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

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EVENT 09 Sound & Vision

Eight musical acts meet eight films – live at the Volksbühne. The performers have not yet heard the original soundtracks of the films, most of which were selected from the festival program, in order to preserve their own creative connection to the works during the composing process. Eight films, accompanied by eight acts of talented musicians come together in a dense and intense live show, featuring phenomenal sound and the epic screen of the Volksbühne. Katharina Blum and Yule Post host the evening in German and English, guiding the audience through surprises, improvisation, and intense moments. Not to be missed!

Bands and musicians curated by: Aaron Ghantus
Films curated by: Katharina Blum, Matthias Groll, Yule Post

08.11.25, 21:30h, Volksbühne

Sound & Vision
Sound & Vision

Ella Schebesta

born in Berlin, has been playing classical piano since childhood. To develop her compositions, she draws inspiration from surrounding sounds and inner images. The result is a highly visual kind of music—sometimes raw, sometimes delicate. This approach also led her to offer courses for children, where they create their own songs and video clips. She is currently studying music at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Sound & Vision

Flamencogruppe Tempelhofer Feld

is a group of professional and amateur flamenco musicians and dancers who have transformed their passion into a joint project - the "Der Tanzboden ThF e.V." on Tempelhofer Feld. There they host regular jam sessions for the flamenco community and aficionados. While street music is our core, they frequently perform on stage as well. This summer, they had three major concerts at the Luftschloss on Tempelhofer Feld.

Sound & Vision

Jaques Le Chat Long

**aka:** The Second Longest Cat in the World **Genres:** Ethiopian jazz-funk, hypnotic hip-hop, psychedelic rare grooves **Status:** Multitalented? Maybe. Universal dilettante? Probably. **Musical home:** Between Addis Ababa, Berlin, and a run-down record store in Lyon

Sound & Vision

KOOB & alabapia

The Berlin-based duo craft a boundary-pushing sound that fuses soulful melodies, intricate jazz improvisation, and unexpected twists. Drawing from KOOB’s Belarusian roots in soul and spiritual music and alabapia’s Parisian background in classical piano, improvisation, and experimental synth work, their music unfolds as a raw, cinematic journey where jazz, avant-garde textures, and deep emotion collide.

Sound & Vision

Laura Ortman

A soloist musician, composer and vibrant collaborator, Laura Ortman creates across multiple platforms, including recorded albums, live performances, and filmic and artistic soundtracks. An inquisitive and exquisite violinist, Ortman is versed in Apache violin, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, and amplified violin, and often sings through a megaphone.

Sound & Vision

LIGET SOUNDS

In Hungarian, “Liget” means “grove,” “small forest,” or “park,” an idyllic or often sacred place. - The timbres come from instruments such as the santur, handpans, alto flute, loops, and effects, oscillating between the Orient and the Occident. “Ligetsounds” creates a fascinating soundscape in the imagination of the listener. Tivadar Nemesi – visual artist, handpans, alto flute, composer, and Hakan Tugrul – santur, loops, composer.

Sound & Vision

Rotatonics

was formed in 2019 out of a shared passion for the Italian composer Nino Rota. Over the next three years, Berlin-based musicians Marie-Elsa Drelon and Carsten Wegener worked intensively to develop their live program, a kind of musical cinema evening with theatrical elements and a music machine, Uncle Irvin. The whole thing is combined with a mixture of chanson, tango, and world music.

Sound & Vision

Son de maracuyá

We are Son de Maracuyá! We are the bodies of this life who, by chance or fate, who knows? met in Berlin to make music. Our different stories have grown into a common root that crosses the ocean and stretches all the way to South America and the Caribbean. Traditional Latin American melodies, mixed with the spirit of our souls, make up the pulp and flavor of this blossoming passion fruit. Simply a delight!

8 films
Legato

Legato

Anne Rietmeijer // Netherlands, Germany // 2025 // 10:10 min

Animation

A musical note with a fear of commitment tries to find true love anyway.

Soulslayer

Soulslayer

Soulslayer

Masuma Makhamadalieva // Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan // 2024 // 10:10 min

Experimental

A poetic view of Uzbekistan: tradition, dance, and culture shine, yet beneath lie hidden struggles and traumas. The author’s journey traces the search for belonging in an imperfect homeland.

Light Fragments

Light Fragments

Light Fragments

Satomi Asakura // Japan // 2024 // 06:40 min

Animation, Experimental

Exploring the boundaries between reality and dreams by boarding a train and witnessing the illusions of light emerging in a state of slumber. Images of the past, the movement of light, repeating fragments of everyday life and memories. 

HEY DAD

HEY DAD

Hey Dad

Wei-Fan Wang // Taiwan, United Kingdom // 2024 // 05:37 min

Animation

He’s practiced these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea. He’s starting his countdown again, another 20 years. It might be the right time by then.

Floating

Floating

Floating

Jelena Milunović // Serbia, Croatia, Germany // 2025 // 07:01 min

Animation

A father drifts through life like a balloon. Gradually grasping his isolation and struggle with mental illness, his daughter searches for a way to bring him back down to solid ground.

[Content Note: Mental illness]

tacet

tacet

Tacet

Tomi Katz / Nonoka Matsuo // Japan, Germany // 2025 // 10:20 min

Experimental, Live Action

Time slips by quietly, days merge. As an immigrant, one encounters immovable bureaucracy, frustration grows—this silence, this pause, I call “Tacet”.

Picus

Picus

Picus

Frédéric Doazan // France // 2023 // 05:28 min

Animation

A gigantic woodpecker declares war on the city. Angrily it attacks, fracturing skyscrapers and revealing a patch of blue sky.

Stand Alone

Stand Alone

Soyeon Kim // South Korea, United States // 2025 // 05:16 min

Animation

A snake navigates through noise and separation. Instinct, struggle, and small, hard-won insights shape every step in an uncertain world.