Creature Comforts
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
75 minutes
Home is wherever. But not everybody chooses to leave home. A short film programme on migration, dreaming of a better life, and travels of all sorts.
In his 1962 song, Marvin Gaye chants "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)", delving into the inner feelings of a wandering soul who isn't able to fully invest in romantic relationships and finds solace in the fact that home is wherever one chooses to lay their hat. And Gaye wasn't wrong in those lyrics, yet many people don't chose to leave home. They are forced to move, to travel, to flee or to stay in captivity. This programme summons stories about forced migration, dreaming of a better life "Abroad", and all kinds of travels. Indiana Jones may have finally take his hat off for good, many still struggle to find a place to lay down theirs.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2024
Showing in this program
Dangerous Migration Route
Anything can go wrong on the way to Africa.
Estate
Hasta Santiago
The Mapo's journey on the St James Way. On this legendary route he will cross cities and will meet other walkers who do not necessarily carry their backpack ..
Scent of Geranium
Immigration is a new chapter in one's life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one's life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director's experience with immigration.
The Family Portrait
As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras' unpredictable brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.
Untravel
A film about (local) patriotism, tourism and emigration.
The girl lives in a gray, isolated country, enclosed by a huge wall. She has never travelled anywhere, but all her life she has dreamt of leaving forever for a perfect world called “Abroad”.
Wild Summon
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne Faithfull.
