Preview on FFDD26: Cinema Digestif
Cinema Digestif is back at Thalia Kino, once again inviting audiences to dive into three carefully curated late-night short film programmes. Across three nights, the series explores power, absurdity, and queer rebellion through bold, visually striking, and thought-provoking works.
On Thursday, Kill the Boss! opens the programme with a selection of animated films that take aim at authority in all its forms — from oppressive systems to inner voices and glossy girlboss figures. Curated by Mackenzie Fincham and Petra Stipetić, the programme moves between surreal empowerment fantasies and unsettling reflections on control and hierarchy.
Friday night sees the return of Seriously? WTF!, curated by Anne Gaschütz and Daniel Vadocký. With a sharp and self-aware edge, the programme captures the friction between effort and reality — tired, chaotic, and darkly humorous, it offers a snapshot of contemporary absurdity that feels all too familiar.
The series concludes on Saturday with I Am Always Hungry – Queer Monsters, Queer Heroines. Curated by Miri Ian Gossing and Felix Bartke, this programme brings together queer horror across fiction, music videos, and animation. Here, the monstrous is reclaimed and celebrated: bodies transform, desire unfolds, and cinematic narratives are rewritten with dark humour, visual intensity, and rebellious energy.
Cinema Digestif 2026 promises three nights of daring, genre-bending cinema — playful, provocative, and unapologetically bold.
Screenings at Thalia Kino:
- Thu, 16 April, 23:30 – Kill the Boss!
- Fri, 17 April, 23:30 – Seriously? WTF!
- Sat, 18 April, 23:30 – I Am Always Hungry – Queer Monsters, Queer Heroines
Ticket presale starts on 24 March via www.filmfest-dresden.de