The Cinema Department of HEAD - Geneva is pleased to announce the selection of eight student films for the 25th edition of the Int. Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, four of which will have their world premiere.
The HEAD is also associated by proposing a focus on the French director Marie Losier, with a retrospective program and a masterclass, curated by Delphine Jeanneret, deputy head of the Film Department.
Geneva, at night. The guards patrol the city and the soldiers train. Sony is a security guard, Ana is a bank receptionist. Around them, the city sinks into melancholy as two stars meet.
The cheerful reunion of a Balkan family leads to strange encounters in the streets of a suburb - some of them by coincidence and some by force of will.
In the past, in an empty village, William, a tired old hunter, lives alone as a hermit. One evening, a young child from the village breaks into his home looking for a place to shelter for the night. William, at first upset, finally accepts. Before going to sleep, the child discovers a very old crossbow hidden in the chalet. At the firepit as in a tale, William tells his story to the child. He says he is William Tell. In the mist of the evening, the unhappiness of a living myth is revealed.
A journey between three different periods, geographically and temporally. The story of a second generation of immigrants, still facing the political and economic problems of their predecessors.
The oppressive atmosphere of a dreary provincial town, where Sarah, a young woman with a disability, sets herself free. Her desires, full of sensuality and seduction, are burning, her perfect woman companion and her accomplices do the housekeeping. The beauty of faces and bodies given over to dionysian harmony.
Out on a hunt, Homère accidentally kills a bearded vulture, a protected bird of prey. Public outrage is intense and the persecuted hunter loses his life as a result. Collective lynching? Urban legend? This fable fuels the rumours coursing in the kingdom.
Emir, a family man, works for the local mafia as people smuggler between Serbia and Hungary. Hana, a young woman from Kosovo wants to flee her country and meets Emir to drive her. On the way, Emir’s unscrupulous colleagues order him to stop at a motel next to the border. They see in Hana the opportunity to gain money by delivering her to a prostitution ring. That night, Emir is faced with a moral dilemma and his own humanity as Hana will test her courage to change her life and make it to Europe.
In addition to offering a retrospective of Marie Losier’s short films, this program will also feature a never-before-seen masterclass by the French filmmaker, moderated by Delphine Jeanneret, Assistant Head of the Film Department.
Known for her poetic 16mm portraits of avant-garde musicians, filmmakers and artists, Marie Losier captures everyday scenes with her Bolex eye. The films in this program span approximately 15 years of her work, presenting portraits of musicians, filmmakers and artists who playfully reveal themselves to the camera.
