From April 21 to 30 we will be installing new works in some parts of open storage. We recommend you visit during a mediated tour.
Tchaikovsky and cows, Paul Klee and alcoholic intoxication, the thoughts of medical robots and the bewitching beauty of satellite images.
The Experiments section of the shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival includes six live action and animated works on a wide range of aspects of human life. In playing with form and narrative, the filmmakers are attempting to find new means of telling stories about things as old as time.
A fantasy about alcohol dependence made in the style of Paul Klee.
Director Nikita Meshcheryakov
Russia, 2022, 4 min. 18+
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. Some teenagers decide to become ball girls at a Grand Slam tennis tournament that will soon take place in Buenos Aires. They believe this work will give them greater opportunities and are prepared to do anything to get it. But is it worth the cost?
Director Marcos Montes de Oca
Argentina, 2023, 14 min. 18+
A medical robot helps a surgeon to operate, and in its spare time plays chess with the nurses. However, soon this routine will be destroyed. An improved version has appeared in the department. In discussing the relationship between the two machines, Eno Swinnen explores human nature. Animation.
Director Eno Swinnen
Belgium, 2023, 16 min. 16+
An unknown woman is going somewhere. Where? Why? Who knows. But the melancholy she radiates forces her fellow travelers to think about the bitterness of their existence.
Director Madli Lääne
Estonia, 2022, 11 min. 16+
Sergei has given up ballet, left the big city, and settled on a collective farm. Now he will have to deal with «idiotic village ways, ” meaning with routine, the identical faces of the cows, and drunkenness. Animation.
Director Priit Tender
Estonia, 2023, 14 min. 18+
Clods of earth, rocks, waves, and ice. Fields, cities, and roads. Photographs from satellites are intertwined with objects at their usual scale, creating bewitching and beautiful patterns.
Director Yaroslav Kirichenko
Russia, 2023, 7 min. 12+
Standard: 400 RUB
Tickets for seniors, veterans, large families, under 18s, and visitors with disabilities (with one carer): 200 RUB*
Films will be shown in original language with Russian subtitles.
Screening accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing.
*Please bring proof of eligibility
