Programme:
URSA – The Song of the Northern Lights Ursa - Nordlysets sang
Natalia Malykhina, Norway, 2021, 11 min
A beautiful and melancholic story about one little polar bear who is alone in the cold dark Arctic and looking for his mum.
Perfect Houseguest
Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata, USA, 2015, 2 min
A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.
The Smortlybacks
Ted Sieger, Wouter Dierickx, Switzerland/China, 2014, 5 min
On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
The Smortlybacks Come Back
Ted Sieger, Switzerland, 2022, 8 min
In a barren world TamLin of the Little People travels with his herd of splendid smortlybacks in search of greener pastures. They struggle with fear and find themselves stranded on the shore of the ocean. With unlikely help of TamSin a wonderful mermaid and her disrespectful smortlysharks they cross the ocean and find a happy end.
URSA - The song of the northern lights Ursa - Nordlysets sang
What's On
No Other Land No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Monday, 21. 04. 2025 / 19:15 / Small Hall
Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…
The Other Way Around Volveréis
Jonás Trueba
Monday, 21. 04. 2025 / 20:10 / Main Hall
Is a “good” breakup possible? Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s film is a playful and witty nod to the classic remarriage comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, showing that separation can hold just as much love and hope as a reunion.
Small Things Like These Small Things Like These
Tim Mielants
Tuesday, 22. 04. 2025 / 18:00 / Main Hall