DFT @ Regensburg 2023 — Leo Kuelbs Collection

Sarah Oh-Mock & Theory, "Upgrade Now"

Gabor Kitzinger & Alex Hamadey, "Dark Nights/Black Cats"

Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, "Cat Man and Cat Ass Babe"

Radka Salcmannova, "Incantation"

Lea Brugnoli & Carsten Schneider, "Backlighting"

Rani Messias, "Eclipse"

Ana Bilankov & Carsten Schneider, "Three Women Under the Clouds"

Maria Naidyonova, "The Shadow of the Sun"

Jonathan Phelps, "The Pond Aquarius"

Julia Obst & Mark Fernyhough, "Aquaria"

Vadim Schäffler & Alex Hamadey, "You & Me"

Juliane Ebner, "Der Greif"

Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel, "Death and the Butcher"

Thomas D. Rotenberg & Josh Graham, "Liberatio Naturae"

Sandra Ratkovic, "Veritas"

Adele Oko, "Jelly Skin"

29th International Short Film Week Regensburg 2023

Festival dates: March 16-26, 2023

Screening date: Sunday, March 19th at 3 pm, at Ostentor Kino

More Info available here.

The Digital Fairy Tales series uses old tales and themes as an initial context from which to consider our common humanity from our current digital realities and perspectives, through time, backwards and forwards. As we move further towards a “singularity” between Artificial Intelligence and the terrestrial, the Digital Fairy Tales series seeks to remind us to not forget our shared histories and what it means to be a quality human being as we evolve towards the unknown.

Digital Fairy Tales: Dark Nights and Black Cats

Digital Fairy Tales: “Dark Nights and Black Cats” is a new selection of dark tales taken from the Franz Xaver von Schoenwerth archive in Regensburg, Germany. Black cats dance as the doctors’ guts are exposed, frozen stockings thaw and death gets a new jacket of shadow, courtesy of the sun. Digital Fairy Tales: “Dark Nights and Black Cats” connects those who created the stories all those many years ago with a diverse selection of artists in our digital present. Collected in the early 19th century, these dark and twisted tales are perfect for a chilly winter’s eve.

Featuring work by: Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, Gabor Kitzinger & Alex Hamadey, Ana Bilankov & Carsten Schneider, Rani Messias, Sarah Oh-Mock & Theory, Lea Brugnoli & Carsten Schneider, Maria Naidyonova, Radka Salcmannova

Selections from: Digital Fairy Tales: Wassermärchen + Digital Fairy Tales: Transformation!

A special selection for the Regensburg Kurzfilmwoche, sampling works from the two latest Digital Fairy Tales programs. Three pieces from DFT: Wassermärchen and five from DFT: Transformation! The Transformation! program began as “Magic Animals,” but it was noted that many of these stories employed transformation from one form to another.

Featuring work by Jonathan Phelps & Team, Julia Obst & Mark Fernyhough, Vadim Schäffler & Alex Hamadey, Juliane Ebner, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel, Thomas D. Rotenberg & Josh Graham, Sandra Ratkovic, Adele Oko

Artists statements for the selections can be viewed here.