends to show him why life’s worth living.
Behind the Curtain
