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The latest trends in international filmmaking: our competition programmes present recent short films from around the world. The best works will be honoured with prizes at the Award Ceremony on Sunday.
Discover national short filmmaking in the Swiss Competition. We also invite audiences to join us for the Award Ceremony on Sunday – watch live as the jury honours the best films of this year’s festival edition.
With the Sparks programmes, we hope to spark a passion for the medium of short film. Featuring highlights from this year’s competition submissions, the selection offers an excellent introduction to the world of shorts, showcasing a diverse film culture beyond the usual mainstream and YouTube videos.
Kurzfilmtage’s annual Swiss Film School Day is a showcase of Switzerland’s five major undergraduate degree programmes. Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and the Lucerne School of Art and Design (Video/Animation) present a selection of their recent short films. The jury of the Swiss Competition gives feedback to the students and awards the prize for the Best Swiss School Film. Admission to the Swiss Film School Day is free – a great opportunity to get a first glimpse of Kurzfilmtage!
Canada is an impossibly vast and wildly diverse country. Accordingly, Canadian cinema is highly eclectic, influenced by language, geography, and various cultural communities. The eight curated programmes presented here showcase the complexity of this cinema as well as its evolution through history.
In the early 1990s, Nigerian cinema experienced its first major commercial success. Themes of love, avarice, spirituality, and redemption became the backbone of Nigerian cinematic storytelling, resonating with audiences across the country and continent. Today, young filmmakers infuse some irreverence into those themes, often using short films as the canvas for their exploration. These shorts bear witness to the new generation’s unique ambition and creativity, and they represent a hyper-conscious departure from mainstream Nollywood.
Willy Hans has developed a unique style characterized by his love of experimentation and a talent for blending genres. His films surprise viewers with unexpected twists and intriguing image compositions. In this Focus on Willy Hans, we present his own works as well as films created by the collective consisting of Paul Spengemann, Jan Eichberg, Steffen Goldkamp, and Hans.
Kurzfilmtage’s Industry Events consist of the Swiss Film School Day, the Industry Lab, and the Creators’ Room. They offer film professionals an opportunity for networking and for discussing current issues, creative methods, and aesthetic trends.
How do you gain independence? How do you balance sisterhood and ambition? What is the male gaze today? How do you find your own identity? And how do you deal with your power when you have it all? Four stories follow strong female characters emancipating themselves from patriarchy in Nigeria’s fast-moving society. Through different visual and narrative approaches, these four films take us beyond tales of emancipation on a ride exploring friendship, womanhood, and sisterhood.
In a small tribal village, certain men are on the lookout to drive young girls to the big city. Besida’s older brother steps in to make sure that it doesn’t happen to her.
Chuma Eze is an opinionated feminist journalist in the running for a prestigious women’s award. When her boss asks her to interview Iziegbe “Izi”, who is a contender for the same award, Chuma reluctantly takes on the job. She soon discovers that there is more to Izi than meets the eye.
This short film is based on «Hello, Moto», a short story by award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. It is about three scientist witches, who through a combination of juju and technology create magical wigs that grant them untold supernatural powers. As always, power corrupts, and leader Rain finds herself in a confrontation with her friends, where she must stop them before they destroy the entire nation.
Four stories follow strong female characters emancipating themselves from patriarchy in Nigeria’s fast-moving society.
«Besida» – which is both the title and the name of the female protagonist in the first film – means «however fate chooses». The story is set in a tiny village in the middle of the forest in southern Nigeria, where destiny seems already written for the young people of the Itsekiri tribe. But Besida wants something else. Influenced by ethnographic film and film noir, the short film also plays with Nollywood’s classical drama codes to tell the story of a family in crisis and how crime can be a way out of poverty.
Set in Lagos, «Ixora» explores body shaming and the male gaze from two different points of view. Through their discussion, Chuma Eze and Iziegbe «Izi», the two lead female characters, challenge clichés about women’s bodies, redefine what it is to be a woman in Nigeria today, and reconsider identities in a subtle way.
Torn between her two identities, Salewa in «Egúngún» lives in London and returns to her home country Nigeria after her mother’s death. There, she finds her childhood friend, who is now married to a man. Salewa, too, is married – to a woman, in the United Kingdom. Their reunion invites us to imagine the gap between the destiny of two women who chose very different lives.
In the science fiction film «Hello, Rain», the three heroines all have supernatural powers. They rule the world, but «instead of giving, we took», says Rain. Their initial plan to change Nigeria for the better was corrupted by technology and greed. How do you deal with your power when you have it all? The open ending allows viewers to decide their own future and destiny.
Through different visual and narrative approaches, the four films take us beyond tales of emancipation on a ride exploring friendship, womanhood, and sisterhood.
Les Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur représentent le plus important festival de courts métrages en Suisse. Chaque mois de novembre, Winterthour se transforme en métropole du court métrage pendant six jours.
Tout le monde trouve son compte dans les programmes soigneusement concoctés par nos curatrices et curateurs sur des thématiques ou des événements actuels et brûlants. Les blocs des compétitions donnent une bonne vue d’ensemble du paysage cinématographique actuel, alors que les installations, performances et autres événements spéciaux montrent au public la diversité des formes audiovisuelles. Le programme d’événements allie concerts, lectures et bien plus encore, complétant ainsi l’expérience du festival.
Le court métrage n’est pas juste un film «court». C’est une forme d’art à part entière à laquelle nous consacrons chaque année un festival.
Il existe des courts métrages de tous genres et de toutes longueurs. Grâce à des voies de production facilitées, il permet de capter rapidement une époque et de l’illustrer. Il divertit, surprend, analyse lasociété, exprime une opinion politique ou donne un aperçu de mondes étrangers.
Nous rassemblons nos courts métrages pour créer des programmes thématiques ou des sections – comme nos compétitions – et nous les projetons dans un ordre bien précis. Pour apprécier le court métrage, il suffit d’être curieux, d’avoir envie de faire des découvertes et de se laisser surprendre.
Compétitions
Des courts métrages actuels du monde entier. Les œuvres les plus prometteuses seront récompensées le dimanche soir.
Hors Concours
Des courts métrages actuels zurichois, suisses et internationaux diffusés en dehors de nos compétitions.
Grand Focus
Une analyse en images d’une région, d’un phénomène social ou d’une tendance artistique.
Focus sur un pays
Une analyse des œuvres cinématographiques d’un pays, en adoptant une perspective historique et contemporaine.
Focus sur une personne
L’œuvre d’un·e cinéaste est mise sur le devant de la scène.
Programmes spéciaux
Des programmes de courts métrages sur des thématiques brûlantes, ou simplement divertissantes.
Programmes familiaux
Des courts métrages pour les jeunes dès 6 ans et toute la famille.
Expanded Cinema
Des installations, des performances et des expositions qui font découvrir au public des formes de cinéma inhabituelles.
Programme d’événements
Des concerts, des soirées, des lectures et de nombreux autres événements qui complètent l’expérience du festival.
Discussions et podiums
Des discussions et des tables rondes animées durant lesquelles l'art du cinéma ou des thématiques précises sont approfondis.
Industry Events
Un large éventail d’événements d’information, de formation et de réseautage.
