Titel: Beans from Tracey Deer – Winner of the Crystal Bear for the best feature film of the children’s jury Beans (Kiawentiio) is the short name of Tekahentahkhwa, an Indigenous girl and her story is set in Canada in 1990 during the so-called Oka Crisis. The Mohawk people, an Indigenous tribe, are resisting the expansion […]
Title: Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent von Amanda Adolfsson Nelly (Matilda Gross) fights with loud noises and gloomy music through a backdrop of cardboard boxes against a large black shadow monster, which is projected on the walls by her flashlight. She is on a stage at her school and has just arrived at the finale, […]
Title: Una escuela en Cerro Hueso | A school in Cerro Hueso | Eine Schule in Cerro Hueso von Betania Cappato While her mother has draped a few lifeless fish sorted by size in a silver bowl and examines them with some meticulousness, Ema (her daughter) silently moves in front of her. The mother continues […]
Titel: Mignonnes | Cuties | Die Süßen Freshly arrived in a new, rather modest looking apartment, Amy (Fathia Youssouf) and her little brother are getting into each other’s hair. However, they stop in front of a big white room, but don’t enter it. When the mother joins them to look for the reason for the […]
Titel: Death of Nintendo We are in the Philippines in the 90s not far from an active volcano. Paolo (Noel Comia Jr.) is currently sitting at his Famicom (note: Nintendo Family Computer is the Japanese name of the Nintendo Entertainment System, NES for short) playing a round of Super Mario when the earth begins to […]
Titel: Mamá, mamá, mamá | Mum, Mum, Mum There is silence and an oppressive atmosphere in the room as we meet Cleo (Agustina Milstein). Her features convey a lot of thoughtfulness, which is only broken by a cartoon on TV and the whirring fan. Then she puts on goggles and leaves the room. On her […]