Submit films at KUKI
Films for:
KUKI 18 .Young Short Film Festival Berlin
2 - 9 November 2025
Can be submitted now!
Submit films up to 20 minutes - all genres.
Only films enterd via SHORTFILMDEPOT will be considered.
Read our regulations (PDF)
Entry fee: 8,- Euro - A handling fee of EUR 50 will be paid to each film running in a non-competitive program, per non-competitive program (for up to 3 screenings per program respectively).
Questions? - Contact us via submissions@interfilm.de
What we and especially our audience get really excited about? Films that show kids and teenagers as the smart, dorky, curious, political, sensitive, funny and wise people they are. Stories and films that encourage empathy and confidence, address serious topics in exciting and lively ways, that offer perspectives and ways forward. Films that make you laugh and feel (without being unbearably corny). Quiet films, crazy films! Films with animal protagonists! Environmental films! Documentaries! Experiments! Visual feasts! Hilarious slapstick! Films from all over the world! Nothing generic! Bring it on!
KUKI's competition programs are divided into the following age groups for children: 4+, 6+, 8+ and 10+. "Watch the World": is a Documentary Competition (audience award) for children aged 10+. And 2 TeenScreen Competition Programs are for ages 12+ and 14+ (curated by teenagers).
Special programs include the Environmental Program for Children aged 8+, the Foreign Language programs for ages 14+ in English, Spanish and French as well as "Teenage Riot!" and "Girls* Riot!" for older teens (and adults) aged 16+.