34th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2018
Program / Sections

International Competition

The INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION is the festival’s centerpiece, and this year as always we had more than 6,000 entries from 120 countries. We have put together ten programs with 79 films from 39 countries aimed at reflecting the wide diversity of the short films produced in the last two years.

Documentary Competition

Foreign worlds, foreign views become nevertheless familiar to you. Documentaries can achieve this, even if they are only 90 seconds long. In times when the world can seem more and more confusing and strange, the unbiased, curious view of the world and the alien, and also the strangeness, is more and more important.

German Competition

Where do short films in Germany find their inspiration? The GERMAN COMPETITION once again offers insights into the latest happenings in the world of short films in Germany. A wide variety of people and their fates flash before our eyes on the big screen in four different programs.

Green Film Competition

The Earth is on the brink of an ecological disaster. It’s high time for scrutiny and for people to get active. The GREEN FILM AWARD has explored the current situation of nature and the environment from a cinematic perspective since 2010 ...

eject_XXI Die lange Nacht des abwegigen Films

Once again we convene in the holy halls of the Volksbühne to take part in a grassroots democratic vote for the weirdest, most peculiar film with nearly 110 minutes of hardcore film action.

Focus On

The competitions are the centerpiece of any festival. All the attention and interest is directed at them. However, a heart needs a body in order to function, just like the special programs at INTERFILM.

Spezial programs

The competitions are the centerpiece of any festival. All the attention and interest is directed at them. However, a heart needs a body in order to function, just like the special programs at INTERFILM.

Extended Vision

3D BODY TALK sets in motion our experience of the third dimension. Minimalist gestures or expressive dynamics are explored in the larger context. VIRTUAL NIGHTMARES – VR HORROR MEETS FULLDOME elevates the horror film.

Events

Festival Openig, "Sound & Vision", HOB: Live Music Cinema presents "The Quest for a Real Hard Hob", a Flipbook Show and the Award Ceremony: interfilm has many events and even parties.

Online Awards

2 of the festival competitions will be held online: "Konfrontationen Online Wettbewerb" and "Green Film Online Wettbewerb" - Watch and Vote!