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KUKI Festival
12th-19th November 2023
12th-19th November 2023
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Tilda Cobham-Hervey // Australia // 2017 // 20:00 min
Documentary
Twelve 12-year-old girls investigate their own species in an innovative blend of theatre and documentary.
Michal Pietrzyk // United States // 2019 // 22:30 min
Documentary
As one of the Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans, Desmond spends the whole year sewing colourful feathered costumes decorated with pearls to wear at carnival. But they represent way more than just a costume.
Santiago León // Colombia // 2018 // 17:00 min
Live Action
Alma is new at school and loves listening to metal. Not an easy situation when dealing with potential dates and finding the right kind of clothes for a party.
Nicolas Deveaux // France // 2018 // 02:15 min
Animation
A turtle has no chance at all in a race against flamingos! - Or perhaps it does?
Valentine Lapière // Belgium // 2019 // 15:45 min
Live Action
Kim is 14 and finds it difficult to conform. Nevertheless, everyone constantly expects her to abide by the rules.
Hyun-woo SHIN // South Korea // 2018 // 04:47 min
Animation
Childhood dreams and hobbies can take you a long, long way!
Ingride Santos // Spain // 2019 // 13:30 min
Live Action
Melisa doesn't feel like engaging herself in school and instead prefers to pursue her passion as "La Tiguerita". This leads to an argument with her Spanish teacher.
Dina Bukva // Austria, England // 2018 // 05:22 min
Animation
Annabelle's life seems to be perfect ... at least on Instagram.
Nadia Fall // England // 2018 // 10:00 min
Live Action
A gentle feminist ode about growing up, self-love and a lot of hair.
Valentin Riedl / Frédéric Schuld // Germany // 2018 // 05:00 min
Animation, Documentary
Carlotta has face blindness, which means she is unable to recognize faces, including her own. She has developed many strategies and skills to help her identify herself and others.
Antje Heyn // Germany // 2019 // 06:41 min
Animation
Sometimes things don't go according to plan - and that's usually much more fun!
Jorge Yudice // Spain // 2018 // 04:48 min
Live Action
A mother follows her son's livestream on YouTube. He answers personal questions from his followers.
André Hörmann // Germany // 2018 // 15:00 min
Documentary
Rodeo riding helps the young cowboy Crowley forget his worries.
Iris Grob // Netherlands // 2018 // 17:00 min
Documentary
Thies and Jorn‘s father is teaching them to hunt. Is that more terrible than buying meat at the supermarket?
Bernard Attal // Brazil, South Africa // 2018 // 08:20 min
Live Action
What‘s in a name? When Dela finds out why she was given her's, it changes her whole world view!
Angello Faccini / Guille Isa // United States, Peru, Colombia // 2018 // 10:30 min
Documentary
Dulce refuses to learn to swim. But she lives in the Iscuandé region of Colombia, where people depend on boats and are at risk of drowning due to frequent flooding.
Martina Scarpelli // Denmark, France // 2018 // 12:00 min
Animation
A woman alone in her room. In the struggle against an egg - in the struggle against herself.
Stefanie Kolk // Netherlands // 2019 // 16:00 min
Live Action
Three girlfriends. A car. And plenty of time to talk.
Sam Gainsborough // England // 2018 // 07:30 min
Animation
Alone in a chatty pub, a man is forced to reflect on his complex childhood and past, while constantly straining to maintain his slipping composure.
Mathilde Bédouet // France // 2018 // 03:15 min
Music Video
Fastlanes raps in this hand-drawn music video about social injustice, violence and how important it is to never give up.
Julia Ocker // Germany // 2018 // 03:37 min
Animation
Even buying ice cream is a big challenge for an incredibly sleepy sloth!
Alli MacKay // Canada // 2017 // 06:00 min
Animation, Documentary
Deep in a dream, a flood washes over the entire planet and reveals three people who share common experiences - although they previously felt alone.
Iva Ciric // Croatia, Serbia // 2019 // 05:36 min
Animation
A tender white plant determinedly makes its way through a threatening botanical labyrinth.
Do-Yeon Tak // South Korea // 2018 // 11:45 min
Animation
The sudden appearance of a door in a child's room reveals a mysterious world. (For fans of spooky stories!)
Art Collective NEOZOON // Germany // 2019 // 05:26 min
Experimental
“Oh my God, it’s so pretty!” A rhythmic mash-up of “unboxing” rituals and other YouTube selections harbors a critical dissection of our capitalist society.
Chiara Fleischhacker // France, Germany // 2018 // 12:50 min
Live Action
Gorgeously dressed with special makeup and hair, Céline is the model in a photo shoot. But is that what she really wants?
Clémentine Carrié // France // 2019 // 14:27 min
Live Action
On a camping holiday with distracted parents, Boubou finds out that boredome can lead to the most exciting adventures of all.
Becs Arahanga // New Zealand // 2019 // 17:40 min
Live Action
New Zealand 400 years ago. Hinekura's transformation from child to woman and warrior is accompanied by sacred rituals.
Héloïse Petel / Philippe Baranzini // France // 2018 // 10:48 min
Animation
A man lands with his spaceship on an unknown planet and makes an unusual acquaintance.
Marleen Valien / Alma Buddecke // Germany // 2019 // 07:40 min
Live Action
Is there a more significant relationship than the one between a girl and her vulva?
Armagan Ballantyne // New Zealand // 2019 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Sometimes it just takes a weekend at home with friends and family in order to heal.
Reyhane Kavosh // Iran // 2017 // 07:05 min
Animation
Termeh counts sheep and rabbits to try and fall asleep, but when that doesn‘t help, she sets off to find sleep itself.
Tommaso Santi // Italy // 2018 // 14:48 min
Live Action
Gianni is told to look after the new kid who will join his school class the very next day. This gets him worrying about what to expect.
Salvatore Allocca // Italy // 2018 // 14:35 min
Live Action
While helping a class mate with maths, Magalie doesn't suspect that it's not his grade that will determine whether they go on a school trip to Paris together.
Paul E. Cabon // France // 2019 // 14:15 min
Animation
Bastien decides to follow his friends into the restricted zone. But what awaits him there?
Alain Gagnol / Jean-Loup Felicioli // Belgium, France // 2018 // 08:37 min
Animation
Because he doesn't stop tormenting his little brother, Lucas’ mother sends him to an old man with a terrible past.
Marjolaine Perreten // Belgium, France, Switzerland // 2019 // 07:00 min
Animation
On your mark, get set, go! The animals of the forest are preparing for an exciting race on the last sunny day of autumn.
Nölwenn Roberts // France // 2018 // 07:18 min
Animation
Sam the mouse has a grand dream: To be able to fly with the birds! All year long he works hard for the day when the migrating birds return.
Paul Guerin / François Guerin // France // 2019 // 13:15 min
Live Action
A particular tension develops between Nathan, Emma and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Leandro Goddinho / Paulo Menezes // Germany, Brazil // 2019 // 13:40 min
Live Action
Although he enjoys the summer holidays with his friends, Lolo is plagued by lovesickness. Will Max go to the ball with him?
Sam Gainsborough // England // 2018 // 03:26 min
Animation
Helene Ducrocq // France // 2018 // 08:00 min
Animation
Witness the thrilling night-time world through the eyes of two bats as they hunt, seek shelter from a storm and then try to navigate their way back home.
Berangere McNeese // Belgium, France // 2019 // 23:34 min
Live Action
Anna is 16, quick-witted and emancipated. She lives with her mother, who conceived Anna as a teenager. Like mother, like daughter?
Nazli Doale / Jade Baillargeault / Dimitri James / Quang Daniel La / Morgane Lau / Mélanie Pango / Manon Pringault // France // 2018 // 04:33 min
Animation
A mouse story à la Lord of the Rings: Mouse of the Rings.
Sigrid Klausmann // Germany // 2018 // 13:48 min
Documentary
Miral is 11 and lives in Beith Jala, a town in Palestine. She shows us around her everyday-world, which is dominated by football and high walls.
Derius Matchewan // Canada // 2019 // 04:19 min
Documentary
Growing up on an indigenous reserve in Rapid Lake, Quebec, Derius made this documentary in collaboration with the Wapikoni Project in which he talks about all the things he likes best.
Yves Piat // France // 2018 // 17:00 min
Live Action
Two brothers find a donkey on the border between Tunisia and Algeria. Why he’s wearing headphones and listening to music is not the only secret he’s keeping.
Karina Paciorkowska // Poland // 2018 // 04:00 min
Animation, Documentary
A woman caught in the maelstrom of society's sexist public discourse. Is there any escape?
Aspen Michael Taylor // France // 2018 // 14:26 min
Experimental, Live Action
Two brothers find their own dead bodies in the mountains and embark on a series of tests to see whether they are alive or dead.
Eva van Barneveld / Heleen D'Haens // Uganda // 2018 // 15:22 min
Documentary
Carrying the HIV virus since birth, Tracy is aware of all the unnecessary fear and stigma attached to the infection but longs to share her secret with her best friend.
Guillem Miró // Spain // 2018 // 04:00 min
Animation
What happens if there is so much plastic waste floating in the oceans that the fish disappear? An ironic vision of the future.
Nicolas Bianco-Levrin / Julie Rembauville // France // 2019 // 03:00 min
Animation
The thrilling adventures of a real bookworm, er- bookmouse!
Filip Diviak // Czech Republic // 2018 // 04:44 min
Animation
Mr. Gnome just wants to sunbathe in peace. If it weren't for that stupid cloud! Fortunately he has a banging good plan!
Kato De Boeck // Belgium // 2018 // 21:00 min
Live Action
Summer holidays in Provence. Swimming, sunbathing, laughing, and a nudist beach. Besides all the distractions, Camille still notices that her brother has something on his mind.
Ivan Stur / Javier I. Luna Crook // Argentina // 2019 // 11:00 min
Animation
12000 years ago in South America: A boy named Quma wants to become a hunter. Experience the first steps of his spiritual awakening as a journey alone in the wilderness changes his perspective forever!
Géraldine Charpentier // Belgium // 2018 // 04:53 min
Animation, Documentary
In this animated documentary, Lou tells of their experience growing up as a transperson and shares their thoughts on gender and identity.
Robyn Paterson // New Zealand // 2018 // 19:00 min
Live Action
After re-settling in a small community in New Zealand, 15-year-old Tarek takes part in the local rabbit hunt with his host father.
Roser Martínez Garcia / Baptiste Grandin // France, Spain // 2019 // 03:45 min
Live Action
When the waitress at a bar is confronted with a sexist order, she comes up with a very special solution.
Martin Smatana // Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland // 2019 // 13:10 min
Animation
A little boy likes to visit his grandpa and go kite-flying with him. But as the seasons change, grandpa seems to change too.
Andrey Naimanov (screen name Korf) // Russia // 2019 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Alyosha has been practising so hard for his violin exam, and no-one and nothing can stop him from making it there on time!
Bridget O'Driscoll // France, England // 2018 // 04:58 min
Live Action
Every morning Pavel learns English with audio cassettes. But today something gets in the way.
Fanny Ovesen // Norway // 2018 // 18:10 min
Live Action
A birthday party at the swimming pool is the perfect platform for two girls who want to prove themselves.
Audrey Nantel-Gagnon // Canada // 2018 // 16:00 min
Documentary
A vibrant and intimate portrait of the life of Amaryllis, her vivacious everyday life, friends and profound relationship with her mother.
Daphne Lucker // Netherlands // 2018 // 15:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
In choreographed steps, three sisters try to heal and play, side by side. But they are not alone.
Karni Arieli / Saul Freed // England, Israel // 2019 // 04:17 min
Animation, Experimental
An audio-visual journey through unexplored and spectacular worlds in the company of a young woman.
Olivier Garcia // Netherlands // 2018 // 15:00 min
Documentary
Despite being teased by kids at school for his "girly" dedication to dance, 14-year-old Skip is determined to keep dancing with his all-boy crew and take part in a competition on TV.
Florent Hill // France // 2018 // 04:14 min
Live Action
The whole family is annoyed by Grandma's soup-slurping. Fortunately her grandson is hugely inventive.
Pierre-Marie Adnet / Jean-Luc Dessertaine / Guillaume Pochez / Tristan Poulain / Vincent Rouzière / Alessandro Vergonnier // France // 2018 // 04:58 min
Animation
The big motocross competition is coming up and Tom is busy training with his father. But his dad's ambition alone will hardly make him a winner.
Sergei Kibus // Estonia // 2019 // 15:00 min
Animation
Teofrastus Bombastus Filippus Aureolus von Hohenheim. What an unusual name for a tomcat! But the name is nothing in contrast to his extraordinary life story.
Derek Howard // Kenya, United States // 2018 // 05:30 min
Documentary
In search of wild honey in the forests of Kenya.
Maya Av-Ron / Sixtine Dano / Marion Coudert / Mylène Cominotti // France // 2018 // 04:48 min
Animation
Diane is flabbergasted. Although the whole family is up to their necks in water, they are only concerned with their food.
Frank Feustle // Germany // 2019 // 25:00 min
Documentary
Thomas and Korduni live at the foot of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and are real elephant experts. In order to protect their local crops without harming the animals, the boys are motivated to find a clever solution.
Boaz Olander // Israel // 2019 // 15:30 min
Live Action
Esther is new in Tel Aviv and doesn't want to draw much attention to herself. Her friends prove to her that you can defend yourself against injustice, even without words.
Jaylan Auf // England, Egypt // 2018 // 12:20 min
Live Action
Shortly before her 10th birthday Nour is taken to the doctor by her parents. But why is her mother so worried?
Javier Marco Rico // Spain // 2018 // 10:00 min
Live Action
Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring. Seamen take it on board and talk with a mother.
Chiara Fleischhacker // France, Germany // 2018 // 08:25 min
Live Action
Elaha spends her wedding night with her closest girlfriends in the bathroom - and has to make a decision.
Chiara Cant // Italy // 2018 // 03:20 min
Animation
In nature, the phenomenon of human-caused species extinction stands in a line with the disappearance of the dinosaurs. New ideas are needed in order to reverse the trend.
David Stumpf // Czech Republic // 2018 // 06:38 min
Animation
A young horse-headed individual looks for love in video games, while a party rages next door (woo-hoo!), alas, without him (boo-hoo!).
Ali Esmili / Claire Cahen // France // 2018 // 20:00 min
Live Action
A skilled goalkeeper, Yasmina hopes to convince the French national team's talent coach. But when her father is suddenly detained for deportation, she is forced into hiding.
Zara Dwinger // Netherlands // 2018 // 11:30 min
Live Action
In this contemporary love story, based on the classic tragedy of Shakespeare, two teenage girls find love and each other in a juvenile detention center.
Julio Mas Alcaraz // Spain // 2019 // 17:00 min
Live Action
In addition to their hard lives as drug couriers, Paco and Jose share a passion for dancing flamenco.
Baloji Tshiani // Belgium, Congo // 2019 // 14:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
A musical trip through glittery underground worlds and colourful Kinhsasa streets, as well as a comment on the omnipresence of mobile phones in people's everyday lives.
Sigrid Klausmann // Germany // 2017 // 13:07 min
Documentary
Zozooloi lives with her family in the Altai Mountains in Mongolia. She reflects on her traditional nomadic life alongside her time at school in the city and the slowly, but dramatically changing climate.
