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Unidentifizierte Unflugobjekte (UUO)

Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO)
Berlinale Shorts 2026
© Sasha Svirsky
How can you identify something as an unidentifiable object and, having done so, put all such objects in order while keeping them unidentified? You can probably create an exhaustive list of all possible traits, features and measurements, thereby developing an intricate system of neatly interconnected parts where every item can find its own corresponding place. Thus, by channelling knowledge in a narrow, instrumental way, you can construct an entire universe that is perfectly manageable and controllable. The question is, for how long can you live in this universe? However permanent and stable such an order may seem, it may eventually crumble when reality outside of the system creeps in, growing like organic matter through all the boundaries that you have created. You may not even notice anything initially, until one day the world around you starts to seem alien.

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by Sasha Svirsky (Director, Screenplay)
with Sasha Svirsky Germany 2026 German 12' Colour World premiere | Animation

With

  • Sasha Svirsky

Crew

Director Sasha Svirsky
Screenplay Sasha Svirsky
Editing Sasha Svirsky
Music Alexey Zelensky
Sound Design Larissa Kischk
Animation Sasha Svirsky
Producer Karsten Matern
Executive Producer Nadezhda Svirskaia

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Berlin, Germany

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Sasha Svirsky

© Nadya Svirskaia

Born in the village of Runo in the Stavropol region of the USSR in 1980, he graduated as a painter and is a self-taught animator. In 2008, he began working as an independent director. Animation serves him as an artistic tool to unlock the potential of visual experiments as well as for philosophical narratives and essays. Since 2013, he has worked in collaboration with his wife, Nadya Svirskaia; since 2022, they have been based in Berlin. Unidentifizierte Unflugobjekte (UUO) is his first German-language film.

Filmography

2009 Mirs Pirs; animation 2014 Муравьиные песни (Ants' Songs); animation 2016 Tanzonk; animation 2017 9 Ways to Draw a Person; animation 2020 My Galactic Twin Galaction; animation, Berlinale 2020 2021 Вадим на прогулке (Vadim on a Walk); animation, Berlinale 2021 2024 Dull Spots of Greenish Colours; animation 2026 Unidentifizierte Unflugobjekte (UUO) (Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO)); animation, Berlinale 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026