German Short film screening at Drik Gallery today

Goethe-Institut Bangladesh will be hosting screening of six outstanding German short films as part of the 17th edition of ‘Short export – made in Germany 2022’ film package today at 5pm at Drik Gallery in capital’s Pathapath area.

To celebrate the June solstice, which marks the longest day north of the equator and the shortest day in the south, Goethe-Institut has organized the event.

In a touching and unconventional manner, the six short films will talk about being different and one ‘s place in society, about relationships, strong women and destruction. It gets imaginative, loud and calm – and sometimes even humorous.

The six current films were selected from over 400 German submissions to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and illustrate the artistic, stylistic and thematic diversity of German short film making.

The short films that will be screened at the event is – ‘Anna’ by Jila Roesler, ‘Lower Ambitions’ by Irem Schwarz, ‘Sirens’ by Ilaria Di Carlo, ‘Jeijay’ by Maren Wiese and Petra Stipetic, ‘The Unicorn In Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off’ by Philipp Schaeffer and ‘Why Does Helen Koch Commit Serious Vehicle Theft?’ by Moritz Geisar.

‘Anna’ revolves around the girl named Anna who remebers stories from her childhood and told so many times that they’ve become self-descriptions.

‘Lower Ambitions’ is about the media mogul and German nationalist Alfred Hugenberg who coined the phrase ‘social welfare is what creates jobs’.

‘Sirens’ captures Germany’s coal-fired power plants in their final years of power generation. The film takes us on a journey through industrial wastelands, recalling the passage of Odysseus‘ ship through the strait of the Sirens - an odyssey through landscapes that held promise for the future, but have turned into a dystopia that is leaving a permanent mark on Earth’s ecosphere.

‘Jeijay’ begins where most love stories end. The film is about two people who are trying to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Trapped in the isolation of their small apartment, they realize the facade of their happy love life is crumbling.

‘The Unicorn In Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off’ explores the imaginary worlds of three blind children, introducing us to confident youngsters for whom blindness is not a disability but their normality. Larks, telephones and short stories all play a role.

‘Why Does Helen Koch Commit Serious Vehicle Theft?’ talks about eccentric teacher Helen and problem student Mia hate the social roles they were assigned by the school system. When a seemingly harmless conflict escalates, a genre-busting trip through nocturnal Berlin begins – driven by the longing for physical immediacy in an increasingly disembodied and virtual world.