Some Swiss Fucking Love Stories and other obsessions Shorts

Shortfilm program, 76 min.

A film program for those desiring sensual extensions of bodies and objects, for individuals with tactile passions, for sound design enthusiasts, for those who have recently fallen in love, and for all whose hearts ache, seeking solace in the immersive realms of smoke, water, blood and bliss. We invite you on a journey of love-stricken obsessions through the material world that envelops and permeates us. How do you deal and embrace your compulsions, fixations and obsessions? This program has been curated by Porny Days, a five-day festival focusing on the themes of sexuality, sex positivity, corporeality, pornography, and sex work, held annually in Zurich since 2012. The festival is transdisciplinary and aims to create a unique public space for topics that are fraught with complex taboos yet remain central and timeless elements of human cultures. We strive to provide individuals with the opportunity to experience a relaxed environment, free from judgmental sexual morals, at least once a year.

This program is presented in collaboration with Swiss Films.

uglysatisfying#

Von: Luisa Zieglmeier, Bennie Hess
CH 2022, 2 Min., kein Dialog

“Oddly Satisfying Videos” are an internet trend where viewers experience a sense of satisfaction. Pimples being satisfyingly squeezed out, noodle soup being slurped loudly, peculiar materials being intricately and precisely cut, crushed, or rolled by machines. You know what we’re talking about. But is it porn? Not really, but it’s intriguing. Oddly satisfying, indeed.

Les Dieux du Supermarché

Von: Alberto Gonzalez Morales
CH 2022, 8 Min., engl. + franz., engl. UT

A film about the profound yearning for the hot male media-insta-advertising body. An honest cinematic portrait of the director’s torn feelings with this obsessive love-hate relationship. Using found footage, Alberto not only questions his own, but also our cultural obsession with unrealistic beauty standards and takes us on a shopping tour of bodies through images.

Mirage

Von: Akira River, Jessica Moon
CH 2022, 8 Min., kein Dialog

In a powerfully slow-mo film, the two players dance around each other like two foxes on the prowl, exploring each other. The focus is on the touches of bodies encased in latex skin, on the mouths that explore, on the faces that mutually feel, on the saliva that is shared, and on the breath that is controlled and held.

Glory Box

Von: Oil Productions
CH 2024, 13 Min., kein Dialog

In an empty theater, four characters get together. A Piano ritual begins and the space starts to be transformed by a collective extasis.

Grace.

Von: abcde Flash
CH 2022, 6 Min., engl.

The menstrual cycle has four phases, and abcde Flash has mastered them all. From the oh-so-draining ovulation (a period of rest), to the absolute mind-fuckery of the luteal phase (social interactions can wait), she arrives at the follicular and menstruation phases, where creativity easily flows (and anything goes!).

Monochrome

By: Dan Nieders
CH 2022, 13 Min., engl. + franz. + span., engl. UT

Secretly, Juan lives out his fantasies through his alter ego Elise. While Elise is flirting with Marius at a party, Juan suddenly is confronted with an obstacle to overcome: Juan must regain control of the body. A film that twists the head and mind, taking the audience into the inner world of a searching character. To end the program we promise some fucking Swiss alpine meadow romance.

Human Cocktail

By: Jade Escrivá, Anna/Jill Portmann
CH 2024, 18 Min., engl.

A group of queer kinky people meets for an absurd dreamy play session. The goal: collect body fluids, bottle them and add to the collection.

Crushed

By: Ella Rocca
CH 2022, 8 Min. dt., engl. UT

To have a “crush” also means to be crushed or overwhelmed: by fantastically intense feelings, like in a storm. Ella extends this obsessive feeling and thinking in essayistic reflection from the inside onto the screens and onto the canvas.