Berlinale Shorts

Selected contributions from earlier years

Ilias Largo
Oiseau de passage | Wandering Bird by Victor Dupuis
BEL 2023, Berlinale Shorts
© Victor Dupuis

Tako Tsubo by Fanny Sorgo, Eva Pedroza
AUT, DEU 2024, Berlinale Shorts
© Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo / Courtesy: sixpackfilm

Zimeng Li, Zhengye Chen, Juliette Wu
Re tian wu hou | Remains of the Hot Day by Wenqian Zhang
CHN 2024, Berlinale Shorts
© Trembling Flame Films

Circle by Joung Yumi
KOR 2024, Berlinale Shorts
© Joung Yumi

Pacific Vein by Ulu Braun
DEU 2024, Berlinale Shorts
© Ulu Braun

Zhou Xun, Wang Yibo
Wo de peng you | All Tomorrow’s Parties by Zhang Dalei
CHN 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Bingchi Pictures

A Kind of Testament by Stephen Vuillemin
FRA 2023, Berlinale Shorts
© A Kind of Testament Stephen Vuillemin Remembers

Ours | Bear | Bär by Morgane Frund
CHE 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© HSLU – Morgane Frund, BA Video

Marungka tjalatjunu | Dipped in Black by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
AUS 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Other Pictures

Jill, Uncredited by Anthony Ing
GBR, CAN 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Loop

Ana Vilaça, Rodrigo Manaia
By Flávio by Pedro Cabeleira
PRT, FRA 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Primeira Idade, Kometa Films

Cole Doman, Antonio Marziale
Starfuckers by Antonio Marziale
USA 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Field Trip

El sembrador de estrellas | The Sower of Stars by Lois Patiño
ESP 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Lois Patiño

Shucayb Abdirahman Cabdi
Will My Parents Come to See Me by Mo Harawe
DEU, AUT, SOM 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Mo Harawe, sixpackfilm

Maxim Chakilev
Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
GBR, RUS 2022, Berlinale Shorts
© Maxim Arbugaev

Blastogenese X | Blastogenesis X by Conrad Veit, Charlotte Maria Kätzl
DEU 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Veit/Kätzl

David Illiescas
Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje | Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit Into His Suit by Gabriel Herrera
MEX 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Stefanie Reinhard

Pauline Cormault
Soum by Alice Brygo
FRA 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains - Alice Brygo

Rehearsal by Michael Omonua
NGA 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Cine9ja Entertainment Ltd

Lucie Vincentelli
Si t’as un coeur | Young Hearts by Émilie Vandenameele
FRA 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Juliette Barrat / L'Endroit

The Nour Orchestra: Karim Lassoued, Neji Nassouma, Ridha Gliss
One Hundred Steps by Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
DEU, FRA 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca

Vadim na progulke | Vadim on a Walk by Sasha Svirsky
RUS 2021, Berlinale Shorts
© Sasha Svirsky

Nanu Tudor | My Uncle Tudor by Olga Lucovnicova
BEL, PRT, HUN 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Olga Lucovnicova

Deine Strasse | Your Street by Güzin Kar
CHE 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Güzin Kar

Inflorescence by Nicolaas Schmidt
DEU 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Nicolaas Schmidt

Jorybell Agoto
Filipiñana by Rafael Manuel
PHL, GBR 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Rafael Manuel

Veitstanz/Feixtanz by Gabriele Stötzer
DDR 1988, Berlinale Shorts
© Gabriele Stötzer

How to Disappear by Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf
AUT 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Total Refusal

Strange Object by Miranda Pennell
GBR 2020, Berlinale Shorts
© Miranda Pennell

T by Keisha Rae Witherspoon
USA 2019, Berlinale Shorts
©Third Horizon

Luciano Villareal
Playback. Ensayo de una despedida | Playback by Agustina Comedi
ARG 2019, Berlinale Shorts
© Agustina Comedi

Genius Loci by Adrien Mérigeau
FRA 2019, Berlinale Shorts
© KAZAK PRODUCTIONS – FOLIMAGE

It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer
FRA 2019, Berlinale Shorts
© Mili Pecherer

Solar Walk by Réka Bucsi
DNK 2018, Berlinale Shorts

Nour Ramadan, Amanuel Ibrahim
Hopptornet | Hopptornet | Ten Meter Tower | Hopptornet | Zehn-Meter-Turm by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
SWE 2016, Berlinale Shorts

personne by Matthias Müller, Christoph Girardet
DEU 2016, Berlinale Shorts

Balada de um Batráquio | Batrachian's Ballad by Leonor Teles
PRT 2016, Berlinale Shorts

Morgan Reesh, Marissa Castillo, Connor Golden
Blood Below the Skin by Jennifer Reeder
USA 2015, Berlinale Shorts
© Christopher Rejano

Afronauts by Frances Bodomo
USA 2014, Berlinale Shorts
© Joshua James Richards

Rodrigo Perdigão
Rafa by João Salaviza
POR/FRA 2012, Berlinale Shorts
© tjasa kalkan Rafa

Pilar González, Canela Paima, Mónica Mendoza, Ruby Calvo, Valeria Castillo, Karla Camacho
Loxoro by Claudia Llosa
ESP/PER 2011, Berlinale Shorts

PARANMANJANG | Night Fishing | Nachtangeln by PARKing CHANce (PARK Chan-wook, PARK Chan-kyong)
KOR 2011, Berlinale Shorts

Händelse vid bank | Incident by a Bank | Zwischenfall vor einer Bank by Ruben Östlund
SWE 2010, Berlinale Shorts

Please Say Something by David OReilly
IRL 2008, Berlinale Shorts
© David O'Reilly
The films of Berlinale Shorts radiate the full range of colours, stretch the boundaries and lay down new tracks in the vast field of cinematic possibilities. They function as a seismograph of our times. Berlinale Shorts is open to all genres, styles and subject matters.
Berlinale Shorts presents up to 25 international premieres and world premieres to a broad audience. Moderated film talks promote dialogue between cinema and society, art and reality. Additionally, selected classics of the short form extend the programme while creating connections between past and present.
The programme is curated by Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, head of Berlinale Shorts. Her advisory selection committee consists of eight international experts in film theory and practice.
A three-member international jury determines the recipients of the prizes presented during the official Awards Ceremony: the Golden Bear, the Silver Bear and the Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker Award which is endowed with 20,000 euros. In addition the jury nominates the Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards. The Golden Bear winner automatically qualifies to participate in the competition for the short film Oscar®.
Throughout the year Berlinale Shorts is represented as Berlinale Spotlight at festivals and special events in co-operation with local partners around the world.

Festival photos from previous editions

Paco Gorriz, Francisco Lezama, Laila Maltz
The director (middle) and his actors celebrate their award.
Un movimiento extraño · Berlinale Shorts · Golden Bear for Best Short Film · Feb 24, 2024

Group Picture
All together! The short film directors of the 74th Berlinale.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 19, 2024

Pascal Viveros, Elisa Leiva, Luciana Merino, Pineda Javiera
The film team poses for a selfie at the premiere of their short film.
Al sol, lejos del centro · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 19, 2024

Screening Room
The audience is seated for the Berlinale Shorts programme.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 20, 2024

Exchange between Sound Artists
The cross-section Sound Artists Get-Together with Valentin Lorenz (Berlinale Shorts, left) and Alex Lane (Forum, middle) amongst others.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 23, 2024

Christine Kecher, Güzin Kar, Serge Abiaad, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck
The panel on short film and its contribution to public discourse and the forming of independent opinions took place at the Embassy of Canada.
Shorts, Communities and Conversations: Kurzfilme im journalistischen Kontext · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 20, 2024

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Ilker Çatak, Xabier Erkizia, Jennifer Reeder
The International Short Film Jury answers audience questions about filmmaking.
Berlinale Shorts · Berlinale Talents · Feb 22, 2024

Ilker Çatak, Jennifer Reeder, Xabier Erkizia
And the winner is...
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 24, 2024

Wenqian Zhang
The filmmaker receives the Silver Bear Jury Prize.
Re tian wu hou · Berlinale Shorts · Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) · Feb 24, 2024

Cătălin Cristuțiu, Sky Hopinka, Isabelle Stever, Noel Keserwany, Michelle Keserwany
The International Short Film Jury with the two winners at the Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast.
Les chenilles · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2023

Film Team
At the premiere at the Cubix.
As miçangas · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 21, 2023

Ana Vilaça
The leading actress on the Red Carpet before the Award Ceremony.
By Flávio · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 16, 2022

Flavien Giorda, Yann Gonzalez, Alain Garcia Vergara, Maxime Berger, Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck
The film team in conversation with the section head.
Mars Exalté · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 12, 2022

Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă
The directors of the Romanian film.
Amintiri de pe Frontul de Est · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 15, 2022

Aurélie Godet, Bruno Ribeiro
The moderator and the winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Press Conference.
Manhã de Domingo · Berlinale Shorts · Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) · Feb 16, 2022

Asha Magrati, Deepak Rauniyar
The main actor and the director at the Photo Call.
Four Nights · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 13, 2022

Ana Elena Tejera
The director of the film.
A Love Song in Spanish · Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 15, 2021

Sasha Svirsky, Nadezhda Svirskaia
The team at the premiere.
Vadim na progulke · Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 14, 2021

Wang Yuyan
The director and editor of the film during the Q&A.
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean · Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino of Filmrauschpalast · Jun 12, 2021

Émilie Vandenameele
The director of the French film.
Si t’as un coeur · Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 15, 2021

Livia Huang, Olga Lucovnicova, Wang Yuyan, Charlotte Maria Kätzl, Conrad Veit, Meltse Van Coillie, Harm Dens, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck
Filmmakers and the section head visit the Kiez-Kino.
Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino of Filmrauschpalast · Jun 12, 2021

Manuel Castro Neves Barbosa, Diana Neves Silva, Jorge Quintela, Diogo Costa Amarante, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck
The film team and the section head during the Q&A.
Luz de Presença | A Present Light by Diogo Costa Amarante
Berlinale Shorts · Freiluftkino Hasenheide · Jun 09, 2021

Rafael Manuel
Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) at the Press Conference.
Filipiñana · Berlinale Shorts · Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) · Feb 29, 2020

Jyoti Mistry
Talking to the director.
Cause of Death · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2020

Group picture
The Berlinale Shorts in the Neighbourhood Cinema.
Aletsch Negative · Filipiñana · Inflorescence · Écume · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 27, 2020

Laurence Rilly, Catherine Colas, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck
ARTE Kurzschluss and Berlinale Shorts host the Network Coffee.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2020

Sarah Schlüssel
During the extensive audience talk Shorts Take Their Time.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 28, 2020

Maike Mia Höhne
The former section head of Berlinale Shorts.
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2020

Berlinale Shorts Party
Berlinale Shorts · Feb 26, 2020

VALIE EXPORT
Tapp und Tastkino · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 18, 2018

João Viana, Samuel Ishimwe
The directors of Madness and Imfura at the Award Ceremony.

Sarah Maldoror
The director of the film.
Monangambeee · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 14, 2017

Frieder Schlaich, Patti Smith
In the cinematic essay the director Frieder Schlaich and Patti Smith meet in Larache in Morocco at the grave of Jean Genet, to whom Patti Smith once made a promise, and now intends to keep it.
Three Stones for Jean Genet · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 13, 2014

Jonathan Vinel, Caroline Poggi
Tant qu'il nous reste des fusils à pompe · Berlinale Shorts · Golden Bear for Best Short Film · Feb 15, 2014
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck (Head of section)
Yun-Hua Chen
Azin Feizabadi
Alejo Franzetti
Moritz Maul
Maria Morata
Jana Riemann
Sarah Schlüssel
Nihan Sivridag
Kornél Szilágyi
From the Berlinale’s founding in 1951, short films were shown on an equal footing within the Competition and, starting in 1955, also honoured with Golden and Silver Bears.
In 1980, acting Festival Director Moritz de Hadeln expanded the festival with the Info-Schau, which would later become Panorama. In addition to documentary films and fiction features, the section also presented short films, with a particular emphasis on queer perspectives.
In 2003, one year after taking the helm at the Berlinale, former Festival Director Dieter Kosslick reinforced the position of the format within the programme by establishing an International Jury especially for short films.
Finally, in 2007, a dedicated independent section for short film was created under the direction of cinema critic and author Annette Kilzer. One year later, the section was given the name Berlinale Shorts – from 2008 on it was curated and directed by filmmaker Maike Mia Höhne. Höhne sharpened the character of the section, shaping its image as a platform for avant-garde and politically engaged filmmaking that stands out in the international festival scene. Over the years, Berlinale Shorts has gained increasing significance, both within and beyond the festival.
In June 2019, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck became the current curator and head of Berlinale Shorts.
The International Short Film Jury comprises a minimum of three German and international personalities.
No person involved in the production or commercial exploitation of a selected film may serve on the jury.
The Artistic Director or an authorised representative may be present during the jury’s deliberations but does not take part in the voting. The jury members are sworn to secrecy. The jury’s discussions and ballots are strictly confidential, even after the end of the festival.
The International Short Film Jury is obliged to award the following prizes to short films in competition:
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film
The winner of the Golden Bear qualifies for being eligible for next year's short film Oscar®. - Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
- Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker Award, endowed with 20,000 euros
The jury also appoints the Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards.
Films from the Berlinale Shorts competition may also be nominated for the TEDDY AWARD Best Short Film.