Vanity Pig Trail

Three playground chats. One strict mom, one spineless dad, and a lot of inherited damage. A dark comedy about parenting — and pretending you know what you’re doing.

Credits

Cast:

Nicole Ratjen – Triple Threat Mom

Tendai Pasipanodya – Recipe Mother

Josh Telson – Taekwondo Father

Daniel Stern – Squishy Dad

Taona Sewing – Boy

Script:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Camera:

David Schmitt

Tondesign:

Nils Plambeck

Grading:

Ana María Ormaza

Editing:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

12.5 min

Mild Sexual Reference

At a wedding, one table becomes the site of three quietly catastrophic conversations. An attempted flirtation runs headfirst into harsh reality. A reunion turns into a blame game with no winners. A compliment about the catering is mistaken for a romantic overture, and everything unravels from there.

Credits

Cast:

Brian Kapell – Flirter

Matilde Keizer – Flirtee

Caroline Clifford – Dumper

Antonia Bär – Dumpee

Nicole Ratjen – Gourmand

Trevor Silverstein – Gourmet

Script:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Camera:

Paul Näther

Tondesign:

Nils Plambeck

Grading:

Ana María Ormaza

Editing:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

12.57 min

Open House Interior

At a house viewing, three tense conversations unfold: a father and son clash over boundaries, a couple spiral into brutal honesty, and a polite exchange about the property turns racially charged. Meanwhile, a young girl watches from the sidelines with quiet judgment.

Credits

Cast:

Sofia Troncoso Barcelo – Girl

Noah Telson – Son

Brian Kapell – Father

Matilde Keizer – Girlfriend

Trevor Silverstein – Boyfriend

Dan Stern – Former Tenant

Chris Hennie – Guy With Questions

Script:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Camera:

Sabine Balnat

Tondesign:

Nils Plambeck

Grading:

Ana María Ormaza

Editing:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14.49 min

Nosejob

Kira wants a nose just like Marlene Dietrich. Together with her brother Lino, who doesn't really seem to want anything at all, she checks into a hotel on the outskirts of Berlin, which otherwise seems to only be populated by a big band. In the dark of night, Kira and Lino ambush - with stockings over their heads and pepper spray in their hands - a notorious loan shark, the Viennese, in the back alley of a rundown gambling hall. The stick-up succeeds, but Lino's nose breaks. And to make matters worse, the Viennese and his colleague, the Butcher, are on their way to the far-off hotel to retrieve what rightfully belongs to the Austrian crime syndicate.

Credits

Cast:

Marie Tragousti – Kira

Antonis Antoniadis – Lino

Joshua Bader – Viennese

Oliver Kraushaar – Butcher

Amelie Schmidt – Hotel Receptionist

Franco Toledo – Saxophonist

Script:

Leo Geisler

Camera:

Regina Wiebe

Editing:

Anton Buzal

Producer:

Luana Almeida Pees

Sound:

Sabrina Rücker

Music:

Arthur Clees

Janne Nicolas

Film info

Direction:

Leo Geisler

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,78

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,78

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German and English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

18.33 min

April

As APRIL begins, we follow a young woman running errands in a West German city. She soon vanishes. We follow other characters going about their own business. Just as one group is parting ways, a new one meets up. They walk, shop, read, argue, talk and get drunk. Meanwhile an image of urban architecture slowly emerges in the background. A day goes by, leaving the impression that there is something which ties together these different meetings and people.

Credits

Cast:

Maya Marx

Noah Friebel

Annabelle Agbo Godeau

Ja Jess

Lukas Mogwitz

Judith Shyambala Heinemann

Jihye Rhii

Juhee Kim

Sarah Doolan

Ulfur Logason

Alyce Ford

Lukas Langguth

Script:

Paula Allhorn

Camera:

Aryan Salazar Volkmann

Editing:

Paula Allhorn

Producer:

Paula Allhorn

Sound:

Jorge Hermann Loureiro

Tondesign:

Niklas Kammertöns

Tonmischung:

Lorenz Fischer

Grading:

Sergi Sanchez Rodriguez

Film info

Direction:

Paula Allhorn

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

French, German, English, Korean with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

15 min

Stray Cats

Twelve-year-old Elena spends a languid summer with her grandparents in the South Italian countryside. Surrounded by boredom, her only solace is Chiara, a neighbour of her own age. When the two girls save a kitten from a group of local boys, their relationship begins to shift as their summer together comes towards its end.

Credits

Cast:

Francesca Lotito – Elena

Maria Giulia Lorusso – Chiara

Maria Alba Triglione – Nonna

Antonio Sgaramella – Nonno

Script:

Florinda Frisardi

Camera:

Jesse Mazuch

Editing:

Florinda Frisardi

Producer:

Daria Wichmann

Florinda Frisardi

Sound:

Gregory Oke

Music:

Emanuele Orsini

Film info

Direction:

Florinda Frisardi

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Italian with English or German subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

27.51 min

Erogenesis

In the aftermath of a mysterious disaster, the few humans left find themselves unable to reproduce the species. All hope lies in the hands of five women who have developed the technology to create human life outside the body. But the researchers cannot reach an agreement on how and if to release it. In the absence of consensus, they immerse themselves in the study of pleasure.

Credits

Cast:

Valerie Renay – Dr. Kollontai

Yuko Kaseki – Dr. Enoki

Estelle Widmaier – Dr. Lavigne

Greta Markurt – Dr. Grau

Sasha Deckinger – Dr. Ionescu

Cécile Perrot – Tom

Helene Albrecht – Reverend Alice

Leo Silva – Greek God

Masuod Hossaini – Greek God

Till Sandkühler – Greek God

Johannes Weinbacher – Greek God

Daniel Alonso Fuentealba Pinilla – Greek God

Xandra Popescu – Erzählerin

Script:

Xandra Popescu

Clara Puhlmann

Camera:

Maayane Bouhnik

Editing:

Vanessa Heeger

Producer:

Clara Puhlmann

Sound:

Alan Mares

Tondesign:

Florentin Tudor

Music:

Florentin Tudor

Film info

Direction:

Xandra Popescu

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

DFFB in Koproduktion mit Angst Film & Hello Trouble mit Koproduzentinnen Clara Puhlmann & Xandra Popescu

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English with German, English or French subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14.50 min

woman/mOther

Mara, a young dance teacher, wants to express the isolation she experienced during motherhood. She plans to stage a performance in the treetops. Then Mara learns that she is pregnant again.

Credits

Cast:

Mara Turner – Mara

Script:

Klara Harden

Camera:

Klara Harden

Editing:

Clara Andres

Producer:

Daniel Haingartner

Klara Harden

Sound:

Daniel Haingartner

Klara Harden

Music:

Valtteri Pöyhönen

Film info

Direction:

Klara Harden

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin gefördert vom Land Steiermark / BMKÖS

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, English with German and English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

91 min

A Jewish Problem

Between 2007 and 2010, Ron served as a military cameraman in Israel. Watching his footage of violent arrests and shootings in Gaza, it is difficult to draw a connection between Palestine 16 years ago and today’s comparatively peaceful Berlin. Yet, through his personal family history, Ron seems to bridge these two worlds. His grandmother, Ruth, fled Nazi Germany as a child, only to later become a soldier in the army that conquered Palestine. Decades later, Ron, shaped by his own experiences in the Israeli military, chose to leave Israel and return to Berlin. This film explores the German-Palestinian-Jewish triangle in Berlin from an intimate perspective. Through a personal family story, it traces key events of the so-called "Middle East conflict": the mass persecution and displacement of Jews during the Holocaust, the founding of Israel, the subsequent Nakba (the displacement of Palestinians), decades of war and occupation, and finally, the migration of both Israelis and Palestinians to Berlin.

Credits

Cast:

Ron Rothschild – Voiceover

Ruth Rothschild – Interview

Script:

Ron Rothschild

Camera:

Ron Rothschild

Julien Mayer

Fion Mutert

Masha Biller

Sina Aghazadeh

Editing:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Yusuf Çelik

Antonia Schöndienst

Music:

Georg Mausolf

Film info

Direction:

Ron Rothschild

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

4:3

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English, German and Hebrew with English and German subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

79 min