Best of FOFS - Award Winners
Families demand quite a lot of us. We’ll travel halfway around the world for them — or to the bottom of a coffee can — and sibling rivalry can be a very risky thing. Cinematic techniques bring the human experience to life, whether in everyday life or in extreme situations.
Rolling Mother (DOSENMUTTER) – Director: Alexander Peskador · Deutschland · 25 min · deutsch (OmeU)
Wilhelm has decided to sell the house that belonged to his late mother, Hildegard. However, the deceased matriarch has no intention of giving up her beloved home. Full of outrage, she comes back from the dead — in the form of a rolling coffee can — and causes a highly entertaining bloodbath.
sdi - I don’t know – Director: Arnit Likaj · Deutschland · 11 min · deutsch (OmeU)
Gentian isn’t quite sure who he wants to be. On the one hand, he’d like to be like his older brother, Altin; on the other hand, maybe not. Even choosing a new haircut seems to present an impossible challenge.
Back To One – Director: Maximilian Fürst · Österreich · 8 min · deutsch (OmeU)
A sparsely furnished clothing store. A young man and a young woman approach each other hesitantly. Could it be love? Except that the voice-over makes it sound more like a breakup. Thus, every glance, every gesture, seems ambivalent and ambiguous. Is any of this even real?
„Vaterland“ or a Bule Named Yanto – Director: Berthold Wahjudi · Deutschland, Indonesien · 25 min · deutsch, indonesisch, javanisch, englisch (OmeU
Yanto, of German and Indonesian descent, has been looking forward to visiting his younger sister in Yogyakarta. But while he’s there, tensions between the siblings gradually come to the surface, and for Yanto, the trip turns into a bittersweet exploration of his identity.
Rabbit Heart – Director: Stella Fachinger · Deutschland · 13 min · deutsch (OmeU)
Two brothers are practicing archery on an abandoned factory lot. Twelve-year-old Hannes dares his younger brother, Oli, to do increasingly risky things. But when a life-threatening situation results, the balance of power begins to shift. Who is the hunter, and who is the hunted?