Zeitgeist Europa

WTF shorts!

The ongoing strain of the Covid pandemic has elicited strong reactions from us all…as evidenced here by a few samplings from our friends overseas.

Hologang

Fudliaks! Tear the Sexes Apart!

Set in an undefined present where the Institute for Gender Normalization is studying the scientific underpinnings of conventional heteronormative bodies and biologically binary genders. But a new research series turns all that on its head!
Directed by Jasmin Hagendorfer, 2021, Austria, 13 minutes. Stars Andrea Nitsche, Benjamin Kornfeld, Benjamin Brommer, Blanka Daneluk, Joshua Malek, Alice Moe, Nadine Cobbina, Jasmin Hagendorfer, Kudra Owens, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Thomas Kranabetter and Lisa Klemann.
Producers: Jasmin Hagendorfer, Johannes Grenzfurthner and Gunther Friesinger
Writers: Jasmin Hagendorfer and Johannes Grenzfurthner

Endzeit Berlin

Lonely queers cruise through Kreuzberg and Neukölln, rattle at the doors of closed-down bars and clubs, and even have to flee from the police for violating SARS-CoV-2 infection protection regulations!
Directed by Toni Karat, 2021, Germany, 10 minutes. Stars Walter Crasshole, Dennis Deep and Franko.
Producer: Toni Karat

The Receiver

With Covid times pushing us to redefine relationships and desires, Salty Cheri and Manon Praline decided to play consciously with the power dynamics between filmmaker and performer. Salty set up three blind dates for Manon who, being uninformed about her partners or what would happen, had to let go of all expectations.
Directed by Salty Cheri, 2021, Germany, 23 minutes. Stars Manon Praline, Ron Hades, Bishop Black, Jamal Phoenix and Lola Tormento.
Producers: Manon Praline and Josiane Balafesse

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A journey in the year 20xx takes us to the privileged life of Kira, who can afford the newest lifelike sex robots. Are robots the answer to our deepest sexual desires…or a mere sign of humanity’s downfall?
Directed by Katy Bit and Iris Glitzer, 2021, Germany, 14 minutes. Stars Mo Haze and Office Flowers.
Producers: Officer Flower and Katy Bit
Writers: Mo Haze, Officer Flower, Katy Bit and Iris Glitzer

Hologang

Born out of lead performer Lucy Huxley’s personal gangbang wish list, a sci-fi vision of the future where men have died out and their semen is the latest commodity. It’s a teasing role-reversal in which rough sex and facials, traditionally viewed as objectifying to women, instead turn men into little more than fantasy fodder for a privileged princess. Whether that’s utopian or dystopian is left for you to decide!
Directed by Paulita Pappel and Rod Wyler, 2021, Germany, 33 minutes. Stars Lucy Huxley, Bishop Black, Noir So, Romeo and Rod Hardick.
Producer: HardWerk