FILM PROGRAM 2025
A heartfelt congratulations to the filmmakers whose works will shine on our screen this month. Each submission brought its own voice and vision, making our selection process both inspiring and difficult. We thank all participating filmmakers for their outstanding contributions.
Film screening on 6th December 2025 13:00 to 14:30
FERNHERRLICHKEIT
(Best Student Short film 15:00 min)
Directed by: Sebastian Kern
Two students confront the ruins of the past and the pull of forbidden connection as their professor grows suspicious.
PRAYER OF THE SEA
(Best Experimental Film 6:30 min )
Directed by: Martin Gerigk
A man confronts the dream that shaped his music and foreshadowed his death—finding peace in the quiet acceptance of life’s end.
ICE FARMERS: RESHAPING THE “THIRD POLE”
(Best Documentary Film 13:50 min )
Directed by: Afsar Awan
A powerful look at mountain communities reviving ancient glacier-making techniques to fight climate change and save their future.
VISITATION
(Best Short Film 12:00 min )
Directed by: Christian Skibinski
A reformed criminal is forced to confront his past when an old friend drags him back into a deadly dispute over stolen cocaine.
Film screening on 7th December 2025 13:00 to 17:00
THE ONLY WAY
(Best Short Film 08:35 min )
Directed by: Fabian Linz
When a woman becomes the target of a predatory cop, an ex-convict hiding in her car makes a split-second choice that turns him into an unlikely hero.
ZWISCHENRAUM
(Best Short Film 11:02 min )
Directed by: Linda Tümmler
A young woman navigates the silent spaces between presence and absence, revealing the fragile emotions that live in the moments we overlook.
YA HANOUNI (DE)
(Best Short Film 03:00 min )
Directed by: Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib
As exhausted parents try to soothe their baby to sleep, a playful race begins: who will inspire their child’s very first word?
AS THEY PASS
(Best Short Film 11:50 min )
Directed by: Patrice Masini
A late-night phone call pulls a woman back into her father’s unsettling emotional grip, blurring the line between past wounds and present reality
UNASHAMED feat. Elijah Nkosi
(Best Music Video 03:51 min )
Directed by: Matthias Wagner
A young artist lost in grief finds renewed strength and identity through a message left behind by his father.
EGOLI – Place of Gold
(Best Short Film 03:48 min )
Directed by: Martin Miron
A young woman from Cape Town confronts the harsh realities of township life, revealing strength and resilience in a world shaped by contrast and survival.
KLAUS MÜLLER
(Best Short Film 15:00 min )
Directed by: Zach Tolchinsky
When a park ranger discovers a long-lost Cold War bomb, two men’s mission to defuse it spirals into a darkly comic battle of secrets, identity, and trust.
MRS. FLEISCHER WANTS TO DIE!
(Best Short Film 19:17 min )
Directed by: Antje Ritter
A stubborn elderly woman and her determined caregiver clash over life, death, and dignity—only to discover unexpected understanding in each other.