Interfilm Berlin

From the squatted houses of Kreuzberg to one of the biggest short film festivals in Germany. Since 2018 interfilm Berlin has been an Academy Qualifying® Festival. More than 6000 submissions from over 140 countries reach interfilm every year. International and national competitions, country-specific and thematic sections, special programs, panels, and workshops attract more than 20,000 visitors to the festival venues scattered throughout the city of Berlin.
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  • Don't Call Me Bro

    Don't Call Me Bro

    2018

    18min

    16+

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


  • Hallelujah!

    Hallelujah!

    2006

    5min

    16+

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


  • Blue Summer Symphony

    Blue Summer Symphony

    2017

    29min

    16+

    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.


  • Kleptomami

    Kleptomami

    2017

    10min

    16+

    A film about the absurdities of being a mom today.


  • Lockbuster

    Lockbuster

    2015

    9min

    16+

    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 ...


  • Raju

    Raju

    2010

    23min

    16+

    Winner of the Bronze Student Oscar.


  • Ants Pact

    Ants Pact

    2014

    20min

    16+

    Teenaged sex worker Paul finds refuge with a stranger.


  • Analysis Paralysis

    Analysis Paralysis

    2016

    9min

    16+

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


  • Exit Right

    Exit Right

    2015

    3min

    16+

    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 ...


  • tagged

    tagged

    2017

    12min

    16+

    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.


  • 12 Years

    12 Years

    2010

    3min

    16+

    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 ...


  • Ready to Assemble

    Ready to Assemble

    2017

    20min

    16+

    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.


  • Quiet On Set

    Quiet On Set

    2016

    12min

    16+

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


  • Somebody Else

    Somebody Else

    2016

    15min

    16+

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


  • Little Secret

    Little Secret

    2013

    21min

    16+

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


  • Zero-G

    Zero-G

    2016

    9min

    16+

    "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 ...


  • I Follow You

    I Follow You

    2015

    3min

    16+

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


  • A German Loves His Fatherland

    A German Loves His Fatherland

    2011

    20min

    16+

    In Nico Sommer's mockumentary a nazi loves a woman of color.


  • Julian

    Julian

    2011

    13min

    16+

    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 ...


  • The Amber Amulet

    The Amber Amulet

    2013

    23min

    16+

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


  • In Your Interest

    In Your Interest

    2012

    10min

    16+

    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

    A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

    2010

    14min

    16+

    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. ...


  • Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Grimm’s Cuckoo

    2012

    15min

    16+

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


  • MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    2011

    6min

    16+

    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 ...


  • Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

    Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

    2015

    9min

    16+

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


  • Nelly

    Nelly

    2015

    16min

    16+

    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 ...


  • Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)

    Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)

    2002

    13min

    16+

    A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.


  • Narcissus and Echo

    Narcissus and Echo

    1989

    14min

    16+

    Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS ...