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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT NIJMEGEN 2026

Festivals

18th Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (April 7-12, 2026)

European Competition
PLOO by Jon Frickey
THIS SUFFOCATING NOW by Vika Kirchenbauer
UNIDENTIFIED NONFLYING OBJECTS (UNO) (UNIDENTIFIZIERTE UNFLUGOBJEKTE (UUO)) by Sasha Svirsky (Wait A Second!)
UNLEADED 95 (BLEIFREI 95) by Emma Hütt, Tina Emy Muffler (DE/AT, Superzoom Film)
WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENT by Mo Harawe (SO/AT/DE, Donkey Film)
WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR (IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT) by Kiana Naghshineh (DE/FR, ManicMonday)

New Arrivals Competition
CHRYSANTHEMUM by Jingyuan Luo (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
A RECONNAISSANCE by Stefan Kruse (DE/DK, Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
SKIN ON SKIN by Simon Schneckenburger (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Music Video Competition
NUMBER ONE – MONEYGIRL by Simon Schares
RUN – SKY DEVEREL by Michelle Brand

Dutch Competition
GATEWAY IN TIME by Jeroen Offermann (NL/DE)

International Highlights
CRITICAL CONDITION by Mila Zhluktenko (Michael Kalb Produktion)

Family Shorts
FULL NEST – LENA’S FARM (VOLLES NEST – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
A PAIN IN THE BUTT – LENA’S FARM (DER STACHEL IM PO – LENAS HOF) by Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER)
THE SKY WAS CANDY by Anh Tú Nguyen (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Comedy Shorts
HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY by Dominic Wittrin (Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe)
SQUARE PEG IN  A BLACK HOLE by Ansgar Beck, Leonard Dick (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

European Audience Favorites
ROSE by Annika Mayer (Majmun Films)

Let’s Talk About Happiness
JUGGERNAUT by Neozoon

Late Night
BÄR BÄR by Clara Schulze (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
BACKSEAT by Jiz Lee, Robin Astera, Rae Threat
ORGY EVERY OTHER DAY by Samuel Döring (DE/US)
SENSUAL by Tanja Nuijten (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
SQUIRTING by Jana Nowak
THE UNDYING PAIN OF EXISTENCE by Oscar Jacobson (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Feelings and Streamings
JOY by Ezekiel Morgan

Livestreaming War
EYE / MACHINE I by Harun Farocki

War Art: Who Controls the Frame?
PARADISO XXXI, 108 by Kamal Aljafari (DE/PS)