Weihnachtsfilmfestival – Xmas Animation Special
15 International animated Short Films | 85min | OmU
Snow-shovelling reindeer, anxious Advent calendars, shamanistic rituals and UFOs under the Christmas tree: Animated films are just as magical as the Holiday season. In these short films, we wander through wintry landscapes, explore magical forests and visit brightly lit cities. Christmas can come.
Tuesday, 24.12. | 19:00 Uhr | Free choice of seating
Thursday, 26.12. | 19:00 Uhr | Free choice of seating (Repetition)
Information on: Tickets | Kino Moviemento
24 Days of Torture
Victoria Jardine, Ines Pagniez | 2min | Germany, UK 2016 | OmdU
Christopher, an advent calendar tries to protect his beloved chocolates over the period of Christmas.
Währendessen in Tirol / In the meantime in Austria
Manuel Bovio | 2min | Autsria 2020 | OmeU
In a small Austrian mountain town, we become witnesses of a little misunderstanding between Joseph and three wise men.
The 12 Days Of Christmas: A Tale Of Avian Misery
Craig Ainsley, Ben White | 8min | UK 2016 | OmdU
What if someone actually gave those gifts from ‘The 12 Days Of Christmas’ song?
Eternal Winter, Blessed Be Him
David Tabor | 3min | USA 2015 | OV
A man makes a strenuous and isolated pilgrimage through blizzards and across mountains. Letting go of his past and warmly greeting his chilly future.
Hjerterom / Beloved
Frida Bogen Lauritzen, Guro Kjensli Johansen | 6min | Norway 2020 | OmeU+dU
After a young girl is left alone at Christmas, she bumps into an elderly woman stumbling through the snow.
Hey Deer!
Örs Bárczy | 6min | Hungary 2015 | OV
A snow shoveling deer suffers from extraordinary earthquakes every night.
Rudolf
Ramon Arango | 2min | Switzerland 2018 | OV
A lone wanderer deep in an ancient forest encounters a pack of strange creatures.
Santa is a Psychedelic Mushroom
Matthew Salton | 7min | USA 2017 | OmdU
It’s time to embrace the shamanistic side of Christmas.
To Build a Fire
Fx Goby | 13min | France, UK 2016 | OmdU
In the harshness of midwinter, a trapper is crossing the Yukon with his dog. Struggling to survive, he attempts to build a simple fire.
Outer – Snowfox
Bert Juliaan Vercruysse | 3min | Belgium, Iceland 2018 | OV
An interpretation of George Orwell’s story “1984” – conveying a similar dark and dystopian future, which at times seems like it’s moving closer.
Departure
Aoífe Doyle | 9min | Ireland 2017 | OV
Grandmother Alma is faced with the prospect of yet another Christmas without her emigrated family. But the universe conspires to bring her closer to her family than she could ever have imagined.
A Tinsel Township Christmas Tale
Marion Wilson | 4min | South Africa 2018 | OmdU
Hobbs is a poor man, he tells his daugther how he got the presents for her and the township. He had to steal from the rich in order to give it back to the poor.
Invaders
Daniel Prince | 14min | UK 2018 | OV
A small UFO is trying to impress and gain acceptance from his friends. Whilst trying to do so, he inadvertently changes Christmas forever.
All Year Round
Gabrielle Edmiston | 4min | USA 2023 | OV
A sprite that lives in holiday lights fears being turned off each year until he finds home in a house that keeps it’s lights on all year round.
WARUM MAG JEDER WEIHNACHTEN! / WHY EVERYBODY LIKES CHRISTMAS!
Stefan Vogt | 1min | Germany 2014 | OmeU
Everybody knows that Christmas is so widely loved. But just why we all like it so much will be explained by the scientist in this film.
Venue
Kino Moviemento
Kottbusser Damm 22, 10967 Berlin
U8 Schönleinstraße / U7/U8 Hermannstraße
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