Friday, October 31
Pitching Film Schools
1 p.m. Saal1 (Kino Küchlin),
Steinenvorstadt 55, 4051 Basel
Mahdi Hosseingholi, and Mojtaba Zarghampour
You-Know-Who
A detective haunted by a past failure interrogates a mysterious outsider in a village. What begins as a simple murder investigation unfolds in a collision of fear, superstition and supernatural forces – until the past returns and demands payment. (FHNW BS)
Kriti Kapoor
The Trident
When a small god figure gives birth to offspring asexually, they must use their newfound superpowers to battle powerful scientists who are trying to control the future of human evolution. (Serial Eyes)
Alis J. Eden
Shore of Tears
When a Swiss forensic scientist and a grieving detective investigate a series of bizarrely staged murders, they come across the forgotten story of a girl who died brutally in 1987 – a crime that was covered up and whose shadow now hangs as a curse on the city and its inhabitants. (ifs Cologne)
Kriti Kapoor
She's a Monster
Anya, a 30-year-old graphic novel writer, turns into a monster for five days every month, destroying her life and forcing her to team up with her ex's current girlfriend, a monster-taming professional. (Serial Eyes)
Pepe Harder
The Supervisor
A compulsively perfectionist museum supervisor secretly dreams of a great career as an artist – but only when a chaotic colleague and a smuggled work of art turn his life inside out. (ZHdK)
2.40–4.10 p.m.
Operation Sabre (Serbia)
is shown 1 episode
After the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic, chaos erupts in Serbia and immediate measures are taken, a decisive moment from the point of view of a journalist, policeman and criminal.
Original Title Sablja
Screenplay Marjan Alcevski, Maja Pelevic, Dejan Prcic, Goran Stanković, Vladimir Tagic
Director Goran Stankovic and Vladimir Tagic
Language Serbian
Duration 1 season, 8 episodes à 45 min
Production country Serbia
Production This and That Productions, Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS), Agitprop
Production year 2024
4.15–6.10 5 p.m.
Estonia (Finland/Sweden)
2 episodes will be shown, showcase with Miikko Oikkonen, screenplay
Moderation David Bucheli
‹Estonia› tells the story of the sinking of the ferry MS Estonia in 1994. Based on the actual investigation reports, the history of the accident investigation in Finland, Sweden and Estonia follows on the basis of several people. In this context, we also see the events on the car ferry, its sinking and the rescue measures.
Original title Estonia
Screenplay Miikko Oikkonen
Director Måns Månsson, Juuso Syrjä
Production countries Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia
Languages: Finnish, Swedish, Estonian, English
Duration 1 season, 8 episodes à 45 min
Production Fisher King Productions, Amrion, Kärnfilm, Panache Productions
Year of production 2023
6.10–6.40 p.m.
Pause
6.45–8.05 p.m
Moloch Files (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine),
1 episode will be shown
‹Moloch Files› is a political thriller series. It is the second Czech Canal+ project and the first series from Central Europe to be supported by the Eurimages Pilot Programme for Series Co-productions. The project is also supported by the funding programme of the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.
Guests Kateryna Vyshnevska and Lukas Hanulak
Moderation Igor Storchak
Original title Moloch Files
Screenplay Stefan Titka
Director Lukás Hanulák
Production countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
Languages Czech
Duration 1 season, 3 episodes à 55 min
Production Fisher King Productions, Amrion, Kärnfilm, Panache Productions
Year of production 2025
8.10–10.40 p.m
Dead End (Belgien)
Ed is born with a peculiar gift: he can ‘see’ the origin or history of things by tasting or eating them. He puts his weird talent to creative use in his one-man business The Aftertaste, a service helping people cope with the unexpected loss of a loved one, by looking into the deceased’s final hours. When his next client turns out to be a homicide detective stuck on a mysterious case, Ed faces a moral dilemma: if his gift works on a toothbrush or a sausage, would it work on a body too? The more Ed bites down into the case, the more he and his marriage are devoured by his own existential crisis.
Guest Hans Vercauter
Original title Dead End
Screenplay Christoph Steiner
Directors Christoph Schier, Magdalena Grazewicz, Thomas Gerhold
Language German
Duration 6 episodes, 45 minutes each
Country of production Germany
Production Real Film Berlin
Year of production 2019