THE BATTLE FOR SWAN LAKE
Cats, a dog, and a fish head perform the classic ballet Swan Lake.
United States 2023 / 2:56 / Director: Joan Carol Gratz
I MEASURE MY LIFE IN DOGS
A visual essay about dogs, how they absorb and become pictures, and create democratic alternatives to monopoly capital’s cover story of freedom.
Canada 2023 / 12:00 / Director: Mike Hoolboom
NO ANIMAL
Time and again, the feature film places animal actors at the side of its human protagonists. Sometimes as loyal companions, sometimes as fierce opponents. However, its stagings do not only instrumentalise animals to release emotions, but also raise a fundamental question of our anthropocentric self-image: how to deal with the experience of the otherness of the animal.
Germany 2023 / 21:03 / Director: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
THE WONDERFUL PAIN OF THE WILD BROOM
Gone in search of stray and abandoned Spanish greyhounds in Almería, the film deals with abandonment through a documentary, focusing on the introspection of emotions linked to this trauma. Inspired by Leopardi’s poem about resilience, human and canine feelings are brought together in the experience of being abandoned by someone.
Switzerland 2023 / 22:00 / Director: Olivia Calcaterra
DELIGHT AT ROBERT ST.
Tens of thousands of homeless cats live next to people in Toronto. The filmmaker and Buddy the cat shared a territory for a few months.
Finland 2023 / 9:40 / Director: Milja Viita
DEDE IS DEAD
The death of a beloved pet is a difficult thing to deal with. Even though we try to prepare for it, it always seems too soon. This is a story of a boy and his dog, Dede, who passes away suddenly and leaves the boy alone with his grief. In the end, he finds out that just because Dede is dead it does not mean that she is completely gone.
Czech Republic 2023 / 8:24 / Director: Philippe Kastner
KLARA AND VASSI: ONE KILOMETER AT A TIME
On the outskirts of Kiruna lives the young dog musher Klara Fjellborg. She travels through the arctic landscapes of northern Sweden in a magical journey about a human, her dogs and nature.
Sweden 2023 / 10:05 / Director: William Pääjärvi, Matilda Lundberg