SHORT FILM SHOWCASE! U.S. PREMIERE!

Presented by German Films and the German Federal Film Board (FFA), the 11th edition of this beloved annual showcase presents the year’s most remarkable new directors and outstanding student short films to international audiences and the film industry. The program combines young talents – the NEXT GENERATION of German Cinema – together with the best German shorts under 5 minutes – the winners of the FFA’s SHORT TIGER Award 2021.

This year's program of 11 short films was selected by an expert jury: Katrin Küchler (MDR unicato), actress Marleen Lohse, and Dr. Christian Bräuer (Yorck Cinemas). Representing Germany’s diversity of forms, genres, and skillful filmmaking talent that international audiences have come to expect from German shorts, these deeply personal and universal stories confirm the notion that short film is an independent art form deserving of the big screen and the awareness of audiences worldwide. 

NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2021 Program:

ANIMALI

Elisabeth Wilke (Fiction, 2020, 14 min.)

BIRD OF PARADISE | PARADIESVOGEL

Jannik Weiße (Fiction, 2021, 15 min.)

FLASCHEN | BOTTLES

Jannis Alexander Kiefer (Fiction, 202, 5 min.)

DRAWING FROM MEMORY | AUS MEINEM LEBEN

Daood Alabdulaa (Animation, Documentary, 2021, 4 min.)

DUE TO LEGAL REASONS THIS FILM IS CALLED BREAKING BERT

 | DIESER FILM HEISST AUS RECHTLICHEN GRÜNDEN BREAKING BERT

Anne Isensee (Animation 2020, 5 min.)

HANDBOOK FOR A PRIVILEGED EUROPEAN WOMAN

Alma Buddecke (Fiction, 2021, 10 min.)

IN GERMANY | IN DEUTSCHLAND

Christoph Mushayija Rath (Fiction, 2020, 15 min.)

NO

Bruno Manguen Sapiña (Fiction, 2020, 16 min.)

PANIC OR REASON | ERNST ODER PANIK

Marlin van Soest (Animated, Documentary, 2020, 7 min.)

POSTPARTUM | WOCHENBETT

Henriette Rietz (Fiction, Animation, 2020, 5 min.)

WE ARE GOOD | WIR SIND GUT 

Manuel Boskamp (Documentary, 2020, 11 min.)