Flachdach (D 2026, Maja Lindner, 09 min.)

Crayon cases, a lace tablecloth, washing the Mercedes in the sun: in “Flachdach”, breaking out of the supposed family idyll takes things quite literally to new heights. Like a rather desperate Icarus, the forgotten son clings onto the plane, only to crash down again onto the hard ground of reality. Can he still escape those innate suburban clichés?

Am See (D 2025, Tillmann Ziska, 09 min.)

Summer, sun, a lake. The two friends Kian and David enjoy the time spent together, with music and joints. But there is something unuttered between them. A thought that you, as a man, better abstain from sharing. But as torsos get undressed and the music fades, gazes will speak for themselves.

EDGING (D 2025, Teija Künzel, 06 min.)

CN: Pornography

Bzzzzt….

Anyone who is in a flow hates being interrupted – let alone several times in a row. Especially when it is that kind of imaginative, dreamlike self-love flow. “Edging” not only seeks out the pearls in the shell, it polishes them – at least until the doorbell rings.

Katzenwäsche (D 2025, Emelie Dahlmeyer & Julia Wetscheck, 03 min.)

If you believe there is no way to get cats into any kind of waters other than with force, then you don’t know the “Waschsalon” - the laundrette - yet. “Katzenwäsche” throws a small psychedelic party including a pet cat.

All Future Generations (D 2026, Siri Black, 10 min.)

Who taught images to move? “All Future Generations” is an experimental film that explores the history of 2D animation through Disney classics. Early animation techniques and audio recordings shed light on the nature of seeing as well as gendered labour.

Halima – Eine Anleitung zum Starksein (D 2025, Linda Verweyen, Kollektiv Halima, 24 min.)

A young woman makes her long way home alone after a painful surgery. She has undergone FGM/C (Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting).

Blind, ins Auge (D 2025, Atefeh Kheirabadi, Mehrad Sepahnia, 20 min.)

Woman, Life, Freedom – Ten thousands of people in Iran have already lost their lives in the struggle for a self-determined life and the overthrow of the Islamist regime. During the protests in 2022, government forces deliberately targeted demonstrators’ eyes with gunfire. An experimental exploration of documentary footage and the editing process.

Regale voller Geschichten (D 2025, Mina Asgari, 17 min.)

The Yok Yok is a fixture in Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel – open, colorful and diverse just like its environment. This portrait of the owner Nazim Alemndar answers questions about the meaning of “Yok Yok”, the role Alemndar’s father played in creating the business idea and why he won’t take “Pfand”.

Five Guys (D 2025, Jule Hermann, 02 min.)

One burger, but please without misogyny, guy! Not your business if it were 5, 10 or 15. Better think before you hit send on the voice message, guy.