INTERFILM 41 International Short Film Festival Berlin
4 - 9 November 2025

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DOC 03 From Heritage and Presence

Cultural heritage, traditions and personal stories empower, provide stability and offer a foundation for revolutionary identities. By the same token, their nonreflective continuities can harbour countless hidden risks. When places disappear, identities and stories become lost. Not everyone is allotted or finds a place in the handed-down stories that serve as the raw material from which history is made: a displaced sea people in Mumbai, a Javanese wargame, Brazilian rituals, the search for solace in traditions or in the healing of a queer heir in China – the works assembled here ask how past and present can inspire one another to shape decolonial practices.

All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles.

06.11.25, 13:00h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt (Accreditation Only)

07.11.25, 18:00h, Cinestar Kino in der KulturBrauerei

08.11.25, 18:00h, ACUDkino

From Heritage and Presence
5 films
Tunggang Langgang

Tunggang Langgang

Afterlives

Timoteus Anggawan Kusno // Indonesia // 2024 // 20:00 min

Documentary

A Javanese wargame takes us from an abandoned sugar refinery to the Rijksmuseum and traces the afterlife of a Dutch general's colonial portrait frames.

Lost Songs of Sundari

Lost Songs of Sundari

Lost Songs of Sundari

Sudarshan Sawant // India // 2024 // 08:43 min

Documentary

Mumbai in the midst of modernisation. A bridge is crowding out the Koli, a proud sea people, threatening their stories and rituals. Tradition and the sea give way, but the legend of the ferrywoman Sundari remains.

Lanawaru

Lanawaru

Lanawaru

Angello Faccini Rueda // Colombia, Mexico, United States // 2024 // 15:28 min

Documentary

When a member of his community disappears, a boy seeks solace in Indigenous traditions, healing rituals and the wisdom of his grandfather.

Ru ni suo yuan

Ru ni suo yuan

Correct Me If I'm Wrong

Hao Zhou // Germany, United States // 2025 // 22:59 min

Documentary

Caught in a struggle for love, legacy and belief, a family in South-Western China seeks to rid their queer heir of an unwelcome entity.

[Content Note: Homophobia and heterosexism]

Daru/N

Daru/N

Passed/Mother

Benjamin Hindrichs // Spain, Germany // 2024 // 14:33 min

Documentary

80-year-old indigenous healer Lucila turns on the radio in the morning, gazes at the Brazilian rainforest and wonders: What will happen when we die – the rainforest and I?