The new edition of the NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER short film program is celebrating two small anniversaries this year: for the 15th time, the FFA and German Films are jointly supporting German short films and up-and-coming talent with this initiative, and for the 5th time, Filmfest Dresden is offering the now proven platform for the cinema premiere. One month later, the program will be presented to the international audience at the Festival de Cannes. This year's jury members - actress Thea Ehre (Face to Face with German Films 2025), Alexandra Gramatke (managing director of the Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg) and Andreas Heidenreich (Kommunales Kino Weiterstadt, Vorstand Bundesverband Kommunale Kinos) - selected 11 short films from 136 submissions for the 15th edition of the joint initiative by German Films and the FFA to promote young talents.
The 37th Filmfest Dresden (April 8-13, 2025) is the ideal platform for the premiere of NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2025 with its top-notch line-up of films and supporting programme as well as numerous international professionals. The screening will be held in the Schauburg cinema on Saturday, April 12, at 4 pm. For the second time the 54th Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival Potsdam (April 23-27, 2025) will also be hosting the NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2025 as a special screening. As per tradition, the new programme of shorts will then be presented on Tuesday, May 20, as a market screening at the Marché du Film of the Festival de Cannes (6.15 pm at Olympia 2)
"The anniversary tiger shines in all colors, and this year's NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER program is just as colorful and diverse. To visit all the birthplaces of the selected filmmakers would require a trip around the world", says Jolinde Sawahn, first deputy of the FFA Executive Board and head of funding. "It is all the more wonderful that all these films made in Germany are now traveling the world from Saxony. Thank you to Filmfest Dresden for five years of hospitality!"
“With Next Generation, German Films is presenting one of the oldest and most popular talent initiatives in Cannes and is continuously developing it further. Especially through the combination with the FFA Short Tiger 15 years ago and the cooperation with the Filmfest Dresden 5 years ago, the program has gained significantly in each case,” says Simone Bauman, Managing Director of German Films about the anniversary of the NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER program this year. “With their different styles, perspectives and approaches, the filmmakers address the complex present and their films give us confidence that we can make a difference, even on a small scale.”
