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
cura­ted by

Johan­nes Dun­cker
Chris­to­pher Wienand

THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL…
The KNF Award, Inter­na­tio­nal Film Fes­ti­val Rot­ter­dam 2026

YAW­MAN MA WALAD (SOME­DAY A CHILD)
Gol­den Bear for Best Short Film, Ber­li­na­le 2026

LOS MEN­TI­RO­SOS (THE LIARS)
Short Film Spe­cial Jury Award, Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val 2026

DES­PUÉS DEL SILEN­CIO (AFTER THE SILENCE)
Gol­den Dove for Best Short Film, Dok Leipzig

PAPER TRAIL
Grand Pri­ze for Best Ani­ma­ted Short Film, Anne­cy Inter­na­tio­nal Ani­ma­ted Film Fes­ti­val 2026

MON­TAG, 23.11. · 21:30 Uhr · FILM­HAUS KINO

MITT­WOCH, 25.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­FO­RUM

EL CUER­PO DE CRIS­TO (COR­PUS CHRIS­TI)
Sil­ver Dra­gon for Best Ani­ma­ted Short, Kra­kow Film Fes­ti­val 2026

HOW TO CATCH A BUT­TER­FLY
The EMEL Short Film Grand Pri­ze, Indie­Lis­boa 2026

LIVING WITH A VISIO­NA­RY
Short Film Jury Award: Ani­ma­ti­on, Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val 2026

FAUX BIJOUX
Best Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film, Brussels Short Film Fes­ti­val 2026

SON
Best Short Docu­men­ta­ry, Tam­pe­re Film Fes­ti­val 2026

DIENS­TAG, 24.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER

DON­NERS­TAG, 26.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­FO­RUM

DIEU EST TIMI­DE (GOD IS SHY)
Gol­den Fire­bird Award, Hong Kong Inter­na­tio­nal Short Film Fes­ti­val 2026

DELAY
Son­je Award for Best Short Film, Bus­an Inter­na­tio­nal Film Fes­ti­val 2025

LIVING DESPI­TE THEM
Audi­ence Award, Tam­pe­re Film Fes­ti­val 2026

TAXI MOTO
Ted­dy Award, Ber­li­na­le 2026

COS­MO­N­AUTS
Ber­lin Short Film Can­di­da­te for the Euro­pean Film Awards, Ber­li­na­le 2026

FREI­TAG, 27.11. · 20:00 Uhr · FILM­HAUS ATELIER

SONN­TAG, 29.11. · 17:00 Uhr · OFF BROAD­WAY