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

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GREEN FILM COMPETITION

ECO 02 Animals!

Fish are friends. And food. And sometimes they sing from the refrigerated display case about the forces of capitalism! The relationship remains complicated: Dogs are loved, pigs are slaughtered, humans transform back into snails and monkeys. We're all animals. But animals aren't like us, are they?

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

06.11.25, 20:30h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

08.11.25, 18:00h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt

Animals!
8 films
Beneath Which Rivers Flow

Beneath Which Rivers Flow

Beneath Which Rivers Flow

Ali Yahya // Iraq // 2025 // 16:17 min

Documentary

Quiet Ibrahim lives in the swamplands of Southern Iraq, amid rivers, reeds and animals. As his world teeters on the brink of collapse, the well-being of his only companion, a buffalo, becomes threatened as well.

Fish River Anthology

Fish River Anthology

Fish River Anthology

Veera Lamminpää // Finland // 2024 // 09:30 min

Animation

The supermarket will be closing soon. The last customers are waiting their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing suspense offers the fish an opportunity to reflect – and sing a little song.

Tampere International Film Festival - Audience Award

Vigilia

Vigilia

Vigil

Claudia Estrada // Spain // 2024 // 08:15 min

Documentary

A teenage girl holds the first ever vigil for pigs in front of a slaughterhouse – in a country that kills 53 million pigs on a yearly basis. Her view changes drastically.

[Content Note: Animal cruelty or animal death]

Sit. Play. Stay.

Sit. Play. Stay.

Cecilie Flyger Hansen // Denmark, Sweden // 2024 // 19:12 min

Experimental, Documentary

A theatre ensemble rehearses Snow White – with dogs in the lead roles. Adopting the canine perspective, our attention is drawn to the power dynamics between human and animal.

Biir Gardi

Biir Gardi

Guardian of the Well

Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene / Bentley Brown // Chad // 2025 // 05:41 min

Experimental, Documentary

In the midst of a historic drought in Chad's Southern Saharan sandscape, a man pausing at a well thinks of his lost cattle and considers how he might go about creating a new life for himself.

Mon ami escargot

Mon ami escargot

Marius Hebert // Belgium // 2024 // 06:37 min

Animation

Hélène loves nature, a snail named Paul and a rose. Spurred on by the synthetic world, she gradually transforms into a snail herself.

A Dying Tree

A Dying Tree

Vincent René-Lortie // Quebec // 2024 // 16:42 min

Live Action

After work, an office employee encounters the enigmatic gaze of a chimpanzee – a mute rendezvous that leads him to an irreversible decision: all while dancing!

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.