4 Existential Short Films At The Berlinale 2014

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The big screen arrives once again to the exciting and cosmopolitan capital of Germany. Berlinale, which has been celebrated since 1978, will be hosting 25 short films from 21 different countries competing for the Golden Bear. The 64th International Short Film Jury will be composed by Edwin E. from Indonesia, Nuno Rodrigues from Portugal and Christine Tohme from Lebanon. For another year, Berlin brings us the chance to test the limits of our comprehension thanks to a wide variety of radical and independent short films. Without any doubt, The Berlinale 2014 is another reason to visit this amazing capital.

Afronauts (USA)

Afronauts by Frances Bodomo tells us the alternative story of the Space Race in 1960. While the Americans are trying to send the Apollo to the Moon, a group of exiles in the Zambian desert are trying to launch their rocket first. This short film explores the world of those that haven’t been able to find a place to stay on Earth and therefore the idea of the Space Race sounds promising to them. Afronauts was released this month in the USA at the Sundance Film Festival.
Release Date: 18th January 2014 (USA)

La Casona (Cuba)

La Casona (The big house) tells us the story of several pregnant women that need medical attention in the Cuban Maternal Waiting Home. One of them, Yudisleidis Cruz, a 15 year-old girl, is trying to keep a distant relationship with the father of her baby. La Casona is a documentary by Juliette Touin that explores the role of maternity today in Cuba. The director wanted to analyze the life of these women that don’t have any kind of contact with the outside world.
Release Date: 1 September 2013 (Cuba)

Solo te puedo mostrar el color (Perú)

Solo te puedo mostrar el color (I can only show you the color) by Fernando Vílchez will be one of the Latin American short films selected at the 64th edition of la Berlinale. It will be the world release of the 26 minutes short film, which is based in Bagua, where all the clashes between the police and the aborigines took place in 2009. This will be Vilchez´ s second time at La Berlinale, after his work was selected in 2011 in the same category.
Release Date: Berlinale 2014 (Germany)

Raconte-moi des salades (Belgium &France)

Raconte-moi des salads (Salad Days) is a film by the French filmmaker Olias Barco. It tells us what happens inside the kitchen of a restaurant based in Brussels where, as the tension of the rush hour rises, some tensions between the employees aggravate. The owner can’t pay the staff anymore and not even the gas or electricity. It’s hot and everyone in the restaurant seems to lose control. This is an excellent work that shows the consequences of the economic crisis in only 15 square metres.

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Marta López is a writer based in London. She loves cinema, literature and photography. Follow her at @Martazepol.