Rundgang der KHM 2025: Filme von Studierenden (Programm 2)

From Thursday to Sunday, the film program at Rundgang 2025 will present a total of 44 films by students of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) that have been produced over the past twelve months as part of their studies. Feature films, documentaries, animations, experimental films and hybrid forms of cinematic storytelling will be shown in 13 program blocks in the auditorium of the KHM and in the Filmforum at Museum Ludwig.

Thursday, July 17,4 p.m.
Aula der KHM, Filzengraben 2, 50676 Cologne
Moderation: Kerstin Neuwirth, artistic-scientific collaborator

Happiness is Close, 2024, 13 min.
Feature film by Albi Fouché (director & writer), Elisabeth Caic (cinematography)
When Mr. Rubens is disturbed by his neighbor while dancing, he wishes she would join his festivities. However, his longing for contact remains unanswered until a mysterious stranger turns up that night.

Street of Lost Hearts
Alexander Nowak (director & writer)
Feature film, 2025, 30 min.
In the near future, Coby (32), the introverted CEO of a large tech company, seeks out the Emo(tion) Dash. In his huge laboratory hideaway, where he grows extinct plants, he spends the night with Ezra (58), a climate refugee who offers her emotional services as a mother for money on the Emo dash.

Kung-Fu Pandemic
Emil Adam (director & writer)
Documentary, 2020, 17 min.
The mini-DV footage collected during the first lockdown in 2020 shows a series of interviews conducted at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In "Kung-Fu Pandemic", the individual fates and stories experienced by different characters intermingle.

προσομοίωση (Prosomoíosi)
Shuai Liu and Tianyi Hu (Director/AI-Generation)
Experimental film, 2025, 19 min.
This project lies at the intersection of contemporary art and game studies, exploring the relationship between media, artificial intelligence, and simulation. Artists express ideas through media, while AI, as a new creative entity, is reshaping the definition of media. Integrating theory and practice, the project examines the concept of "media alignment", analyzing the roles of games, AI, and symbolic systems in digital art.

After the screening, the attending directors, authors and image designers will talk about the creation process of their films and introduce their film teams in an audience discussion.