International Shorts 3: Documentary

Stories of activism and resistance.

FUTURE OF YESTERDAY - Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca

Tracing punk’s evolution across the Rhine-Main region, Future of Yesterday explores Straight Edge as a political act of self-determination, as bands Blinded and One reclaim sobriety through music and collective resistance.

THIS SUFFOCATING NOW - Vika Kirchenbauer [RU]

(See What Does Art Have to do with it? for a talk with the filmmaker)

Through personal reflections and archival imagery, Vika Kirchenbauer examines Germany’s contemporary political climate, confronting state violence, restrictions on queer and trans rights, and the contradictions between liberal society and institutional power.

WHAT WE SAID TO BRUSSELS AIRLINES - Collectif Faire-part

When an airline offers to screen their films on anti-colonial resistance, a small film collective confronts a dilemma: accept the opportunity to reach thousands of passengers or risk legitimising a company implicated in forced deportations.

THE REVOLUTION AGAINST DEATH - Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer

At a faded resort, a thousand people gather to revolt against aging and death, exposing the fears, capitalist promises and desperate longing for connection that shape our relationship with mortality.

THE GOD THAT DESTROYS - Jyoti Mistry

Through archival footage, 16mm film and animation, Jyoti Mistry confronts the enduring scars of Swedish colonisation on the Sámi people, exploring the clash between colonial time and Sámi cosmology, and the ongoing struggle for land, identity and self-determination.

International premieres are eligible for Grand Prix International Short Award and Grand Prix Documentary Shoer Award. Films eligible for the Redbreast UNHIDDEN Short Award are indicated with [RU].