Presented by German Films and the German Federal Film Board (FFA), this annual showcase premieres the most remarkable student shorts – the next generation of German cinema – together with the best German shorts under 5 minutes, the winners of the FFA’s Short Tiger Award. Selected by an expert jury, these 12 films tell deeply personal and universal stories, and represent the diversity of forms, genres and skillful filmmaking talent that international audiences have come to expect from German shorts.

Program includes:

"L’aria del Moscerino" (2017, Animation, 4 min. 30 sec. Dir. Lukas von Berg)
"Carlotta’s Face" (2017, Animation, 5 min. Dirs. Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld)
"Comments" (2017, Fiction, 4 min, 48 sec. Dir. Jannis Alexander Kiefer)
"Ego" (2018, Fiction, 13 min, 32 sec. Dir. Lukas Baier)
"Epithese" (Epithesis) (2018, Documentary, 9 min, 14 sec. Dir. Rebecca Zehr)
"Him and Her" (2018, Animation, 7 min, 48 sec. Dir. Natlie Lamb)
"Island" (2017, Animation, 2 min, 30 sec. Dir. Max Mörtl, Robert Löbel)
"Megatrick" (Mega Trick) (2017, Animation, 1 min, 46 sec. Dir. Anna Isensee)
"Mit Im Bund" (Morale) (2017, Fiction, 13 min, 6 sec. Dir. Lukas Nathrath)
"Rien ne va Plus" (2017, Fiction, 15 min. Dir. Sophie Linnenbaum)
"Unbarmherzig" (Without Mercy) (2017, Animation/Documentary, 11min, 8 sec.Dir. Julia Charakter)
"Wir Sind Wieder Da" (We're Back Again) (2018, Fiction, 7 min, 45 sec. Dir. Shirel Peleg)