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No Budget - No Trend

In the middle of an identity crisis, allegiances change and the conflict can begin. Icons of masculinity increase their self-confidence in a state of delusion. An attempt is made to stop their loss of image by reproduction with contemporary technology. A high-speed camera records a miniature that pays homage to pioneers of the imagination and electroacoustics. A performance is entangled in a moving curtain that is linked to old graphical material on handmade strips. An advertisement-hardened background renovates an urban planning horizon. At night it is here that thoughts start on their odyssey through a slalom course of verses endeavouring to bring this ejection to the finish line. Meanwhile, all hell breaks lose on the Internet Highways. Former traffic policemen are involves in high-speed investigations on complex virtual city maps. The colour intensive events on a Thai market seem per plexing. Wishes are presented on a fantastic stage and their performers only have to interrupt their play for a brief moment when a train comes driving through.

 

Dark visions land on the trees in a forest as garbage of civilisation. Medical remnants directly encounter meat wrappings during the subsequent plant quiz. In the neighbourly assortment, contemplative garden work finds its field of activity. Thermal energy sources are not just heating up the earth, but also the closed demonstration of a monkey gang. Even in cooler regions, a few hand movements can provide plenty of exercise. »Hurray!« In the royal house the party turns into a smashing success during spurts of ovations. A wave of ecstasy smashes a piecemeal flower arrangement. Modern florists practice in the free space of composition. Flittering eyes filter the colour signals into the nerve centre, where they catch up with previously arrived audio samples. The discharging dose of stimuli causes hallucinatory reflexes. Those who dared to come this far will now be challenged to make their own experiences, without a ready-to-go-story that works by the manual.

 

Personal trials and tribulations lead to more tangible visual motifs. The recordings report from situations that directly surround the objects of documentation. We are involved for a few moments, and one of the last contemporary witnesses tells about his cooperation with Che Guevara. An autobiographical self-portrayal is staged in a private bathroom before the story leaves the apartment. At another remote place we encounter a man who achieves a trance like state through an extreme body performance. On the other hand, the last 40 years of cohabitation of father and son appear to have been very close. But what happens when their habits are disrupted? We encounter absurd family relations at a birthday table. It is quite possible that the only grown ups here are the toys. Our modern existence is sufficiently furnished with appliances like that; everyday life takes place in the head. Hence it can happen that this form of popular culture ends up controlling our consciousness and creating identities. There is an easier way of making yourself more visible by changing the background. A former life recycling experimental station is employed in an archaic self-construction area. An end time scanner captures the dusty remnants in order to discover a lost perspective on life.

 

In this year, NoBudget presents extraordinary films in five programmes that will offer surprising challenges when viewed. You are welcome if you are interested in new experiences beyond events flooded by the media. The audience can nominate their favourite film for the ›Optimistic Vision‹ award.

 

Film selection: Giuseppe Gagliano, Andonia Gischina, Torsten Stegmann, Mirjam Wildner