KISFF is passionate about the risky, the absurd, the weird and the playful - those who don't take themselves too seriously. The works of such filmmakers go staright to our Short Attack program.
It is likely that the films in this program will make you ask yourself "what am I watching?" and will certainly give you a bizarre pleasure.
Enjoy!
Screening duration: 78 min
Trigger and content warnings: gunshots, blood, grooming
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
November 16, 20:50, KINO 42, Konstantinovskaya St, 11B
November 17, 18:40, Zhovten Cinema, Classic hall
Konstantinovskaya St, 26
November 18, 18:30, KINO 42, Konstantinovskaya St, 11B
JUICE
Mona Keil
Germany / 2022, 5 min
A bunch of round, succulent and moist creatures smear each other contentedly with an oozy juice. They share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day they squash them all. In response, the creatures start to run dry.
DEAD ENDERS
Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker
USA / 2023, 12 min
A disaffected gas station clerk finds out why they call it the "graveyard shift" after oil drillers set loose an ancient race of mind-controlling parasites.
CHOMP IT!
Li Shuen Lam, Mark Chua
Singapore / 2023, 12 min
Two crocodilian men go to a swimming pool to cool off. One of them is seemingly of a different and special kind; the other is unable to control his desire.
PISKO THE CRAB CHILD IS IN LOVE
Makoto Nagahisa
Japan / 2023, 17 min
Pisko's father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher, but gets her heart broken when he leaves her because she is a crab child. Pisko finally finds love and companionship in her friend, Kubokayo.
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Sandy Honig
USA / 2023, 12 min
"Pennies from Heaven" is a short comedy about two eccentric twin sisters who work at a convenience store and stumble upon a pickup truck full of pennies. It’s an absurdist farce in the middle of the desert and the twins follow the adventure wherever it takes them — only to end up right back where they started.
ISSUES WITH MY OTHER HALF
Anna Vasof
Austria / 2022, 6 min
A true story about the other halfs.
BLUSH – AN EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE
Iiti Yli-Harja
Finland / 2023, 14 min
For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.