We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg!

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Jury: Edwin, Florian Fischer, Andrea Lissoni, Jyoti Mistry, Caroline Monnet

HAMBURG SHORT FILM AWARD (3.000€):
Pavel Mozhar - Handbook
Jury Statement: "Political and social violence continues to dominant our lives and screens. The challenge is how to create representations of human atrocities without reproducing the spectacle of violence. Set in a sterile environment of a small room, that replicates the size of a holding cell, the testimony and experiences of incarcerated activists is recounted through a set of sobering instructions of staged physical brutality. This documentary of reenactments pushes the boundaries of the genre by employing a clinical eye on violence. The gaps demand that an audience complete the visual representation in their own imagination and this leaves one with a haunting and chilling feeling that endures long after the film is over. For cinematic excellence and a film that creates a signature language to expose contemporary political and civil violence in society through a manual of instructions for state practice as violence, the winner is: Handbuch by Pavel Mozhar."

DEFRAMED AWARD (2.000€):
Maria Estela Paiso - Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol (It's Raining Frogs Outside)
Jury statement: "A contemporary generation is dealing with increased mental health concerns, emotions of entrapment and isolation where socio-political concerns are replaced by identity politics. Using a memorable breath of haptic and tactile images and innovative animation techniques this film is a deeply emotive exploration of feeling trapped by the inner demons of social expectations and one’s own desires. Even though the film offers a dark exploration of isolation, its balance of playful counterpoints is a poetic expression of the vulnerabilities of a young generation. The Deframed Award for an artistic film goes to: Maria Estela Paiso for Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol – It’s raining frogs outside."

HAMBURG SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
Leonor Noivo - Madrugada (Dawn)
Jury Statement: "Cycles of labour: invisible labour of women’s work, the cleaning of homes and the endless routines of daily life which are often the unseen, and the unspoken parts of women’s lives that are passed on in generations. How do daughters make peace with their mother’s lives in which they have watched and witnessed the sacrifices mothers make in the name of love and protection? In an exceptionally raw and daring film that combines several genres, this docu-fiction is an exploration of the connections between women, labour, and desires. This intimate portrait of a generation of women unfolds the corrupted transmission of communication of unresolved feelings of loss. The jury selection for the EU award is: Leonor Noivo’s Madrugada - Dawn."

SPECIAL MENTION:
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev - Haulout)
Jury statement: "A radical act of commitment and stunning photography brings us to one of the most urgent socio-political circumstances of our times. The Anthropocene remains the crisis of our epoch but this film neither succumbs to hysteria nor to the commercial manipulation of information of climate change. Instead in an exceptional and deeply affecting observation we are shown directly the vulnerability of nature at the hands of humans. At once lyrical, but profoundly disciplined – this film captures kinship by creating an intense interspecies dialogue that carefully balances the contradiction of being enclosed in a small, confined space with the vastness of nature. In a patient and committed process this film is a testament to cinema’s capacity to take us to far flung places on the globe but which demands our urgent attention because it effects the immediacy of our lives and futures. For a poignant posthumanist film we give special mention to: Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev."

GERMAN COMPETITION

Jury: Andreas Fock, Matt Lloyd, Genne Spears

JURY AWARD (2.000 €):
Sylvia Schedelbauer - Oh, Butterfly!
Jury statement: "Waves roll under an echoing lament for a lover across the ocean. The jury awards a multi-layered work of exhaustive research that places family history in dialogue with one of the most frequently reproduced works of twentieth century opera. The filmmaker uses archive footage organically to create a vivid and ornate palimpsest, touching on themes of race, Empire, migration and performance. This is a work of both rigour and excess; we applaud the filmmaker’s ambition, sensitivity and mastery of her material. The German Short Film Award goes to Oh, Butterfly! by Sylvia Schedelbauer."

SPECIAL MENTION
Mona Keil - Saft
Jury Statement: “To a film that efficiently summarizes a pandemic experience through a haunting, spellbinding and animated internal world. The special mention goes to an intense and well-crafted piece of unforgettable images: Saft by Mona Keil.”

TRIPLE AXEL COMPETITION (1.000€):

Kumaran Herold - Shining
Der Publikumspreis wird von der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung unterstützt.

ARTE AWARD:

Morgan Quaintance - A Human Certainty
The competition spanning ARTE Short Film Award consists of the purchase of one film (up to 6,000 euros) and its subsequent screening in the »Kurzschluss« programme by ARTE, the Franco-German cultural TV channel.

AUDIENCE AWARD (1500€):

Daniel Aguirre - Pink Rider
The Audience Award is presented with kind support of Play Studios. It is awarded to a film from the International or the German Competition.

MO&FRIESE AWARDS:

Friese Award: Ursula Ulmi – IDODO, special mention: John Croezen – Fantastischer Flugwettkampf
Mo Award: Marcel Barelli – In der Natur, special mention: Wassili Franko & Paul Spengemann – Pocket Call
Neon Award: Laura Wadha – Born in Damaskus, special mention: Mark Albiston – Datsun
Nomination ECFA Short Film Award: Britt Raesh, Luce und der Stein
GIB MIR 5! Competition: Frieda Durago – Sei keine Flasche, Filmkids.ch – Le Train, Jessica, Leenay & Fatma – Können Katzen fliegen

Sneak peak at the programme 2022
In large parts of the world, what we call "future" is already a tangible reality. Under the motto Echoes from the Near Future, the 38th Short Film Festival Hamburg brings numerous of these perspectives to Hamburg and lets them echo in cinematic spaces. The aim is to identify a common future through constructive, artistic contributions from the present.

In addition to the three competitions (International Competition, German Competition, Triple Axel) and curated film programs, the festival also presents exhibitions, open airs, discussions and other events. This year, the programs in the Laboratory of the Present section look at three themes: The biggest focus is on a variety of different Asian perspectives, and with five curated programs, sets a clear Asian focus that also runs throughout the festival. Curators include filmmaker Pimpaka Towira (Thailand), Berlin-based Chinese filmmaker and queer activist Popo Fan, and international artist collectives, including the activist group Collective, based in Taiwan. Filmmaker, curator and film curator Mark Toscano, who has been active in the Academy Film Archive for many years, explores the themes of intoxication and ecstasy through an analog film program at the festival. The "Hamburg Positions" negotiate living spaces in Hamburg and beyond, looking in particular at the practice of squatting.

In the Archive of the Present, Tobias Hering devotes himself to migrant film in Germany. Curated by the Indonesian collective Lab Laba Laba (Edwin, Lisabona Rahman and Rizki Lazuardi), the exhibition Open Space will feature installative works that explore different ways of interpreting the concept of "home." In addition to the cinematic and artistic programs, seminars, workshops and discussion events will provide space for current social and professional issues. At the same time, the Forum opens up to the public with moderated thematic discussion rounds.

After two years of pandemic, the festival center in 2022 will finally be the POST at Kaltenkircher Platz in Altona again. In addition to pop-up cinemas indoors and outdoors, the exhibition hall Open Space, festival café, bar and music in the evening, the POST is above all a space for getting to know each other, having fun and engaging in dialogue - and therefore open to all and free of charge. Cinema screenings will take place, as usual, at 3001, B-Movie, filmRaum, Lichtmess, Metropolis and Zeise.

More information about the 38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg very soon!

Filmstill: Solaris © Tromarama

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg!

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Jury: Edwin, Florian Fischer, Andrea Lissoni, Jyoti Mistry, Caroline Monnet

HAMBURG SHORT FILM AWARD (3.000€):
Pavel Mozhar - Handbook
Jury Statement: "Political and social violence continues to dominant our lives and screens. The challenge is how to create representations of human atrocities without reproducing the spectacle of violence. Set in a sterile environment of a small room, that replicates the size of a holding cell, the testimony and experiences of incarcerated activists is recounted through a set of sobering instructions of staged physical brutality. This documentary of reenactments pushes the boundaries of the genre by employing a clinical eye on violence. The gaps demand that an audience complete the visual representation in their own imagination and this leaves one with a haunting and chilling feeling that endures long after the film is over. For cinematic excellence and a film that creates a signature language to expose contemporary political and civil violence in society through a manual of instructions for state practice as violence, the winner is: Handbuch by Pavel Mozhar."

DEFRAMED AWARD (2.000€):
Maria Estela Paiso - Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol (It's Raining Frogs Outside)
Jury statement: "A contemporary generation is dealing with increased mental health concerns, emotions of entrapment and isolation where socio-political concerns are replaced by identity politics. Using a memorable breath of haptic and tactile images and innovative animation techniques this film is a deeply emotive exploration of feeling trapped by the inner demons of social expectations and one’s own desires. Even though the film offers a dark exploration of isolation, its balance of playful counterpoints is a poetic expression of the vulnerabilities of a young generation. The Deframed Award for an artistic film goes to: Maria Estela Paiso for Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol – It’s raining frogs outside."

HAMBURG SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
Leonor Noivo - Madrugada (Dawn)
Jury Statement: "Cycles of labour: invisible labour of women’s work, the cleaning of homes and the endless routines of daily life which are often the unseen, and the unspoken parts of women’s lives that are passed on in generations. How do daughters make peace with their mother’s lives in which they have watched and witnessed the sacrifices mothers make in the name of love and protection? In an exceptionally raw and daring film that combines several genres, this docu-fiction is an exploration of the connections between women, labour, and desires. This intimate portrait of a generation of women unfolds the corrupted transmission of communication of unresolved feelings of loss. The jury selection for the EU award is: Leonor Noivo’s Madrugada - Dawn."

SPECIAL MENTION:
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev - Haulout)
Jury statement: "A radical act of commitment and stunning photography brings us to one of the most urgent socio-political circumstances of our times. The Anthropocene remains the crisis of our epoch but this film neither succumbs to hysteria nor to the commercial manipulation of information of climate change. Instead in an exceptional and deeply affecting observation we are shown directly the vulnerability of nature at the hands of humans. At once lyrical, but profoundly disciplined – this film captures kinship by creating an intense interspecies dialogue that carefully balances the contradiction of being enclosed in a small, confined space with the vastness of nature. In a patient and committed process this film is a testament to cinema’s capacity to take us to far flung places on the globe but which demands our urgent attention because it effects the immediacy of our lives and futures. For a poignant posthumanist film we give special mention to: Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev."

GERMAN COMPETITION

Jury: Andreas Fock, Matt Lloyd, Genne Spears

JURY AWARD (2.000 €):
Sylvia Schedelbauer - Oh, Butterfly!
Jury statement: "Waves roll under an echoing lament for a lover across the ocean. The jury awards a multi-layered work of exhaustive research that places family history in dialogue with one of the most frequently reproduced works of twentieth century opera. The filmmaker uses archive footage organically to create a vivid and ornate palimpsest, touching on themes of race, Empire, migration and performance. This is a work of both rigour and excess; we applaud the filmmaker’s ambition, sensitivity and mastery of her material. The German Short Film Award goes to Oh, Butterfly! by Sylvia Schedelbauer."

SPECIAL MENTION
Mona Keil - Saft
Jury Statement: “To a film that efficiently summarizes a pandemic experience through a haunting, spellbinding and animated internal world. The special mention goes to an intense and well-crafted piece of unforgettable images: Saft by Mona Keil.”

TRIPLE AXEL COMPETITION (1.000€):

Kumaran Herold - Shining
Der Publikumspreis wird von der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung unterstützt.

ARTE AWARD:

Morgan Quaintance - A Human Certainty
The competition spanning ARTE Short Film Award consists of the purchase of one film (up to 6,000 euros) and its subsequent screening in the »Kurzschluss« programme by ARTE, the Franco-German cultural TV channel.

AUDIENCE AWARD (1500€):

Daniel Aguirre - Pink Rider
The Audience Award is presented with kind support of Play Studios. It is awarded to a film from the International or the German Competition.

MO&FRIESE AWARDS:

Friese Award: Ursula Ulmi – IDODO, special mention: John Croezen – Fantastischer Flugwettkampf
Mo Award: Marcel Barelli – In der Natur, special mention: Wassili Franko & Paul Spengemann – Pocket Call
Neon Award: Laura Wadha – Born in Damaskus, special mention: Mark Albiston – Datsun
Nomination ECFA Short Film Award: Britt Raesh, Luce und der Stein
GIB MIR 5! Competition: Frieda Durago – Sei keine Flasche, Filmkids.ch – Le Train, Jessica, Leenay & Fatma – Können Katzen fliegen

In the International Competition, a five-member jury awards the Hamburg Short Film Award, endowed with 3,000 euros, and the Deframed Award, endowed with 2,000 euros, to a film that deals with reality in a poetic, formal, analytical and unconventional way, ignoring all rules in a forward-looking way. It also awards the Hamburg candidate for the "European Short Film" award category of the European Film Academy. The Jury 2022 is:

Edwin
He is a filmmaker based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Edwin studied film at the Jakarta Institute of Arts. His short “Kara, the Daughter of a Tree” became the first Indonesian film selected at Director's Fortnight in Cannes in 2005. His feature film debut ”Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly” got a Fipresci Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009. “Postcards from the Zoo”, his second feature, was in competition at Berlinale 2012. His latest project, “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” won a Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival 2021.

Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer, born 1981 in Tübingen, studied communication design, photography and image science. He was a participant in the Werkleitz Media Master Class and Berlinale Talents. In 2017, he was a scholarship holder at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles and currently works as an author and media artist in Leipzig and Hamburg. His film "Umbra" won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale 2019 and was screened in the German Competition of the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg in the same year.

Andrea Lissoni
Since 2020, he is the Artistic Director of Haus der Kunst, Munich. He was formerly Senior Curator for International Art (Film) at Tate Modern, London, and curator at HangarBicocca, Milan. At Tate he launched and co-curated new exhibition formats, as the 2017 and 2018 Live Exhibition, the collection display and the live programme at the opening of the new building in 2016. His curatorial work is characterized by a focus on transdisciplinarity and subcultures.

Jyoti Mistry
She works with film as an interplay between cinematic traditions and installation art. Her films have screened at festivals including Toronto, Winterthur, Rotterdam and Durban, among others. Jyoti Mistry has been artist in residence at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam and the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and was a member of the International Short Film Jury at the 68th Berlinale. She is currently professor for film at the University of Gothenburg.

Caroline Monnet
Caroline Monnet (Anishinaabe/French) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal. She studied in Sociology and Communication at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and the University of Granada (Spain) before pursuing a career in visual arts and films. Her work has been programmed internationally at TIFF, Sundance, Rotterdam Film Festival, and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, among others. In 2016, she was selected for the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation residency in Paris.

An overview of all awards of the festival can be found here.

The Jury Award in the German Competition, endowed with 2,000 euros, is awarded by a three-member jury. The Jury 2022 is:

Andreas Fock
He is the founder and director of Filmfest Sundsvall in Northern Sweden. Andreas Fock worked at the Swedish Film Institute for several years with short film related matters; first being in charge of festival distribution for Swedish shorts at the International Department, then being the film commissioner for short films at the Film Funding Department between 2013 and 2016. Although mostly involved with festivals, distribution and funding, he co-wrote the script to the short “Public Gatherings” (dir. Ivana Lalovic, 2021).

Matt Lloyd
Matt Lloyd has worked in film exhibition in Scotland for over twenty years. He was short film programmer of Edinburgh International Film Festival between 2004 and 2008. Matt was director of Inverness Film Festival from 2006 to 2008, and produced two unique festivals in the Scottish Highlands for the Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Mark Cousins. He has directed Glasgow Short Film Festival for eleven years, in which time it has grown from a modest two day event into Scotland’s leading international short film festival.

Genne Speers
Genne Speers is a scholar of the archive, film and art history as well as a practicing archivist, counter archival activist, programmer and arts administrator. Currently the Director of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC). Founded in 1967, the CFMDC is a distribution centre and de-facto archive for one of the most important collections of analogue, artist made film and queer works in Canada. Speers holds an MA in Film Archiving from the University of East Anglia and is defending her PhD this spring from York University.

An overview of all awards of the festival can be found here.

In cooperation with Kampnagel and the International Short Film Festival Dresden we are showing a special event presenting the short films of Ukrainian directors. It was curated by festival director of the international short film festival Wiz-Art in Lviv Olha Raiter, who is currently staying in Bautzen. Six short films from Ukraine will be shown, reflecting life and everyday life before the war. The donations from this event will directly benefit the filmmakers* in Ukraine.

Short film programme: "In Joy and Sorrow"
Thursday, 5 May, 7pm at Kampnagel

The program shows:

The Surrogate by Stas Santimov, Ukraine, 2020.
A man destroys the nest of an unknown, scary creature. But it's not the scariest creature he'll encounter tonight.

Chacho by Vitalii Havura, Ukraine, 2020
Yanush has grown up in a conservative Romani community in a small Ukrainian town. He is about to get married, exactly what his parents want. But Yanush is gay and in love with another young man, Pasha. Together they decide to sneak away from the wedding and leave town, but can Yanush really do it?

Leopolis Night by Nikon Romanchenko, Ukraine, 2021.
Polia, Solomiia and Mariia are playing at the local theater. After the spectacle, they meet a man and walk together through the city at night. Polia seems to fall in love with him. In the morning he leaves town and they will not see each other again.

Dedicated to the Youth of the World II by Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Himey, Ukraine, 2019.
Yarema and Roman document Cxema, the biggest rave in Ukraine that emerged after the 2013-2014 revolution. The party offered the new generation a chance to reclaim the city, explore it and express themselves. The film was shot at Dovzhenko FilmStudios on April 21, 2018.

In Joy by Maryna Roshchyna, Ukraine, 2018.
Kate is a young, lonely mother. She falls in love with a man, but doesn't have the courage to tell him she has a son. As their relationship quickly develops, the revelation becomes more complicated. She is faced with a choice between her personal life and her responsibility to her son.

Deep Love by Mykyta Lyskov, Ukraine, 2019.
Love story with characters. The tape consists of plot and style independent episodes, which have a unified mood and meaning. The film was shot without words, a funny story meditation on interpersonal relationships is revealed through sounds.

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Foto: In Joy, Maryna Roshchyna

#31# (appel masqué), Ghyzlène Boukaïla, France/Algeria, 2021
2gether, Kim Ekberg, Sweden, 2022
A Human Certainty, Morgan Quaintance, UK, 2021
Amazon Woman, Anna Vasof, Austria, 2021
Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri, France, 2021
Aromana, Vukan Zarkovic, Serbia/Netherlands, 2022

Au revoir Jérôme!, Adam Sillard/Chloé Farr/Gabrielle Selnet, France, 2022
Ayana, Anouk Meles, Switzerland, 2021
Becoming Male in the Middle Ages, Pedro Neves Marques, Portugal, 2022
Bird in the Peninsula, Atsushi Wada, France/Japan, 2022
Broken, Nan Khin San Win, Myanmar, 2021
Building an Edge, Britany Gunderson, UK, 2021
Dear Darkness, Antoinette Zwirchmayr, Austria, 2021
Displaced, Samir Karahoda, Kosovo, 2021
Fearkingdom, Linn Löffler/Kornel Szilagyi, Germany, 2022
Fruto do Vosso Ventre, Fábio Silva, Portugal, 2021
Golden Jubilee, Suneil Sanzgiri, USA, 2021
Handbuch, Pavel Mozhar, Deutschland, Belarus, 2021
Haulout , Evgenia Arbugaeva/Maxim Arbugaev, UK, 2022
Isn't It A Beautiful World, Joseph Wilson, UK, 2021
It's Raining Frogs Outside, Maria Estela Paiso, Philippines, 2021
Las Picapedreras, Azul Aizenberg, Argentina, 2021
Le Palais Oriental, Liana & Renaud, France, 2021
Madrugada, Leonor Noivo, Portugal, 2021
Moune Ô, Maxime Jean-Baptiste, French Guiana, 2022
نظربازی Nazarbazi, Maryam Tafakory, Iran, 2022
Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely, Panos Aprahamian, Lebanon, 2021
Parasite Family, Prapat Jiwarangsan, Thailand, 2022
Pervading Animal, Graeme Arnfield, UK, 2021
Virtual Voice, Suzannah Mirghani, Sudan/Qatar,2021
Pink Rider, Daniel Aguirre, Sweden, 2021
Regular, Nata Metlukh, USA, 2022
Starfuckers, Antonio Marziale, USA, 2022
Sycorax, Lois Patiño/Matías Piñeiro, Portugal, 2021
The Demands of Ordinary Devotion, Eva Giolo, Belgium, 2022
The Guy on the Bed, Mike Hoolboom, Canada, 2021
The Lighting, Chihying Musquiqui, Germany/Taiwan/Togo, 2021
under the microscope, Michaela Grill, Austria/Canada, 2021
urban solutions, Arne Hector/Luciana Mazeto/Minze Tummescheit/Vinícius Lopes, Germany, 2022
Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons, Jodie Mack, USA, 2021
Zumindest bin ich draußen gewesen, Jan Soldat, Austria, 2021
كل نجومك على صباطي All of your Stars are but Dust on my Shoes, Haig Aivazian, Lebanon, 2021
醉死梦生 Dreaming, Nelson Yeo, Singapore, 2021

Filmstill: Starfuckers

1 Kilo – 3 Euro, Ani Mrelashvili, Germany, 2022
backflip, Nikita Diakur, Germany/France, 2022
Bird in Italian is Uccello, Gernot Wieland, Germany, 2021
Blind Date, Jan Soldat, Germany/Austria, 2022
Briefe an Schewik, Itamar Gov, Germany, 2021
Dead body pose, Ann Oren, Germany, 2022

Der Tote im Livestream, Christian Bau, Germany, 2022
Die Hüter des Unrats. Eine kurze Geschichte des Abfalls, Susann Maria Hempel, Germany, 2022
Echodrom (Nachts im Bach), Gudrun Krebitz, Germany/Austria, 2022
Eine Hexe in Vorbereitung zur Walpurgisnacht, Helena Aljona Kühn, Germany, 2022
En-countering Cyberfeminism, Malin Kuht, Germany, 2021
Exterior, Kaspar Peters, Germany, 2021
First Work, Then Play, Brenda Lien, Germany, 2022
HOMESICK, Bjørn Melhus, Germany, 2022
Lamarck, Marian Mayland, Germany, 2022
Oh, Butterfly!, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Germany, 2022
Pocket Call, Paul Spengemann, Germany, 2021
Rüdiger, Philipp Hartmann, Germany, 2022
Saft, Mona Keil, Germany, 2022
Sonne Unter Tage, Alex Gerbaulet/Mareike Bernien, Germany, 2022
Sortes, Mónica Martins Nunes, Germany /Portugal, 2021
Summer Fling, Jasmin Preiß, Germany, 2022
The Capacity for Adequate Anger, Vika Kirchenbauer, Germany, 2021
Unterwegs im Namen der Kaiserin Prequel, Jovana Reisinger, Germany, 2022
Zoon, Jonatan Schwenk, Germany, 2022

Filmstill: First Work, Then Play

Blocks, Adrian Jaffé, Germany, 2022
Boxcar Wizards, Julie Goldstein, USA, 2022
Calor da Gota, Júlia Balista, Brazil, 2022
Cherchez la Femme - Ida Pfeiffer, Julie Gavras/Mathieu Decarli, France, 2021
DAMN IT!, Elena Walf, Germany, 2021
Die Meise der Pinguinin, Carsten Knoop/Dorit Kiesewetter, Germany, 2022

Es ist genau genug Zeit, Oskar Salomonowitz/Widrich Virgil, Austria, 2021
First Kiss (With A Girl), Clodagh Chapman, UK, 2020
Fishing No.: 1, Andrej Polukord, Lithuania, 2018
Mimi - On Thin Ice, Ipek Köysürenbars, Germany, 2022
Mitch-Match Series #31, Géza M. Tóth, Hungary, 2021
On Very Thin Ice With Smokers!, Edward Lyon, UK, 2022
Polkappen der Erinnerung, Joachim Hofmann, Germany, 2021
Première Garde (First Guard), Arsène Chabrier, France, 2021
Schöner als Zuhause, Marie Pauline Bagh, Germany, 2022
Shining, Kumaran Herold, Germany, 2022
Soapless Soap, Tamar Sharvit, Israel, 2021
Swan Attack, Gary Parker, UK, 2022
The Tales of Nasreddin Hodja - Deadly Danger, Miklós Gerdelics. Hungary, 2021
Thin Ice 3000, Vincent Wittich, Germany, 2022
White Hole, Kalle Anker, Germany, 2022
You Talking' to Me?, Carlo Galbiati, Italy, 2021
房间内外 Inside and Outside the Room, Fengzhou Yang, People’s Republic of China, 2021

Filmstill: Fishing No. 1

Sneak peak at the programme 2022
In large parts of the world, what we call "future" is already a tangible reality. Under the motto Echoes from the Near Future, the 38th Short Film Festival Hamburg brings numerous of these perspectives to Hamburg and lets them echo in cinematic spaces. The aim is to identify a common future through constructive, artistic contributions from the present.

In addition to the three competitions (International Competition, German Competition, Triple Axel) and curated film programs, the festival also presents exhibitions, open airs, discussions and other events. This year, the programs in the Laboratory of the Present section look at three themes: The biggest focus is on a variety of different Asian perspectives, and with five curated programs, sets a clear Asian focus that also runs throughout the festival. Curators include filmmaker Pimpaka Towira (Thailand), Berlin-based Chinese filmmaker and queer activist Popo Fan, and international artist collectives, including the activist group Collective, based in Taiwan. Filmmaker, curator and film curator Mark Toscano, who has been active in the Academy Film Archive for many years, explores the themes of intoxication and ecstasy through an analog film program at the festival. The "Hamburg Positions" negotiate living spaces in Hamburg and beyond, looking in particular at the practice of squatting.

In the Archive of the Present, Tobias Hering devotes himself to migrant film in Germany. Curated by the Indonesian collective Lab Laba Laba (Edwin, Lisabona Rahman and Rizki Lazuardi), the exhibition Open Space will feature installative works that explore different ways of interpreting the concept of "home." In addition to the cinematic and artistic programs, seminars, workshops and discussion events will provide space for current social and professional issues. At the same time, the Forum opens up to the public with moderated thematic discussion rounds.

After two years of pandemic, the festival center in 2022 will finally be the POST at Kaltenkircher Platz in Altona again. In addition to pop-up cinemas indoors and outdoors, the exhibition hall Open Space, festival café, bar and music in the evening, the POST is above all a space for getting to know each other, having fun and engaging in dialogue - and therefore open to all and free of charge. Cinema screenings will take place, as usual, at 3001, B-Movie, filmRaum, Lichtmess, Metropolis and Zeise.

More information about the 38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg very soon!

Filmstill: Solaris © Tromarama

Here's this years Selection Committee for the German Competition:

Nadine Mayer moved from Stuttgart to Hamburg to study for her Master's degree in Culture and Media Management. In 2011 she started working for the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg at the info counter, was responsible for the film market and joined the selection team for the German Competition in 2014. At the same time, she got to know the artist group "A Wall is a Screen", with whom she travels the country to project short films on walls. Her main job also revolves around moving images, most recently as a producer of documentary films for TV.

Stine Wangler studied at Leuphana University in Lüneburg and at Glamorgan University in Wales. She wrote her thesis in cultural studies about short films on the internet. Since 2012 she has been working at the Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg and is responsible for world sales and purchase of licenses for short films. On the side, she occasionally works as a photographer. Since 2013, she has been a viewing member of the German Competition at the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg.

David Kleingers is head of the digital department and strategic development at the DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum. As a film journalist and historian, he has published numerous articles and book chapters on German, European and international cinema. He is also curator of the Maple Movies Festival, dedicated to contemporary Canadian film.

Deniz Şimşek is a filmmaker and media artists living in Berlin. Having studied film in Istanbul at MSFAU, she is currently studying art and media at the UdK Berlin, under Prof. Thomas Arslan. Her works have been shown internationally in exhibitions, art and film festivals, including the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Kasseler Dokfest, European Media Art Festival and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg. Deniz is part of the 5th edition of the Federal Association AG Kurzfilm and German Films’ Emerging Artists program.

Hanna Schneider is a film and literature scholar. She has been the co project manager of SchulKinoWoche Hamburg since 2013. In the same year, she began working at the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg - initially in the organizational areas of partner communication and fundraising, as well as a screener for the International Competition. Since 2018, she has been the viewing director for the German Competition. She also works as a film mediator, especially for children and young people, and writes film educational texts.

We proudly present: Our selection committee for the 2022 International Competition!

Sarnt Utamachote (ษาณฑ์ อุตมโชติ) is a nonbinary filmmaker, curator and co-founder of un.thai.tled, an artist collective from the German Thai diaspora with whom they curated the un.thai.tled Film Festival Berlin and Beyond the kitchen: Stories from the Thai Park. The video installation I Am Not Your Mother (2020) was exhibited at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the short film Soy Sauce (2020) was screened at OutFest Fusion LA, Xposed Berlin and Queer East London 2021, among others.

Nora Molitor studied Intercultural Communication, Spanish and History in Saarbrücken and Paris. She works for international literature, film and theater projects and festivals, including the Max Ophüls Festival, the Berlin International Literature Festival, the German-French stage festival Perspectives and Berlinale Forum Expanded. Jury activities for the FCDEP (Paris) and BIEFF (Bucharest). She also supervises the Border Crossers Program of the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Literary Colloquium Berlin. She is co-founder of transdemo e.V., member of LaborBerlin e.V. and curates and coordinates interdisciplinary projects in Berlin's independent scene.

Alejo Franzetti was born in Buenos Aires. He is a member of the selection committees of Berlinale Shorts and the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg. He studied Film-Direction at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and was Meisterschüler by Thomas Arslan at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He has made films of different lengths, such as "El contrabajo" (short), "La destrucción del orden vigente" (feature), "Panke" (medium length). His work has been shown at venues such as Torino International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Festival Márgenes, Entrevues Belfort, Bafici, Anthology Film Archives. He has been co-founder and programmer of INVASION, the Argentine film festival in Berlin that helds since 2014.

Marian Freistühler is a filmmaker based in Hamburg, Germany. He studied film at the University of Fine Arts (HFBK) Hamburg and co-founded the production company Ohne Falsch Film whose films were shown at several international festivals. For producing the short documentary ALTURAS (D 2020, 30’), Marian received the German Short Film Award 2020. His bachelor graduation film ISLANDS IN THE CITY (D 2021, 23’) was selected in Clermont-Ferrand and Hof, among others. He has been a programmer at Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg since 2020.

Theresa George studied ethnology, political science and journalism at the University of Leipzig (2005-13) and has since been working as a freelance film anthropologist between cultural theory and film (mediation). She teaches Visual Anthropology (HafenCityUniversity, University of Bremen), works for film festivals (Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Kasseler DokFest, 2Rivers Festival), conceives film series / lectures / installations in diverse collaborations and co-developed numerous film projects (e.g. for Helena Wittmann, Philipp Hartmann, Luise Donschen, Adnan Softic). Currently, her main interest lies in filmmaking and film reception in the former GDR of the 1990s, which she intends to deepen by developing the artistic research VIDEO2089.

Sebastian Markt Sebastian Markt studied history and philosophy in Vienna and Berlin. He is the head of programming for Berlinale Generation and part of the programming team for dokfilmwoche Berlin. He writes on film for the publications Sissy, Perlentaucher, Indiekino and Die Zeit, among others. He is a projectionist.

Maike Mia Höhne is a German film director, film curator, professor of film, mother of two children. She lives and works in Hamburg. From 2007 to 2019, she played a key role in shaping the profile of the short film section Berlinale Shorts at the Berlin International Film Festival as curator and director. In 2019, she took over as artistic director at Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg. Since 2019, she has been a professor at the University of Applied Science Europe at the Hamburg Campus in the Department of Art & Design for the Film program.

Felix Piatkowski, born in Rostock, 15 years in Hamburg studying media culture, working at the media center, in the cinema and since 2008 at the international short film festival Hamburg. Moved to Berlin in 2017 and turned to psychoanalysis, but never turned his back on Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg and has now been there for 15 editions.

Anna Feistel studied Literature Art and Media Studies at University of Konstanz and Sapienza Università di Roma. Her passion for short films ignited many years ago organizing a student short film festival in a communal cinema. Since 2016 she has worked in several positions at Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg. She is a member of the selection committee and programme coordinator of Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg.

Lighthouse: Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg präsentiert...
Diesen Sommer sind wir bei verschiedenen Veranstaltungen mit einer Auswahl von Kurzfilm Programmen zu Gast. Hier die aktuellsten:

7. August
Lighthouse @ fux Lichtspiele Open Air: Die Stadt von Morgen
Zu Gast bei den fux Lichtspielen in Hamburg-Altona (Bodenstedtstr. 16), Beginn 21:00 Uhr, Tickets nur an der Abendkasse, Kontaktdaten müssen am Einlass angegeben werden.
DIE STADT VON MORGEN
“Architektur war meine Art, meine Ideale auszudrücken:
Einfach zu sein, eine Welt zu schaffen, die allen gleich ist, Menschen optimistisch anzusehen,
dass jeder ein Geschenk hat. Ich will nichts als allgemeines Glück. Warum ist das so schlimm?", fragt Oscar Niemeyer,
einer der größten Architekten und Stadtplaner des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wir blicken auf Orte, die einst als neue, menschenfreundliche Visionen von Stadt geplant waren. Wir schauen auf zweckgerichtete Räumen und ihrer Umnutzung, wirtschaftsfreundlicher Stadtplanung und künstlerischem Widerstand, architektonische Visionen und ihre aktuelle Realität. Ein Kurzfilmprogramm.

1. CITY NORD - JOCHEN BRAUER SEXTETT
   Deutschland 1971 | 1:40
   Das Jochen-Brauer-Sextett und die City Nord. Die schöne, neue Welt der 1970er Jahre.
2. DIE DRITTE GENERATION DES WOHLFÜHLENS
   Ulrike Hemberger, Karl Hoffmann, Rainer Hällfritzsch | Deutschland 1998 | 11:48
   Die Daimler-Benz AG errichtet seit 1994 auf dem Potsdamer Platz in Berlin einen neuen Stadtteil. Der Konzern empfiehlt sich als guter Mitbürger. Man schenkt der Öffentlichkeit einen nagelneuen Potsdamer Platz. Aber wem gehört das Ganze nun wirklich?
3. FUTURO - A New Stance for Tomorrow
   Mika Taanila | Finnland 1998 | 29:00
   Ein Dokumentarfilm über unsere kürzlich vergangene Zukunft. Er handelt von den Ideen und Visionen der späten 1960er Jahre, in der Architekten und Designer in Plastik die Lösung für die meisten unserer Probleme sahen.
4. SCAPE DELUSION
   Cora Durmann | Deutschland 2021 | 4:45
   Die Suche nach Intimität mit dem urbanen Glasimperium. Die Geburt von Hamburgs höchstem AutoCAD-Phallus.
   Als trügerische Versöhnung zeigt »Scape Delusion« die intime Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Architektur, die die Regisseurin als eine maßgebliche Ursache für die Raumentfremdung in der modernen computergezeichneten Stadt begreift. Der Film endet mit der Illusion einer irdischen Geburt des Elbtowers, der kommenden Krone der Hamburger Hafencity.
5. SERIAL PARALLELS
   Max Hattler | Deutschland, Hongkong 2019 | 9:00
   Hongkong ­ Stadt der Wohnsiedlungen, die sich dem Horizont entgegenstrecken. Die Umdeutung der für die Stadt charakteristischen Architektur zu parallelen Filmstreifen ­ Serial Parallels. Die Annäherung an Hongkong passiert über die Technik der analogen Fotografie. Das Gestern trifft auf das Heute.
6. BLACK MOON
   Amie Siegel | USA 2010 | 20:00
   Als Science-Fiction der Gegenwart ohne Dialoge durchquert Siegels "Black Moon" mehrere Filmtropen - Action, Waffen, einsame Lagerfeuer, das Ende der Welt - und verweigert sich, wie seine Bande bewaffneter Revolutionärinnen, einem festen Genre oder einer Erzählung. Angesiedelt in der post-apokalyptischen Landschaft von abgeschotteten Wohnsiedlungen in Florida und Kalifornien, werden die Häuser und leeren Straßen zu Protagonisten einer stillen Erzählung, einer Dokumentation der jüngsten Vergangenheit.
7. VACANCY
   Matthias Müller | Deutschland 1998 | 15:00
   Brasilia, "Hauptstadt der Hoffnung", "die letzte Utopie des 20. Jahrhunderts" (Umberto Eco), wird heute als "Weltkulturerbe der Menschheit" bewahrt. Ein Schauplatz - so alt wie der Filmemacher. Eigene Bilder von 1998 treffen auf Amateurmaterial und Spielfilmsegmente von 1960. "Vacancy" zeigt den utopischen Ort als einen von Menschen verlassenen; allein Wärter und Putzkolonnen bevölkern ihn wie Statisten.

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 37th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg! All award-winning films can now be seen in the programme Preisträger:innen 2021.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

HAMBURG SHORT FILM AWARD (3.000€):
Mouaad el Salem - This Day Won't Last
Jury Statement: "A strong, unanimous decision by the jury to award the Hamburg Short Film Award to This Day Won't Last. Mouaad el Salem's film takes us into the hiding places of those who are not visible, whose story does not belong to the official narrative, whose voice whispers but is not the one that speaks. Filmmaking in its most necessary form. This Day Won't Last is an urgent film in style and substance, equally gentle and powerful in its exploration of sexuality and the right of all people to live freely. An ingeniously edited composition, ranging from dreams and metaphors to everyday accounts, reveals historically and systemically repressed feelings as fear in a very immediate way."

DEFRAMED PRIZE (€2,000):
Olga Lucovnicova - Nanu Tudor (My Uncle Tudor).
Jury Statement: "Very slowly, almost tenderly and imperceptibly, she pulls the rug out from under our feet. A disturbing piece of family history told with rarely seen directness that sticks. My Uncle Tudor is an unflinching and courageous look into the rarely spoken violence of the family environment. With simple means, this touching film proves that great cinema is possible on a small budget." The Deframed Prize, endowed with 2,000 euros, is awarded by the International Jury to a film that deals with reality in a poetic, formal, analytical and unconventional way, ignoring all rules in a forward-looking way.

HAMBURG SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
Kristin Johannessen - Minnen (Memories)

SPECIAL MENTION:
Special Mention: Léo Bittencourt - Vagalumes (Fireflies)
Jury Statement: "A work of pure cinema. The jury gives Vagalumes a special mention for its mysterious and sensual glimpses into the lives and rhythms of those who live in the shadows."

Jury International Competition: Chuko Esiri, Kirsten Tan, Tasja Langenbach, Nina Rodríguez, Marcel Derek Ramsay

GERMAN COMPETITION

GERMAN COMPETITION JURY PRIZE (2,000 €):
Katharina Huber - The Natural Death of the Mouse
Jury Statement: "Sitting in the cinema and experiencing this film ... that is pure freedom. The director invites us to wander across the screen and right into the thought worlds of her protagonist. Everything is possible, just because it can be thought, said, drawn: Heads roll, dear cats are allowed to purr mischievously, and flowers grow out of our feet! Katharina Huber plays with bravura on the keyboard of the animated short form and gives the viewer a simultaneously personal and self-ironic encounter that also invites us to reflect on our present condition."

Jury German Competition: Zamarin Wahdat, Monika Treut, Florian Weghorn

TRIPLE AXEL COMPETITION (1,000€):

Anna Maria Schmidt - Money the Movie.
The Audience Award is supported by the Hamburg Cultural Foundation.

ARTE AWARD:

Alisha Tejpal - Lata
Jury statement: "Lata is a film of silent observation of everyday gestures that not only have an aesthetic effect but also convey a political message. A door is opened... entry into a universe... a door is closed."
The ARTE Short Film Award consists of the purchase of a film (up to 6,000 euros) by ARTE, the Franco-German cultural broadcaster, and is awarded on an inter-competitive basis. The winning film will be broadcast on ARTE in the short film magazine "Kurzschluss".

AUDIENCE AWARD (1500€):

Güzin Kar - Your Street
The Audience Award is given to a film from the International or the German Competition.

ESA NEW WORLDS PITCHING COMPETITION:

Katarzyna Pajzderska - Hey Galaxy
Denis McCardle - Malik's Mission to Mars
Jury: Alexandra Gramatke, Christoffer Ode, Jan Peters, Iacopo Baroncini

MO&FRIESE KINDER KURZFILM FESTIVAL:

Friese Prize: Géza M. Tóth - Mitch-Match #22, special mention: B-MOLL - Oana Lacroix
Mo Prize: Guillaume Lorin - Vanille, special mentions: Paulina Muratore - Small Forest, Henrike Rothe - Here and Loud.
Neon Prize: Milou Gevers - Why Didn't You Stay for Me?, special mentions: Katarina Rešek - Sisters, Nata Metlukh - Awkward.
Nomination ECFA Short Film Award: Said Hamich, Le Depart
GIB MIR 5! Competition: Frieda Dugaro - I Am Me, Milo Gallas - Alone, Moviebande - Herzog's Wbsgdwts-Bad

I AM BECAUSE WE ARE

»I hope that money, coolness and competition will have less importance in our life«
Maike Mia Höhne, artistic director of the Short Film Festival Hamburg, in conversation with Flóra Anna Buda

Flóra, what were your first thoughts when we told you our theme for this year and asked you to do the trailer?
The feeling of togetherness. How similarly we are connected to each other, like the atoms in the molecules, our cells in our bodies, the pieces of the universe or the trees in a forest.


What does WE represent for you personally? And for your working process?
When I think about my own stories, I don’t find them unique at all. But I still find it important to talk about them. Because we all are experiencing a lot of similar feelings and life events and it is beautiful to put the focus on that and find ways to connect with each other. When that connection happens, that means WE to me.
I’m an animator and animation is often a team work. When I work on a film it means the world to me. If I manage to find likeminded individuals to build this world together, I feel the same feeling of belonging. And it usually comes with challenges, compromises and conflicts. To me it works similarly like in many other connections in life and it requires you to trust your instincts, your conscious mind and your willingness of understanding.


Pink is the beginning of life and it is very present in your flow. Any influence or just a contingency?
I wanted to find a colour that has a cheerful vibe and radiates love. I thought this magenta is quite an exciting and lively colour and could be perfect for highlighting such an important message.


Who is important for you as a role model and why?
Anais Nin, Rihanna, Niki de Saint Phalle and Miranda July. They are truly inspiring strong women with unique voices. They are not afraid of being different and weird, and they have quite divergent minds. They experiment with multiple genres and mediums, they manage to step up for important topics by staying human and reflecting on themselves and on the world in a humorous fashion.


Do you work analog or digitally? Can you describe your workflow?
It is always a bit different. I admire analogue techniques and often use them if I create a drawing, or even with animation sometimes. But, many times I need to work quite quickly, and for that, software programs are good tools. I like to experiment digitally, like in the case of this trailer. My work flow starts with an idea or concept: Then a great confusion comes, followed first by fear, then the good old impostor syndrome. As I start playing with the software, colours, shapes and textures, I end up enjoying it and the fear transforms into excitement. It can lead to this ecstatic feeling that I really like and often end up chasing. And then I go to sleep, wake up and check what I did - and it is rubbish! But then I’m not scared anymore to go into it again and step by step find the way to get the most out of my thoughts from the day before, and find an end result that works.


What are you wishes for the future?
I hope we are going to get closer to each other and I hope that different points of view are going to meet more often and I wish it would bring us a greater understanding of each other. I hope that money, coolness and competition will have less importance in our life and I hope we can manage to focus on the things that brings us closer, instead of judging on the differences.

Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje • Gabriel Herrera • Mexico 2021
Amaryllis – A Study • Jayne Parker • Great Britain 2020
Bambirak • Zamarin Wahdat • USA, Germany 2020
Bébé Colère • Jonathan Vinel, Caroline Poggi • France, Italy 2021
Because the Sky is Blue • Wenhua Shi • China, USA 2020
Deine Strasse • Güzin Kar • Switzerland 2020
Die seismische Form • Antoinette Zwirchmayr • Austria 2020
Écoutez le battement de nos images • Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste • France, French Guiana 2021
Erde essen • Laura Weissenberger • Austria 2021
Filles bleues, peur blanche • Lola Halifa-Legrand Halifa-Legrand, Marie Jacotey • France 2020
Flowers blooming in our throats • Eva Giolo • Belgium, Italy 2020

For the Sake of Calmness • Newsha Tavakolian • Iran 2020
Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thấy • Phạm Ngọc Lân • Vietnam 2020
I like Tomorrow • Jennifer Reeder, Nancy Andrews • USA 2021
In the Air Tonight • Andrew Norman Wilson • USA 2020
Lata • Alisha Tejpal • India 2020
Lemongrass Girl • Pom Bunsermvicha • Thailand 2021
Luz De Presença • Diogo Costa Amarante • Portugal 2021
Marriage Story • Jessica Dunn Rovinelli·• USA 2020
Miegamasis rajonas • Vytautas Katkus • Lithuania 2020
Minnen • Kristin Johannessen • Sweden 2020
Mudança • Welket Bungué • Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal 2021
Nanu Tudor • Olga Lucovnicova • Belgium, Hungary, Portugal 2020
Ob Scena • Paloma Orlandini Castro • Argentina 2021
Oceano Mare • Antoinette Zwirchmayr • Austria 2021
Once Upon a Screen: Explosive Paradox • Kevin B. Lee • USA 2020
One Hundred Steps • Barbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca • Germany, France 2021
Pride • Claudrena N. Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson • USA 2021
Surviving You, Always • Morgan Quaintance • Great Britain 2020
Tang Jër • Selly Raby Kane • Senegal 2020
The End of Suffering (a proposal) • Jacqueline Lentzou • Greece 2020
The Hole's Journey • Ghita Skali • Morocco, Netherlands 2020
The Light of Day • Alex Eisenberg, Anne Bean • Great Britain 2020
There must be some kind of way out of here • Rainer Kohlberger • Austria, Germany 2020
Tracing Utopia • Catarina de Sousa, Nick Tyson • Portugal 2021
Two Sons and a River of Blood • Angelo Madsen Minax, Amber Bemak • Mexico, USA 2021
Vadim na progulke • Sasha Svirsky • Russia 2021
Vagalumes • Léo Bittencourt • Brazil 2020
VO • Nicolas Gourault • France 2020
We'll find you when the sun goes black • Anouk De Clercq • Belgium, Norway 2021
هذا اليوم لن يدوم / This day won't last • Mouaad el Salem • Belgium, Tunisia 2020
ថ្ងៃរះក្នុងចិត្ត / Sunrise in My Mind• Danech San • Cambodia 2020

Filmstill: Erde Essen

Film Selection:

• Pierre Bagieu
• Alejo Franzetti
• Maike Mia Höhne
• Marian Freistühler
• Theresa George
• Sebastian Markt
• Vanessa Nica Mueller
• Anna Feistel

Adrenochrom · Daniel Hopp · Germany 2020
AIVA · Veneta Androva · Bulgaria, Germany 2020
American Express · Häly Heinecker · Germany 2020
ANDERS · Nanna Maria Wibholm · Germany, Denmark 2020
BAB7 · Nizan Kasper · Germany 2020
Biting the dust · NEOZOON · Germany 2021
Centauress · Deniz Şimşek · Germany, Turkey 2020
disjointed · Clara Helbig · Great Britain, Germany 2020
Es wird Schuhe regnen (It Will Rain Shoes) · Mariola Brillowska · Germany 2021
Ewig Gast (Eternal Guest) · Maximilian Karakatsanis · Germany 2020
Das Glitzern im Barbieblut (Glittering Barbieblood) · Ulu Braun · Germany 2021
Der Heinz, der gräbt ein Loch in ein Stück Land · Karsten Krause · Germany 2021
Die klaffende Wunde (The Gaping Wound) · Jovana Reisinger · Germany 2020

From the In and Outside · Dyaa Naim · Germany 2021
Lower Ambitions · Irem Schwarz · Germany 2021
Michael Ironside and I · Marian Mayland · Germany 2020
Misty Picture · Matthias Mueller, Christoph Girardet · Germany 2021
Der Natürliche Tod der Maus (The Natural Death of a Mouse) · Katharina Huber · Germany 2020
Nicht die brasilianischen Homosexuellen sind pervers, sondern die Situation, in der sie leben (It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse but the Situation in Which They Live) · Eduardo Mamede, Paulo Menezes, Leandro Godinho · Germany 2021
Octavia's Visions · Zara Zandieh · Germany 2021
Revolykus · Victor Orozco Ramirez · Germany, Mexico 2020
(Steve) Temple · Tanita Olbrich · Germany, United States 2020
Was wahrscheinlich passiert wäre, wäre ich nicht zuhause geblieben. (What Probably Would Have Happened, If I Hadn't Stayed at Home.) · Willy Hans · Germany 2020
Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Part III - Micro Resistencias · Marwa Arsanios · Germany 2020
winterlieb - libawka · Maja Nagel, Julius Günzel · Germany 2020

Filmstill: BAB7

Film Selection:

• Lars Frehse
• Philipp Fröhlich
• Anne Jagemann
• David Kleingers
• Nadine Mayer
• Hanna Schneider
• Stine Wangler

10-lagige Katastrophe · Tim Bero Kauff · Germany 2021
999 · Vincent Leplat · France 2021
Anatomie eines Weltverständnisses · Alexander Fischer (aka Peskador) · Germany 2020
Armor Man · Alex Glawion · Germany 2020
BENZTOWN · Gottfried Mentor · Germany 2021
Classe Verte (Environment 101) · Lucas Zef, Arsène Chabrier · France 2020
Distance Film · Siegfried A. Fruhauf · Austria 2020
Dollar or Egyptian Pound? · Nadim Suleiman · Egypt 2020
Edge of Doom · Michaela Grill, Sophie Trudeau · Austria, Canada 2020
Fals Che Trennung · Dorit Kiesewetter, Carsten Knoop · Germany 2021
Fire · Gauri Bhonsle · India/USA 2020
Flamenco · Paulo Scatena · Germany 2021

FORTEpiano · Ernesto Loaiza · Brazil 2021
Just In Case · Céline Ahlbrecht, Insa Meyer, Alina Saltheim · Germany 2021
Lockdown Anthem · Efstathios Avramidis · Germany 2020
Mad Mask - Fury Roll · Stéphane Berla · France 2020
MITCH-MATCH series #17 · Géza M. Tóth · Hungary 2020
Moai Báhtaretne · Liselotte Wajstedt · Sweden 2020
money the movie · Anna Maria Schmidt · Germany 2021
Pech · Patrick Leppert · Switzerland 2021
Tabu · Olga Kosanovic · Austria 2020
Twice · John Smith · Great Britain 2020
Vieras · Pasi Räsänen · Finland 2020
Whale Power · Felix Klee · Germany 2021
Wirbelwinde auf dem Eis · Kalle Anker · Germany 2021

Filmstill: Forte Piano

Film Selection:
Andrea Schöler
Anna Leimbrinck
Axel Behrens
Berit Wilkes
Silja Ebeling
Tilman Bensiek

Shorts programme The Need to Dance - 20 till 25 May

New program format of the Kurzfilmagentur Hamburg: We Love it Short

Stream here for 5 Euros.

Facebook Event

Under this title we will publish several times a year curated short film programs from distribution and sales, festival, archive and also presented by guest curators. We start with an online program around dance and music, love, pain and empowerment. #1 Tanzangebot

For German residents we offer an online shorts programme on dance and hope, love and despair. With seven shorts we celebrate the emotional and political power of dance. This programme is supposed to keep up the spirit during endless lockdowns and closed clubs and Operas. Dancing is possible - even at night in the gas station.

Streaming available in German territory from May 20-25

Films:

Reizigers in de Nacht • 09'46 • Ena Sendijarević • The Netherlands 2014
The Burden • 14'10 • Niki Lindroth von Bahr • Sweden 2017
Black Bus Stop • 09'25 • Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold • U.S. 2019
Juck • 17'34 • Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert, Ulrika Bandeira • Sweden 2018
Metube 3 • 10'00 • Daniel Moshel • Austria 2020
Slaves of the Rave • 02'40 • William Garratt • Great Britain 2014
One Night in Tokoriki • 18'00 • Roxana Stroe • Romania 2016

The Hamburg Short Film Festival will take place from 1 June to 7 June. This year’s motto is I AM BECAUSE WE ARE, based on Ubuntu, South Africa’s philosophy of unity. I can only be, really be, when we all are. We, as a society, must ask ourselves the question of solidarity within the small and the big picture. Culture is one of the decisive motors that keeps us, as a society, together. The collective experience of something that is bigger than its individual constituents.
The trailer for the 37th Short Film Festival was animated by the Hungarian artist Flóra Anna Buda and it shines in bright colours and picks up the festival’s motto. More and more circles encounter each other, the flickering becomes a light, a shining beacon. Life goes on! This year will be digital and analogue, together, solidary and filled with the thrill of anticipation of things to come.

OUTLOOK
The Contemporary Laboratory is the festival’s space for reflection and discussion, and in 2021, it throws a spotlight on three focal points: The Hamburg Positions are dedicated to cultural spaces and urban development. In film programmes and discussion groups, they ask what sort of structures and concepts are needed to create lasting and visionary places of public spirit. The curator Alex Moussa presents a selection of works from the contemporary African short film scene in Afrotopia – In the Present Sense. The focus is on characters and films who, intricately linked to African narrative traditions, create new ways of telling stories, develop utopias, question forms of solidarity and show spaces of possibilities unknown in Europe. We are creating a catalogue of gestures (for and according to Vilèm Flusser) in Gestimmtheiten – Das Kino und die Gesten (Attunement – Cinema and Gestures). Wipe, tip, shake – these three gesticulations alone, which we perform every day with our cell phones, show how our stock of gestures is constantly evolving. The Open Space, the festival’s exhibition format, will present Akram Zaatari’s installation Dance to the End of Love. The performative works of this contemporary artist, curator and archivist from Lebanon encourage their viewers to keep going on. Let’s dance!


PROGRAMME
Once again, the Hamburg Short Film Festival presents the short form’s state of the art. In three great competitions, the International Competition, the German Competition and the Triple Axel, film makers and artists compete for prizes of a combined value of over 19,000€. In the Contemporary Laboratory, curated film programmes introduce questions, conditions and commentaries on contemporary issues which are then discussed in the forum with guests. Furthermore, there’s the Contemporary Archive, performances, industry events and plenty of additional screenings between flicker, horror and humour. The whole programme and more detailed information will be published in May 2021.


Mo&Friese
The Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival is a part of the Hamburg Short Film Festival and dedicated to young audiences between the age of 4 and 18. The festival show contemporary short films in their international competitions. You can find out more about Mo&Friese here).


Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg: Tuesday, 1 June to Monday, 7 June 2021
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival: Sunday, 30 May to Monday, 7 June