Everyone’s welcome, especially families and children (aged seven and above)!
Hoping to spark a lifelong interest in fantastic cinema with a warm welcome to the SLASH family, we’re proud to present this family-friendly short film program dedicated to the lively imagination and curiosity of a younger audience that’s sure to bring big laughs to people of all ages.
Life isn’t easy. You’re plagued by annoying birds, have to stand up to cruel villains, wait in the drought for long-expected rain and all the chaos of the outside world can be really intimidating. But what would SLASH be if we didn’t turn such difficult situations into some wild adventures? When the end of all things is imminent, we try everything we can to prevent it, or at least spend it with the people we cherish the most. We find hope where we thought it was already lost, unexpectedly meet loved ones we thought we’d never see again and do everything we can to save our dearest friends, no matter how hopeless the situation seems. And if the end is inevitable, there’s nothing wrong with choosing a new life, is there? If irradiated chickens, robot monsters and the approaching apocalypse don’t sound like fun, let us convince you otherwise and leave it up to SLASH to make the end of the world a thrilling ride!
THE FINAL STRAW
Riccardo Renna | US 2013 | 2′
A scarecrow gets more than he bargains for when a stubborn crow invades his farmland.
ATOMIC CHICKEN
Thibault Ermeneux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova | FR 2023 | 5′
Austrian premiere
A chicken coop set up at the foot of a nuclear power plant sees its daily life turned upside down by a series of unexpected, comic mutations.
MUSCLE MAN IN: METAL MAYHEM
Nicolas Gemoets | BE 2024 | 8′
Austrian premiere
Muscle Man, the world’s cleanest superhero, embarks on a thrilling battle against a giant robot, but his obsession with order could lead him to his downfall.
THE TORNADO OUTSIDE
Maria Tomazou | UK 2023 | 8′
Austrian premiere
Anna lives in a perfect house, but living on the edge of a tornado can be difficult! When she goes outside, she is forced to face the chaos that she usually hides away from.
GOODBYE MY WORLD
Estelle Bonnardel, Florian Maurice, Quentin Devred, Baptiste Duchamps, Maxime Foltzer, Astrid Novais | FR 2023 | 5′
Austrian premiere
When the world is about to end, a man stuck in a fish costume heroically attempts to cross the city to reach a mysterious tower.
DANDELION
Ling Zhao, Zhengwu Gu | US 2023 | 4′
In a dystopian world, a coal-burning robot working in a mine one day finds something he has never seen before – a dandelion.
NUBE
Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian Arredon- do Narvaez | MX 2023 | 8′
Austrian premiere
After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud painfully rain and evaporate in sorrow, Noma, a puffy white cloud, realizes her daughter Mixtli is also in danger of raining prematurely.
AFTER GRANDPA
Swann Valenza, Florian Gomes Freitas, Juliette Michel, Victoria Leviaux, Axel Sence | FR 2023 | 7′
Austrian premiere
Haunted by the terrifying ghost of his Grandpa, a little boy obsessed with insects will have to overcome his fear to discover why his grandfather came back.
LOST & FOUND
Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe | AU 2018 | 8′
A clumsy crochet dinosaur must unravel itself to save the love of its life.
REINCARNATION MALL
Eric Giessmann, Piers Goffart | DE 2023 | 5”
Austrian premiere
Having mainly accumulated bad karma points during his time on earth, Mr. Grump has difficulty buying a new life in a shopping mall after his death.