It’s Just A Dream, Wake Up

A dream where the childhood sea merges with the darkness of war.

Credits

Cast:

Nika Bylik – Girl

Iryna Sliusar – Girl

Camera:

Maayane Bouhnik

Producer:

Sabrina Holzapfel

Editing:

Iryna Sliusar

Tondesign:

Marcela Jardini

Script:

Iryna Sliusar

Film info

Direction:

Iryna Sliusar

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Englisch mit Deutschen Untertiteln

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

4 min

Everything we want to know

Two 12-year-old boys secretly watch their physically disabled neighbor having sex with a woman through the window. The next day their doorbell rings.

Credits

Cast:

Felician B.

Gilbert Stelling

Lisa-Maria Walter

Linus Bade

Reinhardt Wetrek

Script:

Julia Ketelhut

Camera:

Julien Mayer

Editing:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Julia Ketelhut

Julien Mayer

Sound:

Andre Goeters

Tondesign:

Vadim Mühlberg

Film info

Direction:

Julia Ketelhut

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

8

Schönhauser 2024

A documentary snippet of a generation from a certain social class, as well as their home in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood in 2024

Credits

Cast:

Iwar Steinbrecher – self

Kajsa Repotente – self

Editing:

Jonathan Deges

Producer:

Jonathan Deges

Camera:

Edoardo Scussel

Sound:

Baonan Wang

Music:

Iwar Steinbrecher

Kajsa Repotente

Film info

Direction:

Jonathan Deges

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Deutschland

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Super16

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

LCR

Language:

Deutsch mit Deutschen und Englischen Untertiteln

Version:

OV

Runtime:

14 min

Is Australia below or above us?

Kim, the Clown breaks up with her partner, Remy the Clown, in a supermarket after a disappointing discussion about sponges and the existence of God. Kim has philosophically proven to herself that God exists, and so she embarks on an interstellar journey in order to meet God and understand the meaning of love.

Credits

Cast:

Magdalena Jacob – Kim

Christian Leitschuh – Remy

Milena Arne Schedle – Astro-Clown

Script:

Magdalena Jacob

Camera:

Lena Maria Thiemann

Editing:

Raffaello Lupperger

Producer:

Katja Hess

Sound:

Andre Goeters

Music:

Ivo Thiemann

Magdalena Jacob

Film info

Direction:

Magdalena Jacob

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Screening format:

4:3, Cinemascope, 16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

4:3

Language:

English, German, subtitles available in English, German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

29

JOY

Aron’s 30th birthday party takes a turn when Joy steps up to the mic—and exposes a buried secret.

Credits

Cast:

Lena Urzendowsky – Joy

Maéva Marie Mathilde Roth – Aron

Maéva Marie Mathilde Roth – Kira

Clara Vogt – Zelda

Janek Maudrich – Julian

João D’Orey – Leo

Camilo Gonzales – Luki

John Wooldridge – Stripper

Script:

Luis Schubert

Vera Herr

Editing:

Luis Schubert

Vera Herr

Stéphanie Meth

Producer:

Léa Triboulet

Camera:

Felix Schuster

Szenenbild:

Alma Josefine Thile

Larissa Cholewa

Maske:

Barbara Stickler

Sound:

Shadi Farid

Jonathan Lubasch

Tondesign:

Vadim Muehlberg

Tonmischung:

Lorenz Fischer

Grading:

Benjamin Packer

Music:

Giirls

Film info

Direction:

Luis Schubert

Vera Herr

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German, English, French, German or English Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

7 min

The Bracelet

Ekaterina abandons her post when she catches a young, attractive man stealing a bracelet.

Credits

Cast:

Anastasia Gubareva

Linus Hüsam

Raphael Dwinger

Script:

Arina Chernova

Jerri Bazata

Camera:

Masha Biller

Editing:

Robert Franz

Arina Chernova

Producer:

Jerri Bazata

Arina Chernova

Tondesign:

Johannes Tuchelt

Film info

Direction:

Arina Chernova

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

Russian and German with German and English Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

21.30

An Arm is an arm is an arm

Two friends meet: one talks about her numb arm, the other about meeting her grieving mother-in-law and her own grief—while an ice cream melts.

Credits

Cast:

Anaïs Urban

Banafshe Hourmazdi

Script:

Bastian Gascho

1. Kameraassistenz:

Selma von Polheim Gravesen

Editing:

Bastian Gascho

Producer:

Bastian Gascho

Sound:

Daniel Dos Santos Brus

Music:

Bianca Steck

Rémi Fa

Film info

Direction:

Bastian Gascho

Genre:

fictional

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German wit English Subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

5

I Am Your Father

Kaspar tries to be a better father to his children than his own father ever was to him—until his father suddenly shows up at the door after 12 years of silence.

Credits

Cast:

Leon Ullrich

Monika Oschek

Jörg Pose

Lucia Lorbeer

Milan Hauptmann

Malik Blumenthal

Script:

Gian Suhner

Jacob Hauptmann

Camera:

Julian Jonas Schmitt

Editing:

Felicitas Sonvilla

Gian Suhner

Produktionsleitung:

Carlotta Cornehl

Astrid Schäfer Fernández

Sound:

Andrea Schmidt

Philipp Schwalm

Amir Arsalan Shiri

Lea Dvorak

Mika Brettschneider

Tondesign:

Denis Elmaci

Music:

ILE RAZY

Film info

Direction:

Gian Suhner

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German and Polish, English and German Subtitles

Version:

OV

Runtime:

27

Speakup

Living in Germany as a Spanish actress and desperate to continue her career, Laura Rodriguez takes an "accent-erasing" pill – only to discover unexpected side effects.

Credits

Cast:

Laia Alvarez – Laura Rodríguez

Martin Bretschneider – Casting Director

Urs Fabian Winiger – Neighbour

Script:

Sofía Ayala

Camera:

Karl Neubart

Hannes Schulze

Producer:

Sofía Ayala

Editing:

Sofía Ayala

Tondesign:

Duc Anh Nguyen

Sound:

Cemil Sorgun

Kostüm (Credit):

Carlota Lempke

Maske:

Emma Leiblich

Licht:

Luis Hartmann

Grading:

Karl Neubart

Film info

Direction:

Sofía Ayala

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:

German, English with German, English or Spanish subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

4.59 min