MONSTERS & RABBITS

Of Men and Monsters!

Watch the heroes of our short film series Departures/Outcasts as they try to cope with death, lost friendship, love and sickness.

The documentary IRENE by Lindsay Goodall is staggering and touching. The director portrays her own grandmother Irene who develops Alzheimer’s disease and is being looked after by her daughter Roberta (Lindsay’s mother). The film strikingly shows the consequences of the illness on the relationship between the three generations of women. Not only did the film impress us, but also the Academy, which short-listed IRENE for an Oscar nomination. We keep our fingers crossed. Lindsay and her mother will attend the festival and will gladly answer all of your questions.

What happens to a imaginative friend when you start finding real friends is shown in Nicky Lianos’ film MONSTERS & RABBITS. Michael is a typical misfit kid whose best and only friend is Kenny – a smoking and drinking monster – only exists in his imagination. Together they drift to their astronaut-imaginary world and everything is in best order until one day, Michael makes friends with a “real” girl and Kenny gets jealous… Nicky Lianos’ film addresses many people: everything is represented from children’s film festival to fantasy.

A coming-out film which is one-of-a-kind is JAMES by Connor Clements. Young James makes his first experiences with his homosexuality, but doesn’t know who to confide in. Totally isolated from his classmates and parents he eventually thinks that he found an intimate in his class teacher and hopes for his support. However, his teacher’s reaction turns out differently which leads James to take a radical step. The countless prizes which JAMES already won prove how much the subject of Conner Clement’s debut feature touches hearts.

You can see the full list of shorts in the Departures/Outcasts series here.

DEPARTURES/OUTCASTS (80 minutes):
November, 13 - 6:30 pm – Das Filmcafé
November, 14 - 8:30 pm – Das Filmcafé

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November, 18 - 8:00 pm – Das Filmcafé

Get a taste of MONSTERS & RABBITS here: