Synopsis

Of almost 500 submissions, the 11 best, which were chosen by the curators Arash and Arman T. Riahi,  will be shown in competition. A whole range of other outstanding works will also be screened – outside the competition and within different thematic sections – as was done in previous years of the Festival. What all the shorts have in common is the desire for a human, fair and happy existence not at all lacking in that one special thing... (All you need is) love. Come, watch, enjoy!

The following films are presented:

Not Today

(Davay ne syogodni)

 UKR 2014 | 19 min.

Director:Christina Sivolap

An elderly married couple decides to dress up nicely and lay down in two coffins in the living room of their neat apartment – ready to leave this world together. But suddenly the husband's mobile rings. He persuades his wife to play domino with their friends one last time, and he promises her that they will die soon.

The Same Blood

BLR 2015 | 15 min.

Director:Mitry Semenov-Aleinikov

After a violent clash between protesters and the police, a young man escapes to his brother's apartment. Although bleeding profusely, his rage and hatred remain undaunted. When asked by his older brother, who seems a bit narrow-minded, whom he was protesting against, he replies, “Against the system”. Their mother comes to see them, and there is a lot of joking and laughter, until finally the police knocks at the door, wanting to arrest the injured younger brother for his violent actions committed during the illegal protests.

Saudade

HUN 2014 | 10 min.

Director:Gyöngyi Fazekas

Kamilla and Cili are sisters living separate lives. Saudade shows a nearly nine-minute Skype conversation between the two of them. Kamilla is about to clear their parent's house. While Cili seems to feel no attachment to any objects from their childhood, such as a swing set, Kamilla is emotionally still much attached to them.

Creatures

(Kreatury)

POL 2015 | 10 min.

Director:Tessa Moult-Milewska

The hunchbacked man looks like an archetypal gravedigger of a Western movie, the woman’s hair is reminiscent of Medusa. He feeds her voracious snakes lovingly with a living fly. In this bizarre yet affectionate animated film we meet a happy loving couple – both of which seem, however, like monsters to us

Sasha

RUS/GER 2015 | 23 min.

Director:Taisia Deeva

Somewhere in Russia, a story that could happen anywhere: 10-year-old Sasha, who is living with her mother, is picked up by her father. Her divorced parents ignore each other and the child is handed over from A to B like a parcel. It is her father's birthday, and they are on their way to an idyllic picnic with friends and the new love interest of her father, but the atmosphere is tense. He takes his daughter on a speedboat ride to impress her.

The Translator

(Çevirmen)

 TUR 2014 | 23 min.

Director:Emre Kayiş

Yusuf, a thirteen-year-old Syrian boy, works at a quarry in a Turkish bordertown. His everyday work is monotonous; there is only little time for being a child. But then, all of a sudden, adolescent feelings of love awaken in him.