November 17, 20:55
Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon hall
Konstantinovskaya St, 26
Videos with animals have been the most popular online since the advent of the Internet. Everyone from strangers on Quora to ChatGPT artificial intelligence has tried to give their expert explanations for this phenomenon. There is no universal answer. But we offer 80 minutes of immersion in short films about cats and dogs, wild bears and orangutans, sheep and their buried owners. All this to feel the inextricable bond between people and animals.
Screening duration: 74 хв
The films are screened in OV with Ukrainian and English subtitles
The films are available online in Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Germany
MY BBY 8L3W
NEOZOON
Germany / 2019, 3 min
In MY BBY 8L3W, young women present their pets to us in YouTube videos. In the dramaturgy of the video editing develops into a tour de force of the unlimited possibilities of self-presentation on the Internet.
CATISFACTION
Andre Almeida
Portugal / 2022, 7 min
This is a story about a man and a cat. No sorry… A man, a cat and a dream. Wait… probably a man, a cat, a dream and a vespa!
It’s about relationships and how they can shape our life forever.
But it’s also about a weird character and his cat who claims his way to the eternity.
Maybe it’s just a story about a man and a cat. But a good one.
CAT DAYS
Jon Frickey
Germany, Japan / 2019, 12 min
Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to the doctor's.
She diagnoses a harmless condition. But it shakes the core of the boy's identity.
BEAR
Morgane Frund
Switzerland / 2022, 19 min
An amateur filmmaker meets the film student who is supposed to edit his material, the focus of which is allegedly bears. A debate arises about the power of the voyeuristic gaze.
GHOST DOGS
Joe Cappa
USA / 2020, 11 min
A family's new rescue pup is terrorized by deceased pets in this mind-bending horror.
MEN OF THE NIGHT
Judith Auffray
France / 2022, 16 min
At night and in the darkness of day, an explorer makes his way through the jungle of Borneo in search of orangutans.
SOME KIND OF INTIMACY
Toby Bull
United Kingdom, France / 2021, 6 min
The filmmaker tries to communicate with the sheep living where his parents are buried.