Tales of the Unfortunate
16/10, Thursday, 22:30, Dusty Monkey
They were never meant for success - fate never spared them. A malignant predestination rules over the characters’ stories, in spite of them and against them. In this programme, four markedly different shorts, is for those Others whom society often sidelines, but who nonetheless share the need to alter their trajectories.
Curated by Christina Andreou
Next Door / Nebenan
Lukas März
20’, 2024, Germany
Fiction
Synopsis
When gay couple Tom and Marcel move into a new apartment, they find a door to the right that simply cannot be closed. Their relationship threatens to fail about the question, how to deal with the horror from the right.
Exit at the Next Junction
David Higgs
9’, 2024, UK
Fiction
Synopsis
A tense journey takes a turn when a child glimpses another life through the window of his mother’s car.
Barlebas
Malu Janssen
20’, 2024, The Netherlands, Belgium
Fiction, Experimental
Synopsis
In 1595, a woman accused of witchcraft refuses to be silenced, leaving her free spirit and powerful voice to inspire a new generation. An experimental musical period drama, centered on the persecution of witches in the Dutch South.
Yves
Charlotte Zweers & Tom Dupont
12’, 2024, Belgium
Fiction
Synopsis
A peculiar road trip. Yves, a prisoner for twenty years, is allowed a visit to his mother. Over time, his mind has become filled with Hollywood fiction. He is accompanied by a priest, with whom he seems to share more than one might initially suspect.
