SATURDAY | 2:45pm

Katharina Rivilis

20 min | 2019 | Germany | East Coast Premiere

June 17, 1953, Frida’s 8th birthday, was to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East-Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday guests, but they won't come today. Nor does her father return from the demonstration, and Frida’s mother slowly begins to lose control. Outside, protests turn into a political revolt and the revolt is brutally crushed. Relationship between mother and child—the natural laws of responsibility and protection of the strong over the weak— seem no longer to be in force.

Awards: Best Short Film at Bangladesh Film Festival; Best Narrative Short Film/Best Foreign Film/Best Editing at Emberlight International Film Festival, USA; numerous screenings as an Official Selection.