Shorts

Humorous, cynical short stories about the absurdities of the modern world.

A short cross-stitched story about friendship and betrayal between a birdie, a baby goat and a fox in pixel art style.

Between school trouble, mean girl drama and catchy lyrics, teenage Lena tells us the real story behind the big fight. But what isn’t she telling us?

A bicycle courier on the verge of a nervous breakdown begins a brief rebellion against the prevailing conditions.

Thanks to an argument, two best friends find out more about each other than they would have expected.

It is an charming story about the little fan who is on a quest. But where it is most beautiful, unexpected things happen.

A pair of clumsy and dumb birds try their best to protect their eggs from a volcanic eruption.

A colourful quest full of hurdles for a man who has just arrived in paradise turns into a new beginning.

Twins Jade and Kaisa are going for a rowing trip. But social media influencer Jade actually has something else in mind.

This burlesque action musical tragicomedy with a minimalist color palette criticizes consumerism to the sound of Ravel's Boléro.

Cas and Naomi are best friends, but when their future plans are seemingly different, their relationship wobbles.

In a controlled society where each individual repeats the same action over and over again, any deviation is bound to be suspect.

In the local outdoor pool, documentary realism mixes with staged absurdity.

In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.

Caught between German stuffiness and Argentinian religiosity, Madi discovers her own sexuality.

Helen no longer wants to be a modern Sisyphus and is breaking the chains of the capitalist grillwalker corset.

A family visit and a broken tooth raises universal questions about identity, origins and life choices.

Despite the adverse working conditions, two friends persevere with the power of their imagination and their will.

Lola's hidden love for teammate Zoe challenges her both on and off the soccer field. Will she score or lose her chance?

An entertaining and ambiguous film that illuminates the connection between cinematic art and human experience.

A slap in the face as the ultimate answer to all your problems.

A young woman roams through the night. On a train, she rummages through other people's luggage, seeking closeness to them in an unusual way.

Bodo is standing on the top of a roof ready to jump when suddenly his phone rings...

Baby photos, Christmas snapshots, school enrollment photos, wedding photos - our lives are an endless succession of photogenic moments.

Klaus has a new job. And it's brilliant. The best job in the world. There is just one small snag: after work.

A singer loses her voice and seeks healing in a shamanistic trance.

Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.

Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.

Bruno Bieri is a Swiss musical multi-talent who finds inspiration in the world of everyday things for his extraordinary sound concepts.

When night falls and the last rays of sunlight fade, the people in this film start their workday.

The air smells like summer. A potpourri of suntan lotion lawn and lime blossom fries, of water polo melon and chlorine lemonade hovering in the air.

Maryam and Frida are close friends living in a small Swedish town. They invite Monique, a mysterious couch surfer, to stay the night.

This student film about the power of chance was lost for years and only rediscovered by chance.

In a strange, dark asylum, a brilliant physicist without memory is imprisoned. One thing occupies his mind: escape.

A bearded man with a backpack gets on an airplane and a beardless man without a backpack simply does what a man has to do.

A film about the absurdities of being a mom today.

When all his colleagues leave the office for exciting holidays, office clerk Joost locks himself in the storage room. The only way to escape is to unleash ...

SPEAKING OF LOVE tells of being in love and friendship, reluctance and overcoming obstacles, giving things a shot and of failing to get things right.

The walk through the financially battered city of Athens, destination unknown, is a bittersweet confrontation with the Greek economic crisis.

A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.

Over a hundred years ago, "Togoland", now the Republic of Togo and part of present-day Ghana, was a colonial possession of the German Empire.

THE JACKPOT: 4.12 Billion Euro. Five hungry mouths. Nobody wants to share. A short film by Malte Wirtz (5 Stories in 4 Days).

Inspired by the ideas of Professor Eisenstein, inventor SCHWEINEVOGEL builds his own time machine-space capsule in his cellar.

Look away or intervene? When a man is victim of unfounded abuse in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone ...

This is the story of a 14 year old girl and her mobile phone. The content Elise posts on social media gets out of hand, and out of her control.

For twelve years she ignored sneers and mockery and stood up for her relationship. But that was probably a mistake. Now her husband is leaving her for ...

Rune and Pernille find their living room table unexplainably broken. But buying a new table at IKEA seems to be a bigger challenge than expected.

Petter S. Holmsen's metafictional short film QUIET ON SET deals with a romantic encounter at the bottom of the film world ladder.

A car valet pretends to be a golden boy to charm a beautiful socialite.

A little lie can have big consequences... huge, monstrous, unimaginable consequences. Inspired by a true story.

The stories of two women, who could only through acts of violence, claim visibility.

A place and its inhabitants have to give way to the open-cast mine.

Filmmaker Juliane Henrich explores the term "Wende" (course change) by means of a speech by Christa Wolf, which she gave shortly before the fall of the ...

When I face death – I face myself. A boy spends hours on a busy holiday beach. His impressions and thoughts circle around the idea of transience.

Jürgen Blin, who ran away from home at the age of 14 to go to sea, talks openly about his life and his years at a boxing school in Hamburg.

A short biography about analogue vinyl records.

In his short film VUE POINTE, Arne Körner looks at an island - the rushing sea, bays, unusual plants and buildings.

"I'm a city kid - born in the smog." Delicately and with great poetry a group of young parcours artists recapture the urban space of their home city of ...

LIKE A SUMMER SONATA consists of four parts named after the classical structure of a sonata. In timeless black and white, it's a surreal, modern-day morality ...

A modern fairy tale about a man who has never shed a tear in his life. After observing a lot of people, he realizes that he is different.

A dance film blending philosophy, exploring life's cycles through an inspired adaptation of Dogville's themes by Sara Fortuna and Daniela Lucato.

Two best friends, one is in love with the other, who in turn, is unaware of the fact.

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Anna is a digital-native. I FOLLOW YOU by Jonatan Etzler reveals the pitfalls of the post-modern information society.

Berlinale Short Film winner JULIAN by Matthew Moore tells of a fourth grader who feels the strong urge to tell the truth and who runs into trouble for ...

Little Liam becomes a superhero at night with the power of a gemstone.

The humorous short film IN YOUR INTEREST by Swedish filmmaker Jimmy Olson is the story of an unusual bank robbery.

A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION is an award-winning animation film about grief and loss by Stefan Leuchtenberg, based on a poem by Martin Wallner. ...

This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.

Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing ...

The Finnish short comedy by Miia Tervo portrays an anything but typical relationship between a loving father and his skeptical daughter.

A car drives through the snow. Behind the wheel is thirteen years old Nelly who wants to go home. Separating her from her goal are three questions, two ...

An intense two-person drama about a dysfunctional love relationship featuring cult actor and musician Lars Rudolph ("Run Lola Run").

Gwen makes herself invisible to search for her own life form and to be able to study those of the others secretly. With an unpredictable outcome...

This silent, black and white short film accompanies a young woman in a quiet zoo. Time passes, the woman becomes more and more restless...

With quirky charm and DIY panache this short film captures a young woman's everyday annoyances. DER MENSCH IST SEINES LEBENS FROH - NICHT NUR ALS EMBRYO ...

A rhythmic, subjective short documentary by Maren-Kea Freese about life in a West Berlin boho studio apartment in the 1980's.

One man, one woman, one board game. Whose turn is it next?

Sixties legend Lou Castel participates in Rosana Cuellar's German-Mexican short-film fairy tale, about a young woman in a mysterious land.