Jedes Jahr lädt das Kurzfilmfestival Köln Filmemacher:innen, Branchenvertreter:innen und Filmfans in die Kinos der Stadt ein, um über 100 Kurzfilme zu präsentieren — von klassischen Erzählungen über experimentelle Arbeiten bis zu digitalen und interaktiven Formaten. Neben Wettbewerben und Publikumspreisen gibt es thematische Programme, Kinder- und Jugendfilme sowie Räume für Begegnung und Austausch zwischen Filmschaffenden und Publikum.
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Kaltes Tal
12 Min., Dokumentarfilm , KurzfilmKALTES TAL explores, through a dialectical lens, our relationship to nature as both a repository of raw materials and a mystical realm of possibility.
Umbra
20 Min., Experimentalfilm , KurzfilmA shimmering light, the rustle of the leaves, round spots of light in the shade of a tree. The sun reflects on the water. It is an element and counterpart. Can nature observe itself? A cinematic reflection on the presence and absence of things.
SSRC
20 Min., Dokumentarfilm , Experimentalfilm , KurzfilmShot in the suburbs of South Los Angeles, Yalda Afsah's short film SSRC focuses on the relationship between trained pigeons and their keepers, exploring mutual dependence and care, domestication and dominance—and ultimately the agency of human and non-human beings.
BITING THE DUST
13 Min., Experimentalfilm , KurzfilmThe second chapter of the LAST THINGS trilogy examines Christian ideas of the afterlife, asking which living beings are admitted to heaven—and which are shut out.
Buck Fever
6 Min., Experimentalfilm , KurzfilmBUCK FEVER assembles a collage of amateur footage in which hunters capture the tension before an animal is shot and the release that follows, proudly posing for the camera beside their kill.
Les Rites de Passage
14 Min., Experimentalfilm , KurzfilmA cloud of ash settles softly upon the currents of a river. Light enters the heart of a tree through a myriad of tiny holes. Monoculture forests succumb to parasites and become fertile ground for forms of life still to come. A film about earthly and mythological passages through becoming and decay.
