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Stranded in a quiet Pennsylvanian city, flatbed truck driver Dan leaves his cab to explore his surroundings, only to be drawn to an old steel factory that seems frozen in time. Inside the rusting labyrinth, curiosity turns into a surreal inner journey as memories, industrial echoes, and dreamlike visions blur the boundary between reality and imagination. As Dan wanders deeper, the factory reveals itself as a symbolic kingdom where he sees himself as both wandering ruler and chained prisoner. Haunted by reflections on ambition, purpose, and the forces that shape human lives, he confronts a mysterious transformation that binds him irrevocably to the spirit of steel itself.
A short tragicomedy set in the time just before the internet came along. Every week, a girl takes a long bus ride to a remote village to meet a boy who is trying to build a motorcycle in a rickety shed near the bus stop. They have recognized each other’s dreams and each other’s loneliness; very slowly something beautiful is beginning to blossom, but when a passing motorcycle group belittles the boy, his building project turns into a destructive obsession. RatingsEdit Rating 8.0 Average Score Based on 1 Rating0 0 0 0 Alexandru Schiller on September 3, 2026 8 Edit Rating Share Rating Delete Notes Alexandru Schiller on September 2, 2026 • Shared with Submitter Hi! Good News: We have accepted your film into our film competition! To progress further could you please provide us a screener download link (ONLY if not provided so far), and a recent director's photo, and a poster (print quality 300DPI, A4 or A3 size, CYMK) to promote your film. Thank you again for your participation, stay safe be safe. Best of luck on the international film festival circuit. CIFF Admin Delete Breaking news! You are going towards the Top 100 and going up.....going up ...and going... we predict you will get into Quarter Finals in the International Films category, and possibly as well as in the 'Top 10/Quarter Finals Best Short Films' AND/OR 'Best International Films/Top 10 Best Internationa Short Films' categories, either one, by the end of the year. Keep fingers crossed & best of luck. Please share this 'new' link below on your social media circles and platforms, ask your friends, sponsors, cast & crew, family mmbers, anyone who watched your musical video/clip or any of your performance(s), to give you a rating 1-10 stars or make a comment to help you gain the much needed extra points. Any comments received will add the points to your score! Hence,a screener download link is important! BTW: Allow us 24-48hrs to finish to received the film/video then time to convert & re-uploading, then listing. Thanks BTW: PLEASE allow 24-48h for movie upload (receival), conversion and listing. Thanks! Send a copy to the submitter. Add Note Still Photos
"Home comes from being haunted,” as the German saying goes — or so it seems to a castaway on a deserted island when a cup with the infamous Blue Onion pattern (an iconic East German dishware design) washes ashore.
Ironically, it comes from the porcelain works of his hometown of Triptis in Thuringia. Its appearance triggers deep childhood memories of a world where everything seemed to be made of porcelain. It is a porcelain that has accompanied generations.
MADE IN TRIPTIS is an absurdly comic animated short film about the necessity of new perspectives on home.
