– festival

Cultur’halle Film Festival (CHFF) is a festival of contemporary art short films.

This festival is organized to promote and enhance modern experimental short and medium-length films, to honor avant-garde artistic productions in cinema as well as to create encounters and share ideas and creations. A living festival.

– OFFICIAL SELECTION 2024 –

PROGRAMME 17 OCTOBER 2024: CONCEPTU’HALLE CATEGORY

DEVOID 4’10

DEVOID is an experimental poetry short film that delves into the mind of a person at the edge of the abyss. Through evocative imagery and lyrical narration, it navigates the pivotal moment of a final decision, offering a contemplation on being, nothingness and the end of life.

Stefan Otto Ruiz | VO (DE) | 4 min 10 sec | 2024 | GERMANY

MOMENTO MORI 8’21

A woman in search of memory and identity dives into a surrealist journey where cinematic language itself is the vórtex of all reality.

Fabio Servullo | VO (PT-BR) | 8 min 21 sec | 2024 | BRAZIL

LITTLE FAN 5’

An unexpected encounter will grow into a meaningful friendship

Sveta Yuferova, Shad Lee Bradbury| VO (DE) | 5 min | 2023 | GERMANY

ERRO 9’44

ERRO represents the first audiovisual work directed by Amaia Lejarreta, an established Basque artist from Durango. In ERRO, the artist’s body-painting is cleverly combined with the vertical dancing of Janire Etxabe, all under the supervision of Jon Mendizabal’s filming and editing.

Amaia Lejarreta Onaindia | VO (ES) | 9 min 44 sec | 2023 | SPAIN

ASTÉRIA 3′

In “Astéria,” a mother transformed into a star leads her child through a cosmic odyssey on the ephemeral beauty of existence. In this celestial ballet, death becomes a dance with eternity, revealing that in the heart of the night, the immortality of bonds sparkles.

Elliot Huescar | VO (FR) | 3 min | 2024 | SWITZERLAND

ONWARD YE COSTUMED SOULS 5′

Thy back shall be broken, thy soul shall be enslaved, and thou shall assume, nay inherit, the role of tyrant.

Patrick Smith | VO (EN) | 4 min | 2024 | UNITED STATES

PROGRAMME 17 OCTOBER 2024: MOVEMENT CATEGORY

MITOTE – SMOKEY MIRROR 9’07

In today’s world us humans have developed a complex social system of rules and expectations. Children are taught from the day they are born on how they are expected to behave. They are told what is right and wrong, what is possible and what not. That is, by the standards of the children’s parents and other people in their surroundings, in other words the society they grow up in.

Jana Sturmheit | VO (KO) | 9 min 07 sec | 2023 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA

DESHABITAR 3’49

Beginning and end. Past, present and future. The eternal return.
This project is the result of long and heartfelt research, which took place externally as well as internally.
Digging, collecting, putting the pieces together.
Asking questions, looking for answers.

Elisa Rossot | VO (IT) | 3 min 49 sec | 2023 | ITALY

QUEENS OF UNWANTED THINGS 5’28

Queens of Unwanted Things est un court métrage de danse expérimental qui aborde la question des déchets dans la nature.

Anna Holmström | VO (SE) | 5 min 28 sec | 2024 | SWDEN

RUINS WITHIN RUINS 9’23

A group of dancers positions themselves between the ancient and modern ruins of the island of Crete, Greece. Drawing inspiration from its rich heritage, they craft a series of kinetic forms and patterns influenced by folk dances. These installations, whether harmonising with or contrasting against the island’s culture, offer reflections on historical memory and the Cretan identity.

Lefteris Parasyris | VO (GR) | 9 min 27 sec | 2023 | GREECE

PROGRAMME 18 OCTOBER 2024: CONCEPTU’HALLE CATEGORY

LONER 6’26

In the tunnel of vision between the digital and analogue worlds, interpersonal contacts are sought, found, set aside, observed and forgotten. Feelings vary from person to person and generally seem different on the outside than on the inside.

Lena Marie Rheinländer, Liam Erlach | VO (DE) | 6 min 25 sec | 2023 | SWITZERLAND

SIREN 6’26

SIREN is a short experimental dance film, utilising contemporary dance to explore the non-binary/trans experience.

Scott Fowler | VO (NL) | 7 min 04 sec | 2023 | NETHERLANDS

RIEN DE SPÉCIAL 3’57

These men may be thinking of a joke, a compliment or even a game of seduction. The women are annoyed, humiliated, sometimes frightened. Yet it is their daily life. So they deal with it.

Anthony Légal, Michaël Marie | VO (FR) | 3 min 57 sec | 2021 | FRANCE

BACK AN HOUR AND HOW TO WEAR IT 3’25

Let your beauty scare you. Think about yourself as you “imagine” yourself because metamorphosis means not giving in to a single form. Be everything others are afraid to be.

Eleonora Manca | VO (IT) | 3 min 25 sec | 2024 | ITALY

LIGHTS 8’28

Lightbulbs are throwing a party for growing up flames to welcome them in the system that will let them shine and protect them. But one flames likes to play with fire and rebels against the system.

Jitka Nemikinsová | VO (CZ) | 8 min 28 sec | 2023 | CZECH REPUBLIC

PROGRAMME 18 OCTOBER 2024: MOVEMENT CATEGORY

WELL 4’20

Mount Taishan is hidden from view.

Wei Jiang, Nailong Song | VO (ZH) | 4 min 20 sec | 2023 | CHINA

TRAVELING LIGHT 7’04

Follow the tightly-knit community on their symbolic journey into the woods. They carry only the experiences, memories, and dreams that matter to them.

Alexis Karl | VO (EN) | 7 min 04 sec | 2023 | UNITED STATES

KUCHA 9’35

Kucha, an ancient oasis city dating back to the 3rd century BCE in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, was a significant cultural crossroads of the Silk Road, renowned for its Buddhist heritage and distinctive music and dance.

Chenglong Tang | VO (ZH) | 9 min 35 sec | 2024 | CHINA

BIPARTITE 4’26

This moving short film transports us through landscapes and movement, offering a captivating visual experience.

Ananda Siml | VO (ES) | 4 min 26 sec | 2024 | UNITED KINGDOM

STREAKING ENDLESSLY 4’25

The experience, details, and moment are lengthy. The result, memory, and moment are swift. When all these aspects converge on one thing, is it enduring or fleeting? This short was done on a rooftop, which is located within Beijing Dance Academy, roughly 30 meters away from the dance classrooms.

Yuxin Qiao | VO (ZH) | 4 min 25 sec | 2023 | CHINE

– support

The Cultur’Halle Association brings together those who give special support to the Cultur’Halle Film Festival (CHFF).

Become a member and benefit from advantages during the Festival.

  • Festival subscription at an exceptional price of 20% of the full price + a reserved seat for the festival screening (by registering at contact [at] chff [dot] ch).

Annual subscription 2022-2023

  • Famili’Halle reduced rate
    (AVS, AI, apprentice, student, unemployed)
    CHF 20.00
  • Famili’Halle rate
    CHF 50.00
  • Famili’Halle Duo
    CHF 70.00
  • Famili’Halle Support
    CHF 100.00

– partenership

You benefit by becoming a partner of the CHFF :

  • You allow the existence of a quality event based in Geneva.
  • You associate your image with the DNA of the festival: a cultural event arousing emotions and wonder.
  • You benefit from an active multi-channel communication all year round at the national level.
  • You reach a local, young and curious public.

Your support to the CHFF also gives you :

  • A VIP pass.
  • Invitations to the screenings of your choice.

We are listening to your ideas !

Contact us at: contact [at] chff [dot] ch

– team

Jo lima
General and artistic director

Ananda Roubian
Multimedia design manager

Brenda Alexandre
Administrative assistant

– contact

Cultur’halle Film Festival

+41 78 742 28 23
contact [at] chff [dot] ch
CH – Genève

Email

– Useful information

Screening on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 October 2023 at 19:30 at Fonction cinéma :

Maison des Arts du Grütli
16, rue du Général Dufour
1204 Geneva

Ticketing on reservation : contact@chff.ch