Fanaticism, fundamentalism, radicalism, terrorism. There’s a lot of -isms around today – and a lot of fear. But the only thing we have to be afraid of is fear itself! In this program, we will present you seven simple ways to overcome our fears: keep calm, take care, don’t worry and trust your heart. And be sure: If anything is going to take the world down, it’s humourlessness. Curated by Daniel Ebner and Alexandra Valent
The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older man who claims to be the true authority, and demands that they be thrown out. One recurring young man, the first to appear, claims that he protects the horses from enthusiastic racing fans.
Short film
GERMANY | 11 minutes | 1969
Short fragment from the television movie Echt im Fernsehen in which musician Kurt Razelli used interesting reality moments from Austrian television and made video clips out of them. In this excerpt Razelli picked a moment about a guy who made a radio protection room in his house.
AUSTRIA | 6 minutes | 2015
A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device. I want some breakfast and get on with my day.
UNITED KINGDOM | 1 minutes | 2014
The women working in a Finnish unemployment office have a secret club, where they give sex out of pity to outcast young men in order to prevent future school shootings. Mirja (35) tries to hide that, after spending a night with unemployed Marko (19), she has fallen in love. Saving Finland is at stake.
FINLAND | 29 minutes | 2014
In this educational film we learn, that Catholicism is not only the greatest thing on earth, but also really quite cute. That's thanks to Mr Catholic - who has well-grounded answers to all the doubts concerning papal infallibility. In the end, even Dr Schmidt is convinced.
GERMANY | 3 minutes | 2007
On a 10-meter high diving tower, fear of taking the jump is pitted against the personal loss that would arise if you didn't dare. What do we look like when we hesitate and when we make a decision? What does it look like when we overcome our fear?
SWEDEN | 17 minutes | 2016
Nikolai, a mortician, and Osip, an actor playing Christ in a play, are brothers in love with the same woman. Anna, a state scientist and said woman, is in love with both brothers and studies the Earth's core, the very heart of the world. She discovers that the world is dying of heart failure and only has one more day remaining. Meanwhile, Akmatov, a bloated, capitalist bureaucrat lusts after Anna and tries to make her fall into her bed.
CANADA | 7 minutes | 2000
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