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Taken By Nature

FRI 13:30 | T-Werk Hauptbühne: Kino 3

Elysian Fields

Greece, Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 28’
Running for
Grimm's Nightmare

Grimms Albtraum

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 24’
Running for
Best Documentary Film

Tuifl

Germany 2025 / Animated Film / 6’
Running for
Best Animated Film
Per Le Kee

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Thailand 2025 / Documentary Short / 11’
Running for
Best Documentary Film

The Frog

Italy 2025 / Short Film / 20’
Running for
Best Fiction Film
Main Programme

Taken By Nature

24. April 13:30 – 15:30 | T-Werk Hauptbühne: Kino 3

How do we see nature? From a distance, we admire its beauty. In its surroundings, we create places of memory and culture. Yet when we come close, it can also fill us with fear.

Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields

Greece, Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 28’

Strong winds brush through trees in the ancient olive grove near Delphi, reminding of the wildfires that are engulfing the country every summer. Among the trees, a family struggles to recover from past flames and a persistent lack of water.

CinematographerLouis Dickhaut
DirectorAnna-Maria Dutoit
EditingAnna-Maria Dutoit
Melanie Jilg
MusicVasiliki Anastasiou
Cristos Isidorou
ProducerChara Fournari
Anastasis Mavrogiannis
Michaela Mederer
Grimms Albtraum
Grimm’s Nightmare

Grimms Albtraum

Germany 2025 / Documentary Short / 24’

Social influences are reflected in collective stories and narratives – including “Little Red Riding Hood”. But what happens when fiction and reality get mixed up and the fairytale suddenly finds itself in right-wing rhetoric?

CinematographerJonathan Jotter
DirectorAndrea Erja
Sophie Lösch
EditingMiriam Märk
ProducerJulia Tilk
Jakob Wahl
Production DesignerMaike Brunner
Luca Reuss
ScreenplayJakob Arnu
Sound DesignerCornelia ‘Nelly’ Böhm
Tuifl

Tuifl

Germany 2025 / Animated Film / 6’

Jakob and his mother live alone in a cabin in the mountains of South Tyrol. One night, young Jakob leaves the safety of the cabin to search for a runaway lamb. Now it is up to his mother to find him – before something else does.

AnimationAdina Barth
Iris Maier
DirectorAdina Barth
EditingTillmann Seiffert
MusicLeon Maximilian Brückner
ProducerTimon Wentz
Adina Barth
ScreenplayJule Peuckmann
Sound DesignerLukas Huber
Sound MixerJonathan Dönges
StillFilmakademie Baden-Württemberg
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Per Le Kee

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Thailand 2025 / Documentary Short / 11’

A delicate relationship exists between nature and the Karen people of the village of Maekhong. It is shaped by the Karen’s culture and traditions, deeply connected to sacred forests, mists, and rivers – as well as by a belief in magical powers.

CinematographerTham Kattiyakul
Natthapol Kitwarasai
DirectorNatthapol Kitwarasai
EditingTham Kattiyakul
Natthapol Kitwarasai
ProducerPalita Chairit
Tham Kattiyakul
Natthapol Kitwarasai
Sound DesignerTham Kattiyakul
Natthapol Kitwarasai
The Frog

The Frog

Italy 2025 / Short Film / 20’

Tommaso is forced to return to his hometown. There, he witnessed his mother’s tragic drowning and was accused of being responsible for the death. Traumatized by the very places he once considered home, he is forced to confront his fears and nightmares.

CinematographerDavidetommaso Melatti
DirectorSimone Paggetti
EditingGiuseppe Lacava
ProducerCristiano Di Felice
Production DesignerMartina Modugno
ScreenplaySimone Paggetti
Sound DesignerAntonio Di Lonardo
Sound MixerMatteo Francesco Del Ciotto