Germany — Countries — Talking Shorts

Films On The Circuit

A Study of Empathy

Scratching the Surface

Review by Claudius Kesseböhmer

All the markers of artfulness seem to be in place, and yet this self-proclaimed study of empathy quickly wears thin.

Films On The Circuit

Long Time No See

A Day Off

Review by Michael Kuratli

Kevin Biele’s short is full of subtlety: a quiet “no” has never sound so powerful.

Talks Interview

Berlin Is Just Trying To Fuck You

Interview with Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes by Dora Leu

Now nominated for the New Critics & New Audiences Award 2024, the Brazilian-German directing duo talks about the misconceptions of Berlin, and its gay scene.

Why Does Helen Koch Commit Serious Vehicle Theft?

Talks Interview

Fourth Rule: Only Two Gals To A Fight

Interview with Moritz Geiser by Dora Leu

Now nominated for the New Critics & New Audiences Award 2024, Moritz Geiser discusses the female characters at the center of his raging hyper-modern fable.

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Land der Berge

At Any Cost: An East European Immigrant’s Plight

Review by Monika Navickaitė

Olga Kosanović sheds light on an immigrant’s reality in present-day Austria, a land where an Eastern European individual is forced to, figuratively speaking, move mountains to endure.

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The Birthday Party

I Hate and I Love

Review by Zachary Seager

Francesco Sossai builds a queasy claustrophobia in the neo-giallo The Birthday Party.

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Lake of Fire

The Rhythm of Apocalypse

Review by Simon Schäfer

Neozoon’s collage explores the worldview of fundamentalist evangelicals in the United States of America.

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Two Giants That Exist Here - A German Fairytale

Chaos Contained

Review by Öykü Sofuoğlu

A strident critique of Germany’s relationship with some of today’s social and political realities at home and abroad, awared the Alice Guy Prize at FIDMarseille.

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Staging Death

Translating Death

Review by Jason Todd

The latest film by prolific German film author Jan Soldat begs the question of why cinema is so good at portraying spectacular deaths instead of authentic ones.

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8.640 Jumps A Day

Review by Jason Todd

What if we allow ourselves to witness a virtual avatar going through the painful learning process of doing a backflip, entirely on its own?

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Will My Parents Come to See Me

Performative Indifference

Review by Matthew Chan

Mo Harawe has perhaps crafted one of the most cynical films ever made about the death penalty.

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Handbook

Bearing Witness

Review by Savina Petkova

While Handbook can be ruthless, Pavel Mozhar shows his finely-tuned sense for mutual respect even when the film is showing violently charged truths.

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Steakhouse

Words And Meat

Review by Chris Childs

This devious domestic animated drama from the acclaimed Špela Čadež seems enthusiastically committed to realist cinema.

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One Hundred Steps

Unframed, Reframed

Review by Sanne Jehoul

Instead of offering anything as a straight factual counterpoint, the musical performances in One Hundred Steps themselves demand reconsideration.