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EJECT XXVIII – The Long Night of Weird Shorts

EJ eject_XXVIII – The Long Night of Weird Shorts

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 boat sales with dental flourishes or monster-riding fishies – at the 28th edition of the Long Night of Weird Shorts, the audience is judge and jury in one: your applause determines who remains and who gets launched into the popcorn-filled abyss! And anyone still standing when the eject party ends must have failed to take the proper risks!

Curation: Montego Brown, Fredi Klutas, Philipp Kutz

Hosted by: Ludmilla Pogodina and Folke Renken

07.11.25, 22:00h, Volksbühne

eject_XXVIII – Die lange Nacht des abwegigen Films

22 films

Vegan Mayo

Luca Toth // Hungary // 2024 // 04:30 min

Animation

She is all that: A super empath, a justice warrior and your favourite confidence queen… but then again maybe just a sausage.

[Content Note: Nudity]

The Impossible Mission

Nicolas Gebbe // Germany // 2025 // 03:00 min

Animation, Experimental

Two retro-gaming special agents go on a nearly impossible mission to retrieve a CD-ROM from a space station orbiting the earth.

Baby Tooth

Olivia Accardo // United States // 2024 // 05:33 min

Live Action

A boat sale in a parking lot suddenly erupts into dental drama: Marina requests help with pulling a tooth – as the two parties become entangled in an absurdly explosive encounter

[Content Note: Blood, Physical Violence]

Dark Globe

Donato Sansone // France, Italy // 2024 // 03:18 min

Animation, Live Action

Human beings have become walking war machines, an unstoppable destructive force towards everything around them. Is there still hope for the future or are we stuck in an endless nightmare?

[Content Note: War, Physical Violence, Blood, Death or dying]

Karies

Caries

Aline Höchli // Switzerland // 2025 // 09:41 min

Animation

Eager to create a monumental work of art, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals inside the mouth of a vain weather presenter.

[Content Note: Nudity]

The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste

Pernell Marsden // Australia // 2023 // 06:56 min

Live Action

Two best friends embark on a high-stakes game of imagination, which takes an unforeseeable turn and threatens to jeopardise their relationship.

Poong

Vinh Nguyen / Robin Szymczak / Laurent Rohrbasser // Switzerland // 2024 // 01:40 min

Animation, Live Action

A failed trick shot sends a ping-pong ball careening off on an unforeseen little adventure.

Trash

Holga Rosen // Germany // 2025 // 03:02 min

Animation, Live Action

A Ghostborg is sent through a portal to sabotage the secret operation "Trash" and kill agents Parker and O'Brien. Can the two fend off the attack and protect their mission?

[Content Note: Body Horror, Physical Violence, Blood, Murder]

Fructus Fliegus

Emilia Zieser // Germany // 2024 // 04:58 min

Animation

After a fruit fly crash-lands in her roommate's eye, the protagonist sets off on a journey through her companion's brain to remove the intruder.

Two Point Five Stars

Dario Boger / Dario Marti / Sina Lerf // Switzerland // 2024 // 05:26 min

Animation

Robin sits at the reception desk of a hostel, playing online chess to the monotonous lobby music. The calm doesn't last as various guests gather and cause chaos. Things spiral out of hand – then a horse appears.

Rosol z kaczki

Duck Broth

Maria Dakszewicz // Poland // 2024 // 04:39 min

Animation

Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening.

Arachnophobia

Melita Sandrin // Slovenia // 2024 // 02:49 min

Animation

Meta falls asleep while meeting up for coffee. Damjan plays a trick on her: a spider lands in her mug. Panic and morphing visions set in, until calm finally returns. Then a butterfly lands.

DESK BUGS

Hakhyun Kim // South Korea // 2024 // 03:17 min

Animation, Live Action

A bright red desk and a blue pencil. Skulls, cups and a modular synthesizer. When you sit at the desk, they appear: fluffy, purple-bodied creatures known as "desk bugs."

[Content Note: Flicker]

Unter Strahlen

Under Rays

Jörn Staeger // Germany // 2025 // 08:22 min

Experimental

Summer, sun, catching some rays? Our blazing, life-enabling neighbour in the sky gives us many things: vitamin D, skin cancer, drought, heat and artful, whimsical impressions.

Quota

Job, Joris & Marieke // Netherlands // 2024 // 02:35 min

Animation

When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little impact…that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated QUOTA.

[Content Note: Blood]

Cottage Cheese

Alice Kunz / Janina Müller / Lena Metzger / Liina Luomajoki // Switzerland // 2024 // 05:16 min

Animation, Live Action

Mika sits down on the toilet. She is shocked to discover that there is something slimy in her underpants. In search of answers, she then embarks on a journey into her vagina.

Cannot Sleep!

Yingjie Zhou // Japan // 2024 // 02:26 min

Animation

Tinnitus becomes cicadas, a heavy head turns into a shot put, and the mattress’s pressure feels inescapable. The restless struggle of sleeplessness begins.

The Weeping Monolith

Adi Gelbart // Germany // 2025 // 04:40 min

Animation

The Monolith sees all – for instance singing stop-motion bunnies making music. How could it not be weeping?

Cell Buddies

Studio Brute Beesten // Netherlands // 2025 // 05:11 min

Animation

Sam, a grumpy raccoon, is sharing a cell with Bob, a sweet but dim manatee. Sam hatches an escape plan. During their jailbreak, the two find more than freedom.

The Way You Look Tonight

Christoph Horch // Germany // 2025 // 06:33 min

Animation

A man and woman living in a cold and distant relationship discover that they suffer from the same strange ailment.

[Content Note: Body Horror, Physical Violence]

Rajskie Ptaki

Birds of Paradise

Tomek Ducki // Poland, France // 2025 // 08:30 min

Animation

Life can be crap sometimes. For a remarkable flock of flightless birds, droppings are the foundation of life itself. Until one day a mysterious object washes up on shore.

Fish & Trips

Marius Lübke / Amy Bruchner // Germany // 2024 // 02:17 min

Animation

Things are hopping in the middle of the ocean. Party time, till Blubb-Blubb and Dizzy get kicked out. Blubb-Blubb lures a monster with a string of lights and rides it while Dizzy cheers.

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

EJECT XXVIII – The Long Night of Weird Shorts