8.11.2024, 20:15, Maxx 1
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9.11.2024, 13:30, Maxx 5
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10.11.2024, 14:00, Maxx 6
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The whole range of short filmmaking from the Zurich area – diverse, entertaining, profound, and socially committed. Like every year, Züri Shorts demonstrates that local shorts are made for the big screen.
Exit Through the Cuckoo's Nest
Nikola Ilić / Switzerland 2024 / 19'23" / colour / Serbian / Doc
This personal short documentary tells the story of a soldier who never wanted to be one. His decision never to pull a trigger led to resistance and ultimately to military prison. Pretending to be mentally ill, he leaves the war zone and returns to Belgrade via a psychiatric clinic. On that day, NATO begins bombing the entire country.
Lux Carne
Gabriel Grosclaude / Switzerland 2024 / 18' / colour / French / Fic
In a world where meat consumption is strictly regulated, every citizen must obtain an annual meat license to have the right to consume it. Élie, intrigued by the resilient minority who still choose to eat it, sets out to report on this unique day. However, events take an unexpected turn for her.
ein zimmer
Jana Schlegel / Switzerland 2024 / 8'57" / colour / Swiss German / Doc
A historic housing cooperative with one-room apartments, founded in the 1920s for single working women still hosts FINTA people living alone in the middle of a city. Six residents share their intimate spaces, reflecting on the distinct community, the solidarity among FINTA people, and the freedom to pursue non-normative ways of living alone amidst rising urban rents and ongoing gentrification.
Delay
Milva Stutz / Switzerland 2024 / 12'4" / colour / English / Ani/Fic
Two lovers are about to say goodbye at the railway station, but a technical issue prevents the train from leaving. The wait disrupts the supposedly predictable script of a romantic farewell scene: the failure of technology forces the two lovers to confront themselves, exposing their conceptions of care, devotion, and autonomy.
Demons
Humbi Entress / Switzerland 2023 / 4'50" / colour / no dialogue / Clip/Exp
A raw and powerful dance film by choreographer and dancer Mès Lesne that captures the essence of our times, the sense of desperation and helplessness we all feel in the face of overwhelming challenges. Against the breathtaking backdrop of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps, this film captures the pain and frustration of fighting our inner demons amidst the challenges of climate change. Through the gloom, there is a glimmer of hope, a sense that if we can only find the strength to fight our inner demons, we can still make a difference, still change the course of our collective destiny.
Under the Ice
David Oesch/Michel Kessler / Switzerland 2024 / 23' / colour / English/German/Russian / Fic
In the thawing expanses of a glacier, researchers extract ice cores for climate data, but they hit a standstill. Called in to solve the mystery, Dr. Sasha Sirkovsky finds ice cores strangely echoing her own past…
