OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022





OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - FEATURE



A SCHOOL IN CERRO HUESO
Betania Cappato



Argentina, 2021
1.15.00
Feature



Six-year-old Ema is diagnosed on the autism spectrum and enrolls in a new school.

01.16. 21.15 - Vienna

01.21. 18.00 - Budapest



BEBIA, A MON SEUL DESIR
Juja Dobrachkous



Georgia, 2020
1.53.00
Feature



Returning home for the funeral of her grandmother, seventeen-year-old Ariadna must cross the unspoiled Georgian countryside to connect her grandmother’s soul with her resting body in an ancient burial custom. Traversing this exhausting and raw terrain, Ariadna is forced to confront the impact that the complex, sometimes cruel matriarch had on her not-so-distant childhood.

01.21. 19.00 - Vienna

01.23. 20.00 - Budapest



LONGING FOR AN ISLAND
Laetitia Farkas



France, 2021
1.20.00
Feature



Somewhere in France, at the edge of a pine forest facing the ocean, a hidden holiday camp created by white Russians over seventy years ago. In this summer kingdom there are children, animals, wooden huts, babushkas and floral fabrics. Generations that live and grow together. And also an old man who is going to die, a son who wants to leave and a child who watches them.

01.17. 21.00 - Vienna

01.23. 18.00 - Budapest



TASTE
Lé Bao



Viet Nam, 2021
1.37.00
Feature



Bassley, a Nigerian footballer living in Vietnam, has been unable to make a living since he broke his leg. He and four middle-aged women he sometimes works for decide to escape the disappointment of their daily lives. They go to an old house where together they create a special world for themselves. But this intimate utopia cannot last forever...

01.20. 20.30 - Vienna

01.22. 20.00 - Budapest



WILLOW
Milcho Manchevski



Macedonia, 2019
1.41.00
Feature



Three women cope with issues of control over their bodies, tradition and adoption. They have not set out to change the world, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. Three stories set in Macedonia - one medieval, two contemporary - exploring themes of love, trust and motherhood.

01.18. 20.30 - Vienna

01.21. 20.00 - Budapest



ZAHORI
Marí Alessandrini



Argentina, 2021
1.45.00
Feature



Mora is 13 years old and intends to become a "gaucho". She questions school and asserts her individuality towards her parents, two environmentalists from Italian-speaking Switzerland whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare

01.22. 18.00 - Budapest



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - short



ANJA
Benő Baranyi



Hungary, 2019
19'07"
Short



A young medic, Levente, spends his internship at a rural hospital in Hungary. He starts to question his trust in his teacher, professor Kovacs, after a case with a Gypsy woman who had just given birth. Based on a true story.

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

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ARMADILA
Gorana Jovanovic



Serbia, 2020
10'30"
Short



A tough thirteen year old girl struggles to keep her emotions in check, whether concerning her missing dog or the boy she likes.

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19. 18.00 - Budapest



BELLA
Thelyia Petraki



Greece, 2020
24'35"
Short



Greece 1986-1987, a little before the fall of State Socialism and just at the end of the Cold War. In front of Anthi’s eyes the country is changing, the world is changing and with them Christos seems to be changing too.

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

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BEYOND IS THE DAY
Damian Kocur



Poland, 2020
25'00"
Short



Somewhere in Europe, somewhere in Poland lives Pawel - a simple man working on a small river ferry close to his village. He spends most of his day taking the villagers to the other side of the river. Every day looks the same, but one day he notices somebody traversing the river by swimming. This person is Mohammad, an immigrant from Palestine. There is finally somebody Pawel can talk to.

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

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DUSTIN
Naila Guiguet



France, 2020
20'00"
Short



In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.

01.17. 16.00 - Vienna

01.21. 17.30 - Vienna

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FAVOURITES
Martin Monk



Austria, 2019
17'47"
Short



After falling out with her mother, rebellious Sofia wants to hitchhike to Italy in search of her biological father. In haste, she stuffs a few things in her backpack and sets off in the early hours of a Viennese summer morning. When she meets middle-aged Michael, who reluctantly agrees to give her a lift, the two strangers develop an unlikely friendship on their shared journey through the Austrian south

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19. 18.00 - Budapest

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i am afraid to forget your face
Sameh Alla



Egypt, 2020
14'55"
Short



After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



PLAACES
Vytautas Katkus



Lithuania, 2020
11'00"
Short



It’s a story of two childhood friends who are spending last days in places where they grow up. This is how they are trying to postpone their farewell to district which is changing.

01.17. 17.30 - Vienna

01.20. 16.00 - Vienna

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THE DEPARTURE
Said Hamich



France, 2020
25'00"
Short



Morocco, 2004. The summer of Adil, 11 years old, is upset by the visit of his father and his big brother, who leave for France in just a few days ...

01.20. 19.00 - Vienna

01.21. 16.00 - Vienna




THE EPISODE
Simon Bonanni



France, 2020
23'02"
Short



Zoé and Léo, a couple in crisis, are on vacation in the Cévennes, south of France, when they learn of the existence of a local meteorological phenomenon, cataclysmic and mysterious. Their relationship crumbles as the threat of what is called "the episode" grows.

01.16. 16.00 - Vienna

01.20. 17.30 - Vienna

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THIS OTHER WINTER
Margo Briere Bordier



France, 2020
25'00"
Short



One winter day, Nina turns up in a seafront town, driving her old collector's car. Nina has forty-eight hours to meet Lili, her mother, after twenty years of silence. For Nina has to make a choice which resonates powerfully in the story she shares with Lilly.

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



TRUMPETS IN THE SKY
Rakan Mayasi



France, 2021
14'59"
Short



Boushra, one of the Syrian potato-picking girls in Lebanon, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end.

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - super short



DAD IS GONE
Pere Ginard



Spain, 2020
3'44"
Super Short



Dad is Gone. Dad is Ghost. Dad is Thing… spinning on its own skin.

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



FLOATING
Adrian Perez



Switzerland, 2020
4'00"
Super Short



About a worried mother and an adventurous daughter floating down a river.

01.16. 16.00 - Vienna

01.20. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



FOR REAL
Det Sporadiske Filmkollektivet



Norway, 2021
4'31"
Super Short



Just another day on the bus.

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



FULESEE
Christina Benz



Switzerland, 2019
4'18"
Super Short



Sunday, Fulesee. Two people go diving in a lake. They understand each other without a word, everything seems ok. But the dive leads them not only to fish and into darkness, it also reaches into the depths of their souls...

01.17. 16.00 - Vienna

01.21. 17.30 - Vienna

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HUNTING
Hauazkena Taldea, Begona Vicario



Spain, 2020
4'58"
Super Short



In 1969, artist Rafael Ruiz Balerdi made the short animated film “Homenaje a Tarzán” (“Homage to Tarzan”), which ended with an enigmatic ‘to be continued’...

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



ROCKS AND CROWS
Anne Thorens



Switzerland, 2020
4'10"
Super Short



Lucas is playing in the yard of his building with his plastic pistol. But his game takes another twist when he starts playing with crows

01.17. 17.30 - Vienna

01.20. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



TABU
Olga Kosanovic



Austria, 2020
3'15"
Super Short



A hot summer‘s day, a family, a game - what could possibly go wrong?

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



THE WORLD IS OURS
Nouritza Emmanuelian



France, 2020
2'20"
Super Short



Camille tells her friends about her

01.20. 19.00 - Vienna

01.21. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - ANIMATION



ANXIOUS BODY
Yoriko Mizushiri



France, 2021
5'46"
Animation



Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



EASTER EGGS
Nicolas Keppens



Belgium, 2021
14'02"
Animation



The Chinese restaurant is empty. The exotic bird’s cage stands wide open. Two friends, Jason and Kevin, see this as an opportunity to catch and sell them. Catching the birds ain’t as simple as it seems.

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



ECORCE
Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney



Switzerland, 2020
15'00"
Animation



In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some are active, others rest or follow a fixed schedule to be repeated each day: medication, meals, games… Around them, machines are flashing, caregivers are busy and some crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and nearby, stretches a forest.

01.17. 17.30 - Vienna

01.20. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



I STILL REMEMBER
Flora Chilton



Hungary, 2021
6'32"
Animation



"Sadly I remember the war very well. Because if something remains in the memory of a child, it can't be washed away." In our film the memories of the survivors of the Second World War are portrayed by animations on the streets and squares of present-day Budapest.

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



MONDO DOMINO
Suki



France, 2021
6'15"
Animation



In a deafening noise of chainsaws, loggers happily humming as they cut down trees to be used as decor for a fashion show. A contemporary cartoon satire, in the form of a burlesque action musical tragi-comedy, leads us into a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic as they are grotesque...

01.16. 16.00 - Vienna

01.20. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



STEP INTO THE RIVER
MA Weijia



France, 2020
14'50"
Animation



Lu and Wei are two young girls living in a village nestled on the banks of a river. As the one-child policy has led some families to drown baby girls, they both have a special relationship with this river, which looks like a cradle of tragic stories.

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19. 18.00 - Budapest



THE FOURFOLD
Alisi Telengut



Canada, 2020
7'14"
Animation



Based on the ancient shamanic rituals and animistic beliefs in Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. With hand-crafted imagery, a testament of reclaiming animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.

01.20. 19.00 - Vienna

01.21. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



THE NATURAL DEATH OF A MOUSE
Katharina Huber



Germany, 2020
21'34"
Animation



Some days she imagines that by her sheer will she can make body parts fall off of people who seem vicious to her. And some other days everyone around her looks beautiful. And when she was little, she wished that flowers would grow out of her footprints.

01.17. 16.00 - Vienna

01.21. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - Documentary



AMATO
Romy



Canada, 2021
8'07"
Documentary



Amato is about the diversity of polyamorous models in the Quebec portrait. Three unique and interrelated stories are staged through performing arts.

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

Online




I DON'T FEEL AT HOME ANYWHERE ANYMORE
Viv Li



Belgium, 2021
15'54"
Documentary



A wistful but witty account of a trip to Beijing by an art student who has been abroad for ten years. Her stay with her family mercilessly exposes how uprooted she has become by her life abroad.

01.16. 16.00 - Vienna

01.20. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



MAALBEK
Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis



France, 2020
15'51"
Documentary



Survivor but amnesiac of the attack at Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory.

01.20. 19.00 - Vienna

01.21. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



MY UNCLE TUDOR
Olga Lucovnicova



Belgium, 2020
20'00"
Documentary



After 20 years of silence, the filmmaker returns to the house of her great-grandparents, where, at the age of nine, she faced the abusive sexual behaviour of her uncle. The long-awaited family gathering contrasts with the filmmaker's off-screen conversation with her uncle about the harmful events from her childhood.

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



PODESTA ISLAND
Stéphanie Roland



Micronesia, 2020
23'24"
Documentary



Podesta Island exists according to Google Earth. Podesta Island does not exist according to Wikipedia. Does it really exist?

01.17. 17.30 - Vienna

01.20. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



SINCE YOU ARRIVED, MY HEART STOPPED BELONGING TO ME
Erin Semine Kökdil



United States, 2021
20'40"
Documentary



Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north towards the United States but disappeared en route.

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



THE GAME
Roman Hodel



Switzerland, 2020
17'09"
Documentary



A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide and direct the energy of an entire stadium.

01.17. 16.00 - Vienna

01.21. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei



Afghanistan, 2021
22'02"
Documentary



The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family. Even as Shaista’s love for Benazir is palpable, the choices he must make to build a life with her have profound consequences.

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19 18.00 - Budapest

Online



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - experimental



FLOWERS BLOOMING IN OUR THROATS
Eva Giolo



Belgium, 2020
8'37"
Experimental



Filmed in 16mm just after the lockdown caused by COVID-19, Flowers blooming in our throats is an intimate, poetic portrait of the fragile balances that govern everyday life in a domestic setting. The artist films a group of her friends in their own homes, performing various small actions in accordance with her instructions...

01.18. 18.30 - Vienna

01.19. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



from time without beginning
Lorenzo Gattorna



United States, 2021
6'40"
Experimental



'Death in Kashi is "liberation"'. – "Death in Banaras", Jonathan P. Parry, 1994

01.16. 17.30 - Vienna

01.19. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



ON TIME
Zbigniew Czapla



Poland, 2021
5'30"
Experimental



Japanese trains. Non-places. Accidental encounters. An intense experience of travel through time and space. From Matsuo Bashō's haiku to the images of a vanishing world created by Hokusai in Manga catalogues.

01.20. 19.00 - Vienna

01.21. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



PERFECT STORM
Morag Brownlie



New Zeeland, 2021
14'03"
Experimental



During the perfect storm of the pandemic, the beauty of nature and the connectivity of humanity endures. On the wild west coast of Auckland ( New Zealand ) we follow one mans enforced isolation. Pacing into the unknown, wondering if those dear to him, will ever be seen again.

01.16. 16.00 - Vienna

01.20. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



REVOLYKUS
VictorOrozco Ramirez



Germany, 2020
12'12"
Experimental



Several years ago I immigrated to Germany. Here, I live in a small old house. which urgently needs a modernization and that theoretically, protects me from wind, rain and cold.

01.17. 19.00 - Vienna

01.20. 18.00 - Budapest

Online



STUDIES AT HUNINGUE
Lutz P. Kayser



Germany, 2019
10'35"
Experimental



It is the artistic documentation of aesthetic swarm intelligence. The middle part of the essay film gives the impression that the starlings did their meditative rounds only for my cameras after my direction. These six minutes essentially consist of an en bloc shot, which I adjusted to the track frame-accurately with only a few cuts. I leave the stage to the swarms of starlings, they are art! It's about perception.

01.17. 17.30 - Vienna

01.20. 16.00 - Vienna

Online



TO LIVE AND DIE IN THE SHADOWS...
Shannon Silva



United States, 2021
5'29"
Experimental



180 million years ago, through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a much needed light sensor (neochrome) that allowed them to modify and survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky.

01.17. 16.00 - Vienna

01.21. 17.30 - Vienna

Online



WHAT LIES IN THE IMPERISHABLE
Anna Mutschlechner-Dean



Austria, 2021
2'07"
Experimental



What are the consequences of humankind’s desire for eternal life? Mankind continually tries to leave behind something significant, something that will be remembered. Perhaps by staying in memory man could come closer to immortality. However, as humankind moves more and more into the digital realm, technological advances may soon provide it with other possibilities. Could the digital already be a man-made attempt at immortality?...

01.16. 19.15 - Vienna

01.20. 20.00 - Budapest

Online



OFFICIAL SELECTION 2022 - ONE-MINUTE



3:24 PM
Margaux Fazio



Switzerland, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



3:24 pm is the time at which women are no longer paid for full-time work in Switzerland. Unlike their male colleagues.

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AUTUMN
Jean-Marie Villeneuve



France, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



A little girl is thinking about her dad.

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HIGH TIDE
Carmen Pelaz



Spain, 2021
1'00"
One-Minute



A visual dramatization of how much water pollution can affect us individually.

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LEO
Moein Rooholamini



Iran, 2020
1'00"
One-Minute



" I dedicate this film to children all over the world who do not give up on their sweet dreams in the most difficult situations of their lives."

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PEDIDOS (ORDERS)
Roberto I. Ercolalo



Spain, 2021
1'00"
One-Minute



Maria, expectantly, prepares herself at home to receive someone in times of a pandemic. The pandemic has shown the need for human beings as social beings, this is a message in a 1-minute short film.

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RUNNER
Jacob Allen Johnston



United States, 2020
0'38"
One-Minute



A man takes a run.

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THE GRAT HANDINI
Neil Whitman



United Kingdom, 2021
0'38"
One-Minute



The Great Handini is my graduation film that I created during my time on the Aardman Academy: Stop Motion 1 course. I was given 4 weeks to storyboard, build, animate and direct my own short films demonstrating what I had learnt over the 3 month training course.

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TWINS
Diego Mandelman



Argentina, 2021
0'59"
One-Minute



The birthday day becomes a special date for two twin brothers.

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VEILS OF MISFORTUNE
Roxana Baloiu



Canada, 2019
1'00"
One-Minute



A take on the female gaze through a play of hands and a reading of Tarot cards. A universal reflection on abuse of the past, present and future.

Online

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