Judgment Day

Omnibus film with 13 short films by students of the HfG Ulm

A journey to an unknown star, a children's theatre play, an untalented writer and the fear of becoming the worst version of oneself. A mixture of live-action footage and animated scenes. A stream of (un)conscious stereotypes.

In a place that offers no hope, Sabreen, burdened by blame and trapped by expectations, yearns for a fleeting moment of freedom to reclaim what remains of herself.

Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn't recognize him.

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Mr. Burns, a student of Theosophy, has a dream in the hammock. He sees himself, his wife and her admirer, in a previous existence.

An asthma patient gets an attack after a long period and is stuck in a life-and-death situation

A young film student is about to make a documentary about an elderly man who has been hiding from the world for many years. But as secrets from his past come to light, their strange relationship takes a fateful turn.

Sara, A positive girl who can't speak(dumb) and A lonely boy without hope in life accidentally meets and talks through a diary.

A literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.

A lighthouse keeper is confronted with the uncertainty of the world around him, with loss, and with his own mortality. In his final moments, he embraces his destiny.