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			NEXT GENERATION 2004 GERMANY 2003-2004, 9 SHORT FEATURE FILMS, 95 MIN Caligari: 08.04. / 12 a.m. German Films (formerly the Export-Union of the German Film) presents this short film program which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2004. It is a a representative selection of works produced at German Film Colleges
	BUSINESS AS USUAL		BUSINESS AS USUAL GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Tom Zenker, 5 MIN Two elderly businessmen meet and greet one another with a rather unconventional ritual. A metaphor of the competitive free-market-system.

	ANNIE & BOO		ANNIE & BOO GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Johannes Weiland, 15 MIN For the first time in her life, 15-year-old Annie encounters a real coincidence. The name of the coincidence is Boo, and Boo has never met a girl before.

	JÜRGEN IN SEINEM PASSAT / DRIVING VOLKSWAGEN		JÜRGEN IN SEINEM PASSAT / DRIVING VOLKSWAGEN GERMANY 2004 DIRECTOR: Sebastian Poerschke, 7 MIN Jürgen likes Lisie, and Lisie likes Jürgen. Her son Anton likes his mother and father, but he definitely does not like Jürgen.

	LUCIA		LUCIA GERMANY 2004 DIRECTOR: Felix Gönnert, 9 MIN On her nightly exploration of the hospital, Lucia finds some x-rays. The picture of a skull makes her imagination run wild.

	HIMMELFILM: HOW WERE THE SKIES LIKE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?		HIMMELFILM: HOW WERE THE SKIES LIKE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? GERMANY 2004 DIRECTOR: Jiska Rickels, Sanne Kurz, 15 MIN Most people start dreaming as soon as they look out the window and at the sky. The directors have collected childhood-memories of the sky.

	NEON EYES		NEON EYES GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Thomas Gerhold, Markus Wambsganss, 8 MIN A man loses all sense of reality. Everyday life suddenly seems defective. Reality begins to unravel.

	ICH UND DAS UNIVERSUM / ME, MYSELF AND THE UNIVERSE		ICH UND DAS UNIVERSUM / ME, MYSELF AND THE UNIVERSE GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Hajo Schomerus, 14 MIN Man and gravity: a classic tragedy. A stewardess, a power shovel operator, a furniture-salesman and a millionaire speak about safety-belts, remote-controls, enlarged copies and a money-pit.

	ANNAOTTOANNA		ANNAOTTOANNA GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Clemens Pichler, 9 MIN Otto’s relationship with Anna has come to a stop. After a fight with Anna, Otto finds himself in a world moving backwards.

	HIMMELFAHRT / ONE WAY TICKET		HIMMELFAHRT / ONE WAY TICKET GERMANY 2003 DIRECTOR: Ulrike Grote, 13 MIN Armin and Dieter, two brothers quite different from one another, and their Polish grandmother try to get to their grandfather’s funeral in Poland on time.