FOCUS: EXPERIMENT

Focus: Experiment is a competition for filmmakers who are looking for new forms of storytelling, contradicted logic, break patterns and change composition rules. As a result of their experiments, unique productions arise that help us look at our world from a whole new perspective.

Microcassette: The Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen, dir. Igor Bezinovic, Ivana Pipal (Croatia) 2020, 19’, 13+

Among the garbage heaps of a big landfill on a Croatian island, Zoki uncovers a microcassette. A close study of the discarded object serves as a tribute to chance and imagination. Film awarded at IFF StopTrik.

Some Things Are Hard to Say, dir. Benjamin Deboosere (Belgium) 2021, 12’, 16+

Basti is looking for his lost love. He has some major problems with concentration and he can’t stop talking. Basti is not an actor and this film is not a documentary. The director portrays a man trapped between his memories and the present. Polish premiere.

Coiffeur, dir. Simon Zhou (New Zealand) 2021, 22’, 15+

Luc wants to close his hair salon early to go on a date. However, a wealthy client turns up at the door and it turns out that this is just the beginning of the unexpected visits. Film was made using the improvisation method. Polish premiere.

MeTube 3: August Sings „Una furtiva lagrima“, dir. Daniel Moshel (Austria) 2020, 10’, 18+

The intergalactic music enthusiasts August and Elfi conquer the opera stage and orchestrate their final adventure in an opulent manner.