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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT VIENNA 2025

Festivals

22nd Vienna Shorts (May 27 – June 1, 2025)

FIDO – Fiction and Documentary Competition
HYMN OF THE PLAGUE by Ataka51 (DE/RU, Eversince)
IN RETROSPECT (RÜCKBLICKEND BETRACHTET) by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
SKIN ON SKIN by Simon Schneckenburger (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

AA – Animation Avantgarde Competition
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS by Sasha Svirsky (Wait A Second!)
GERHARD by Ulu Braun (Studio Ulu Braun)
MORAL SUPPORT by Vuk Jevremovic
MOVING MOUNTAINS by Jessica Poon (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)

ÖW – Austrian Competition
AT HOME I FEEL LIKE LEAVING by Simon Maria Kubiena (DE/AT, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE CHESTNUT (DIE KASTANIE) by Simon Dallaserra, Iven Yorick (AT/DE, Schiefer Film)
RICHARD by Manuel Wetscher (AT/BE/DE)

Focus: Move Closer! Radical Intimacy
BALCONIES by Kamal Aljafari (DE/CH)
BEAUTIFUL DEAD WOMAN (DIE SCHÖNE TOTE) by Jan Soldat (AT/DE)
CONGRESS OF IDLING PERSONS by Basyma Saad (LB/DE)
DUTY FREE by Hilke Rönnfeldt (DE/DK/SE, Heimathafen Film & Media, North Ship Film)
EVEN DEATH IN MY ARMS IS BEAUTFUL by Jannis Lenz (AT/DE)
GAZE – GADDAFI GALS by Franziska Kabisch, Magdalena Fischer, Sophie Utikal (AT/DE)
THE MALE GAZE RECIPE by Joey Arand, Alma Weber
PLEASE SAY SOMETHING by David OReilly

Loud & Queer
ORGY EVERY OTHER DAY by Samuel Döring (DE/US)

Current Comments
CEASEFIRE (PREKID VATRE) by Jakob Krese (DE/IT/SI, Majmun Films)
IMMACULATA by Kim Lêa Sakkal (DE/FR, filmfaust)
INNSBRUCK, MARCH 6TH 2023 (INNSBRUCH, 6. MÄRZ 2023) by Heinz Emigholz
UNDR by Kamal Aljafari (PS/DE)

Late Night
BRUNCH ON BIKES by Ethan Folk, Ty Wardwell (Cutenon Films)
BUSH – DORNIKA by Ronen Eldar
KINKY KITCHEN by Bea Höller (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
KLAPPE by Matt Lambert (VITIUM, Erika Lust Films)
PLEASE SAY NO by Bea Blue
SOCK PUPPET – STICKY BISCUITS by Naomi Fearn, Marc Seestaedt
WELCOME TO SEXY (MÖBELHAUS SEXY) by Nina Hoffmann

Landscapes of Feelings – Three Stellar Films by Hilke Rönnfeldt
FENCE by Hilke Rönnfeldt (DK/DE, North Ship Film)
OPERA NIGHT by Hilke Rönnfeldt (DK/DE, North Ship Film)
A STUDY OF EMPATHY by Hilke Rönnfeldt (DK/DE, North Ship Film)

Vienna. With Love.
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU LOVE, MY DEAR by Emily Schlösser (AT/DE)

Highlights from New York Times Op-Docs
BACKFLIP by Nikita Diakur (DE/FR)

Relationships: Eye-Catching Animations
BUTTERFLY KISS by Zohar Dvir (DE/IL, Fabian&Fred)

Best of the Fests
400 CASSETTES by Thelyia Petraki (GR/DE, Watchmen Films)

Young People
MONSTER SYMPHONY (MONSTERSINFONIE) by Kiana Naghshineh (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
THE MOTHERLESS EGG – LENA’S FARM (DAS MUTTERLOSE EI – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)