Mark’s invisible Hand

Mark ist überzeugt: Wer die Muster des Marktes erkennt, wird reich – oder erleuchtet. Als einsamer Guru der Chartanalyse versucht er, Ordnung im Chaos der Börsenkurse zu finden. Doch sein Glaube bekommt eine neue Dimension, als ihm eines Nachts die „unsichtbare Hand“ erscheint. Sie greift in sein Leben ein: kontrolliert seinen Alltag, seine Emotionen, seinen Körper. Aus ökonomischer Logik wird spirituelle Abhängigkeit. Marks unsichtbare Hand ist eine satirisch-surreale Parabel über den religiösen Eifer, mit dem neoliberale Heilsversprechen verinnerlicht werden und über die Gewalt, die in scheinbar unsichtbaren Kräften steckt.

Credits

Cast:

Nicolas Sidiropulos

Script:

Oskar Tavares Zoche

Lukas Wesslowski

Camera:

Karl Neubart

Editing:

Oskar Tavares Zoche

Producer:

Oskar Tavares Zoche

Karl Neubart

Sound:

Alexander Ullmann

Film info

Direction:

Oskar Tavares Zoche

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,39

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,39

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13 min

Colossus

We follow a person presenting their profit-maximizing strategy to a powerful-looking man – high above the city. A contract is signed, a promise made. Together, they celebrate the success. Then: a blackout. Under the table, they see what had remained hidden until now. The flight leads into the depths of the city – yet no way out can be found. Or can it?

Credits

Cast:

Anne Düe

Merten Schrödter

Script:

Nadja Rothkirch

Bobby M. Klein

Camera:

Bobby M. Klein

Editing:

Nadja Rothkirch

Producer:

Nadja Rothkirch

Sound:

Patrick Düren

Tondesign:

Alan Mares

Film info

Direction:

Nadja Rothkirch

Bobby M. Klein

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2018

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

no dialog

Version:

OV

Runtime:

10 min

A Man Going His Own Way

A young man approaching the verge of adulthood in a hyper-masculine, misogynist society starts to realize that the world might not be as simple as he thought.

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Cast:

Mateusz Górski – Brenton

Jakub Papuga – Abraham

Sammy Scheuritzel – Mandy

Magdo – The Siren

Script:

Maurycy Polewski

Jerri Bazata

Camera:

Kriti Dale

Editing:

Teresa Mirbaha

Tondesign:

Anton Buzal

Producer:

Henry Han Ming Kho

Lazar Mikov

Sound:

Rebeca Alvan-Leon

Music:

Laurén Maria Kleist

Film info

Direction:

Maurycy Polewski

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

2:1

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

2:1

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German, English and Polish with English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

23.00 min

Protagonist

Berlin, in an alternative present. Rora drifts through a lifeless routine as a corporate consultant: printing, sipping instant coffee, having sex. After reaching a tipping point, she takes mental health leave and is replaced by a double. As the double’s performance of Rora’s life slips from precision into obsession, a strange bond forms between them.

Credits

Cast:

Serafina Sampu – Rora / Double

Baonan Wang – Ui

Arthur Chruszcz – Boyfriend

Nadine Milzner – Boss

Hyun Wanner – Perfume Representative

Script:

Nathalie Seidl

Regieassistenz:

Ali Motamedi Dehbarez

Camera:

Ari Salazar

Producer:

Tanya Tsyganova

Sound:

Teri Mirbaha

Tondesign:

Luka Barajević

Editing:

Celine Jünger

Grading:

Sergi Sanchez Rodriguez

Music:

Ellie Lizbeth Brown

Kostüm (Credit):

Anna Philippa Müller

Zeichnungen:

Niklas Buescher

Film info

Direction:

Nathalie Seidl

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

English with German or English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

19.06 min

The Sugar Tower

Five Romanian seasonal workers share a hotel room on the outskirts of a German city. Cami finds a figurine that resembles her, sparking uncertainty about her place. She longs to break away, but hesitates. Outside, a confident young woman moves effortlessly through the world. Rici, the youngest, withdraws to his hiding place each night – until one morning, he wakes in an unfamiliar landscape. Time has passed.

Credits

Cast:

Hanitra Wagner

Voicu Dumitras

George Birsan

Johannes Krimmel

Ramona Olasz

Greta Schneider

Jörg Maske

Leo Geisler

Margrit Traupe

Script:

Hedda Bednarszky

Camera:

Philip Müller

Producer:

Henry Kho

Sound:

Marta Piras

Tondesign:

Shadi Farid

Jonathan Lubasch

Editing:

Hedda Bednarszky

Film info

Direction:

Hedda Bednarszky

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Romanian and German with German or English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

19 min

Under the Moon we kissed like in the Movies

Two women. Two actresses. Two lovers. Two relationships. One at the beginning and one at the end.

Credits

Cast:

Dilan Gezaza – Lisa

Susana Abdulmajid – Sara

Eva Medusa Gühne – Therapist

Murilo Basso – Director

Script:

Paulo Menezes

Dilan Gezaza

Susana Abdulmajid

Camera:

Maayane Bouhnik

Editing:

Lorenzo Petracchi

Producer:

Paulo Menezes

Sound:

Franziska Neumeister

Film info

Direction:

Paulo Menezes

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:

Arabic, English and German with English or German subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

22 min

concrete, unpaved

Adem is part of a group of nameless workers on a construction site. While he lays the foundation for the lives of others, something inside him falls apart. Amid the whirling cement mixer and undocumented labor, he is haunted by the constant presence of a lost connection. Searching for a way to send something to Kosovo, his mind drifts into an in-between world where the relationship still lingers. Memories that belong to someone else become his own, merging into a third space.

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Cast:

Trsitan Halilaj

Ajet Blakcorri

Tomas Kutinjač

Pero Radicic

Christian Bojidar

Hasan Tasgin

Mexhid Mramori

Skender Rrafshi

Aliji Ajrulla

Script:

Edona Ademi

Camera:

Regina Wiebe

Editing:

Sabrina Rücker

Producer:

Edona Ademi

Sound:

Fabian Saul

Wouter Rentema

Film info

Direction:

Edona Ademi

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2025

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

Albanian with German or English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

14.30 min

Clouds

A young woman steps out of a bustling shopping street to come closer to a few images of the city of Berlin. She sets off in search of the poet's position in the world and briefly believes she can find it in a man who plays music. In the end, the female protagonist escapes back to nature and poetry in its written form. Meanwhile, a documentary view of the city's public and tourist sites slowly emerges in the background.

Credits

Cast:

Fanny Neumayr

Joan Bachs

Script:

Paula Allhorn

Regieassistenz:

Marta Piras

Camera:

Jonathan Deges

Sound:

Celine Jünger

Tondesign:

Astrid Hohle Hansen

Producer:

Luana Almeida Pees

Editing:

Marta Piras

Continuity:

Maya Marx

Kostüm (Credit):

Anna Roy Winder Salling

Film info

Direction:

Paula Allhorn

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,66

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,66

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with German and English subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

15.22 min

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