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Quirky humour meets shocking strokes of fate. A man speaks out against ethnic cleansing and a father-son duo struggle for the future of Kosovo. Breakdowns open up unexpected perspectives - whether in an electric car or on the way back from a failed romantic vacation. A Roma influencer gallops through the lockdown, mirrors are banned in a dystopian future and an unlikely couple searches for fire-breathing dragons. In this year's Short Film Competition, worlds turned upside down send us on a roller-coaster of emotions.

The filmmakers participating in the Short Film Competition have a chance to win the main prize and a special prize (to the director).

The jury awards the following prizes in the Short Film Competition:

Main prize 2,500 EUR

donated by Druckzone, Cottbus.

Special prize (to the director)

1.500 EUR donated by Tiede +

In addition to the prize money there is also the prize sculpture LUBINA (Sorbian: the lovely). Here you can see a video of the creation of the LUBINA.

7 Sheep

Wiktoria Szymańska
France, Poland, Mexico, Great Britain / 2015 / 21 min

In this, her fictional debut, documentary filmmaker Wiktoria Szymańska enchants with a wonderful dreamscape captured in black and white as a lonely girl, surrounded by forests, mountains and animals, discovers a magical new world.

I close my Eyes

Ja zakryvayu glaza

Andrey Taratukhin
Russia / 2016 / 25 min

“Close your eyes. What can you hear? What are you thinking? What do you feel at this exact moment? Where are you? With whom, and why?” This fantastically shot portrait provides insight into the inner life of a young woman due to undergo an ...

4:15 p.m. The end of the world

4:15 p.m. sfârșitul lumii

Gabi Virginia Șarga, Cătălin Rotaru
Romania / 2016 / 15 min

A young delivery man reluctantly takes pity on a hitchhiker trying to catch a lift on a rainswept country road. Quickly the unusual nature of the encounter comes to light, as the driver is forced to confront some strong, though long-suppressed ...

Transition

Tranzicija

Milica Tomović
Serbia / 2016 / 22 min

Jana sits in front of the mirror, where she combs her hair and then tenses her muscles. Her face speaks of strength and determination, as well as vulnerability and self-doubt. In two days' time she is to leave family and friends behind to start a new ...

Student Union

Gólyatábor

György Mór Kárpáti
Hungary / 2016 / 9 min

Drinking bouts and vulgar behaviour amongst first-year university students on weekend breaks is by no means solely restricted to Hungary and yet the country has witnessed a growing number of female victims of abuse in recent years, with the number of ...

Evil Deeds

Złe uczynki

Piotr Domalewski
Poland / 2016 / 24 min

There are good and evil deeds. Yet how is one to tell these apart at the age of ten, whilst playfully imitating a serial killer? The only hope is the advice of his fellow altar boys or, failing that, the experience of a challenge that unexpectedly ...

SECTION: Short Film Competition

7 Sheep

7 Sheep

I close my Eyes

Ja zakryvayu glaza

4:15 p.m. The end of the world

4:15 p.m. sfârșitul lumii

Transition

Tranzicija

Student Union

Gólyatábor

Evil Deeds

Złe uczynki

Credit

Kredit

The Son

Sinyt

All Rivers Run to the Sea

Toate fluviile curg în mare