STUDENTS’ COMPETITION I
Documentaries and experimental films

Caligari: 22.04. / 10 p.m.

THE SMELL OF THE SKY / KAKO MIRIŠE NEBO
CROATIA 2003 / D: Miroslav Sikavica / 23 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, ADU Zagreb
A funny man with sunglasses reflects on his life, his creativity as an author, actor and father. He is blind.

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY / WAS VOM TAGE ÜBRIG BLIEB
GERMANY 2003 / D: Nils Keber / 3 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Experimental film, University Mainz
Life is only seemingly a river. The soul wanders the vastness of time like the eyes take in a landscape.

THE BOOKSHOP / DER BUCHLADEN
GERMANY 2003 / D: Alexander Metzler / 11 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, FH Mainz
Mr. Wollweber, owner of a shop for rare books and art in Mainz, waits for customers in his tiny store.

PROSPER
GERMANY, SPAIN 2003 / D: Albert G. Beckmann / 2 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Experimental film, University Mainz
The search for water on other planets is explored with the help of high-resolution visuals.

ONE COULD HAVE WAVED / MAN HÄTTE WINKEN KÖNNEN
GERMANY 2003 / D: Johannes Starke / 17 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, University Weimar
A new tenant moves in, but nobody notices. No morning exercises on the balcony, no cactus on the windowsill. There is nothing to see.

BEN KIMIM
GERMANY 2003 / D: Canan Yilmaz / 4 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Experimental documentary, University Weimar
The director explores the question: „Am I German, am I Turkish? Who or what am I?”

A DREAM / MECHTA / EIN TRAUM
BULGARIA 2003 / D: Viktoria Marinov / BETA SP / 12 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, NATFA Sofia
What are the dreams of Bulgarian children: what do they want to be, how do they want to grow up and where do they want to live? And what did the grown-ups dream of when they were children?

40 DNI JIVOT / 40 TAGE LEBEN / 40 DAYS LIFE
BULGARIA 2003 / D: Radoy Nikolov / BETA SP / 4 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Documentary, NATFA Sofia
The birth, the life and the death of a chicken. A life-cycle determined by humans.

METRO
GERMANY 2003 / D: Stefan Sperner / BETA SP / 2 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Experimental film, FH Wiesbaden
A subway-station in Barcelona awakens to a pulsating dance.

BALL OF FAME
GERMANY 2004 / D: Gregor M. Schubert / 11 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, hfg Offenbach
Miniature-golfers are far from taking themselves as seriously as golfers, but adhere to similar rituals. The centre of their tactical strategies is the ball – from the “Turbo 7“ to the “Deutschmann 83“.

A SMALL TRIP / AUF KLEINER FAHRT
GERMANY 2003 / D: Klaas Dierks / 2 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Experimental film, HfbK Hamburg
An homage to Hamburg’s Landungsbrücken (gangway).

WINDOW TO CHILE / FENSTER NACH CHILE
GERMANY 2003 / D: Matthias Stähle / 5 MIN / W/O DIAL.
Documentary, HfbK Hamburg
A bus-tour through Chile on one of the most famous streets in the world – the Panamericana.

HAMBURG–HINDUKUSCH
GERMANY 2004 / D: Olaf Sobczak / 7 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Experimental film, HfbK Hamburg
The film shows the Pledge and the Great Tattoo of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg on June 2003; in two takes, in experimental and documentary form.

WOLF / VUK
CROATIA 2000 / D: Nikola Ivanda / 16 MIN / OV, ENG. ST
Documentary, ADU Zagreb (out of competition)
A prison-inmate reflects on his life. Since this film is from 2000, it is shown out of competition.