Winter monologues
Manuel Karel Seiler | 2024 | Drama, Comedy | 18.5 min
As Hanka and her grandfather Bobek open preserved jars, they delve into the past.
As Hanka and her grandfather Bobek open preserved jars, they delve into the past.
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The view of a child of a family breaking apart
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Pippa looses herself in dreams of becoming a famous actress.
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Two friends are partying with an unexpected visitor.
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In the vacuum of depth delusion is pulsating.
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Right in the middle of.
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Out of boredom a group of young girls gets carried away with frays on the playground.
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Simone has to attend her father's funeral. But she misses her connecting flight.
Alice is waiting for her acceptance letter from the arts college.
Kurt locked himself in the closet and refuses to come out.
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An evening at the Crazy Fish Sushi Bar.
Bruno, an unsuccessful sales rep, doesn’t have the heart to cook a lobster.
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Lisa starts her new part-time job at a canteen.
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Three men living on a camping site between a highway, a river and two cliffs.
Three couples who are close friends get together for a leaving party.
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Shenthuya, Jana, Joana, Haris and Renad attend school receiving special tuition.
Antoine glaubt fest an eine Sache: Seine Mutter komme sie ihn besuchen – als Engel.
Julian, a simple farmer's son from the country side, loves his home in the mountains.
Ralph is secretly in love with his flatmate.
A village in Switzerland. Every friday, Muslims come to pray in the old schoolhouse.
Dolores has had enough.
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Istanbul, Bosphorus. The old ferryman Captain Riza is the last one in his business.
The child prodigy Floh has a wild story to tel.
Antoine and Meier were best friends as teenagers.
Die junge Japanerin Kimiko steht kurz davor, ihre Heimat zu verlassen.
Due to their mother's illness, a brother and sister have to make concessions
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Katharina fährt durch Polen.
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The vintner Jean is being replaced by the wine expert Luc.
12 year old Florian is in love with the much older Juanita.
Both say that it was the love of their lives. But this love could not be.
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Oscar and his father watch Oscar's son play a football match.
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Diana is a respectable woman of 67 who lives an uneventful life.
A little boy is standing with his mother in front of the toyshop „Belmondo“.
Married for 30 years, Ernst and Edna lead the usual life of couples their age.
More than 800 people inhabit Lochergut, a tower block in the heart of Zurich.
A couple takes a car ride in the Alps.
Konrad falls in love with a beautiful, unknown man in a photo.
One day Lea ruthlessly runs after a new challenge.
In a letter to a friend, I tell about my thoughts about the flow of life.
The author sends her alterego “Susi” on a search to find the prince of here dreams.
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Mari-Carmen and Conchita are playing and talking. They open a fictional dialogue.
Paul works as an employee in a big office.
Laila, 18 delivers pizzas, but she dreams of becoming a musical comedy star.
A couple prepares to receive their guests.
Film, Opera and Music become one.
A young man is put to the test as a newly trained customs official.
One morning, Siegfried discovers something strange in his toilet cistern.
Choreographer Barbara Cleff places an advertisement and wakens many dreams.
An accountant dies and finds himself on the train that is supposed to take him to paradise
In 1970 Nico G. was adopted. 30 years later he wants to find his birth mother.
Rita was the great role model of my childhood.
A film about the tangled paths of love.
Wesley visits Salome, he had a holiday romance with her in London.
Maria represses her loneliness by sacrificingly caring for other people's problems.
A round of inconspicuous events.
Today is his best day, today is the supernova.
Der Computerspezialist Adam wird in ein abgelegenes Kloster gerufen.
A fleeting lighting mood brings a painful memory of the surface.
We have technology on our side. - Will mother nature be with us, too?
Never has the shy Thomas let his feelings run wild for his father.
A postcard. A little holiday story, in a country without borders.
Man and the power of nature in the mountains.
Wilhelm Tell takes Walter into the mountains, where he abuses him behind a rock.
An island owner and his life between dream fulfillment and everyday life.
Zurich Central Station. She is from Berlin, he is from New York. Their eyes meet...
At a dinner with her boss everything goes wrong for Karin.
A young father and pilot takes off for the last flight.
Love is just a projection.
In the private prison CIP manipulates Dr. Block the time perception of a prisoner.
An agent is searching for a missing person at Dr. Gruber.
Pofonok tells the story of victory and defeat and life in Budapest.
Boredom and unfulfilled longing determine the life of the young casino owner.
Ein Paar liebt sich in einem Hotel.
Three thefts on an afternoon…
Vanessa gets lost in the timeless labyrinth of her decisions.
Carla loves the vastness of the sky, close to the clouds.
An experimental game with the image of the woman.
ACEDIA I ist ein interaktives Video über Langeweile, Überdruss und Betriebsamkeit.
Zeynep, a turkish women, is about to be deported
The everyday meanness in life lure Andrea into the sidelines.
Childhood experiences can leave their mark. Paul is being followed by them.
One morning we woke up and realized we were ordinary.
Life moves in mysterious ways.
A love story in Vienna.
Can birds fly in the cage?
A couple is fighting until the end becomes a new beginning.
A film about the proliferation of the unconscious - the longing of the princess.
Two horror movies in a love movie.
A successful director is looking for a young actress.
Without commentary, Steff lets boys and ancestors explain their world view.
16.7.1969. Der erste Mensch betritt den Mond. Malcolm ist der Zweite – oder Dritte.
Moris must be forced into isolation.
Can homeless Nia escape her predicament?
I’m on my way. It leads me through my memories. All the way to home.
Shannet shares her journey of healing the wounds caused by transphobia.
A night on an empty campsite turns into a nightmare for three young camp leaders.
An inexplicable shift in the rules of the world brings to light people’s forgotten dreams.
Wild Bees are being displaced from their habitat by farmed honey bees.
Thorns turn into flowers through love.
A political hero's journey without a happy ending
The restless collector Klemens is alone with his vision, he has to clear his storerooms.
The bond between two siblings suffers the burden of domestic violence.
Three people, a film crew, one goal. They want to make a sustainable change in society.
A lonely artist is called by a disembodied voice.
Frida goes through a rollercoaster of emotions, told in a surprising and multilayered way.
Petting mice, styling dogs, killing cows.
Book antiquarian Karlsen can not get away from his store.
An untold war story
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