Hessische Hochschulfilme auf der Berlinale 
HESSEN SHORTS, Part 1
… provides an insight into the extensive annual production of various academies in the German State of Hessen. Ten new short films from four institutions are proudly presented by the Hessen Academy of Film and Media and Film- und Kinobüro Hessen. The Hessen Shorts were screened at the Berlinale in European Film Market… more (in German)
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Furious Frieda
Arne Wallmann
2008, 3:06 Min, digital
HfG Offenbach am Main
This adult interpretation of the story of Friederich from Heinrich Hofmann‘s children‘s book “Struwwelpeter“ turns Friederich into Frieda and features lustful imagery from the genre of splatter films.
About nothing
Rike Holtz
2008, 3:45 Min, DV
Kunsthochschule Kassel
A man and a woman - on screen and in the cinema. It‘s merely light and shadows. No more?
Carabou Prologue
Bjoern Ullrich
2008, 3:53 Min, digital
HfG Offenbach am Main
The prologue to a piece of science fiction satire about a way-out space hero. A puppet animation film, made with great attention to detail and instilling a desire for more.
Gisela
Katja Baumann
2008, 7:00 Min, digital
HfG Offenbach am Main
A way-out animated film, operating with imagery and sound design, about Germany’s first female bank robber – narrated in an original manner by means of its accompanying picture editing software.
Sausage Poetry
Michael Ding
und Stefan Friedl
2007, 2:10 Min, HD
Hochschule Darmstadt
A sincere, romantic declaration of love to a comestible of the special sort.
Joe Eskimo
Wolfram Gruß,
Mario Tran Phuc
und Max Rieß
2008, 10:07 Min, digital
Hochschule Darmstadt
One day, Joe Eskimo‘s little world literally begins to break apart … A humorous, thought inspiring 3-D animated short film on the topic of global warming.
Supersensitive
Xenia Lesniewsky
2008, 1:58 Min, digital
HfG Offenbach am Main
A provocative animated film, dealing with sex, eroticism, obscenity and personal angst. A playful depiction of polymorph sexuality, endued with enigmatic commentaries and sounds.
Bigger canvas, longer necks
Jos Diegel
2008, 7:49 Min, DV
HfG Offenbach am Main
Man is an animal that goes to the cinema … A brain that flickers, reconcatenates or runs in loops, that‘s cinema. A film that flickers, reconcatenates or runs in loops, that‘s thinking.
The beginning is half of the whole
P. Stefanova,
K. Szmidt,
T. Wagenknecht
2008, 3:45 Min, Mini DV
Hochschule RheinMain
A man is handed back too much change at the till. Should he be pleased and pocket it or should he hand it back? A short feature film about selfishness.
Stone Flies
Anne Walther (www.steinfliegen.de)
2008, 15:00 Min, digital
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Stone-fly-boy Ferdi lives on an island with his parents. His greatest wish is to be able to fl y. Will his dream come true?
Accreditation HESSEN SHORTS, Part 1
hessische Film- und Medienakademie
in cooperation with
Film- und Kinobüro Hessen e.V.
friendly supported by
Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft
und Kunst
HA Hessen Agentur GmbH
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