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INTERFILM Festival
5/11/24 - 10/11/24
5/11/24 - 10/11/24
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Raymond Hoepflinger // Switzerland // 2023 // 01:54 min
Animation, Documentary
Bodily fluids transform themselves in the scope of an abstract symphony. A visual journey through the taboos and sounds of the human body.
Anya Ryzhkova // Germany // 2024 // 06:01 min
Animation, Documentary
Theatre director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk have been detained since May 2023. The charge: public calls for terrorism. Before the verdict, Berkovich reads her final plea in verse form.
[Content Note: Oppression]
Andreas Teichmann // Germany // 2011 // 04:30 min
Documentary
Spencer MacDonald // Poland, Switzerland, United States // 2024 // 14:51 min
Documentary
When everything becomes too much for James, he prefers to hide at home and observe microorganisms through his microscope. The resilience of these tiny creatures gives him the strength to get through everyday life.
[Content Note: Abuse]
Julia Tudisco // Hungary // 2024 // 11:25 min
Animation, Documentary
Two naive gods – a wild girl who creates life and a shy boy who destroys everything – amuse themselves by forming a planet and people. Until said creation escapes their control…
Fernanda Pineda / Hanz Rippe Gabriel // Colombia // 2023 // 14:39 min
Documentary
Quibdó, one of Columbia's most dangerous cities: Afro-dance instructor Jonathan Bonays initiates the dance group Black Boys Chocó to save young, queer individuals from the vicious circle of violence entrapping them.
[Content Note: Death or dying, Transphobia and trans misogyny, Homophobia and heterosexism]
Hend Sohail // Sweden, Egypt // 2023 // 14:33 min
Live Action
Zain, a young Egyptian man, steals the hearse carrying his mother's corpse, intending to drive her to the sea. On his quest, he makes friends with a stray dog and encounters grifters, as he nears his desired destination.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Rebeka Kruus / Dashka Dementeva // Estonia // 2023 // 03:26 min
Animation
Three masked animals play chess, but behind their moves a certain discontent is brewing. When the bear disappears, the game takes an unexpected turn for the worse.
Can-Zhao Lam // China, Malaysia, Switzerland // 2024 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Just before the end of the summer break, a boy from the Southern Chinese countryside invests all of his savings in his dream: a trendy, urbane hairstyle – with surprising consequences.
Nicolas Champeaux / Gilles Porte // France // 2018 // 14:30 min
Animation, Documentary
This film is based on 256 hours of sound archive recorded during the Rivonia tribunal. they bring back to life the political battle waged by Mandela and his 7 co-defendants. This film looks at one of them : Accused # 2 , a lesser known hero of the struggle against Arpartheid, Mandela`s mentor Walter Sisulu.
Laura Ameln // Germany // 2022 // 13:24 min
Experimental
In an abandoned swimming pool, a woman seeks comfort in childhood memories that once brought her security. The quiet space reveals that true closeness lies within herself.
Oswald Berends // Netherlands // 1982 // 20:13 min
Documentary, Experimental
Static vignettes, gazes and glances of a nighttime city that seems to slowly revolve around it's somnambulist inhabitants. Another fine example of the Super 8 format affording glimpses into scenes and subcultures normally invisible to most. The high contrast of the stunning monochrome cinematography and a remarkable soundtrack that drifts in and out like the radio of a distant passing car evoke the drowsiness of an hour far passed bedtime yet where, for some, there remains time to wait.
Liang Huang / Julie Robert // France // 2015 // 03:34 min
Animation
In 1950, on the coast of Japan, an American woman visits a village with her husband and friends. Away from the group, she encounters Namiko, a young Ama diver. An unexpected connection begins to unfold.
Maria Trigo Teixeira // Portugal, Germany // 2024 // 11:30 min
Animation
In the belief that her aging mother is no longer able to live alone, a woman moves back into her parents' home. While she gets used to her new life, her mother seems to be drifting off into another world.
Nathaniel Soto // United States // 2024 // 02:28 min
Animation
Existentialism at the laundromat. Surrounded by washers and dryers, a man struggles with the meaningless nature of everyday life and his own self.
Simon Gualtieri // Quebec // 2023 // 15:00 min
Live Action
Jules, bi, is ready for his first time with a man. His date with Samuel takes a turn as the latter's roommates show up. Jules must overcome insecurities to share his true feelings.
Aude N'Guessan Forget // France // 2022 // 20:08 min
Documentary, Live Action
Eden, a hairstylist and fighter, refuses to be stopped by pain or an indifferent healthcare system. "Anansi" offers an intimate look at solidarity, self-care, and the courage to set clear boundaries. A film that radiates pure empowerment.
[Content Note: Racism and racial slurs]
Emeric Leprince // France // 2024 // 03:59 min
Experimental, Live Action
AI-generated images of crash sites serve to visualise the tragic fate of a young Argentinian following a car accident. A lyrical portrayal of life in limbo.
Yoriko MIZUSHIRI // France, Japan // 2021 // 05:47 min
Animation
Living things, artificial objects, geometric shapes, and lines collide. A sensual variation on pleasure and pain emerges—calm yet razor-sharp. A dance of forms and feelings.
Nicolas PANAY // France // 2024 // 16:43 min
Live Action
Stressful times at the construction site: delays, an injured man, strict security guidelines and neighbours annoyed by noise. For Pierre, the pressure continues to mount – he's on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Benoit Méry // France // 2024 // 14:22 min
Documentary, Experimental
A portrait of an enormous metal festival focussing more on the scene itself than the artists on stage, as the metalheads of Hellfest surrender all control to loud, churning music.
Alessandro Bavari // Italy, Germany // 2017 // 07:09 min
Animation, Experimental
A man’s head, several loudspeakers and lots of deep, deep bass are the ingredients in this vibrant, disturbing animated music clip.
Dingding Jiang // Germany // 2024 // 23:36 min
Live Action
Melanie's the sole survivor of an attack that killed her entire family. Meeting Katrin gives her a chance to regain hope. She decides to reconcile with her past and try to forgive the person who took everything from her.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Adam SILLARD / Gabrielle SELNET / Chloé FARR // France // 2021 // 07:44 min
Animation, Documentary
Jerome in paradise—a colourful, crazy world full of surprises. There he is looking for his wife Maryline and dives into surreal landscapes. Will he find her in this place? And if so, what next?
[Content Note: Suicide]
Edie Lawrence // England // 2024 // 11:04 min
Animation
A virus is turning the inhabitants of a coastal city into octopuses. The options are limited: either buy expensive medication or drink contaminated water and risk social exclusion.
[Content Note: Body Horror]
Jan Kounen // Luxembourg, France // 2019 // 18:00 min
Animation
For over 1000 years, ayahuasca has been used as a ceremonial drug in the Amazon region. A trip into the spiritual depths of a shamanistic ritual.
Rikke Alma Krogshave Planeta // Denmark // 2018 // 05:00 min
Animation
Bored with modern life, Alex is lured by Bacchus into a mysterious, colourful world. There, she explores her deepest desires and longings. A psychedelic journey toward self-discovery begins.
Lysanne Thibodeau // Germany // 1984 // 20:30 min
Live Action
If death for a 1980s Berlin vampire is as we are told 'but a dream' then and life is a series of skits, parodies and guest star cameos! Like any good horror spoof, this draws blood from a wide variety of sources. From Herzog's Nosferatu, Tony Scott's The Hunger and 1930s Universal horror to it's contemporary Cinema of Transgression this is clearly the work of cineastes and culture junkies as much as cine film makers. Blixa Bargeld, Tura Satana, Vampira, Bela Lugosi (back from the dead yet again!) and Heino impersonators pop up everywhere like whack-a-mole ghouls. The humour doesn't entirely get in the way of the gore here, so watch out, even plastic fangs can bite!
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Caroline Schwarz // Germany // 2021 // 04:30 min
Live Action
A banana island inhabitant notices that people are approaching his living space with a boat. Panicked at the thought of dealing with strangers, he begins to eat his banana island.
Udo Penner // Germany // 1986 // 12:00 min
Experimental
Insomniac drift through a chiaroscuro nightscape; a film of missed connections, intimacy and isolation. The anarchy and grunge of Kreuzberg replaced here by slick Neo-Noir angles and New Wave beauty shots (filmed in fabulous downtown Bielefeld!). Cruising leatherboys, nighthawks at the diner, neon signs and dark allies build tension - or is it just desire? that ultimately seems to just slip away into night.
Diego Galafassi / Alisi Telengut // Sweden, Canada, Germany // 2024 // 06:20 min
Animation, Documentary, Experimental
Take a deep breath and imagine that in three years the molecules inside you will be distributed throughout the world. The oxygen fuelling our bodies, once created by trees and oceans, connects all creatures beyond time.
Corina Schwingruber Ilić // Switzerland // 2023 // 09:45 min
Documentary
A video essay about the masses implicit in mass tourism. Quick trips, overrun places – what is left in the end, aside from the photographic evidence?
Knut Hoffmeister // Germany // 1979 // 10:30 min
Documentary, Experimental
The first of three films by Knut Hoffmeister and the earliest, sees the overkill of the Hollywood version Battle of the Alamo transposed onto time lapsed Berlin with the Ammis and die Bullen strutting and swaggering just like John Wayne.Pork and beans become currywursts, the spit and sawdust of the saloon a chic Schöneberg wine bar; such point-blank metaphorizing reflected by the title is repeated, rapid-fire throughout, never fails to hit target.
Carlos Segundo // France, Brazil // 2022 // 14:09 min
Live Action
Chico, a short-statured stove repairman in Brazil, faces constant discrimination due to his height. But he begins to fight back against the rejection. A story of self-empowerment and its limits.
[Content Note: Ableism]
Sarah Grant // Scotland // 2023 // 13:35 min
Documentary
During the pandemic, a woman discovers her love for dancing through online dance classes, breaking free from body norms. An empowering portrait of self-liberation and self-acceptance.
Dirk Verschure // Netherlands, Germany // 2021 // 07:18 min
Animation, Performance
When a mysterious diesease sweeps through the bird population, practically everything goes to hell. Planes crash, cities burn and the TV stops broadcasting.
Isaac Martinez // Germany // 2023 // 04:03 min
Experimental
"Black Youth" portraits young Black men on their search for identity in a world that constantly puts obstacles in their way. Between racism, anger, and self-discovery, a powerful image of community and inner strength emerges—poignant, moving, and authentic.
Adiel Goliot // France, French Guiana // 2023 // 20:35 min
Live Action
Poetry slammer Mauricette works at a port in French Guiana. In her quest to change her last name, imposed during the era of slavery, she struggles to overcome immense bureaucratic inertia.
Lisette Ma Neza // Belgium // 2024 // 19:57 min
Documentary, Experimental
A collective poem woven by five women about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict which transforms humans into refugees. And never coming home.
Knut Hoffmeister // Germany // 1983 // 04:30 min
Experimental
A montage of monochrome public shots of Soviet life, many looking as they filmed surreptitiously (perhaps another an example of Super 8's discrete portability) play against a funky soundtrack and speeches by the titular premier. The low contrast, washed out look of the film stock, possibly the Soviet Svema, sublimely captures the rain and smog of 80's Moscow. Although it's final layer of irony may only be accessible to Russophones this short film is great fun totally of it's time. Apparently Brezhnev's lips (or his ghost – he had in fact passed a way a year before the film was made) were provided by one of Bad Blood for the Vampyr's directors!
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Elie CHAPUIS // Belgium, Switzerland // 2023 // 09:06 min
Animation, Experimental
Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a remote farm. They hope for a child, but this expectation turns into a nightmare. An injured duck disrupts their fragile balance. Chaos ensues.
Camila Kater // Spain, Brazil // 2019 // 12:12 min
Animation, Documentary
Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done: five women share intimate and personal stories related to their body reception, spanning from childhood to advanced age.
[Content Note: Sexual assault, Racism and racial slurs]
Daniel Sterlin-Altman // Germany // 2024 // 13:05 min
Animation
Nadav writes erotica privately. His mother becomes aroused by the seductive Femme Carrot. Amid fantasy and tango, they become overwhelmed by lust and must face their inner selves.
David Barlow-Krelina // France, Canada // 2018 // 05:00 min
Animation
A disturbing glimpse into a futuristic world where plastic surgery reaches grotesque extremes. A satire on the beauty industry, examining the drive for perfection and the loss of individuality.
Jyoti Mistry // Austria, South Africa // 2020 // 20:00 min
Documentary, Experimental
Archival footage and poetry reveal deadly patterns of violence against women. A visual autopsy of patriarchy—shocking and provocative, but with a wink.
[Content Note: Physical Violence]
Tom C J BROWN // France, England, United States // 2022 // 20:00 min
Animation
Christopher travels as a passenger on a freighter across the Atlantic. In search of what draws men to the sea, he becomes caught in a whirlpool of loneliness, fantasy, and obsession.
Viktoria Traub // Hungary // 2024 // 14:55 min
Animation
Centaur-girl Paula longs for nothing more than to have human feet. Will she dare to take a brave step towards self-discovery, and what price must she pay for such knowledge?
[Content Note: Abuse]
M+M Weis/De Mattia // Germany // 2023 // 07:19 min
Experimental, Promotional Work
Grasshoppers and praying mantises rave away in a party bunker. An intoxicating, hallucinatory brew of techno tropes and raw, brutal aesthetics gives way to sudden liberation.
Kai Kurve // Germany // 2023 // 06:06 min
Live Action
A man is haunted by an evil fly that confronts him with his darkest thoughts. An experimental dance film that vividly visualises the internal battle with evil.
[Content Note: Blood, Physical Violence]
Alex Anna // Quebec // 2024 // 20:00 min
Documentary
Emotional striptease. While a filmmaker shoots her documentary, preoccupied with abandoned ideas, inner conflicts well up repeatedly. How is her depression connected to filmmaking?
Noémi Knobil / Jill Vágner / Sven Bachmann / Elina Huber // Switzerland // 2023 // 05:13 min
Animation
Inside the refrigerator, a frozen shrimp becomes an embryo, as Jeanie is pulled deeper into her fears of motherhood and the inner life of her stored foodstuffs.
Suresh Eriyat // India // 2024 // 04:12 min
Animation, Live Action
A musical frog evening in a swamp escalates when a fan throws the band into chaos. Complete with bonus snake snacktime and singing toads!
Sam Manacsa // Philippines // 2023 // 17:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
Mila has been waiting for weeks to get paid. Her only consolation: phone calls from an admirer. Alas, this promise of hope leads to a tragedy and sad love songs.
Anton Cla // Belgium // 2023 // 12:25 min
Animation, Experimental
A dystopian mix of live film, computer world and animation reveals a city teetering on the edge. Odd encounters, quick scenes and a dark vision of the future… or is it the present?
Maarten Isaäk de Heer // Netherlands, Germany // 2022 // 11:00 min
Animation, Experimental
'Over the course of six months, animation artist Maarten Isaäk de Heer collected all the animals that died in his direct environment. Together with other dead organic materials, he 3D scanned the corpses and revived them in his personal conception of paradise, which goes beyond good and evil; simply illustrating the same biology that governs us all. A celebration of life that walks the line between tableaux vivant and danse macabre.'
August "Poul" Niclasen // Denmark // 2019 // 04:00 min
Animation
Everything has already been said, done, discovered. How can one still feel important, or unique?
Sara J. Asprilla Palomino // Colombia // 2023 // 18:56 min
Documentary, Music Video
Doroty's dream of being on stage as a woman lives on—thanks to her best friend Misael and his queer dance group. "Degenere" celebrates queerness, community, and the people who pave the way for us. Touching, brave, and full of heart.
Samuel Suffren // Haiti // 2024 // 18:45 min
Documentary, Live Action
Edouard and his daughter navigate life in Port-au-Prince. "Dreams like Paper Boats" highlights the deep love of a Black father who does everything to be there for his daughter, offering a rarely shown portrayal of Black fatherhood.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid // Norway // 2023 // 10:50 min
Documentary, Experimental, Commercial Work
Hanna Asefaw came of age in Oslo in the 1990s, surrounded by her Eritrean family. Now she returns to her childhood in the scope of a spoken word performance – a reflection on community, diversity and belonging.
Saki Kudo / Yasuhiro Tanaka / Tomomi Tada / Dai Nagae / Katsunobu Yoshida / Ayuko Inaba / Chiaki Hanyu // Japan // 2023 // 04:36 min
Animation, Experimental
A world in which eating opens up new perspectives and possibilities. Digestion is performed by totally different organs, and that which blinks harbours secrets.
Sheila Sofian // United States // 2023 // 13:17 min
Animation, Documentary
Terry and Jon have been married for 35 years. Terry has multiple sclerosis and is struggling to continue her work as an urban planner. Jon, a writer, has been caring for Terry since her diagnosis.
Trevor Anderson // Canada // 2019 // 04:06 min
Live Action
Two penises in outer space. An encounter.
Thomas Renoldner // Austria // 2018 // 08:00 min
Experimental
An easy sentence is distorted beyond recognition using simple tricks, pushing repetition to the limit.
Robinson Drossos // France // 2024 // 07:19 min
Animation
A young person follows a distant melody through the underworld of a noisy city. The deeper the person ventures, the more abstract the surroundings become.
Vinsley // Germany // 2023 // 08:32 min
Live Action
Young Afro-German Samuel struggles with depression and represses his own vulnerability, until a friend suggests that he try therapy. In these new surroundings, he learns to face his weaknesses and accept help.
[Content Note: Mental Illness]
Joachim Hérissé // France // 2022 // 14:58 min
Animation
A conjoined couple lives with many rabbits. He can no longer tolerate them, kills and buries them, then sets the rabbits free. After some time, he transforms into them. A dark tale of symbiosis and metamorphosis.
David Pantaleón // Spain // 2016 // 04:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
The story of flowers and bees, except without the bees. Or something like that.
Elisa Mishto // Germany // 2017 // 15:00 min
Live Action
After a fit of rage, Emma finds herself in a therapy group. There, she meets Frank, who asks her to become his pimp. Her first day on the job presents a challenge: Can Emma control her anger?
[Content Note: Physical Violence, Mental illness, Sexism and misogyny]
Federico Tachella / Rita Pauls // Argentina, Germany // 2023 // 11:47 min
Documentary, Experimental
A child films its surroundings in the mountains, while interior and exterior realities become blurred. A poetic look at obsessions and the search for an understanding of one's own.
[Content Note: Flicker]
Heeyoon Hahm // South Korea // 2022 // 10:29 min
Experimental
Everything is a matter of perception: while an earthquake pushes the peak of Bukhan Mountain up even higher, elsewhere the boundaries between reality and fantasy collapse.
patrick bazin // France // 2022 // 03:03 min
Experimental, Live Action
Ugly plastic chairs are omnipresent. In the name of all that is beautiful, someone has to do something about the situation.
Virginie Nolin / Laurence Olivier // Quebec // 2023 // 19:40 min
Live Action
9 year-old Sarah is quietly discovering love when an assault derails her sexual awakening. An intimate and delicate tale in which the play between different mediums offers an insight into gender performativity and consent.
Gustavo Arteaga // Wales // 2023 // 11:16 min
Animation
When the faucet drips, you call a plumber. If you fall in love with the plumber, well, the faucet can break anytime it likes. The situation escalates, but water has the capacity to inspire hope.
Joris Keller // Switzerland // 2023 // 13:44 min
Documentary
This humorous documentary about the often overlooked relationship with our feet reveals personal foot stories, while podiatrist Edi passionately dedicates himself to foot care.
Louisiana Mees // Belgium // 2023 // 19:30 min
Live Action
After arriving in Belgium on his own, Fikri completes an apprenticeship in nursing care. Between work and school, he has scant time for himself. The dreams that haunt him gradually reveal the true motive behind his move.
Cameron Nicoll // Germany, Scotland // 2023 // 16:53 min
Documentary
A filmmaker reanimates his failed ideas, sharing a playful journey through self-doubt, sketches and inner struggles. An immersive patchwork brimming with notes and ideas.
Sebastian Johansson Micci // Sweden // 2023 // 13:37 min
Live Action
Art school in turmoil: Is their new promo film too white? A sharp satire about diversity efforts and their pitfalls, as two young filmmakers find themselves in an absurd dilemma.
[Content Note: Racism and racial slurs]
Maximilian Villwock // Germany // 2024 // 20:00 min
Live Action
Artur, a young man from Ukraine, loves his job on a container ship. But then he makes a small mistake that could have cost a friend his life – and potentially cost Artur his beloved job.
Stephan Flint Müller // Germany // 2004 // 10:30 min
Experimental, Live Action
Adriaan Lokman // Netherlands, France // 2019 // 15:30 min
Animation, Experimental
Floating like leaves in the air, we experience the most important element that surrounds us. Brushstrokes of air in all its subtle, gentle and powerful manifestations paint our fragile existence in the most unpredictable, stormy way.
Valentin Guiod // France // 2024 // 20:00 min
Live Action
Tom finds an old family photograph. Just as his childhood fantasy begins to fade, forgotten memories begin breaking through to the surface. The result: a poignant picture of a family he once considered perfect.
[Content Warning: Pregnancy loss or abortion]
Florian Grolig // Germany // 2019 // 07:45 min
Animation
A small friend and a giant friend defy all odds. Their unusual friendship overcomes size differences and proves that true companionship knows no boundaries.
Muschirf Shekh Zeyn // Germany, Syria // 2024 // 15:00 min
Live Action
At work, Siham gets a call from her daughter, who is hiding from a far-right terrorist attack. Driven by desperation and fear, Sihan attempts to save her, in a race against the clock and police incompetence.
[Content Note: Physical Violence, Racism and racist slurs]
Andy Madjitey / Joyce Esi Junada // Ghana // 2023 // 04:14 min
Live Action, Music Video
"Gbonyo Party" is more than just a music video—it's a visual homage to life and death, inspired by Ghanaian funeral culture. A cinematic celebration of the cycles of life, immersed in Afrofuturistic audiovisual poetry.
Knut Hoffmeister // Germany // 1980 // 04:30 min
Experimental
Four minutes of high octane glam and a unique and vivid glimpse of a distinct time and place in the city's history. As the Geile Tiere tune-up, dress-up and let rip on the cramped stage of Berlin's legendary Dschungel club, the lo-fi characteristics of Super 8 are pushed to their limits. The results, both lurid and lavish give the privileged sense of being momentarily in the very centre of a scene that even in 1980 was accessible only to the few.
Perghuzat Enver // Germany // 2023 // 12:30 min
Animation
Jacob, a Uighur, grew up in the autonomous region of Xinjiang and one of China’s megacities, before ending up in Germany. He always longed to belong, thinking everything would be fine if he could just go far enough away.
Franzis Kabisch // Austria, Germany // 2023 // 21:45 min
Documentary, Experimental
How is abortion portrayed in media? This desktop essay clicks through an array of stock photos, teen-oriented magazines and documents related to an actual abortion in an attempt to set the image straight.
[Content Note: Abortion, Pregnancy Loss]
Alexander Epikhov / Dimitri Gorbaty / Philipp Ivanov // Germany, Russia // 2024 // 12:36 min
Experimental, Live Action
An orchestra aims to record a composition from Pushkin's play "A Feast in the Time of the Plague" inside an old Soviet recording studio. Alas, the concert takes a horrific turn.
Anna Huix // Spain // 2023 // 19:57 min
Documentary
In the astonishing Karakoram Mountain Range in the North of Pakistan, women's soccer requires more than just a ball and a jersey. From hate speech to police presence at games, the courage with which these young women stand up to patriarchal oppression is inspiring.
Jan-David Bolt // Switzerland // 2024 // 12:24 min
Live Action, Commercial Work
A man wakes up in front of a mysterious hole in the desert and has to make a difficult decision.
[Content Note: Abuse]
Frédéric Moffet // Canada, United States // 2023 // 08:05 min
Documentary, Experimental
An artistic film that draws inspiration from a lost Warhol work of the early-'60s in reimagining the last days of young dancer Fred Herko.
Charline Lefrançois / Florian Geisseler // Switzerland // 2024 // 15:23 min
Documentary
Le Lignon is one of the largest housing complexes in the world, one kilometer long and home to over 6000 residents. Situated by the Rhone River and forest, it is also a habitat for many birds. A study of two microcosms and the ambivalent relationship between humans and nature.
Amélie Hardy // Quebec // 2024 // 16:36 min
Documentary
Between loads of washing, Cooper confronts our gaze in a laundromat and frankly shares the story of her gender reassignment and long tumultuous journey of self acceptance.
Giuliana Racco // Spain, Canada // 2023 // 18:45 min
Documentary, Experimental
The story of four women in Palestine whose bodies and thoughts become tools of everyday resistance to Israeli occupation.
Betina Kuntzsch // Germany // 2024 // 09:40 min
Animation, Documentary
Autumn, 1990. Between the fall of the Wall and German reunification, the first (as yet still) citizens of the GDR fly to Mallorca, to a place of longing created by the colourful postcards of West Germans.
Laura Isabel Schneider // Germany // 2023 // 04:28 min
Animation, Experimental
A man fishes the moonlight from a lake, drawn into ominous dreamscapes. Confronted with his fears, he ultimately finds solace in the rising sun.
Heeyoung Lee // South Korea // 2024 // 05:10 min
Animation
What happens to us when we dearly miss a loved one, even a pet? Take Haru for instance, heartbroken about the death of his cat. One day he awakes to find himself transformed into a cat. And when he looks around, he sees that he is not alone…
Sarnt Utamachote // Germany // 2024 // 19:56 min
Documentary
Queer voices speak of Berlin loneliness during the pandemic and the loss of friends in the club scene due to drug overdoses. Their intimate accounts are accompanied by psychedelic pictures of plants and mushrooms.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Jonelle Twum // Sweden // 2023 // 09:00 min
Documentary, Experimental
A woman, a new life, a quiet farewell to Ghana. "I think of silences when I think of you" powerfully and quietly tells of the sacrifices our mothers, aunties, and grandmothers made for a life in Europe. A poetic reflection on migration and the longing for a better tomorrow.
Arthur Chaumay // France // 2018 // 07:00 min
Animation
By a deserted lake, two boys engage in a conversation that forces one of them to confront his inner demons. A story about self-discovery, courage, and hidden truths.
Cheyenne Goudswaard // Netherlands // 2023 // 05:16 min
Animation, Experimental
Figures torn between isolation and rapprochement, yearning and searching to connect and leave traces. An expedition through existential abysses.
Kim Lêa Sakkal // France, Germany // 2024 // 21:40 min
Live Action
Derya is pregnant, though she has never had sex. At the height of a dry summer, signs of the supernatural and the divine emerge, calling the true origin of her mysterious pregnancy into question.
[Content Note: Abuse]
Jeremy Oury // France // 2019 // 08:00 min
Animation
A sequence of continually self-reconfiguring geometric forms triggers a deep dive into an abstract time-space arrangement.
Soham Chakraborty / Hanxu Chen / / Justin Polley / Julia Trouvé // France // 2019 // 05:00 min
Animation
In a distant future, Sonia faces her transfer to a newer space station. While everything seems to run smoothly, her mind is troubled by a barely distant past. A conflict between progress and memory.
Anne Isensee // Germany // 2022 // 07:05 min
Animation, Experimental
An animated audio-film about Simone, an audio describer who struggles with this very film. A meta-narrative that blurs the lines between description and experience, seeing and hearing.
Amir Ovadia Steklov // Germany // 2024 // 14:00 min
Experimental
Are Jews in Germany free to oppose the horrible Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, or are they pressured to support Israel even if they disagree? Amir struggles to deal with the way he is seen and met as a peace-loving Jew in Germany.
[Content Note: War]
Basile Khatir // France // 2024 // 10:00 min
Animation
Tristan lies in a coma. His thoughts revolve around the girl from the party, the smoking nurse, his overprotective mother and his Facebook profile picture.
[Content Note: Coma]
Emmanuel Rioux // Quebec // 2024 // 19:21 min
Documentary
The housing crisis has many faces. The forced eviction from their own home that Jeannette and Frances must endure – through months of fear, brief glimpses of hope and exhausting struggle – is one of them.
Boris Gavrilović // Germany // 2023 // 18:35 min
Live Action
Vacationing Martina just wants to join German tourists and be inconspicuous. She’s annoyed when confident, non-conformist Dunja reminds her of her Yugoslav roots. At first painful, this turns out to be quite liberating.
INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin - Audience Award 2023
Madli Lääne // Estonia // 2022 // 11:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
In a crowded bus, nonverbal communication unfolds between the passengers. Closeness, distance, and personal boundaries merge into an intense, wordless exchange.
Noah Grothe // Uganda // 2023 // 20:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
Footsteps resound, everyday life defies categorisation. A cine-mosaic starring Uganda's mystic highlands and dark capital. A celebratory collage of culture, humans and free play.
[Content Note: Animal cruelty or animal death]
Walt Mzengi Corey // Tanzania // 2023 // 13:31 min
Documentary, Live Action
Ever since the child was born, its people have suffered from uninterrupted drought. A rainbird appears and sends it on a journey, to reveal the secret of its origin and summon water from the sky.
Katarina Jazbec // Netherlands, Germany // 2023 // 21:19 min
Documentary, Experimental
Young activists, steel workers, a geologist and climate change. Reflections on coal extraction, embedded in a setting saturated with memories, dreams, nightmares and hopes.
Emily Ufken / Alexander Conrads // Germany // 2021 // 05:00 min
Animation
A young man recounts his descent into gambling addiction. This animated short offers an intimate look at a frequently overlooked illness and its consequences.
[Content Note: Addiction]
Christoph Doering // Germany // 1988 // 12:35 min
Experimental, Live Action
Inventive meta-cinematic piece that balances many intelligent ideas with a refusal to take itself too seriously. Krause magnificently depicts the radical potential of moving image production while simultaneously highlighting it's limits as a source frustration and technological anxiety. We can't help but sympathise with our hero as he becomes evermore antagonised by 80's era phone systems, CRTs, out of sync sound (not to mention the constraints of genre theory) but ultimately we are left to wonder - what on earth would he have made of Tik-Tok?
Pierre Llanos // Peru // 2023 // 19:43 min
Documentary, Experimental, Live Action
Clara's father operates a dentist's office above a Peruvian family restaurant. His 13-year-old daughter is sometimes allowed to assist him. However, she is instructed to keep her distance from a mysterious new patient.
[Content Note: Abortion]
Alex Lora // Spain // 2024 // 20:00 min
Live Action, Commercial Work
Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, hire scrap dealers Salif and son to pick up old furniture from their place. Leo eyes them with suspicion – that is, until he realises they have something that he wouldn't mind having too.
[Content Note: Classism, Racism and racial slurs]
Olga Kosanović // Austria, Germany // 2023 // 28:00 min
Live Action
A desperate father battles the maze of bureaucracy. Will he sacrifice his thumb to stay? A harrowing tragedy about migration, bodies as capital, and a merciless system.
[Content Note: Self-harm]
Kevin Biele // Germany // 2023 // 21:10 min
Live Action
After a long illness, Sylvia returns to her office job at a pharmaceutical company. Her computer password doesn't work any more, but that's not all. Can she still remain part of the system? Does she even want to?
Nicholas Seaton // England // 2023 // 14:30 min
Live Action
Lydia, an audio engineer, immerses herself in her work life to escape her family at home. When she experiences an unpleasant situation on set, she is forced to face her own decisions.
Yoro Mbaye // Belgium, France, Senegal // 2024 // 21:40 min
Live Action
Former fisherman Ousseynou sells semi-stale bread in his Senegalese village to pay off his debts. Alas, when his sister-in-law opens a bakery, tensions arise, threatening both his livelihood and position in the family.
Marc Aziz Ressang // Indonesia // 2022 // 03:20 min
Experimental, Performance
In Central Java, residents struggle to save their villages despite floods. As his world literally sinks into the sea, one man expresses his cry for help through dance.
Suncana Brkulj // Croatia, Denmark // 2024 // 08:07 min
Animation
A community of hard-working creatures all contribute to their fantastic flow of life, and the main water source, a fountain, is existential. What happens when a butterfly unadvertedly stops the flow?
Hugo Roblin // France // 2023 // 04:34 min
Documentary, Live Action
It's getting dark, time to go to bed. A conversation between mother and daughter in a tent. But is that noise in the background really just the sound of waves breaking on the beach?
Kelsi Phung / Fabien Corre // France // 2018 // 04:20 min
Animation
In a simplistic animation, a boy slowly leaves his gender role, but looks in vain for support from his busy mother. A silent struggle for understanding and acceptance.
Marie-Lola Terver / Paul Jousselin // France // 2023 // 24:00 min
Live Action
Claude lives with her husband in an isolated house in the middle of the woods, where she spends her days happily listening to birds. However, one day mysterious phone calls rupture the peaceful calm of the forest.
Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2024
Olivier Côté // Quebec // 2023 // 11:14 min
Live Action, Commercial Work
Elias and Laurent are the new guys at summer camp. When an initiation ceremony goes badly for one of them, the other is forced to make a choice: will he side with the group or his friend?
Gabriel Tempea // Austria // 2017 // 03:44 min
Documentary, Experimental
Milan Kundera’s work on sexuality is juxtaposed with personal memories. Archive images explore taboo topics from that time providing a portrait of sex and masturbation with a dry sense of humor.
Chen Wu // Taiwan, England // 2024 // 04:05 min
Animation, Live Action
One match does not light like the others. Amidst collective expectations, it discovers the value of self-acceptance, resilience and uniqueness.
Véronique Paquette // Canada // 2024 // 05:19 min
Animation, Experimental
A woman surrenders herself to the tango, which takes her on a transformative journey of self-discovery. In stylized animation, the dance becomes a source of power and a symbol of her fulfilment.
Nadja Tanno // Switzerland // 2023 // 06:02 min
Animation
A woman navigates a long-distance relationship, grappling with loneliness and mixed emotions. Ultimately, they find solace in the real world around them.
Michael Frei // Switzerland // 2024 // 02:00 min
Animation, Experimental
A fly sets off on a daring journey to pursue a friendship. A turbulent adventure awaits.
Lucas Guiterrez / // Germany // 2024 // 10:00 min
Animation, Performance
Julia Müller // Germany, England // 2023 // 01:00 min
Animation
A mobile phone vibrates in the forest, encouraging weird creatures to dance. A mini rave of a very special type.
Torill Kove // Norway, Canada // 2024 // 16:43 min
Animation
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. Exploring the spaces between reality and memory a profound acceptance ensues.
Juejun Chen // Germany, China // 2023 // 04:15 min
Experimental, Live Action
Found footage from Chinese dance schools reveals the dehumanisation of bodies through strict training. A sharp critique of mechanisation in a success-driven society.
Yixin Zhang // China // 2024 // 10:24 min
Documentary, Experimental
Plastic, plastic, everywhere, and it just keeps growing and accumulating: on the symbiotic relationship between humans and the products they produce on a superabundant scale.
Bence Hlavay // Hungary // 2024 // 10:06 min
Animation
Enjoying the summer’s day with his old friends in his former hometown is something Marci longs to do, but in the midst of racing thoughts and overwhelming emotions, the biggest challenge is to just be in the moment.
Luca Lellouche // France // 2024 // 16:50 min
Live Action, Commercial Work
After finishing her night shift, young midwife Esther spends each day with her grandmother Laya. That is, until a disturbing encounter with a patient throws her life out of balance…
Louis Brückner / Laura Baalmann // Germany // 2023 // 02:34 min
Experimental, Live Action
Machines are everywhere, but who is looking after the most complex one of them all? An ultra-close-up exploration of the miracle of the human body.
Simon van der Zande // Belgium, Netherlands // 2022 // 17:10 min
Live Action
From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, as Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on and begins to vent, voicing his discontent with Europe and the daily racism he has to face.
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen - Audience Award 2023
Giulia Martinelli // Italy // 2016 // 05:40 min
Animation, Documentary
What would Little Red Riding Hood be if she didn’t have a bottle of wine in her basket and the hunter didn’t have a rifle? Flipping the fairy tale on its head.
Holga Rosen // Germany // 2024 // 02:21 min
Animation
A midnight snack turns into an eerie encounter. A man chooses the wrong salt and ends up haunted by a sinister force.
Eugen Marian // Moldova // 2023 // 20:00 min
Documentary, Live Action
Lilya is enjoying her new life at a technical college until an old acquaintance shows up and threatens to reveal her secret: Lily is intersex. Will she lose everything she's built?
[Content Note: Sexual assault, Abuse]
Job Antoni Schellekens // Germany // 2023 // 25:54 min
Live Action
In a Dutch coastal village, a delegation prepares a human sacrifice to stop climate change. As the tide rises and the world watches, the chosen one wonders: Is it really worth it?
[Content Note: Physical Violence]
Cédric Prévost // France // 2023 // 14:00 min
Live Action
After months of sustaining a long-distance relationship via an online dating platform, Thomas would like to finally meet Marie in person. Alas, before that can happen, Marie reveals something that shakes his convictions.
[Content Note: Racism and racial slurs]
Yakup Tekintangaç // Turkey // 2024 // 19:18 min
Live Action
Morî lives with her grandmother in a small Turkish town, where she misses her absent father. When a new teacher arrives at her school, Morî becomes convinced it's her dad, and soon tries to convince him too.
Lun Sevnik // Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia // 2024 // 15:00 min
Live Action
A boy is trapped on a fishing boat as a tourist becomes sexually aggressive. A harrowing look at distance, unspoken horrors, and the crossing of boundaries.
[Content Note: Sexual assault, Abuse]
Sophie Maréchal // Belgium // 2023 // 21:00 min
Live Action
Barbara, a 30-year-old single female, is the epitome of a modern woman, living in the fast lane, completely addicted to her smartphone. Alas, her routine is about to change when a mysterious balloon floats into her life.
Brussels Short Film Festival - Audience Award 2023
Edith Jorisch // Canada // 2023 // 15:45 min
Live Action
A group of perfect women meet at home with their perfect children for a perfect dinner. The waiters serve cabbage heads whose hearts defy expectations.
Alexander Gratzer // Austria // 2016 // 02:57 min
Animation
The job of museum attendant can get a little boring now and then. Time for a distraction!
Johannes Stjärne Nilsson / Ola Simonsson // Sweden // 2011 // 05:00 min
Live Action
Anna-Sophia Richard // Germany // 2023 // 21:18 min
Documentary
Faravaz Farvardin, once persecuted for her music in Iran, now fights for the rights of Iranian women with her voice in Germany. A moving portrait of courage and the struggle for survival.
Mônica Lima // Portugal // 2023 // 25:51 min
Live Action
Inside an apartment in a city under curfew, a day expands from early spring to late summer. A couple’s longing to start a family is shaken by a pervasive feeling of uncertainty.
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival - Audience Award 2023
Jelena Oroz // Croatia // 2024 // 06:22 min
Animation
Automobiles are everywhere. Brutal, aggressive, loud. But now they've grown legs and conquered the sidewalks too. A revenge campaign against the heartless nature of cars takes shape.
Christel Guibert // Belgium, France // 2024 // 09:00 min
Animation, Documentary
Animal-human hybrid creatures meet during a round of speed dating. In spite of obstacles to communication, they begin dance-like attempts to get closer to one another, with the dulcet tones of a guitar in the background.
Yana Yo // Germany // 1981 // 03:39 min
Music Video
Set to a thumping punk track, fast intercut imagery locates brutality and control in filmed, refilmed and found images of the Military, State and consumerism. Direct scratching onto film and kinetic hand held shots make this representative of Super 8 film making that seeks to transpose the tension and malcontent of the moment directly onto the film material.
Heta Jäälinoja // Finland // 2023 // 10:49 min
Animation, Commercial Work
A strapping young man suddenly sprouts in the vegetable patch of a garden frequented by nuns. One of them gets quite hot and bothered as a result, and the aftershocks ripple throughout the whole sister-state.
Tampere International Film Festival - Audience Award 2024
Noam Sussman // Estonia // 2019 // 01:58 min
Animation
An in-depth socio-political analysis of the United States of America's current state of affairs. In under two minutes.
Delia Hess // Switzerland // 2024 // 07:11 min
Animation, Experimental
A young woman trying to reach a telephone hotline is stuck on hold. "We will be with you in a moment." Meanwhile, the water level is rising and city life is becoming sarcastically absurd.
Pauline Picard // France // 2023 // 05:32 min
Live Action
A creepy earworm is haunting Edith, in the form of a rabbit-eared man wearing a pink shirt. Whether she's in the shower or at her desk, at the bus stop, in the cinema or in bed with a lover – he just won't leave her alone.
[CW: Suicide]
Yegane Moghaddam // Iran // 2023 // 07:00 min
Animation
An Iranian girl brings memories of her school years to life on the fabric of her old school uniform, inspiring reflection on the origins of feminised identities.
Hajime Tsuda // Japan // 2023 // 14:30 min
Live Action
Quite by accident, Nasa discovers a bar that bears the same name as her late mother. She orders her favourite dish: fried oysters. Is it a coincidence that they look like the ones her mother used to make?
Ulu Braun // Germany, United States // 2024 // 11:58 min
Animation, Experimental
An amusing meditation on the American Dream in a glitchy and painterly collage that reflects on media, military, consumption and self-optimization.
Simon Madore // Canada // 2024 // 04:30 min
Live Action
The turbulent life of a piñata that is continually destroyed and reinvented. A whimsical cycle of existence and survival.
Igor Pejic // France // 2001 // 04:00 min
Live Action
An alien in close contact with earth.
Ann Oren // Germany // 2020 // 12:48 min
Experimental, Live Action
In this reflection on the boundaries between human and animal, as well as fictional gender roles, a Foley artist immerses himself in his work. As he creates sounds for a film featuring a dressage horse, he transforms into a gender-neutral centaur.
Leonardo Martinelli // United Kingdom, Brazil // 2023 // 15:00 min
Live Action, Commercial Work
As Lua, a trans woman, searches for her lost bird in the hostile streets of the city, we follow her poetic narrative about home and self-discovery.
Alma Weber / Joey Arand // Germany // 2024 // 11:07 min
Documentary, Experimental
A filmmaker wrestles with her depiction of the female body while filming an erotic dream. Searching for the origin of her "male gaze," she dives into art history and her subconscious. Provocative and intimate.
[Content Note: Nudity]
Ekin Kee Charles // Malaysia // 2024 // 11:31 min
Live Action
Three fashion-conscious, social-media-loving seniors set out on a daring trip: atop an illegal pick-up, they travel from village to city to throw themselves into the hustle and bustle of shopping and digital networking.
Sara Ganem // France // 2023 // 27:50 min
Documentary, Live Action
A young woman embarks on a multi-year bicycle journey to cope with the aftermath of a traumatic experience. With Spartacus, her Greek-speaking bike, she forms a deep friendship along the way.
[Content Note: Abuse, Sexual assault]
Raymond Red // Philippines // 1988 // 03:21 min
Documentary, Experimental
The spirit of Manila meets the Mauer. Made during a visit to Berlin by artists and filmmakers from the Philippines this lively short promotes good international relations and sheer creative fun as the film makers inspect and improve what was at the time the cities most iconic landmark. Kinetic undercranked camera work captures shots of (and over) the wall and a rare glimpse of 1980s street art as it happened. The legacy of the Goethe Institute international program that promoted Super 8 film in Manila and was responsible for the visit is still going strong today!
A group of Filipino artists explore divided Berlin in the 1980s, enlivening the Wall with their creative interventions. A look at rare street art and international encounters.
Fitch Jean // Canada // 2022 // 12:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
A barbershop, a haircut, a realisation. "More than Hair" tells the story of a boy who feels the significance of Black hair and belonging. A film about identity, growing up in a white world with white parents, and finding support in the community.
Ericka Clevenger // United States // 2023 // 02:00 min
Live Action
A killer follows his victims in an unconventional way, but he hasn't reckoned with the sexist clothing industry.
[Content Note: Physical Violence, Blood, Death or dying]
Rebecca Murray // England // 2020 // 05:24 min
Documentary
Black ballerina in a white world? Marie-Astrid fights her way through the barriers of the white ballet world and shows how to claim the space she fought for. A compelling portrait that proves: We belong on every stage, even if they don’t want to see us.
Annika Birgel // Germany // 2024 // 15:15 min
On a remote German island, the inhabitants of a village come together to celebrate a traditional eve-of-wedding party. As the shards of the crockery smashed by the guests pile up, ten-year-old Fina struggles to keep a piece of herself intact.
Natálie Durchánková // Czech Republic // 2023 // 04:15 min
Animation, Documentary
After barely emerging from a brutal sexual assault with her life, a survivor breaks free of the victim role and sets out on an arduous path to recovery.
[Content Note: Sexual assault]
Frank Martin // England // 2023 // 18:21 min
Documentary
An Israeli amusement park in West Jordan Land becomes a bitter metaphor for the delusion and injustice of events in the Palestinian West Bank.
Miguel Lima / Dimitri Mihajlovic // Portugal // 2023 // 09:00 min
Animation
A woman collects the puzzle pieces of her fleeting memories of childhood in order to uncover the story of her grandfather's house – and what lies behind it.
Avril Besson // France // 2023 // 18:56 min
Live Action
One Paris morning, Marina sells Charlie a mattress and helps her carry it home. Later that evening she'll cancel her flight to La Réunion, though neither of them suspects this yet.
Rachida El Garani // Belgium // 2023 // 18:56 min
Live Action
Rachid has a single goal: finding work. Luckily, he manages to get a job as a dishwasher. Anybody can do this, he thinks. Alas, it soon becomes apparent that things are not going to be quite as easy as he had imagined.
[Content Note: Animal cruelty or animal death]
Tatjana Theuer // Germany // 2024 // 04:42 min
Animation
Caterpillars climb over palm trees, parasols and walls. The sea level rises, and so does the wind. The whole environment is becoming more and more unstable.
Annika Mayer // Germany // 2024 // 18:45 min
Documentary
A family in the 1960s captured on Super8 film, juxtaposed with stories of a violent husband recounted fifty years later. A film about the invisibility of domestic violence.
[Content Note: Sexism and misogyny, Physical Violence]
Hồng Anh Nguyễn // Germany, Australia, Vietnam // 2024 // 22:00 min
Live Action
Avoiding unwanted phone calls from her controlling girlfriend, Mơ, a martial arts teacher, roams the streets of hectic Saigon. A fleeting encounter with Vicky, a dancer, gently reminds her who she really is.
Jadwiga Kowalska // Switzerland // 2023 // 10:48 min
Animation
Exuberant and reckless, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic Sea in a tiny, beat-up car. On the way, their ride falls apart, and their country does too. Still, life goes on.
Samuel Patthey // Switzerland // 2024 // 15:20 min
Animation
A man lives alone, does his laundry, goes out, cleans, listens to music and takes drugs. Gradually he begins to reflect on his addiction, caught in a vortex between truth and illusion.
[Content Note: Addiction]
Anna Hints / Tushar Prakash // Estonia // 2024 // 13:17 min
Live Action
After a long day, South Estonian men seek human connection in a smoke sauna. Gently told, the film balances on the fine line between friendship and simmering intimacy.
David Gelfand // United States // 2023 // 02:00 min
Animation
A boat trip becomes a magical experience: dolphins appear, making for an unforgettable moment.
Elias Bötticher // Switzerland // 2024 // 13:47 min
Documentary, Experimental
From mountain peaks to dying glaciers and coal mines – a reflection on our actions and their consequences for the natural world.
Helena Vollmann // Austria // 2023 // 01:24 min
Animation, Live Action
War as typographic animation? Jandl's onomatopoeic poem visualises the destruction of the heart and mind by the sounds of war.
Leila Basma // Czech Republic, Lebanon // 2023 // 19:00 min
Live Action
Like many other Lebanese women, Nalya would like to lead a self-determined life. However, two men attempt to block her path. Will they succeed?
[Content Note: Blood, Self-harm]
Miriam Guttmann // Netherlands // 2023 // 09:27 min
Documentary
Trans parents share moving experiences of pregnancy and parenthood. They show that the desire for children is universal, breaking down stereotypes. An intimate insight into the challenges and joys of transgender parenting.
Julian Wonn // Germany // 2023 // 10:00 min
Documentary
Dita Rita Scholl, queere Performance-Pionier*in, sucht nach häufiger Zurückweisung im Laufe Ditas Leben, nach körperlicher und emotionaler Nähe. Ein intimer Einblick in den endlosen Hunger nach Berührung.
Xandra Popescu // Germany // 2023 // 15:44 min
Documentary, Live Action
A nearly deserted port: in her diner, Violeta and her niece Maria, a radical passivist, fantasise about the future. As the day unfolds, they become witnesses to one love story fading while another struggles to be born.
Heikki Ahola // Finland // 2017 // 03:18 min
Live Action
On those very cold days outside, the Steiff stuffed animals heat things up in the skiing center.
To Anh Bach / Charles Badiller / Hugo Weiss // France // 2017 // 02:00 min
Animation
Two samurai face each other on a war-torn battlefield. Driven by pride, they engage in a duel fueled by deep emotions and unspoken feelings.
Teymour Ghaderi // Iran, United States // 2024 // 10:56 min
Documentary
Esmaeel is a 16-year-old Afghan refugee, living alone, under the radar, under the vast sky and working with camels on an Iranian tourist island. The only thing that makes this situation tolerable is being able to stay in contact with his family.
Philipp Schaeffer / Jonathan Schaller // Germany // 2024 // 13:40 min
Documentary
After the Israeli army murders a blind woman, tourists in Bethlehem guided by a Palestinian-Israeli duo encounter a city on strike. Differing truths mirror the region's conflicts.
Elliot Dreuille / Alexis Lafuente / Baptiste Gueusquin / Marc Forest / Chloé Stricher / Antoni Nicolaï // France // 2023 // 04:57 min
Animation
Claire, who has just moved to a big city, discovers that her body is gradually disappearing. The film follows her journey as she navigates her new life.
Manuel Montejo // Spain // 2020 // 04:00 min
Live Action
You have to plan the perfect selfie down to the tiniest detail. Which filter captures human failure best?
Jakub Dylewski / Edmund Krempiński // Poland // 2023 // 17:51 min
Experimental, Live Action
Through absurd, psycho-magical acts, a trans-person finds their way to ultimate liberation and allegorical transition. A true story about dealing with various forms of frustration in a highly oppressive society.
Short Waves International Short Film Festival Poznan - Audience Award 2023
[Content Note: Nudity]
Carlos Pereira // Germany // 2023 // 19:10 min
Live Action
Omar is released from prison in a dystopian future where queer people are hunted. As a first stop he visits Ava, who wasn't expecting to see him. Meanwhile, the world keeps falling apart and fear is suffocating hope.
[Content Note: Homophobia and heterosexism]
Olivia Rosa // Poland // 2023 // 07:47 min
Animation
A cinematic journey from micro-images to civilization inspired by Sarah Teasdale's poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" employs artful animation to depict the end of the Anthropocene.
Iris Maier // Germany // 2023 // 06:12 min
Animation, Documentary
A tale of experiences with self-harm told from a very personal perspective. The protagonist reveals their inner thoughts and feelings but does not shy away from exploring diff erent reactions from the people around them.
[Content Note: Self-harm]
Camille Monnier // Belgium, France // 2024 // 12:42 min
Animation
Out in a desert wasteland, Charlie toils away at her motel shift with her annoying cousin, dreaming of the cool sea, while the radio announces the onset of the end times in the background. Will prophecy become reality?
Marta Monteiro // Portugal, France // 2023 // 09:00 min
Animation
For years, she has been mistreated by her husband. For years, she has wanted to leave him. Patiently, she waits for her children to grow up, so that she can finally go as well.
[Content Note: Abuse]
Olaf Held // Germany // 2024 // 02:58 min
Documentary
Found film material from a birthday celebration in 1991. The salt ran out and memory has now faded, obscured by the veil of time. A nostalgic look at a bygone era.
Sophie Mühe // Germany // 2023 // 09:30 min
Live Action
A young woman planning her mother's funeral tries to understand the significance of her sudden loss, but the presence of her mother's assistant only makes her feel lost and trapped.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Halyna Koziutynska // Ukraine // 2023 // 27:40 min
Documentary
Gala and Viktor search for their heaven on Earth, in spite of the war in Ukraine. They find it in an abandoned house in the Carpathian Mountains. But winter comes, the apple tree in the yard freezes, and the war reaches heaven too.
Wiz-Art International Short Film Festival Lviv - Audience Award 2023
Louise Labrousse // France // 2024 // 10:30 min
Animation
Olla just wants to take a bath and eat something, but her instant noodle soup falls into the tub. She manages to clean everything up, except for one stubborn noodle stuck in her vulva.
[Content Note: Body Horror]
Jens Rosemann // Germany // 2021 // 03:33 min
Animation
Sven wants to jump off the diving board—but does he really? Caught between courage and hesitation, fries and excuses, the day slips away. Will he take the plunge or continue standing at the edge?
Sara Priorelli / Maria Zilli // Italy // 2022 // 04:52 min
Animation
Revenge in the "Sweet Dreams" motel: things get bloody in the pool when a hotel employee is no longer able to bear the constant humiliation.
[CW: murder, blood, sexual violence]
Nadja Andrasev // Hungary, France // 2019 // 12:40 min
Animation
A betrayed wife spies on her husband's affairs. Her jealousy transforms into curiosity as she discovers something entirely new about herself. A journey of sexual self-discovery begins.
Truls Krane Meby // Norway // 2023 // 19:21 min
Documentary, Experimental
Imprisoned and liberated by the Internet? A playful essay film, in which the director sifts through his film archives and reflects on the digital development of the past 20 years.
Ruairi O’Brien / Joseph Kennedy // Ireland // 2006 // 02:00 min
Live Action
A story about two old friends who go fishing and their false teeth.
Sean Pecknold // United States // 2024 // 10:53 min
Animation, Documentary
A burnt-out robot vacuum goes on strike and sets out in search of meaning. On its way, it encounters two lonely rabbits. Together, they explore those roads less travelled, but, alas, nothing lasts forever.
Madeleine Homan // England // 2023 // 04:31 min
Animation
Creator beings are working on a new world. The creative process takes them to their limits, while they attempt to realise their vision.
Simon Ball // England // 2024 // 08:39 min
Experimental, Live Action
What's that under the carpet? A couple discovers a trapdoor into the past and the psyche: ancient buildings appear, and memories, nightmares and desires are triggered. A trip in time begins with a call for a clear view.
[Content Note: Flicker]
Subarna Dash // India // 2024 // 12:17 min
Animation
Which room in any house is generally safe from prying eyes and awkward questions? A quirky, shy girl and the joyous comfort she finds in bathrooms whilst growing up.
Sean Gallen // Ireland // 2024 // 15:17 min
Live Action
1998: Teenaged Jamie shaves off his afro after moving to Dublin to fit in better in his white surroundings. Alas, his hair continues to grow, undaunted. Now he must figure out how to deal with his predicament.
Rebeka Kruus // Estonia // 2023 // 03:26 min
Animation, Documentary
A juggler who loses his magic balls dives headlong into an adventure filled with dancing animals and shocking self-discoveries.
Nienke Deutz // Belgium, France, Netherlands // 2023 // 14:54 min
Animation
Irma, whose desire to have a child remains unfulfilled, wishes to relax at a luxury hotel. However, she is surrounded by pregnant women everywhere. Her plans for recovery seem ruined. A sensitive animation with depth.
Eglė Davidavičė // Lithuania, France // 2023 // 12:04 min
Animation
Ūla learns to see her body in a new light and rise above insecurities. Through synchronised swimming, the teenager discovers the beauty of diversity. An animated journey towards self-acceptance that reveals: perfection lies in uniqueness.
Richard Marx // Ukraine, Germany // 2023 // 07:41 min
Documentary, Experimental
This 16mm film interweaves two parallel storylines: a soldier's experience of the war in Ukraine and peaceful family existence in Berlin. Two worlds, one gaze, many realities.
[Content Note: War]
Festus Toll // Netherlands // 2023 // 25:00 min
Documentary
The voice of tribal chieftain Ne Kuko brings the stolen Nkisi statue to life. It guides activist Mwazulu Diyabanza on his mission to liberate African objects from their colonial prisons (aka museums) and bring them home.
Cillian Green // Ireland // 2023 // 07:25 min
Animation
A young man in Dublin undergoes a crisis of meaning, speaks with flies and pedals through his confused mental world in search of clarity and a moment of calm.
Claire Launay / Sebastian Kirszenblat / Emmanuelle Mohnblatt / Alix Roca / Nathalie Schnebelen / Nathanaël Sonn // France // 2018 // 06:00 min
Animation
The Von Lear Dynasty, a Parisian drag family, is led by the fearless Veronika. Over three generations, they fight for acceptance, glamour, and their place in society.
Anna Samo // Germany // 2024 // 07:20 min
Animation, Documentary, Experimental
Inspired by Bach, a dialogue unfolds between classical music and fragile images painted on toilet paper. An homage to the tradition of painting directly on 35 mm film, in which the world’s disasters fight their way into the artist’s work.
Lia Bertels // Belgium // 2017 // 05:25 min
Animation
A symphony of daily life. And what exactly are the features of human existence? We breathe, love and spend money.
Thinh Nguyen // Denmark // 2019 // 06:00 min
Animation
Tom has a plant and wants to gift it to the one he loves. An absurd tale about a man and his houseplant.
Chintis LUNDGREN // Estonia, Croatia, France // 2019 // 18:00 min
Animation
Wolf becomes a gigolo to support his family—a secret from his pregnant wife. However, she has a secret of her own: she attends a seminar with male slaves. When Wolf appears in a sex film, everything is at risk of being exposed.
Simon Ostermann / Seraina Nyikos // Germany // 2023 // 14:24 min
Documentary, Experimental, Live Action
Rocco, a Berlin subway driver, secretly becomes an unhoused graffiti artist. A mockumentary about life underground – social criticism emerging from the midst of a concrete world.
Mariana Gil Ríos // Colombia // 2023 // 16:38 min
Live Action
After her big sister sneaks off with a boyfriend, Rafaela‘s boredom and curiosity lead her to explore the house. Of talking dogs, unexpected allies and finding the freedom to discover oneself.
Alexandra Myotte / Jean-Sébastien Hamel // Quebec // 2023 // 11:11 min
Animation
Siblings Zoe and Theo live alone in a run-down neighbourhood. Zoe rebels, Theo escapes into fantasy worlds. One hot day they find they must face their shared trauma if they are to salvage their relationship.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Donia Olumi // Germany // 2019 // 04:20 min
Animation
An animated short film depicting a panic attack visually. Various animation styles bring to life the overwhelming inner turmoil in a vivid and tangible way.
[Content Note: Flicker]
Alessandro Bavari // Italy // 2024 // 07:10 min
Animation, Documentary, Experimental
Hypothetically, there are 64 dimensions, though we've only been able to observe 24 of them up until now. Meaning: 40 remain unexplored, beyond our comprehension. What awaits us on the other side of space and time?
[Content Note: Flicker]
Julio Matos // Brazil // 2023 // 19:30 min
Documentary
Founded by university students in São Paulo in the 1980s, Radio Muda became a utopian symbol for the way a free and democratic media landscape could manifest in Brazil.
Donato Sansone // Italy // 2009 // 02:00 min
Animation
A punch in the face leads to decapitation. A uniquely dramatized comic experiment with consequences.
Elen Sylla Grollimund // Belgium // 2023 // 13:25 min
Documentary
Dad is a white man from Africa, mom is a black woman from Europe: the director explores traces of colonialism and her parents' life together as an interracial couple in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
[Content Note: Racism and racial slurs]
Rishi Chandna // India // 2023 // 25:00 min
Documentary, Live Action
A woman wishes to make a large meal but none of the local fisherfolk are able to catch enough fish. To save her dying sea, she organises a feast for an influential politician, where she serves him an unforgettable dish.
Guillermo F. Flórez // Spain // 2023 // 23:52 min
Documentary
As a child, Carmen, born in 1935, was forced to watch as her family was taken away. After 14 years living in a cloister, she fought to return to life. Now, at 86, she makes a final decision: Carmen wishes to die.
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalà de Henares - Audience Award 2023
Szymon Ruczyński // Poland // 2023 // 09:53 min
Animation, Music Video
A refugee is abducted and brought to a forest by armed soldiers. Local villagers are the only witnesses to the event. The Polish-Belarussian woods become a deadly trap.
[Content Note: Death or dying, Flight]
Nina Gantz // Belgium, France, Netherlands // 2023 // 13:50 min
Animation, Experimental
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are puppet TV stars. When their creator dies, leaving them behind in the studio, their gradual decay drives them to make increasingly bizarre new episodes for their fans.
[Content Note: Death or dying]
Sorao Sakimura // Japan // 2024 // 10:09 min
Animation
A young man receives a goldfish in the mail. The encounter triggers surreal visions. The fish escapes and he ultimately frees himself from his inner darkness.
[Content Note: Mental illness, Animal cruelty or animal death, Fears (especially claustrophobia)]
Moritz Adlon // Germany // 2015 // 07:40 min
Experimental, Live Action
The name says it all: A short film about our bodies and us.
Kim Spierenburg // Netherlands // 2023 // 03:47 min
Animation, Experimental
The great flood of 1953, the Watersnoodramp, is the worst natural disaster in Holland's national memory. Now, artificial intelligence hallucinates historical archival material of the event in an opulent fashion.
[Content Note: Flicker]
Alessandro Bavari // Italy // 2023 // 03:20 min
Animation, Experimental
AI and real sounds from the Balkans interact to form wild human-bird creations. A sensual feast for eyes and ears.
[Content Note: Flicker]
Marianne BERGEONNEAU / Lauriane Montppert / Mélina MANDON / Cloé Peyrebrune / Cloé Peyrebrune / Elvira TAUSSAC // France // 2021 // 06:00 min
Animation
In a land of soft, peach-coloured skin, the steamy dream of a lady unfolds. Her affection for her masseur comes to light in a world full of sensual temptations.
Sama Zuhair // Germany, Egypt, Iraq // 2024 // 22:00 min
Animation, Documentary
Her family fled Bagdad during the Iraq War – now, years later, a daughter sets out in search of memories, home, the olive tree in the front yard and the traces which the war left behind in its wake.
[Content Note: War]
Juliette Balthazard // Quebec // 2023 // 16:20 min
Documentary
Two women flee the war in Ukraine with their daughters. From their new home in Prague, they enter into a new phase of waiting and hoping for a timely return to their former lives.
Elan Gamaker // South Africa // 2023 // 15:33 min
Live Action
Cape Town, 1986. Patience, an aspiring singer, has to sub for her mom as domestic help in a posh villa. Alas, she quickly realises there's something sinister lurking behind the mansion's walls.
[Content Note: Racism and racial slurs]
Saul Freed / Karni Arieli // United Kingdom // 2023 // 14:39 min
Animation, Documentary
The dramatic story of the life cycle of a salmon – in human form! From river to ocean and back again.
[Content Note: Death or Dying]
Fivos Imellos // Greece // 2023 // 17:33 min
Live Action
While a mother is busy preparing lunch for her son and his girlfriend she receives a terrifying call from him, in which he confides that he has accidently killed his partner during an argument.
[Content Note: Abuse, Murder]
Grace Wong // United States // 2024 // 03:28 min
Animation
A girl struggles with sleeplessness, while the hallucinations and demons of sleep paralysis come to life in the dead of night.
Marion Pfaus // Germany // 2017 // 03:15 min
Experimental, Live Action
Women can be dictators, too! And that’s when you realize how ridiculous their behavior actually is.
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!).
Marc Reisbig // Norway // 2016 // 04:02 min
Live Action
This director has a genuinely hard time with his stars. He tells us about his troubles here.
Donato Sansone // Italy, France // 2019 // 01:40 min
Animation
Body parts grow, merge and transform through one strange and continuous metamorphosis.
Sallar Othman // Austria // 2024 // 19:00 min
Live Action
Yarê lives with her mother in Rojava, where they are dependent on water deliveries due to a lack of infrastructure. When the truck fails to arrive, Yarê sets out to find water on her own.
Samira Elagoz / Z Walsh // Finland, Netherlands // 2024 // 13:00 min
Documentary, Experimental
Two transmen fall in love: a long-distance relationship is born. In this film composed of photos, the two document their first year together – a series of thoughts, feelings and intimate moments for and with one another.
[Content Note: Blood]
Katarina Peters // Germany // 1985 // 05:00 min
Experimental
Agency afforded by the compact portability of the Super 8 Camera explored here in guerilla constructivist camera technique. Like Dziga Vertov's Kino Eye with a terrible case of the head-spins, we are cast through the air and as the ground looms forward we smash into it again and again. The cobbles and the concrete resemble reconnaissance photography on a hundred Kamikaze flights. Who needs a Steadicam when we have the Zentri-Fuge?
Uli Versum // Germany // 1985 // 06:00 min
Experimental, Live Action
Like a citrus fruit that hangs up high - tangy and yet somehow quite intangible... Mr Uli Versum guides us through a boldly individual vision that seems to defy any attempt at simple definition. A reflection on method acting histrionics? A drama school tutorial on how to never allow oneself to be upstaged by a piece of fruit? A possible companion piece to Hollis Frampton's 'Lemon'? Some accomplished lighting and sound prove great effort went into realising this unique short that, for whatever it may lack in clarity, makes up for generously with it's zest!
Stavros Markoulakis // Greece, Netherlands // 2023 // 21:00 min
Live Action
On the warmest day of the year, two boys meet in a white-hot city. A pigeon gets trapped with them in the searing heat, while everyone dreams of escaping the blazing Moloch.
Remi Laudat // United Kingdom // 2023 // 08:00 min
Documentary
What does it mean to be Afro-Arab? This documentary dives into the world of Afro-Arab identity, shedding light on an often untold story of Black people. A powerful narrative about Afro-culture and identity.
Elahe Esmaili // Iran, England // 2024 // 20:00 min
Documentary
Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to help her parents move to a new place after 40 years. Touched by the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, she longs to alter more than just the four walls that surround her.
Roopa Gogineni // Qatar, Sudan // 2022 // 18:41 min
Documentary
A peaceful protest in Sudan is put down. A group of young men construct a makeshift camera and microphone out of paper and plastic in order to capture the voices of the revolutionaries.
Nahom Abraham // Eritrea // 2022 // 20:00 min
Live Action
Caught between past and present, Sara waits for her husband's return. "Sara" tells the story of a woman navigating between hope, loss, and the spirit world—an intense narrative of Black love, grief, and the courage to keep going.
Saki Muramoto // Japan // 2024 // 11:34 min
Animation
Night-time at a highway rest-stop: exhausted travellers disembark from a bus to relax their limbs and minds. Each person off to themself – lonely yet somehow comforting.
Ming Chueh Yeh // Taiwan // 2023 // 02:18 min
Animation
Interchangeable sexual organs blur the lines of identity. A surreal journey through bodies and society, playfully deconstructing our gender norms.
