Interfilm Berlin

From the squatted houses of Kreuzberg to one of the biggest short film festivals in Germany. Since 2018 interfilm Berlin has been an Academy Qualifying® Festival. More than 6000 submissions from over 140 countries reach interfilm every year. International and national competitions, country-specific and thematic sections, special programs, panels, and workshops attract more than 20,000 visitors to the festival venues scattered throughout the city of Berlin.
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  • Hot Dog

    Hot Dog

    2019

    8min

    16+

    Hannah tells of the ups and downs in the love affair between herself and her vagina, which she has affectionately christened "Margeret".


  • Mondo Domino

    Mondo Domino

    2021

    6min

    12

    This burlesque action musical tragicomedy with a minimalist color palette criticizes consumerism to the sound of Ravel's Boléro.


  • Don't Call Me Bro

    Don't Call Me Bro

    2018

    18min

    16+

    In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.


  • Hallelujah!

    Hallelujah!

    2006

    5min

    16+

    Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.


  • The Beauty

    The Beauty

    2020

    4min

    16+

    ake a deep breath and dive into the depths of the oceans, where our guilt literally dissolves.


  • Blieschow

    Blieschow

    2019

    10min

    12

    Vast plains, colorful sceneries, a red dog, that seems to reach into the sky. This is how Tom experiences summer in BLIESCHOW, his grandfather’s farm.


  • A Blink of an Eye

    A Blink of an Eye

    2018

    4min

    16 FSK

    A woman alone at night on her way home. A stranger overpowers her. Three perceptions of only one truth - hers, his and ours.


  • Am Cu Ce - Pride

    Am Cu Ce - Pride

    2019

    20min

    6 FSK

    Eastern European truck drivers are the backbone of German trucking companies and take high risks because of the enormous deadline pressure.


  • Blue Summer Symphony

    Blue Summer Symphony

    2017

    29min

    12

    The air smells like summer. A potpourri of suntan lotion lawn and lime blossom fries, of water polo melon and chlorine lemonade hovering in the air.


  • Kleptomami

    Kleptomami

    2017

    10min

    12 FSK

    A film about the absurdities of being a mom today.


  • Lockbuster

    Lockbuster

    2015

    9min

    16+

    When all his colleagues leave the office for exciting holidays, office clerk Joost locks himself in the storage room. The only way to escape is to unleash ...


  • Dynamic Double Standard

    Dynamic Double Standard

    2015

    4min

    12

    Zoey's first night as a superhero is nearly ruined when she's given a sexy and impractical uniform. What is appropriate attire for superhero sidekicks? ...


  • Raju

    Raju

    2010

    23min

    16+

    Winner of the Bronze Student Oscar.


  • Ants Pact

    Ants Pact

    2014

    20min

    16+

    Teenaged sex worker Paul finds refuge with a stranger.


  • Analysis Paralysis

    Analysis Paralysis

    2016

    9min

    16+

    A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.


  • Minus One

    Minus One

    2016

    16min

    12

    Summer in Athens, and Elsa’s family isn’t the only one renting their apartment to tourists. At their "spare apartment" there’s little space for the young ...


  • Farewell

    Farewell

    2016

    6min

    16+

    Lovro is remembering the day he caught his first fish with his grandfather. Memory and reality merge into one. Lovro is tired and sad. He fills the bathtub ...


  • Exit Right

    Exit Right

    2015

    3min

    12

    Look away or intervene? When a man is victim of unfounded abuse in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone ...


  • tagged

    tagged

    2017

    12min

    16+

    This is the story of a 14 year old girl and her mobile phone. The content Elise posts on social media gets out of hand, and out of her control.


  • 12 Years

    12 Years

    2010

    3min

    12 FSK

    For twelve years she ignored sneers and mockery and stood up for her relationship. But that was probably a mistake. Now her husband is leaving her for ...


  • The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    2016

    14min

    16+

    In an overpopulated future, a family drives home from the beach in heavy traffic. Between them and the gigantic city is a horrifying tunnel. Norwegian ...


  • Ready to Assemble

    Ready to Assemble

    2017

    20min

    16+

    Rune and Pernille find their living room table unexplainably broken. But buying a new table at IKEA seems to be a bigger challenge than expected.


  • Bon Voyage

    Bon Voyage

    2017

    15min

    16+

    A bus trip in the Balkans becomes a microcosm that captures the simmering conflicts in the region.


  • Quiet On Set

    Quiet On Set

    2016

    12min

    16+

    Petter S. Holmsen's metafictional short film QUIET ON SET deals with a romantic encounter at the bottom of the film world ladder.


  • Somebody Else

    Somebody Else

    2016

    15min

    16+

    A car valet pretends to be a golden boy to charm a beautiful socialite.


  • Little Secret

    Little Secret

    2013

    21min

    16+

    A little lie can have big consequences... huge, monstrous, unimaginable consequences. Inspired by a true story.


  • Zero-G

    Zero-G

    2016

    9min

    0 FSK

    "I'm a city kid - born in the smog." Delicately and with great poetry a group of young parcours artists recapture the urban space of their home city of ...


  • I Follow You

    I Follow You

    2015

    3min

    12

    Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Anna is a digital-native. I FOLLOW YOU by Jonatan Etzler reveals the pitfalls of the post-modern information society.


  • A German Loves His Fatherland

    A German Loves His Fatherland

    2011

    20min

    16+

    In Nico Sommer's mockumentary a nazi loves a woman of color.


  • Julian

    Julian

    2011

    13min

    0 FSK

    Berlinale Short Film winner JULIAN by Matthew Moore tells of a fourth grader who feels the strong urge to tell the truth and who runs into trouble for ...


  • The Amber Amulet

    The Amber Amulet

    2013

    23min

    6 FSK

    Little Liam becomes a superhero at night with the power of a gemstone.


  • In Your Interest

    In Your Interest

    2012

    10min

    16+

    The humorous short film IN YOUR INTEREST by Swedish filmmaker Jimmy Olson is the story of an unusual bank robbery.


  • A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

    A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

    2010

    14min

    6 FSK

    A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION is an award-winning animation film about grief and loss by Stefan Leuchtenberg, based on a poem by Martin Wallner. ...


  • Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Grimm’s Cuckoo

    2012

    15min

    16+

    This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.


  • MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    2011

    6min

    6 FSK

    Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing ...


  • Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

    Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness

    2015

    9min

    12

    The Finnish short comedy by Miia Tervo portrays an anything but typical relationship between a loving father and his skeptical daughter.


  • Nelly

    Nelly

    2015

    16min

    16+

    A car drives through the snow. Behind the wheel is thirteen years old Nelly who wants to go home. Separating her from her goal are three questions, two ...


  • Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)

    Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)

    2002

    13min

    16 FSK

    A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.


  • Narcissus and Echo

    Narcissus and Echo

    1989

    14min

    12 FSK

    Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS ...


  • Veronika (vera ikon)

    Veronika (vera ikon)

    1986

    11min

    16 FSK

    In his short film VERONIKA (VERA IKON) experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup takes the biblical prohibition of images literally.