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Everyday Monsters

Programme details

Life in general can be beautiful but everyday life can be dull, full of problems and fears – this selection of European shorts from EMERGEANDSEE explores the darker side of daily life.

EMERGEANDSEE promotes creative and innovative student videos, films and animation.

PROGRAMME:
  • 72 HOURS FROM NOW
    Dirs David Procter, Peter King
    Hull School of Art and Design, UK

    A girl awakes in a postapocalyptic world. She acts strangely and finally discovers the unexpected.
  • BLACK MILK INC.
    Dirs Karin Wehle, Matthias Lein, Christoph Lorenzi
    Fachhochschule Augsburg, Germany
    Consumption and propaganda criticism based on Paul Celan’s “Fugue of Death”.
  • GRUNDLOS
    (Groundless)
    Dir Daniel Burkhardt
    Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Germany
    Space seems to have vanished, but a couple crosses it apparently untouched.
  • ALLTAG
    Dir Sabine Kraberger
    Fachhochschule Salzburg, Austria
    It’s up to you what you make of your day. This man definitely has a good idea.
  • EARLY DAY
    Dir Stefanie Fuhrmann
    Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway/Germany
    Animated sand imitates a Japanese Haiku and allows you to feel the moment.
  • TIGG
    (Beg)
    Dir Ståle Hundeide
    Deakin University, Australia/Norway

    Surreal tale of an extraordinary beggar.
  • CO2 IST EIN KLIMAFAKTOR. DU AUCH!
    (CO2 is a climate factor. You as well!)
    Dir Fides-Maria Sigeneger
    Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Germany
    CO2 – who doesn’t occasionally ignore his guilty conscience?
  • ABOUT SOFIA
    Dir Luis Zamora Pueyo,
    Royal College of Art, UK/Spain

    A tragic story about loss and the importance of fantasy in our lives.
  • REGARDEZ
    (Watch)
    Dir Sarah Grohnert
    The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK/Deutschland

    This visually lyrical voyage depicts urban loneliness and rootless characters.
  • A FILM ABOUT US
    Dir Pedro Lino
    Camberwell College of Arts, UK/Portugal

    A film about us in the big system of capitalism and labour.
  • PIOSENKA LUDOWA
    (Folksong)
    Dir Kathrin Maria Wolkowicz
    HBK Braunschweig, Germany

    An unusual, wilful Polish folk song changes the perception of this pretty nativity set.
  • AUDIO ADDICTION
    Dirs Jasmin Jodry/ Mo Stoebe
    Royal College of Art, UK
    A scientist endangers the public with ultra-low audio frequencies.
  • MASTER PLAN
    Dirs Ozan Halici, Jürgen Mayer
    Universität Ulm, Germany

    A short film about the increasing power of Google – Is there still any privacy?
  • MONSTERALARM
    (Monster Alarm)
    Dirs Jan Gabbert, Ellen Stein, Nico Roicke
    Fachhochschule Potsdam, Germany

    It’s a normal day in the happy life of a Berlin monster family, until…
  • NAP
    Dir Pooja Pottenkulam
    Royal College of Art, UK
    Children can be annoying when you want to sleep. Mothers can be annoying when you want to play.

LAST SEEN

This film was last shown at Cornerhouse on Wed 5 Dec 2007