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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT BEIJING 2025

Festivals

9th Beijing International Short Film Festival (November 8-18, 2025)

International Competition
MARGINS by Clara Becking
MASKS (LARVEN) by Amina Krami (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
NON-PLAYER CHARACTER by Dan Gatzmaga
A PROVENANCE by Katharina Bayer (DE/AT)
A RECONNAISSANCE by Stefan Kruse (DE/DK, Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
SHAWANO by Felix Bartke (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
THERE’S A PAIN (HAY UN DOLOR) by Froilán Urzagasti Montero (DE/BO, DFFB)
UNSOLD COPIES (RESTBESTAND) by Stefan Koutzev (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
TORN SKY by Jozefien Van der Aelst (DFFB)
THE WATER IS DEAD (L’ACQUA XE MORTA) by Benjamin Darville (GB/DE)

Nova Competition
IT’S EASIER TO DREAM OF HER ALIVE by Anne Thieme
MADONNAS by Pola Kapuste (DE/IT)
THE UNIFORMED (DIE UNIFORMIERTEN) by Timon Ott (Einbaum Film)
WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR (IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT) by Kiana Naghshineh (DE/FR, ManicMonday)

Sinophone Competition
A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE by Viv Li (DE/BE/CN, Atwo, Angst & Drang Film)

ASTRO: Giuseppe Boccassini
AS IN A LAND, A VAGARY by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
BECOMEBECALM by Giuseppe Boccassini (GB/DE)
BLAST FURNACE by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
DEBRIS by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
LEZUO by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
LUNAR STUDIES by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT)
ORBIT by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
RAGTAG by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
THE SAVED NIGHT by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
TEMPLE OF TRUTH by Giuseppe Boccassini (US/IT/DE)
THE TIN HAT by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)

ECHO: Archival Filmmaking Strata
DESIRE by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
DISPLACED IN TIME by Pariya Bakshi (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
STRATA (SCHICHTEN) by Fabian Schubert-Heil (streuselfilm)

NEUTRON: Mid-length Film Programme
HOSTILE LANDSCAPES by Zhang Hanwen (CN/DE)

PHASE: Reflection on Feminist Images
CEASEFIRE (PREKID VATRE) by Jakob Krese (DE/IT/SI, Majmun Films)
PAIN THAT COMES IN WAVES by Irem Schwarz

Future Ethics
SEEN FROM HERE, I FEEL LIKE BELONGING by Leon Emonds-Pool, Emilia Auhageb-Kuoppamäki (DE/NL)
WILLOW by Lindi Dedek (DE/PL/CZ)

SIPHON: Experimental Film Container
FMT 8 by Antje Seeger
LOREM by Maximilien Luc Proctor
TRACE OF A SILENT TEAR by Alena Starostina, Ivan Nikolaev (DE/FI)
UNDER RAYS (UNTER STRAHLEN) by Jörn Staeger (Staeger Film)

AURORA: Sinophone Shorts Vista
THERE WAS NO LAKE by Wang Xiya (DE/CN)

War-Image-War
RAPTURE I – VISIT by Alisa Berger (FR/DE)
THE TIN HAT by Giuseppe Boccassini (DE/IT/FR)
UNWANTED KINSHIP (UNGEWOLLTE VERWANDTSCHAFT) by Pavel Mozhar