36 films compete in the European Short Film Competition
The selection has been made: the European Short Film Competition at the 19th Münster Film Festival, which takes place from September 16 to 26 at the Schloßtheater, offers a colorful mix of animated films, documentaries and short feature films from 13 different countries – from the Faroe Islands to Portugal.
Viewers will be able to see a total of 36 short films between two and 30 minutes in length at the Schloßtheater. The films are all from 2020/2021, are being shown in Münster for the first time and were submitted by film schools or independent filmmakers. The winner of the Filmwerkstatt Grand Prize, which will be determined by an international jury, will receive prize money of 3,000 euros, donated by Die Linse e.V..
In the audience award, viewers vote for their favorite, who wins prize money of 1,000 euros, donated by Münstersche Filmtheater-Betriebe.
Well over 500 short films from 27 European countries were submitted for the competition. The Corona pandemic was of course the subject of numerous films, but it is primarily interpersonal relationships and social issues that preoccupy the filmmakers. Many resort to hybrid narrative forms, interweaving narrative elements with documentary moments or animation – the genre of short film remains a field of experimentation and a playground for young filmmakers who explore their freedoms and provide audiences with new viewing experiences.
Foto: BR/Cellardor Film GbR / Lorenz Weißfuß
The 15-minute film “Just A Guy” by Shoko Hara, for example, is an animated documentary about the complicated relationship between several women and a convicted serial killer – which has already won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. But even classic material like romantic comedy is turned inside out: In “Girl Meets Boy” by Ferdinand Arthuber, “Tatort” commissioner Franziska Weisz and Carlo Ljubek make an anti-relationship pact and come closer in a surprising way. And the Italian contribution “God Dress You” oscillates between fiction and documentary in its portrait of an orthodox monk with an unorthodox passion for luxury and designer fashion.
The competition programs will run from September 19 to 24 at the Schloßtheater Münster. On the evening of September 25, the award winners will be chosen. The complete program of the Münster 2021 Film Festival will be published at the end of August.
The Münster Film Festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Münster and the Cultural Foundation of the Sparkasse Münster.
Programm 1
Fabiu (Österreich 2020 – 30:00 min – Regie: Stefan Langthaler)
God Dress You (Italien 2020 – 15:00 min – Regie: Mattia Epifani)
Obervogelgesang (Deutschland 2020 – 06:22 min – Regie: Ferdinand Ehrhardt & Elias Weinberger)
Smallrats (Deutschland 2021 – 20:10 min – Regie: Lisa Miller)
Adisa (Deutschland 2021 – 29:16 min – Regie: Simon Denda)
One for the Road (Vereinigtes Königreich 2020 – 15:54 min – Regie: Eileen Tracey)
Programm 2
Liebe, Pflicht & Hoffnung (Deutschland 2020 – 29:09 min – Regie: Maximilian Conway)
Just In Case (Deutschland 2021 – 2:24 min – Regie: Insa Meyer, Celine Ahlbrecht & Alina Saltheim)
Salidas (Deutschland 2021 – 10:17 min – Regie: Michael Fetter Nathansky)
Ver her | Stay (Färöer 2021 – 21:07 min – Regie: Maria Winther Olsen)
Just a Guy (Deutschland 2020 – 15:00 min – Regie: Shoko Hara)
Sprötch | Squish (Belgien 2020 – 20:45 min- Regie: Xavier Seron)
Programm 3
Thea & Tuva (Norwegen 2020 – 22:46 min – Regie: Kristian B. Walters)
Trübes Wasser (Deutschland 2020 – 09:58 min – Regie: Elena Wiener)
Der Dreher – 81RPM (Deutschland 2021 – 13:58 min – Regie: Robin Trouillet)
Spellbound (Deutschland 2021 – 05:00 min – Regie: Patrick Müller)
À L’Ouest (Frankreich 2020 – 18:53 min – Regie: Antonin Bonnot)
X (Deutschland 2020 – 28:50 min – Regie: Mareike Wegener)
Programm 4
Otava (Slowenien 2021 – 14:36 min – Regie: Lana Bregar)
“ER CÒLLERA MÒRIBBUS” Conversazione all’Osteria di piazza della Gensola (Italien 2020 – 07:49 min – Regie: Matteo De Laurentiis & Katia Franco)
L´Episode | The Episode (Frankreich 2020 – 23:02 min – Regie: Simon Bonanni)
Conny – Drake ist auch nicht glücklich (Deutschland 2021 – 05:50 min – Regie: Fitore Muzaqi)
Hands (Russland 2020 – 19:52 min – Regie: Katerina Shakun)
Hotel Astoria (Deutschland 2020 – 28:00 min – Regie: Alina Cyranek & Falk Schuster)
Programm 5
Sinkende Schiffe (Deutschland 2020 – 21:25 min – Regie: Andreas Kessler)
Wasteland (Schweden 2020 – 19:18 min – Regie: Daniel Milton)
The Lost Wedding Ring (Deutschland 2020 – 04:15 min – Regie: Elisabeth Jakobi)
Die Waschmaschine (Österreich 2020 – 24:28 min – Regie: Dominik Hartl)
Castorocene (Vereinigtes Königreich 2021 – 11:17 min – Regie: George Finlay Ramsay)
Pommes Paradies (Deutschland 2020 – 19:40 min – Regie: Paulo Menezes)
Programm 6
Reina (Deutschland 2020 – 18:55 min – Regie: Ozan Mermer)
Have a Nice Dog! (Deutschland 2020 – 13:14 min – Regie: Jalal Maghout)
Úrsula (Portugal 2020 – 06:15 min – Regie: Eduardo Brito)
Girl Meets Boy (Deutschland 2020 – 29:57 min – Regie: Ferdinand Arthuber)
Extraction (Deutschland/Vereinigte Staaten 2021 – 03:19 min – Regie: Till Nowak)
Podesta Island (Belgien 2021 – 23:24 min – Regie: Stéphanie Roland)
