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GERMAN SHORT FILMS IN CLERMONT-FERRAND 2025

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

© Roman Blatman, Blue Monticola Film

INFLATABLE BEAR, HOURLY

by Elisabeth Werchosin

Germany 2024

Fiction, 12 min

Production/Sales: Blue Monticola Film 

© Saad & Abdelrahman Dnewar

MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER

by Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad Dnewar

Egypt/France/Germany 2025

Animation, 15 min

German Production: Milkman Films 

Sales: Miyu Distribution 

© Lea Dähne

NINE DAYS IN AUGUST

by Ella Knorz

Germany 2024

Fiction, 17 min

Production/Sales: University of Television and Film Munich HFF

© Henri Nunn, HFF München

WALUD

by Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker

Germany/Syria, 2024

Fiction, 27 min

Production/Sales: University of Television and Film Munich HFF 

LAB COMPETITION

© M+M, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 

CLUB BUNKER

by M+M

Germany 2023

Experimental, 7 min

Production/Sales: M+M 

© Victor Orozco Ramirez

SAARVOCADO

by Victor Orozco Ramirez

Germany/Mexico 2024

Experimental Animadoc, 8 min

Production/Sales: Victor Orozco Ramirez 

© Paradoks Film

SHIP OF FOOLS

by Alia Haju

Germany/Lebanon 2024

Animadoc, 30 min

Production/Sales: Paradoks Film

© pedroza&sorgo, sixpackfilm

TAKO TSUBO

by Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo

Germany/Austria 2024

Animation, 6 min

Sales: sixpackfilm

NATIONAL COMPETITION

© Kim Lêa Sakkal, filmfaust, Collective Cinema, Paul Faltz

IMMACULATA

by Kim Lêa Sakkal

Germany/France 2024

Fiction, 22 min

Production: filmfaust 

Sales: Gargantua Film Distribution

PREMIERE: SOIREE ALLEMANDE

Monday, 3 February, 6 pm, Salle Conchon. More info here.

 

ACCIDENTAL ANIMALS by Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee (Experimental Documentary, 2024, 10 min)

AT HOME I FEEL LIKE LEAVING by Simon Maria Kubiena (Fiction, 2025, 20 min)

MOTHER IS A NATURAL SINNER by Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri (Fiction, 2024, 15 min)

NINE DAYS IN AUGUST by Ella Knorz (Fiction, 2024, 17 min)

SKY LIKE SILK. FULL OF ORANGES by Betina Kuntzsch (Animadoc, 2024, 10 min)

TUNNELS by Seraina Nyikos, Simon Ostermann (Experimental Documentary, 2023, 14 min)

MARKET SCREENING: EMERGING ARTISTS VOL. 7

Tuesday, 4 Feburary, 4 pm, Salle Conchon. More info here.

 

THE CURRENCY – SENSING 1 AGBOGBLOSHIE by Gregor Kasper, Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying (Experimental Documentary, 2023, 16 min)

HELA ET AL. by Tess Marschner (Experimental Documentary/Animation, 2024, 13 min)

MAN UP by Vera Kayh, Leve Kühl, Marie Scholjegerdes (Experimental, 2023, 5 min)

SPEAKING FLOWERS by Conrad Veit, Charlotte Maria Kätzl (Experimental, 2023, 19 min)

TECHNICALLY_BREATHING by Markéta Müllerová (Experimental Animation, 2024, 6 min)

TWO GIANTS THAT EXIST HERE – A GERMAN FAIRY TALE by Gianna Scholten (Experimental Documentary, 2023, 21 min)

SPECIAL EVENT: A WALL IS A SCREEN

Tuesday, 4 February, 7 pm, starting point opposite Salle Conchon, rue Léo Lagrange.

More info here.

A short film walk with a surprise selection of films celebrating 20 years of the “Soirée Allemande” program.

No ticket required.

MARKET SCREENING: MATINÉE ALLEMANDE

Wednesday, 5 February, 11 am, Salle Conchon. More info here.


AS I WAS A TREE by Jalal Maghout (Animation, 2024, 11 min)

CONTRADICTION OF EMPTINESS by Irina Rubina (Experimental Animadoc, 2024, 3 min)

CROCODILE BEST by Jazmin Rojas Forero (Documentary, 2024, 9 min)

DUTY FREE by Hilke Rönnfeldt (Fiction, 2024, 17 min)

K-BOB STAR by Hansol Kim (Music Video, 2024, 3 min)

MASCHA by Laura Engelhardt (Fiction, 2025, 13 min)

MONUMENT by Maksim Avdeev (Documentary, 2024, 15 min)

POLLIWOG by Julia Skala (Animation, 2024, 9 min)

THERE ARE MANY DOORS IN MY MOTHER’S APARTMENTS by David Kind (Experimental, 2024, 18 min)

ONLINE CATALOGUE

The new catalogue selection GERMAN SHORT FILMS 2025 is now available with 30 new shorts for preview.

International industry representatives can register here to get access to the ONLINE PREVIEW platform.

 

FURTHER GERMAN FILMS AND INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS


Young Audience

BALCONIES (BALKONE) by Xenia Smirnov (monströös)

FLY, BIRD FLY! (VOGEL, FLIEG!) by Rabeah Rahimi (RAR Film)

MÛ by Malin Neumann (HAW Hamburg)

 

Opening Ceremony

DRY HOT SUMMERS by Sherif El Bendary (EG/DE, Subtype Productions)

 

Panorama: Maabar – A Journey Across New Lebanese Cinema

LAST DAYS OF THE MAN OF TOMORROW by Fadi Baki (DE/LB, visual stories - Produktionsbüro Pfeiffers)

TSHWEESH by Feyrouz Serhal (LB/DE/ES/QA, Fiction 2.0)

 

Focus: The Buzz - Sound in Film

EMPTY by Benoît Toulemonde (FR/DE, Durton Studio)

 

Decibels!

FUNDAMENTAL VALUES – NILS FRAHM by Benoít Toulemonde (Leiter)

 

European Short Film Audience Awards

BALKAN, BABY by Boris Gavrilović (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)

HUMAN NATURE by Mónica Lima (PT/DE, DFFB, New Matter Films)

 

Euro Connection Co-Production Forum – Selected Projects

DEEP SEA BLUE by Hilke Rönnfeldt

LALABYRINTH by Pedro Harres (XR)

Come visit us in Clermont-Ferrand from February 3-6 at the Short Film Market, Gymnase Jean-et-Honoré-Fleury (next to the Maison de la culture).

Attending for German Films/German Short Film Association, come by or contact us to make an appointment:

German Short Film Association: Jana Cernik / Júlia Kühne Escolà / Jutta Wille 

German Films: Martin Scheuring 



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