Short film programs

7 films // 1 hrs 29 min

7 highlights from the short film competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, including the winner of the Palme d’Or. Ghosts clash, there’s dancing and singing, and the action takes place by an idyllic lake. Things get tense following a car accident, and the themes of identity and the past are explored with great intensity!

5 films // 1 hrs 54 min

A historical epic about a marriage proposal celebrates the female period, posters of Israeli hostages confront a Palestinian butcher, kissing is forbidden in a shopping sci-fi film ...

5 films // 1 hrs 06 min

About to-do lists and hoping they will come to an end. Reflecting on life while swimming from the source to the river. About an orphaned bear cub and a fatherly tree. A poor boy falls in love with a girl ...

5 films // 1 hrs 12 min

Ob Fischtheke oder Lebensmittelausgabe, Kleinstadtidyll oder Küstenlinie – die Orte sind alltäglich, die Geschichten jedoch richten ihren Blick auf das Verborgene, auf die Risse in Familien oder auf die Folgen von Konsum und Tourismus. Sie erzählen von Schwestern, Ehepaaren, Fischen und Muscheln; von zarten Berührungen und brutaler Gewalt, die aus dem Gestern das Jetzt berühren - dort, wo die Protagonist*innen nicht verstummen, sich nicht verlieren, sondern ihren Weg finden.

11 films // 1 hrs 20 min

Turbulent stories between crime thriller and narrative explosion. The monstrous can happen anywhere: at work, on vacation, at the movies, at school, at the pool, as an athlete ...

11 films // 1 hrs 25 min

The environment is not doing too well. It's time to draw attention to the global situation with entertaining animations, feature films, and documentaries in order to raise awareness and optimize action.

8 films // 1 hrs 18 min

In cars and at workplaces, between treetops and skyscraper roofs, the eight films explore how we deal with change—sometimes fast-paced and visually stunning, sometimes poetic and gentle, but always powerful and empathetic...

11 films // 1 hrs 17 min

All power to the imagination: The art of animation is celebrated in outstanding animations from recent years and new productions. They illustrate the depth of life, the power of ...

9 films // 1 hrs 29 min

Longing, encounters, desire, and bizarre fantasies: when it comes to love, there's a lot to consider. Sometimes it's fulfilled, sometimes it goes wrong. Here is an entertaining mix of people in interpersonal situations.

8 films // 1 hrs 32 min

The intense life of LGBTQI+ communities: it is both a struggle within society and a celebration of self-confidence. New films meet classics.

8 films // 1 hrs 17 min

Intense short films about intense situations: whether on stage, in the family, at a party, or in the middle of the city, they are about liberation, perseverance, and relaxation exercises.

6 films // 1 hrs 10 min

From family ties and emancipated warriors, from rebellious to romantic—these entertaining films offer an accessible introduction to intersectional feminism.

10 films // 1 hrs 17 min

Long live democracy! In view of numerous upcoming elections near and far, the program reflects social structures in diversity, with pleasure and passionate power. Let´s live together!

13 films // 1 hrs 21 min

Short films attack like mosquitoes. They sting lustfully and lead to 12 bites in 85 minutes, which turn pleasantly into pleasure and insight. The program takes us to the sea, the swimming pool and the tundra. Strange creatures appear, including ...

7 films // 40 min

Whether on the last day of fall or sometime in spring, on the canal, in the forest or in the living room: Curiosity is the top priority in the KUKI program for ages 4 and up. While a girl takes a close look at everything ...

8 films // 1 hrs 13 min

The program KUKI ab 7 shows that not everything is always as it seems at first. We see movie heroes who bravely face their challenges and experience New Year's miracles together. We listen to forest concerts, go on funny  ...

7 films // 1 hrs 38 min

7 bold, award-winning short films full of humor, heart, and inspiration—experience stories that move, from the world’s most important and influential independent film festival!

20 films // 1 hrs 07 min

22 films in 72 minutes! This programme brings together cult favourites and classics from recent years in the firm belief that the little shots pack the most punch. So, down the hatch with a tray of intoxicatingly bizarre ...

7 films // 41 min

The KUKI Shorts for Kids program for children aged 4 and over, is gorgeously colourful and bursting with fascinating characters and creatures.A hen closely monitors its best friend's transformation into a butterfly, a  ...

11 films // 1 hrs 03 min

The KUKI Shorts for Kids program aimed at children aged 7 and over, shows that a little cinematic imagination goes a long way. See coffee machines, eggs and street signs come to life; an octopus grow on ...

6 films // 1 hrs 01 min

The TeenScreen - Ideals & Illusions program is varied, international, dramatic and packed with suspense, because as a teenager you are always in need of an explanation: How does the stranger know my secrets? Why is ...

10 films // 1 hrs 16 min

200 years after its invention, the bicycle has become a symbol of freedom, independence and liveable cities. A topic that increasingly more filmmakers adopt in documentaries, animation, short fiction and ...

8 films // 56 min

Europe caught between passion and decay: In 9 short films, the program gathers entertaining and explosive statements on the topics of freedom of speech and freedom of the press, political conduct, religious conflicts ...

7 films // 1 hrs 32 min

Walls everywhere: In Mexico, Israel and the fortress of Europe the building of such walls is a strategy to prevent communication and intercultural understanding. On the anniversary of the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, we ...

5 films // 1 hrs 21 min

The films of the Festival de Cannes 2024 operate between reality and phantasm: a small wild animal in winter is hungry, the reflection of a relationship becomes dreamy, a girl in the pampas longs for the city, a train journey challenges sincere behavior, and a pregnancy turns into a magical thriller.

14 films // 1 hrs 38 min

While some people hustle from 9 to 5 and then enjoy their down time, for others, the hard work really begins after hours.

18 films // 1h 39 min

These short films show how rhythm, song, performance, and humor can make life a little more playful.