Current Comments
Cinema at the Pulse of the Present
The segment Current Comments deals with this present, touches a raw nerve, calls the accustomed processes into question, and puts contemporary debates in a nutshell. What are the issues that concern us? And what concerns the artists and filmmakers who have submitted their work to this festival? These programs exhibit one of the strengths of the short format: its proximity to current issues—from the climate crisis and migration to human rights and dangerous scenarios for democracy.
The four programs revolve around current topics and conflicts, everyday life in the face of multiple crises and acts of defiance. The program In The Current Of Forces is about quiet resistance against the invisible powers that seemingly control our lives, while Today I Was Afraid I Would Forget Your Laughter brings together current films from Ukraine and the ongoing state of emergency. Flows Of Oil is dedicated to oil, its extraction and transport, which are currently back in global focus. Finally, Recording – Resisting – Reimagining gathers images and recordings as protest and resistance, as new forms of seeing in political struggle.