SAFT

A bunch of round succulent and moist creatures smear each other contentedly with an oozy juice. They share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day, they squash them all. In response the creatures start to run dry.

Director: Mona Keil
Germany, 2022
4:55 min

Mona Keil works with experimental visual art, focusing on animated movies. As her main interest lies in an analog approach to visual material, her work includes stop-motion, cutout animation, drawn animation. After having completed a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication at the Bauhaus-University in Weimar and a diploma in Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, she is now a freelance director and artist based in Leipzig.

Mona Keil, Director of Saft (2022)

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  • SCHWIMMSTUNDE

    An elderly woman and her caregiver develop a secret attraction to each other while trying to untangle themselves from social taboos....

  • SAFT

    Meaty creatures must learn to share their juicy world with the pesky little bugs, before they run dry. ...

  • GOLDFISCHE KÖNNEN 30 WERDEN

    Jan and Jule’s relationship goes according to plan – just like everything else in their lives. Until they realize that although they don’t want to break up yet, they can’t imagine doing this forever. But there needs to be a plan for everything. And so, they decide to rehearse their separation... ...

  • EINMAL WIEDER DIESER JUNGE SEIN

    My mother started drinking when I was 8 years old. Family life got chaotic even more. The following years changed me a lot, and it took a long time finding my inner self again. This is a story about lost trust, toxic relationships and disconnection to others, but also finding light in life again. ...

  • DIE TELEFONZELLE

    Tom wants to throw a surprise party for his best friend Anna, since he’s a bit in love with her. Unfortunately, the bar has messed up his reservation - and the only room available at short notice is the phone booth in the backyard....

  • TABU LA RASA

    "What if I had just dared?" Thea's perfectly composed life suddenly gets completely out of sync with this all-questioning mind game....

  • EARL GREY

    Paranoid passion drives a young woman deep into the forest, but what will she find there? ...