Shorts 4 – Intergenerational Bonds

This programme explores the dynamics of family relationships and the significance of fostering connections across different generations. Through narrative, film essay or found footage, we move through a landscape of emotions, from tenderness to love and care. A tender summer love story develops between two boys, while Kwesi awaits the news about his residence permit in I was never really here.

An uncle sends his nephew a letter of unconditional love in Never stop shouting, raising questions on with whom and how we can be ourselves in the family nucleus. At the age of 60, two women’s teenage love is still very much present in their memories and bodies in Manting. Grandmamauntsistercat, a somewhat uncanny cinematic collage, brings us closer to motherhood in a matriarchal context.

In Bull’s Heart, the father‘s illness allows the bond with his child to become closer than ever. In the moments of greatest vulnerability, the most tender emotions sweep us away

Length: 86 min

I Was Never Really Here

I Was Never Really Here

Sam (17, German-Ghanaian) and his mother Rita are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their old friend Gifty and her son Kwesi (19, Ghanaian). When Kwesi enters Sam’s life, the two begin to fall in love with each other and Sam begins to question his identity. Their growing connection is threatened by Kwesi’s lack of residency status. Gifty seeks help from Sam’s mother but time is running out and Rita’s efforts cannot prevent the worst.

by Gabriel Bihina Arrahnio

Germany, 2022

Twi, English, German
(English, German subtitles)

23 min.

Narrative

Moviemento
01.06.2024 – 14:00

Never stop shouting

Ne jamais s’arrêter de crier
(Never stop shouting)

The writer and filmmaker Abdellah Taïa writes a letter to his gay nephew, Brahim, to help him getting out of fear, to support him, to walk beside him. To love him strongly.

by Abdellah Taïa

France, Morocco, 2023

French
(English subtitles)

10 min.

Narrative

Moviemento
01.06.2024 – 14:00

Manting

Manting

Manting, a Chinese woman in her early 60s, reconnects with the lesbian lover from her adolescence when one of her old classmates passes away. After classmates’ reunion event in a karaoke bar, they spend a night together, roaming in the city.

by Shuyao Chen

China, USA, 2023

Chinese
(English subtitles)

15 min.

Narrative

Moviemento
01.06.2024 – 14:00

Grandmamauntsistercat

Grandmamauntsistercat

Film created from the Polish Educational Archive materials, tells the story of a matriarchal family through the eyes of a child grappling with the reproduction of ideological and representational systems.

by Zuza Banasinska

Netherlands / Poland, 2024

Polish
(English subtitles)

23 min.

Experimental

Moviemento
01.06.2024 – 14:00

Bull‘s Heart

Buqaning Yuragi (Bull‘s Heart)

Father, son, his beloved, heat, summer, night. A small male world, unusually tender and vulnerable, like the whole life of migrants in big cities.

In addition to the difficult conditions of life and work, sometimes there is another context that remains in the shadows: love must be hidden. Especially when it comes to queer love.

by Margarita Bagdasaryan

Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, 2023

Russian, Uzbek
(English subtitles)

14 min.

Experimental

Moviemento
01.06.2024 – 14:00

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