Short film programs

1 films // 1 hrs 22 min

6 films in 82 minutes – A selection of the short film competitions of the Festival de Cannes 2022 with the winning film "The Water Murmurs" about an asteroid impact including a volcanic eruption. In addition, Greek shipyard workers are moral, siblings in Ghana miss their brother, a wheelchair user in Germany dares a water therapy, it is about beauty ideals and a girl from Holland gets into a memory conflict with the police.

1 films // 1 hrs 45 min

8 films in 82 minutes - with German subtitles

This can become cheerful: People are staged at a vernissage, a hotline worker wants to trick the AI and a woman from the countryside looks for work in the city with chicken. Furthermore, a young woman tries her hand in a beauty salon, the development of mankind and perfection are reflected, in Myanmar construction is going on diligently and waiters and waitresses serve their guests with verve.

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1 films // 1 hrs 15 min

5 films in 90 minutes - with German subtitles.

Cheeky, poetic and artistically diverse: the 5 works nominated at the Oscars in the ANIMATION SHORTS category take us from the reality conflict of an office worker to a seafaring epic and to ice suppliers from the high mountains. A boy makes friends with animals and a young woman searches for the hottest guy.

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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, a boy has to be inventive to put an end to his grandma's slurping. We join forest animals in a race, clean with an octopus, paint with snails and learn about the habitat of bees. The films are hilarious, invite you to sing along and guarantee an unforgettable cinema experience - not just for 4-year-olds!

9 films // 1 hrs 16 min

Von der Kunst des Kofferpackens mit Papa über die Namenssuche für den Sohn bis hin zum Benehmen am Küchentisch, Shorts Attack folgt in 9 Filmen schrägen familiären Verstrickungen. Kindheitserlebnisse und Mütterbefindlichkeiten werden gefeiert, Familienbande gestärkt, Traumata durch Tanz bewältigt und Stöckelschuhe geraten zur Herausforderung des Familienfriedens. – Ein Loblied auf die Familie!

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 space missions with tigers and marvel at industrious little creatures. While we watch a lynx on nightly forays, we quietly say goodbye to our loved ones. At the end of the program, we know: It is always worthwhile to set aside prejudices and always keep our eyes open to the world!

10 films // 1 hrs 17 min

Zehn interfilmer*innen haben wir gefragt, zehn wunderbare Fundstücke haben wir bekommen. Die Lieblingsfilme unseres Katalogs für den Kurzfilmtag! Das Programm zeigt auf humoristische Weise die Probleme junger Mütter, betont die Grazie turmspringender Giraffen und öffnet sich für kindliche Parallelwelten. Dabei kommt natürlich auch der politische Anspruch interfilm's nicht zu kurz und so finden sich aktuelle gesellschaftliche Themen neben witzigen Kuriositäten und absurden Träumereien. Eine bunte Mischung mit dem persönlichen Hauch des interfilm Teamgeistes.

11 films // 1 hrs 18 min

Kuriose Erlebnisse in zauberhaften Winterlandschaften: Es gibt Liebestrubel bei Techno auf der Alm, Schneeflocken begeistern Afrika, ein verträumter Luchs besucht die Stadt, Affen streiten im Schnee und dem Eisvogel bereitet der gefrorene See Probleme beim Fischfang. Desweiteren schreibt ein Pinguin am Südpol einen Brief an den Nordpol, eine Rettungsaktion in den Bergen gerät zur wilden Groteske, der Weihnachtsmann frohlockt und es zeigt sich, dass man auch im Winter gut Rad fahren kann.

13 films // 1 hrs 20 min

The culture is back! Welcome to the festival around cinema, theater, museum, dance and pleasure: The carnival is the place to be, pensioners dance in the pub, paintings in the museum delight, love strikes at the film shoot, children become cinema fans and the carnival in Rio is wild. There's street dancing, opera arias, animal ecstasy, city tours and a fat rave.

11 films // 1 hrs 25 min

Get out into the fresh air and turn the world upside down! Then you meet Superman, street art speaks in loud words, in the subway some are in a weird mood, with the espresso you get in heat and would like to be all naked. Bullying is allowed, after all, society is supposed to change. Go on safari, work with animals and make sure that pleasure also leads to freedom!

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 films! Just add popcorn and beer for the cinema party you’ve been longing for.

6 films // 1 hrs 16 min

What does being Black mean in concrete terms for the everyday life of Black people in a world permeated by racism - from supposedly harmless prejudices to brutal police violence and vigilante justice? And what to do about it? Accept it? Fight? Discuss? Avoid? Critical, satirical, angry and despite all that hopeful, the 6 live action and documentary shorts in ‚Black Life’ tell personal and political stories about what it means to be Black today in the US, Canada and South Africa.

All films in the original version (EN / FR) in part with English subtitles.

8 films // 1 hrs 17 min

Was wäre, wenn du im Skiurlaub der Freundin auf einer wilden Hüttenparty den Heiratsantrag machst, wenn du am letzten Arbeitstag vor den Ferien im Büro eingeschlossen wirst, wenn du deiner Mutter die Politkarriere versaust. Mensch Meier! Echt jetzt. Du sitzt im Trojanischen Pferd und traust dich nicht raus, mußt bei einer Polizeiverhaftung Rechenschaft abgeben und dann sind da auch noch Katze und Kanarienvogel allein zu Haus!

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 will explore the bastions, test the impenetrability of concrete and barbed wire, and revisit Stasi thrillers

9 films // 1 hrs 21 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, poverty and people seeking refuge. Outbursts of rage are by no means spared, police violence escalates into comedy, and the revolution simply requires participation.
 

9 films // 1 hrs 19 min

Between the swooshing of the sea and the whooshing of the highways are entire worlds, and they call out to be explored! With Stille Stadt, Lautes Land (‘Quiet City, Loud Country’), interfilm presents a programme of contradictions – and of their coming together. Hunters call out to imaginary stags, a street child fleeing towards nature is unable to escape the city. And where is 'home' if your city apartment is merely a source of extra income? In this programme, the city and the country both stand in contrast and evolve together, roaring at one another and singing in harmony, somewhere between the smog and the country air.

10 films // 1 hrs 23 min

Work as the ultimate adventure: From the perspective of a wildlife filmmaker on location in the back of beyond, a job-seeker in a retraining fantasy or an employee trapped in office imprisonment, work is likely to produce strange effects and consequences. Pointed, irreverent and profound, this program even examines utopias ? both with and without the aid of a lie detector.

7 films // 1 hrs 22 min

Welcome to reality! Whether it's a telephone hotline, airport check-in, living situation, folk festival or traffic jam, social interactions can often lead to absurd adventures. This program explores the spectrum of possibilities from hilarious to horrifying: social games are thrilling and relevant to us all.

7 films // 1 hrs 17 min

12 films // 1 hrs 15 min

Neighborhoods are like biotopes where all sorts of species hang around. When you live door to door you either become closer or grow to hate each others guts. You fall in love head over heals with the boy or girl next door, are lonesome together and get curious how many skeletons your neighbor actually has in the closet. Each of the 13 shorts in There Goes The Neighborhood pays tribute to the crazyness of everyday life and looks closely at the details you wish your next door neighbor would never notice.

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 music videos. In tribute to this monumental bike jubilee, interfilm Berlin celebrates with a short film program bursting with energy, the joy of movement and a will for change.

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 paper hat reveals magical qualities and two hedgehogs cleverly stand their ground.Furthermore, we learn how soil is created from leftover food and what happens when a snowflake is sent in the mail.The films tell of friendship, crafty ideas and dealing with challenges great and small.An unforgettable collection of beautifully made and thought-provoking animated short films that is sure to amuse and amaze even seasoned cinema-goers.

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 a little girl?s head and find out what happens when a fire-breathing dragon has a sneeze-attack.Beyond that, experience the remarkable everyday routine of a young boy in India and even travel back in time to 1928 with Laurel and Hardy to watch one of the most famous scenes in movie history.And while the love of cinema binds a group of boys together in one film, the friendship between a caterpillar and a tadpole is put to a dramatic test in another.Overall, an entertaining and diverse collection that demonstrates the astonishing stylistic and narrative range of short film ? from challenges such as severe illness to films that are insightful, wonderfully silly and even eye-opening. Or films that inspire audiences to become creative themselves, such as the children who made the hilariously inventive KANGAROO-TAXI film in an animation workshop.