#07 So Close, yet so Far Away

“Human beings consist not only of chemistry, but also of a great deal of longing.” (Christoph Schlingensief). Rubbing people up the wrong way and getting stuck – in the judgment of others. The protagonists have a desire to free themselves: from categorizations, from the burden of waiting, from loneliness. The films are united by a constant balancing act between closeness and distance, movement and standstill. Different realities overlap, blurring the boundaries between alienation and comic effect, between public and private, between active and passive. !! Due to a technical error, it is not possible to play the short film compilations using a Safari browser or an Edge browser on Windows devices. Please use a different browser; we recommend using Google Chrome. We apologize for any inconvenience. !! | Homunculus France, Italy 2025 / 17:44 min. / French, English, Italian, Russian / English subtitles Director: Bonheur Suprême | | Nina in a Series of Encounters Germany, Austria 2025 / 29:41 min. / German / English subtitles Director: Sophie Gmeiner | | Si la vida me diera un deseo (If Life Gave Me a Wish) Cuba 2025 / 17:00 min. / Spanish / English subtitles Director: Paloma Gomide | The synopses for the films can be found in our catalog or on our website.