SHORT MONDAY

In the organizer's words:

Regularly on the second Monday of the month at 8 pm at Filmhaus Köln, Maybachstraße 111, 50670 Cologne

Short Monday - The Short Film Monday at Filmhaus Köln
An initiative of the KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, the SK Stiftung Kultur and the Filmhaus Kino - curated in rotation between the three cooperation partners.
Admission: 8 € / 6 € reduced

Monday, December 09: "Focus: Corina Schwingruber Ilic"
Presented by the SK Stiftung Kultur, supported by the Swiss Consulate General in Frankfurt.

Corina Schwingruber Ilic's films allow her audience to immerse themselves in seemingly everyday observations with a smile. With sensitivity, humor and rhythm, the filmmaker analyzes social behavior in a sharp and precise manner. The program shows five short films from 2013 to the present day, covering traditional Swiss crafts in the snow, a Serbian village kiosk and an all-inclusive cruise, among other things.

We welcome Corina Schwingruber Ilic on stage for an audience discussion after the film program.

Supported by the Swiss Consulate General in Frankfurt.

Program: 5 films / 59 min.

Corina Schwingruber Ilic is a Swiss director from Lucerne. In addition to her freelance work, she has also been working as an editor and lecturer at various art and film schools since 2010. She is a co-founder of PRO SHORT (Swiss Short Film Association) and a member of the Swiss and European Film Academy.

Her short films BAGGERN (2011) and INS HOLZ (2017) became festival favorites, ALL INCLUSIVE (2018) was selected at over 250 festivals such as Venice, Toronto and Sundance and was awarded various festival prizes, including the Golden Dove of DOK.Leipzig and the Swiss Film Prize. Her first feature-length documentary DIDA (co-directed with Nikola Ilic, 2021) premiered at Vision du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland and won the Audience Award at DOK.Leipzig.
Her latest short film BEEN THERE (2023) premiered in Corti d'Autori at the Locarno Film Festival, screened at numerous other film festivals and was nominated for the European Film Awards 2023. Corina Schwingruber Ilic is an alumna of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy 2017, the IDFA Academy 2018 and the Berlinale Talents 2023.

Films in the program:

KOD COŠKA (CH/SB, 2013, Corina Schwingruber Ilic / Nikola Ilic, 15')
Whether beer, cigarettes or margarine, the village kiosk in Sirca has it all. It is the meeting place for those who did not emigrate. No work, no money, but lots of humor and brotherhood.

INS HOLZ (CH, 2017, Corina Schwingruber Ilic, Thomas Horat, 13')
Snow, ice, sweat and chainsaw noise. Every four years, over three winter months, wood is felled in a steep mountain forest on Lake Aegeri in the canton of Zug and made ready for logging according to ancient tradition. Neither technology nor progress has been able to replace this traditional craft.

ALL INCLUSIVE (CH, 2018, Corina Schwingruber Ilic, 10')
Fitness on the sun deck, a polonaise through the dining room, a photo opportunity with the captain or a beauty contest for young and old. A cruise offers all this and much more. Fun is guaranteed around the clock and your own hotel room floats along. Business is booming and pleasure vacations on the high seas are all the rage. At the end of the day, what remains are tons of digital souvenir photos and a cloud of exhaust fumes on the horizon.

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EGYPT (CH/EGY, 2015, Corina Schwingruber Ilic, Nikola Ilić, 11')
What is left of the Egyptian revolution of 2011? Nothing, except full prisons and a great disappointment. The ex-military chief Al-Sisi has taken power and runs his country with an iron hand. Everyday life goes on and the Egyptian people are trying to make the best of it.

BEEN THERE (CH, 2023, Corina Schwingruber Ilic, 10')
Weekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or a trip around the world. You barely have a few days off before you're gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and the places we visit so overloaded. What do we get out of it, apart from the visual proof that we have been there?

Location: Filmhaus Köln, Maybachstraße 111, 50670 Cologne

Further information:

https://www.kffk.de/2023-best-of-festivals/
https://www.kffk.de/short-monday/
www.filmhaus-koeln.de