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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT PALM SPRINGS 2026

Festivals

32nd Palm Springs International ShortFest (June 23-29, 2026)

Official Selection
9 MILLION COLOURS by Bára Anna (CZ/DE/NO, Reynard Films)
BENEATH THE NIGHT by Maximilian Karakatsanis (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
DON’T PUKE (NICHT KOTZEN) by Daniel Chisholm
HARIKSEE by Eva Rini May
LET THE KIDS KNOW by Moritz Geßner (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
MEMORIES OF A WINDOW by Mehraneh Salimian, Amin Pakparvar (IR/US/DE)
NAUSEA by Elliott Louis McKee (Queen Brat, DE/NZ)
OUT OF THE BLUE by Kevin Koch (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE IN-THE-HEAD FILM by Konstantin von Sichart (Tannenbaum Films)
A PAIN IN THE BUTT – LENA’S FARM (DER STACHEL IM PO – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
PLASTIC FLOWERS (BLUMEN AUS PLASTIK) by Ella Knorz (Pacific Dragon Films)
SELFLOVE by Nik Azad (Maximal Niks)
THE SKY WAS CANDY by Anh Tu Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE SWIMSUIT (DER BADEANZUG) by Amina Krami (DE/AT, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
TRANCE by Jona Schloßer (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
ZERO-SUM GAME (NULLSUMMENSPIEL) by Pina Beres, Philip Müller (DFFB)