Documentary & Drama Shorts // Oblomov

Name: Documentary & Drama Shorts // Oblomov
Start: 2024-07-15T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Oblomov Kreuzkoelln

Schedule

Mon Jul 15 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Oblomov Kreuzkoelln | Berlin, BE

GRRL HAUS Documentary & Drama Shorts // Oblomov
15.7.24 Monday at OBLOMOV
8 Short films
Doors at 19
Screening at 20
5 - 10 € entry
Featuring Films:
Maison de portes (House of doors) - Deborah Ruffato
Maria - Panagiota Florou, Kathrin Sylwestrzak
Yellow Line - Katayoun Parmar
Mary Mary - Ella Gilbert
zersammlung - Julia Hubernagel
The Pilgrimage of Young Women - Liv Campion
Where the Dreams are Waiting - Uli Bez
Letter to My Unborn Child - Ida Åkesson- Hansson
Film Descriptions:
Yellow Line - Katayoun parmar, Iran, 13:11, Drama
A young girl in pursuit of dancing, faces problems along her path
The Pilgrimage of Young Women - Liv Campion, United Kingdom, 10:58, Drama
Three friends slowly grapple with the fact that the commodity of their youth will soon be spent; a story ruminating on friendship, femininity and the existential worry of their life ahead.
Maria - Panagiota Florou, Kathrin Sylwestrzak, Germany, 11:15, Drama
Maria, a young actress, tries to get to a casting that her agent thinks she is not ready for. Maria is determined to convince her. If she succeeds, she will finally recite a monologue that holds all her grim secrets.
House of doors - Deborah Ruffato, Belgium, 29:17, Documentary
Brussels, Last days of an old police station transformed into a social residency. Fascinated by the extinctions of those moments, I'm questioning the residents of this curious house. Behind those walls and doors, smiles and silences reveal me the story of a particular human experience.
Letter to My Unborn Child - Ida Åkesson- Hansson, Sweden, 2:54, Drama
The pain after another failed pregnancy can be difficult to manage and a counselor urges a woman to write a letter to her unborn child. Several years later, the woman finds a forgotten document, ltmuc.doc, on her laptop. the film depicts what was then too difficult to type out in words.
Mary Mary - Ella Gilbert, New Zealand, 12:30, Drama
An out of wedlock pregnancy forces eighteen-year-old Mary to take things into her own hands at great personal risk, altering the course of more than one life.
zersammlung - Julia Hubernagel, Germany, 17:15, Drama
A group of young writers seeks orientation wavering between harsh criticism of the system and rapprochement towards the literary establishment. Reminiscent of the literary scene in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district, the achievements of the group around poet Sascha in the fight for a new concept of art are threatened by internal squabbles. Nobody yet suspects that Sascha is fighting on a different front altogether.
Where the Dreams are Waiting - Uli Bez, Germany, 29:20, Documentary
From a young age, Eleni Tsakmakis faced hardships. At 5, she witnessed the Nazi occupation. At 17, she was forced into an arranged marriage. At 23, she and her husband moved to Germany as "guest workers," leaving their children in Greece. At 54, she discovered writing.
Janet Shakil,born in Germany, is a singer, rapper, songwriter, model, journalist, and PR manager. Growing up, she faced racism as her white environment did not accept her as a native German. She wrote and sang "Flying," the soundtrack for "Where the Dreams Are Waiting," exploring the journey of the two protagonists.