BEST OF FESTIVALS

Die Sek­ti­on BEST OF FES­TI­VALS stellt jedes Jahr eine Büh­ne für preis­ge­krön­te High­lights der inter­na­tio­na­len Kurz­film­sze­ne bereit. Fort­wäh­rend wer­den auf klei­nen und gro­ßen Film­fes­ti­vals der gan­zen Welt her­aus­ra­gen­de Kurz­fil­me gezeigt und gekürt, die es im Anschluss schwer haben, im regu­lä­ren Kino­be­trieb ihren Platz zu behaup­ten. In drei Pro­gram­men ver­sam­meln wir hier unse­re Favo­ri­ten aus der aktu­el­len Saison.

Every year, the sec­tion BEST OF FES­TI­VALS pro­vi­des a stage for pri­ze-win­ning high­lights of the inter­na­tio­nal short film sce­ne. Around the glo­be, out­stan­ding short films are shown and award­ed, yet they often strugg­le to find a place in regu­lar cine­ma busi­ness. We gather our favo­ri­tes from the cur­rent sea­son in three programs.

All films not in the Eng­lish lan­guage will be scree­ned with Eng­lish subtitles.

Kura­ti­on: Johan­nes Dun­cker, Chris­to­pher Wienand

CE QUI APPAR­TIENT À CÉSAR (CHAN­GING ROOMS): 2025 Inter­na­tio­nal Com­pe­ti­ti­on for Best Direc­tion, Femi­na Inter­na­tio­nal Women’s Film Festival
MAY­BE ELE­PHANTS: 2025 Cana­di­an Screen Award – Best Ani­ma­ted Short, Cana­di­an Screen Award
BEING JOHN SMITH: 2024 Gol­den Dove – Best Inter­na­tio­nal Short Docu­men­ta­ry, Leip­zig DOK Festival
THE EATING OF AN ORAN­GE: 2025 Short Film Spe­cial Jury Award for Ani­ma­ti­on Direc­ting, Sun­dance Film Festiva
ASTRO: Gol­den Hor­se­man Sound Design – Inter­na­tio­nal & Natio­nal Com­pe­ti­ti­on, Film­fest Dresden

DIENS­TAG, 18.11. · 21:30 Uhr · FILM­HAUS KINO

MITT­WOCH, 19.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­FO­RUM

VOX HUMA­NA: 2025 Stu­dent Pri­ze – Inter­na­tio­nal Com­pe­ti­ti­on, Cler­mont-Fer­rand Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Festival
REVIER: Best Stu­dent Film, Go Short – Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Fes­ti­val Nijmegen
IM GLAD YOU­RE DEAD NOW: 2025 Pal­me d’Or – Best Short Film, Can­nes Film Festival
SOL­EIL GRIS: 2025 SACEM Award – Best Ori­gi­nal Film Score, Cler­mont-Fer­rand Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Festival
L’EN­FANT À LA PEAU BLAN­CHE (THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN): 2025 France Tele­vi­si­ons Award – Best Film, Cler­mont-Fer­rand Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Festival

DON­NERS­TAG, 20.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­FO­RUM

SAMS­TAG, 22.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER-KINO

ZIMA: 2024 Spe­cial Men­ti­on, Zagreb World Fes­ti­val of Ani­ma­ted Films
UTAN KEL­LY: 2025 Venice Hori­zons Award – Best Short Film, Venice Film Festival
I DIED IN IRPIN: 2024 Grand-Prix Ukrai­ni­an Natio­nal Com­pe­ti­ti­on, Kyiv Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Festival
THE BUIL­DING AND BUR­NING OF A REFU­GEE CAMP: 2025 Spe­cial Jury Award, Indi­Lis­boa Inter­na­tio­nal Inde­pen­dent Film Festival
COEUR BLEU: 2025 Inter­na­tio­nal Shorts Best Short Film, Doku­fest Inter­na­tio­nal Docu­men­ta­ry and Short Film Festival

FREI­TAG, 21.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER-KINO

SONN­TAG, 23.11. · 17:00 Uhr · OFF BROAD­WAY