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GERMAN SHORT FILMS IN CLERMONT-FERRAND 2026

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

© Hao Zhou

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG

by Hao Zhou

Germany/USA 2025

Documentary, 22 min

Production/Sales: Tyler Hill, Hao Zhou

© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

MOTHER OF A SON

by Kevin Koch

Germany 2026

Fiction, 20 min

German Production/Sales: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg 

© ManicMonday, Laïdak Films & Kiana Naghshineh

WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR

by Kiana Naghshineh

Germany/France 2025

Animation, 14 min

Production: ManicMonday 

Sales: Miyu Distribution

YOUNG AUDIENCE

© Adrian Jaffé

FIRST FLIGHT

by Adrian Jaffé

Germany, 2025

Fiction, 4 min

Production: Adrian Jaffé 

Sales: Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg

© Studio FILM BILDER

FULL NEST – LENA’S FARM

by Elena Walf

Germany/Croatia 2025

Animation, 5 min

Production: Studio FILM BILDER 

Sales: Meta Media Entertainment 

© Studio FILM BILDER

A PAIN IN THE BUTT – LENA’S FARM

by Elena Walf

Germany/Croatia 2025

Animation, 5 min

Production: Studio FILM BILDER 

Sales: Meta Media Entertainment

© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

THE SKY WAS CANDY

by An Tú Nguyen

Germany 2025

Animation, 3 min

Production/Sales: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg 

© Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE

by Oscar Jacobson

Germany 2025

Animation, 5 min

Production/Sales: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

PREMIERE: SOIREE ALLEMANDE

Monday, 2 February, 6 pm, Salle Conchon.

More info here.

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG by Hao Zhou (Documentary, 2025, 22 min)

JOY by Vera Herr, Luis Schubert (Fiction, 2026, 7 min)

KUTTE by Sylvie Hohlbaum (Documentary, 2025, 15 min)

LIKE THE CARNATIONS by Emine Demir (Fiction, 2024, 23 min)

LIVING ROOM by Verena Kuri (Experimental Documentary, 2026, 7 min)

MOTHER OF A SON by Kevin Koch (Fiction, 2026, 20 min)

MARKET SCREENING: NEW GERMAN SHORTS

Wednesday, 4 February, 6 pm, Salle Conchon. 

More info here.

ADEMI by Zhamilya Sakhari (Documentary, 2025, 20 min)

COLD CALL by Stefanie Schroeder (Experimental Documentary, 2025, 16 min)

FROM ECUADOR WITH LOVE by Jonathan Brunner (Documentary, 2025, 9 min)

THE IN-THE-HEAD FILM by Konstantin von Sichart (Animated Experimental Documentary, 2025, 12 min)

POLYPHEM by Ilaria Di Carlo (Experimental Documentary, 2026, 10 min)

SPRAY AND PRAY by Veneta Androva (Animated Experimental Documentary, 2026, 16 min)

VANISHED PAST by Anna-Maria Dutoit (Experimental Documentary, 2025, 16 min)

ONLINE CATALOGUE

The new catalogue selection GERMAN SHORT FILMS 2026 is now available with 28 new shorts for preview.

International industry representatives can register here to get access to the ONLINE PREVIEW platform.

 

FURTHER GERMAN FILMS AND INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS


Canal+ Carte Blanche

EROGENESIS by Xandra Popescu (DE/RO, DFFB, Angst & Drang Film)

Polar – Thrills

JUST A GUY by Shoko Hara (Studio Seufz)

Trigger Warning

FEST by Nikita Diakur

Looking Back

EL FATAH 1968 by Thewalt (PS/DE)

African Perspectives

SOUSOU’S TIKTOK by Sondos Shabayek (EG/DE, Milkman Films)

Geographical Focus: Southeast Asia

SAIGON KISS by Hồng Anh Nguyễn (VN/AU/DE)

Guest Film School: London Film School

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION by Masha Novikova (GB/DE/UA)

European Short Film Audience Awards

ROSE by Annika Mayer (Majmun Films)

XR Panorama

OUT OF NOWHERE by Kris Hofmann (AT/DE, spec.studio)

PENGGANTIAN by Jonathan Hagard (JP/DE/ID, Ossa Film)

Euro Connection Co-Production Forum – XR Projects

DREAM SCREEN by Johannes Krell (Rosenpictures)

Come visit us in Clermont-Ferrand from 2-5 February at the Short Film Market, Gymnase Jean-et-Honoré-Fleury (next to the Maison de la culture).

Attending for German Films/ German Short Film Association, come by or contact us to make an appointment:

German Short Film Association: Jana Cernik / Júlia Kühne Escolà / Jutta Wille 

German Films: Martin Scheuring 



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