When mermaids circle the night and dreams become more intense: 21.12. Le jour le plus court. The winter solstice. International Short Film Day. A celebration of the short form - both here and worldwide. Today, the night still stands over the day. In three days, there will be a white Christmas (WHITE CHRISTMAS, Harun Farocki, 1968). Sometimes I wish I could summon a family of goblins to my bed – God (THE VOICE OF GOD, Bernd Lützeler, 2012) knocks at the door. A triad can be heard. The miracle (LA REPRISE DU TRAVAIL AUX USINES WONDER, 1968) leads us through the night, which tells of mermaids (THE NATURAL LIFE OF MERMAIDS, Isabell Spengler, 2004). The jungle takes over the role of director - casting light (LIGHTS, Mary Menken, 1964) on shadow (SCHATTENFILM – DIE FRAU MIT DEN ZWEI KÖPFEN, Shuji Terayama, 1977). At the end of the evening, an ephemeral structure has been created, an imaginary conversation between ideas and the long past. (mmh) (21.12., presented by Maike Mia Höhne)
