Program 2025

International Competition

8 programs

The focus on international filmmaking. Bold narrative techniques meet emotional stories, imaginative animations alternate with extreme life situations and encounters full of tenderness. The 49 films ...

German Competition

4 programs

Stories belong to those who tell them – and reclaim them! These 24 current German short films guide us beyond the realms of the sayable, the real and the fantastic. They ask questions of familiarity and the unknown. For long ...

Documentary Competition

3 programs

Truth lies somewhere between subjective introspection and committed analysis of the world. The documentary gaze, which captures what is happening, is considered truthful. Whether through a blink of an eye, in a long shot, ...

Green Film Competition

3 programs

The environment and nature are not doing well due to overexploitation instead of sustainability. Twenty-two films—feature films, animations, and documentaries—shed light on the state of our planet, visit hot spots, question what we ...

European Short Film Audience Award

2 programs

Eight short films, eight festivals, eight votes, and one award for the best European short film. The audience has selected their favorite national short films and sent them on to the next round. They will now spend another year touring Europe ...

eject _XXVIII - The long night of weird shorts

1 program

eject is a wild carrousel of film oddities – 22 short films that pulverise our timid notions of cinematic possibility! Whether it's pesky fruit flies landing in your eye, crapping birds, sausage queen super-empaths, surreal ...

Focus Weaving Tomorrows

5 programs

We don't exist in a vacuum, but in stories, relationships and networks instead. Our individual selves and our collective identity arise from stories which we share with one another. Our FOCUS section takes a look at ...

Specials

13 programs

A wealth of topics, experiences, and insights: Body Talk celebrates dance and choreography, Bike Shorts are diesel-free, Queer Fever shows intimate portraits and rebellious perspectives, Reality Bites puts reality to the stress test ...

InterForum

7 events

Discuss! InterForum is a platform created by and for filmmakers, international guests, industry professionals, and interested audiences. There are seven events with free admission ...

Spript Pitch

INTERFILM's talent program

We invite writers of innovative short films to refine their scripts, prepare their pitches, and pitch their material to an international jury in a competition during the festival ...

Events

12 Events

Between the festival opening and the winning films, INTERFILM offers many other events: from virtual reality in panoramic view, musical sound & vision, the quirky Eject, to synchronized karaoke. There is also a Movie Pub Quiz, Food ...

Online at SOONER.DE: Jannis Alexander Kiefer

Stream

In co-operation with Sooner.de, we are proud to present the comprehensive filmography of multi-award-winning director Jannis Alexander Kiefer. From the start of the festival, both his first feature film, Another German Tank Story, and ...

Content warning

This year we again want to provide content warnings for all programs shown at the INTERFILM and KUKI festivals. These are listed online under the program description (not with the individual films). See interfilm.de/cw for more information.

Please note that these are content warnings for sensitive topics discussed or shown in the respective films. At best, they are intended to prevent anyone from being unwittingly exposed to past trauma.

The curators of the individual programs, as well as we as organizers, have formulated such content warnings to the best of our knowledge. This is not necessarily a complete listing of all possible triggers for trauma. In any case, we welcome your feedback (info@interfilm.de).