Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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My Lifetime (Malaika)
Katarina Zdjelar | 6' | Netherlands | International premiere
Unique recording of Ghana’s National Symphony Orchestra during rehearsals at the National Theatre in Accra. -
My Mother and Her Darkness
Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa | 7' | Thailand | International premiere
One of two films about an old mother. See also Loneliness Is Everywhere. There’s loneliness everywhere, especially here with the mother on a dark stre -
My Mother and Her Portrait
Chaisiri Jiwarangsan | 4' | Thailand | International premiere
Film maker looks with fascination at the way in which villagers relate to photos of their loved ones. Outside, they light fireworks for them. Memories -
My Name Is Feker
Orlando von Einsiedel | 12' | Ethiopia | None
Carefully told short story about prostitution somewhere in Ethiopia. Because it can happen to any girl there. -
My Queer Samsara
Mazen Khaled | 10' | Canada | World premiere
Short story about the need to go back home. A critical look at a constructed social identity that hides a gnawing want. -
My Superpower Girl
DJ CHen Yin-Jung | 35' | Taiwan | European premiere
Exuberant collage of everything that is pop and camp in Taiwan. With Julie, who really is a superpower girl, but her parents won’t let her… -
My Tears Are Dry
Laida Lertxundi | 4' | Spain | None
A 16mm document of plenitude, in all of its complex simplicity. My Tears Are Dry features the deep soul of singer Hoagy Lands. -
My Vote
Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Andrei Gorgan | 42' | Romania | European premiere
Intriguing documentary about Romanian mayoral elections shows how voters in a young democracy are given a helping hand. -
Na escama do dragão
Ivo M. Ferreira | 23' | Macau | World premiere
Liberal doses of pirates and swimming pools on a journalist and cameraman’s trip to Macau, which till 1999 was Europe’s last remaining colony in China -
Na escola
Jorge Cramez | 21' | Portugal | International premiere
Plotless, wordless ode to the imagination. Children playing in the wilderness around their school. What boredom can lead to. -
Na sua companhia
Marcelo Caetano | 21' | Brazil | International premiere
A man fills his solitary life with fleeting encounters. Another film of boredom and loneliness in the big city? Be surprised by an opposite idea! -
NabelFabel
Mara Mattuschka | 3' | Austria | None
A woman’s fighting spirit comes alive in a poetic close-up of her face. A pure expression of the art of survival.