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GERMAN SHORT FILMS AT TIRANA 2026

Festivals

24th Tirana International Film Festival (September 21-27, 2026)

International Competition – Live Action
“VATERLAND” OR A BULE NAMED YANTO (“VATERLAND” ODER EIN BULE NAMENS YANTO) by Berthold Wahjudi (DE/ID, madfilms, University of Television and Film Munich HFF)

International Competition – Animation
HOTEL OBLIQUE by Merlin Flügel

International Competition – Video Art & Experimental
POLYPHEM by Ilaria Di Carlo
SPHERES by Martin Gerigk

International Competition - Student Fiction
BENEATH THE NIGHT by Maximilian Karakatsanis (Academy of Media Arts Cologne KHM)
TRANCE by Jonas Schloßer (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

International Competition – Student Animation
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS by Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya Shamsi (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

International Competition – Student Documentary
EMBODIED (KÖRPERIN) by Leonie Kock, Paloma Llambías
MEMORIES OF A WINDOW by Amin Pakparvar, Mehraneh Salimian (US/IR/DE)

Panorama: Teens Competition
SOME THINGS CAN’T WAIT (ZU GROSS FÜR SPÄTER) by Vincent Jost (WennDann Film, University of Television and Film Munich HFF)
TURTLE & ALBION by Fitore Muzaqi

Panorama: New World
NAFRON by Daood Alabdulaa (SY/DE)
WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENT by Mo Harawe (SO/AT/DE)

Panorama: Divergent Minds
A TALE OF ITS OWN by Odeta Çunaj (AL/DE)
HARIKSEE by Eva Rini May
ON THE LEASH (AN DER LEINE) by Pepe Harder (DE/CH)

Panorama: AI 3.0 Program
ATOM BOMB SOIRÉE by Thorsten Fleisch
SPRAY AND PRAY by Veneta Androva (DE/BG)

Life is Short – Swiss Films
THE NEWT CONGRESS (DER MOLCHKONGRESS) by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser (CH/DE)

Reflecting Albania
ALWAYS READY by Jasper Heinrichs, Jan Schünke