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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT CLERMONT-FERRAND 2026

Festivals

48th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (January 30 – February 7, 2026)

Opening Performances & Theme in Focus: Voyage, Voyage
BALKAN, BABY (KAFANA NA BALKANU) by Boris Gavrilović (University of Television and Film Munich HFF)

International Competition
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG by Hao Zhou (DE/US/CN)
MOTHER OF A SON by Kevin Koch (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR (IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT) by Kiana Naghshineh (DE/FR, ManicMonday)

Young Audience – Kids 3+
FIRST FLIGHT by Adrian Jaffé
FULL NEST – LENA’S FARM (VOLLES NEST – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)

Young Audience – Kids 5+
A PAIN IN THE BUTT – LENA’S FARM (DER STACHEL IM PO – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)

Young Audience – Kids 7+
THE SKY WAS CANDY by An Tú Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Young Audience – Kids 9+
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

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)

 

German Member of the Jury of the International Competition: Ružica Hajdari