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KUKI Festival
3/11/24 - 10/11/24
3/11/24 - 10/11/24
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Rosa Tu // Germany, United States // 2020 // 05:02 min
Animation
An animated music video for a haunting folk song about the deep friendship between an old recluse and a little girl lost in the swamp.
Lina Luzyte // Germany // 2018 // 10:09 min
Documentary
Growing up in the “Floating Gardens of Xochimilco” in Mexico City, Jésùs rows a boat to school each day with his little sister. He’s concerned about the pollution and serious crime in his neighbourhood and is working towards making a positive change in the future.
Jerry Hoffmann // Germany // 2020 // 14:25 min
Live Action
Jean slides ever deeper into anorexia, or as he would call it: the awesome feeling of absolute self-control. But then Lili enters his life.
Jean Lecointre // France // 2020 // 08:40 min
Animation
In the most stylish kingdom in the world, no one wants to be ridiculed for being out of fashion. The arrival of a cowboy changes everything.
Susanne Maria Krauss / Ramon Sanchez Orense // Congo // 2019 // 07:33 min
Documentary
Although Amina can hear perfectly well, she attended a school for deaf children because her mother couldn’t afford to send her to a regular one. Now fluent in sign language, she is the coach of Goma’s first deaf basketball team.
Libby Burke Wilde // England // 2019 // 04:35 min
Live Action
On the school bus, a boy alterts Chloe to a bloodstain on her trousers. Menstruation is a particularly difficult problem for her.
Engin Erden // Turkey // 2019 // 12:34 min
Live Action
On a hot summer day on the Aegean seaside, Ece and Efe want to prove that they can fish as well as the adults.
Elena Molina // Spain // 2020 // 17:04 min
Documentary
Paloma Pujol, tired of being the only freestyler woman in Spain, challenges herself to open the female category in the Spanish Football Freestyle Championship, but she needs at least four more girls to achieve it.
Camille Tricaud / Franziska Unger // Germany // 2019 // 03:00 min
Animation, Live Action
The perfect airline for everyone that wants to travel, discover the world, be free,
consume and totally wreck the planet.
Nicolas Deveaux // France // 2019 // 02:15 min
Animation
A seal and three penguins take part in a wild chase on a speedy bobsleigh run.
Steffen Hand // Germany // 2020 // 03:13 min
Animation, Music Video
This music video for a song by the hip hop band "Deine Freunde" is about the small and big ouches in life - sometimes it hurts like crazy!
Tone Ottilie // Denmark // 2019 // 19:30 min
Live Action
Frede goes to her first queer techno party to try and win back her ex. Her cooler big sister begrudgingly takes her along.
Florian Schott // Namibia // 2019 // 28:40 min
Live Action
Nine-year-old Baxu has a close relationship with her environment. When mysterious things happen in the village, she starts to investigate and uncovers a dark secret.
Florent Gouelou // France // 2020 // 18:00 min
Live Action
In a village, a 17-year-old boy performs as a drag queen for the first time. His older brother is not exactly thrilled about it.
Brendan Canty // Ireland // 2019 // 14:55 min
Live Action
Christy is a highschool-dropout who really wants to get a job, but even writing a C.V. is a huge hurdle for him. When his big brother lets him down, his mates are there for him.
Benoît Chieux // France // 2019 // 11:20 min
Animation
When Anna bravely sets off to travel through the so-called haunted forest she ends up making a surprising discovery and loads of new friends.
Rosalie Benevollo // France // 2019 // 03:00 min
Animation
Four women on a train journey reflect on arriving, leaving and returning.
Animation set to a poem by Jean Tardieu.
Karla Laet // Brazil // 2018 // 15:00 min
Documentary, Experimental
Kauan breaks barriers and asserts himself in the local culture of his home town of Olinda, a small coastal town in Brazil.
Lena von Döhren // Switzerland // 2020 // 04:30 min
Animation
A curious little bird makes friends with a busy bee and the funny adventure begins. All under the watchful gaze of a sneaky fox.
Adam Anthony // Australia, Uganda // 2020 // 04:53 min
Documentary
Diana is the only female boxer in Uganda. Shortly before the Olympic Games she was disqualified because of her gender - yet she refuses to give up.
Kylie Eaton // United States // 2019 // 13:57 min
Live Action
Lizzie battles to save her mother from the dark forces that have transformed her.
Anthony Lemaître // France // 2019 // 16:00 min
Live Action
Going to the cinema can be quite expensive... Three friends try to sneak into a blockbuster.
Isabelle Schapira // Belgium // 2018 // 15:21 min
Live Action
Tatiana has to say goodbye to the boy she’s not ready to leave yet. Secretly.
Charlotte Mars // Australia // 2019 // 18:30 min
Live Action
In hospital a young dancer has to learn to cope with the lack of control over her body.
Eva Nijsten // Netherlands // 2019 // 15:00 min
Documentary
Merle is about to receive her First Communion, an important event in the predominantly Catholic south of the Netherlands. But what does it all really mean?
Basile Khatir // France // 2019 // 12:33 min
Animation
Alice is looking forward to the prom.
Jerome Yoo // Canada // 2019 // 17:30 min
Live Action
After discovering a secret message hidden in their idol‘s song, a K-Pop fan group setts off on a thrilling mission.
Joost van den Bosch / Erik Verkerk // Netherlands // 2020 // 02:20 min
Animation
It's not always easy to keep your home looking tidy and clean - even if you have eight arms!
Alex Feggans // Australia // 2018 // 08:10 min
Live Action
Backpacking alone through the Australian outback and stopping at a remote gas station – what could possibly go wrong?
Markéta Kubátová Smolíková // Czech Republic // 2019 // 08:53 min
Animation
Alien creatures populate the barren landscape of a seemingly unknown planet and get straight to work digging a pit.
Abdenoure Ziane // France // 2020 // 18:00 min
Live Action
The fasting month of Ramadan falls at the height of summer this year. Rudy tries to help his friend Kader to get through it, but it is not that easy.
Mirjam Marks // Netherlands // 2019 // 15:05 min
Documentary
Jovanna takes to the streets every Friday to demonstrate. She shows us what it is like to live in an earth house and why it is important to take climate change seriously.
Tavo Ruiz // Germany, Mexico // 2018 // 14:49 min
Live Action
Daniel imagines how this day would be if he were a girl. Maybe his feelings toward Beto would then be seen as "normal".
Kedar Shrestha // Nepal // 2019 // 13:00 min
Live Action
Sometimes it is not so easy to tell left from right. Luckily, young Junu finds her own clever way to remember the difference more easily.
Joe Wilson / Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu / Dean Hamer // United States // 2020 // 08:28 min
Animation
Four mysterious boulders on Waikiki beach have a hidden history; legend has it that they contain transgender spirits with healing powers.
Elisabeth Aspelin // Norway // 2019 // 19:31 min
Documentary
Why does Karla consider Nordahl both as a big - and a little - brother? The everyday fun and challenges of sibling life when one of you has extreme learning difficulties.
Teppo Airaksinen // Finland // 2019 // 12:00 min
Live Action
Aava really wants a dog. Her dad finally gives in, on one condition: Aava has to look after a stick for two weeks.
Amira Duynhouwer // Netherlands // 2019 // 09:00 min
Live Action
“Kimya” means “silence” in Swahili. Young Josie grows up in a busy, noisy household – and that can get annoying. This is finally her very first time alone at home.
Morten Evelid // Norway // 2020 // 16:23 min
Live Action
On Halloween, Magda gets a makeover from her big sister. When she encounters a classmate, she pretends to be someone else and the two get to know each other better.
Marika Harjusaari // Finland, South Africa // 2019 // 19:00 min
Live Action
The refugee camp where Xidig lives with his family is being shut down. While they are hurriedly forced to return to their homeland, the young boy realises that he has left something important behind.
Camille Poirier // Canada // 2019 // 13:53 min
Live Action
To dance in her older brother's music video, Clara undergoes a makeover. She quickly notices how his friends' behaviour towards her changes.
Jennifer Treuting / Kristen McGregor // United States // 2019 // 06:35 min
Animation, Documentary
After her family became homeless for one year after a terrible fire destroyed their apartment, London tells us how her idea of “home” changed when she didn’t have one.
Collectif ILLOGIC // France // 2019 // 01:33 min
Animation
Deep in a forest, a gathering of wild animals begins a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.
Jerry Hoffmann // Germany // 2019 // 07:03 min
Live Action
A theft with consequences: When introverted Didi is caught stealing a toy mermaid, his hyper-masculine father does not know how to handle it.
Christopher Haydon // England // 2019 // 16:26 min
Live Action
A teenager awakes to discover she’s the last person on earth.
Ekaterina Eremenko // Germany // 2020 // 19:55 min
Documentary
Every week, hundreds of children in different cities all over the world meet up to solve complex mathematical problems for fun.
Ignas Meilūnas // Lithuania // 2020 // 13:09 min
Animation
After studying hard for a test at school, Matilda finds that her head is too full for any more facts. Her usually proud and pushy mother is horrified – and quickly orders her a spare head.
Meike Fehre // Germany // 2020 // 04:00 min
Animation
Imagine watching a movie without sound! Over 100 years ago all films were without sound and people used to make sounds and music for the film while it was playing. Grandpa Günter knows an old song about exactly that!
Xander De Boer // Netherlands // 2019 // 15:21 min
Documentary
An oil spill has already killed his two-year-old brother, so Papilou writes a letter to the oil refinery Shell to ask them to do something about the environmental disaster.
Bara Prikaska / Alexandra Majova // Czech Republic // 2019 // 07:00 min
Animation
In the bears' apartment, the dirty dishes are piling up, but the two lazybones don't feel like doing the washing up. They call a professional raccoon cleaning service to come and help.
Erika Sanchez Marcos // Spain // 2020 // 20:00 min
Live Action
Joana deals with gender and sexuality in an extroverted and provocative way. Her more introverted friend Nina, has her own problems to struggle with.
Line Klungseth Johansen / Christian Lo // Norway // 2020 // 11:00 min
Live Action
Once upon a time there was a boy ... who suddenly started sneezing floating popcorn. A bankrupt investor sees his chance to make a profit.
Isis Caroline Pereira de Souza // Brazil // 2020 // 18:10 min
Live Action
Among music, uncertainties and their own bodies, three friends get ready for a party in a confidential setting.
Natalia Bernal Castillo // Colombia, Mexico // 2020 // 07:10 min
Documentary
After months of training, 8-year-old Ramón is about to finally participate in his
first national kickboxing championship - and he is very excited!
Nodlag Houlihan // Ireland // 2018 // 12:00 min
Documentary
A group of friends are given lifelike baby dolls to care for. How will they rise to the challenges of teenage motherhood?
Juan Carlos Mostaza // Spain // 2020 // 11:00 min
Animation
The beautifully animated film tells the story of an eating disorder and the long journey back to a healthy body image.
Are Austnes / Yaprak Morali // Denmark, Norway, Sweden // 2019 // 08:34 min
Animation
A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night. When it sneaks into a farm, the fox is caught by a tomten, the farmyard gnome who stands guard.
Chris Dainty // Canada // 2019 // 15:00 min
Animation, Documentary
The frantic, passionate, and pained expressions of a young woman as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith.
Esteban García Vernaza // Colombia, United States // 2020 // 11:00 min
Live Action
At the beginning of the 1950's Colombian civil war, young Prudencia must protect herself and her little sister as an armed group invades their farm.
Aidan McAteer // Ireland // 2019 // 05:00 min
Animation, Live Action
Max Punchface has only one goal: to defeat the final enemy. But when a portal suddenly appears, the video game hero finds himself among peaceful sheep.
Petteri Saario // Finland // 2019 // 15:00 min
Documentary
Experienced nature-lovers, Emika and her cousin Antti spend a night camping on the frozen Saimaa Lake in the depths of the Finnish winter, surrounded by beautiful creatures and breathtaking wilderness.
Viktoria Runtsova // Russia // 2019 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Ural, in the winter of 1980: A small boy is worried that his family‘s new baby calf will forget his mama. He decides to set off through the forest to find her.
Helene Ducrocq // France // 2019 // 08:00 min
Animation
A spectacular worm musical full of facts and surprises.
Jean-Claude Rozec // France // 2019 // 13:40 min
Animation
She loves to trick her little brother. But maybe this time she is telling the truth and he really does come from a family of frogs?
Linnéa Haviland // England // 2019 // 01:50 min
Animation, Experimental
Voices in a crowd stir violent emotions, microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then the emotional landscape is shifted by a turning.
Annalisa Vozza // Italy, Colombia // 2019 // 17:56 min
Live Action
Cristian earns his living by rapping on the city bus in Bogotá. He dreams of travelling to Ecuador and leaving everything behind. If it weren’t for his little sister…
Nina Bisiarina // France, Switzerland // 2019 // 06:48 min
Animation
A curious lynx leaves its forest to explore the snowy metropolis.
Paula Hopf // Mexico // 2018 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Ale and Rubén witness the passing of a comet through the towering buildings of Mexico City. They try and hold on to this ephemeral moment, but Ale’s reality becomes increasingly dreamlike.
