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Sehsüchte Special

Next Generation Short Tiger

THU 19:00 | Waschhaus Kino 1
Late Summer 91

Spätsommer 91

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 3’
Running for
Out of Competition

Monument

Germany 2024 / Documentary Short / 15’
Running for
Out of Competition
Balconies

Balkone

Germany 2024 / Animated Film / 5’
Running for
Out of Competition

Future is Panorama

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 15’
Running for
Out of Competition

RECORDARI

Germany 2024 / Animation / 10’
Running for
Out of Competition

PEAR GARDEN

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 7’
Running for
Out of Competition

Last Call Blue

Germany 2025 / Short Film / 12’
Running for
Out of Competition

Tako Tsubo

Germany, Austria 2024 / Animated Film / 6’
Running for
Out of Competition

Obey, Obey

Germany 2025 / Short Film / 4’
Running for
Out of Competition

Silent Night

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 14’
Running for
Out of Competition

Do Something

Germany 2024 / Animated Film / 12’
Running for
Best Animated Film
Sehsüchte Special

Next Generation Short Tiger

24. April 19:00 – 21:00 | Waschhaus Kino 1

The short film program NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER was created by German Films in 1998 with the aim to introduce young talents from Germany to international audiences. Selected from film school submissions by an independent jury, the films go on an international festival tour. Discover this year’s selection at Sehsüchte 2025!

Spätsommer 91
Late Summer 91

Spätsommer 91

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 3’

Found footage. When the salt ran out at a birthday party in the late summer of 1991.

CinematographerKollektiv Krautfeld
DirectorOlaf Held
EditingOlaf Held
ProducerOlaf Held
ScreenplayOlaf Held
StillOlaf Held
Monument

Monument

Germany 2024 / Documentary Short / 15’

There is a wall of silence between Maksim and his father. A year and a half after his escape from queerphobic Russia, he tries to tear down that wall with a phone call.

CinematographerVitaly Zaytsev
DirectorMaksim Avdeev
EditingMaksim Avdeev
Amir Naumann
MusicTeo Tao
ProducerMaksim Avdeev
Ksenia Gapchenko
ScreenplayMaksim Avdeev
StillMaksim Avdeev
Balkone
Balconies

Balkone

Germany 2024 / Animated Film / 5’

We enter the everyday life of the residents of a house via their balconies. About community and living together with differences.

DirectorXenia Smirnov
MusicMatija Strniša
ScreenplayXenia Smirnov
Stillmonströös
Future is Panorama

Future is Panorama

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 15’

While at work, Siham receives a call from her daughter, who is hiding in a bar during a terrorist attack. Desperately, the mother tries to get help before it’s too late.

CastLynne Azzam
Amal Omran
CinematographerJacob Kohl
DirectorMuschirf Shekh Zeyn
EditingMuschirf Shekh Zeyn
ProducerSeren Sahin
ScreenplaySeren Sahin
Muschirf Shekh Zeyn
StillJacob Kohl
RECORDARI

RECORDARI

Germany 2024 / Animation / 10’

Under Pinochet’s dictatorship, the film follows Camila and Paula as their colorful childhood is stolen from them. With a magical touch and deep emotion, Carolina Cruz crafts an ode to freedom, life, and the art of puppet animation.

CinematographerEli Börnike
Jana Pape
DirectorCarolina Cruz
EditingMartin Herold
ProducerPaul Lux von Mikulicz
Nicolai C.J. Otteni
ScreenplayCarolina Cruz
StillCarolina Cruz, Filmuniversität Babelsberg
PEAR GARDEN

PEAR GARDEN

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 7’

Six-year-old Lili visits her grandmother, who no longer has any breasts after a mastectomy. At night, Lili sees the shadow of her grandmother with breasts. Lili follows the shadow…

DirectorShadab Shayegan
EditingRevan Sarikaya
MusicRevan Liakakis
ProducerShadab Shayegan
ScreenplayShadab Shayegan
StillFilmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Last Call Blue

Last Call Blue

Germany 2025 / Short Film / 12’

Two airport employees. Milo checks x-rays, Ona works on the tarmac. They meet up during the break. Milo plays the accordion. Throughout the night they look for ways to express their mutual affection.

CastJos Nyreen
Zero Pilnik
CinematographerJulien Mayer
DirectorTillmann Betz
EditingLydia Leerstelle
ProducerLisa-Marie Lutz
ScreenplayTillmann Betz
StillDFFB, Julien Mayer
Tako Tsubo

Tako Tsubo

Germany, Austria 2024 / Animated Film / 6’

Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed to free himself from his complicated emotions. The doctor assures him that, in this day and age, this procedure presents no problem.

CinematographerEva Pedroza
DirectorEva Pedroza
Fanny Sorgo
EditingEva Pedroza
MusicMary Ocher
ProducerEva Pedroza
Fanny Sorgo
Maria Trigo Teixeira
ScreenplayFanny Sorgo
VoiceLen Jakobsen
Anne Kulbatzki
Benjamin Martin
Stillpedroza&sorgo, sixpackfilm
Obey, Obey

Obey, Obey

Germany 2025 / Short Film / 4’

In most middle and high schools in Japan, strict rules dictate how students can wear their hair and clothes. This film visually explores what some of these rules can look like.

CinematographerMaayane Bouhnik
DirectorAkira Kawasaki
ProducerAkira Kawasaki
StillDFFB/Maayane Bouhnik
Silent Night

Silent Night

Germany 2024 / Short Film / 14’

An international tourist group takes a day trip to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank to visit religious sites. But some things here are different than they seem at first glance.

CinematographerPhilipp Schaeffer
DirectorPhilipp Schaeffer
Jonathan Schaller
EditingJouri David Hoepfner
Jonathan Schaller
ProducerPhilipp Schaeffer
Jonathan Schaller
StillPhilipp Schaeffer
Do Something

Do Something

Germany 2024 / Animated Film / 12’

A comedy about a brave blood cell that just wants you to finally drink a glass of water!

AnimationLouis Hartmann
Paul Kley
Marius Lübke
Iris Maier
Anh Tú Nguyen
Sofija Zivkovic
CastIlya Barrett
Rosa Paylar
DirectorSofija Zivkovic
Film School Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
MusicJurij Espenschied
ProducerCosi Gerrish
Sound DesignerFlorian Heidecker
StillFilmakademie Baden-Württemberg