TRICKY MONSTERS
65 min
CINEMA: FRI 7.3., 18:00 / METRO Kino
SUN 9.3., 13:30 / METRO Kino
At the beginning of it all is an insatiable monster. As such creatures demand feeding, it relentlessly h(a)unts the human world. Yet, this story does not center on childish ideas of external monsters; rather it explores what lies within ourselves: the routines that shape our daily lives, our unspoken desires, our deepest fears. When unearthed, these inner monsters reveal themselves as enemies as well as allies – with whom to share a bathtub, a dance or even a kiss.

MOTHER OF DAWN | MÃE DA MANHÃ
Clara Trevisan, 2024, BE, BR, FI, and PT, 8 minutes
At the beginning of time there was a hungry monster. Surrounded by whirling winds, the creature’s glowing eyes pierce the void of night - when suddenly two shiny fish appear. Following its prey, the creature sets time in motion, perpetuating an everyday cycle of dusk and dawn.

HERVÉ'S CASE | LE CAS D'HERVÉS C'QUI?
Luna Filippini, 2023, BE, 6 minutes It’s a regular day, as we invite ourselves into the intimacy of various characters and wander through a surreal urban landscape. Moving from one scene to another, little monsters turn out to be completely ordinary – or does the ordinary suddenly appear to be the monster?

HOT FISH
Yael Reisfeld-Ildis, 2023, IL, 7 minutes
After a hungry lionfish accidentally swallows a fisherman’s porn-infested phone, it turns into a seductive mutation: A huge fish with big lips and bedroom eyes, a personification of generic sexual fantasies. When these fantasies, however, suddenly turn into reality, the crisis of masculinity is inevitable.

THE DEMON'S WALTZ | EL VALS DE LOS DEMONIOS
Trinidad Plass Caussade, 2023, FR, 7 minutes
Gaël lives alone in a cabin in the woods, carving wooden masks at the timber bench. His loneliness is haunted by the memory of a past moment of love and intimacy – one that he is trying to untangle from feelings of shame. When suddenly the wooden mask asks him for a dance…

EDITH AND THE TALL CHILD
Kohana Wilson, 2023, US, 7 minutes
A hand-drawn film about hair, dysphoria, and the growing pains of a repeating puberty. It follows the titular Tall Child as they outgrow their tiny apartment, their gender, and their hallucinatory giant ground sloth Edith.

HEADREST
Heta Okkonen, 2024, FI, 3 minutes A girl tries to run away from the monsters that seem to fill up all the space around her - even in the bathtub she is casually joined by a smiling creature. The escape seems impossible -maybe because they continuously appear from a place that’s deep inside of the protagonist herself?

I SMELL A MOUSE | TÄÄLLÄ HAISEE HIIRI
Iiti Yli-Harja, 2024, FI, 18 minutes
It is Ilti’s post-divorce moving day. But like a sign from the universe of poor life choices, there seems to be a nightmarish mouse lurking in the shadows of her new home. When the nasty mouse problem escalates, one question becomes inevitable: Could Iiti be a mouse herself?

HUMANITY
Tereza Kovandová, 2024, CZ, 8 minutes
Life is hard when you’re surrounded by people's annoying habits. But: you can't kill somebody just because they chew too loudly. The protagonists of HUMANITY make all your dark visions of revenge reality – freeing all their inner monsters, so we don’t have to ourselves.