Best German short movies

Scherzo (2002)

Run Away (2020)

Juan, a young Latin American student, is forced to run away after witnessing the enforced disappearance of his best friends in Mexico.

Lindemann: Steh auf (2019)

Videoclip for the song Steh auf from the German-swedish metal duo Lindemann, directed by Zoran Bihac and featuring Peter Stormare

Lindemann: Platz Eins (2020)

Videoclip for Platz Eins of the Swedish-German duo Lindemann from the album F & M, directed by Zoran Bihac

Fivesixths (2012)

Truth, Dare or Lemon is a game played by stupid boarding school kids who don't know what to do with themselves. Before Tim died he was the number one of a close-knit boarding school gang. When the friends engage in a ritual one year after his death a familiar game turns into a sadistic night...

Lingerie (2012)

Extraction (2021)

Lambs (2013)

A lamb's parents are shocked because their little lamb doesn't sound like the other sheep; it says "moo" instead of "baa".

Forever Over (2014)

Mia and Tim have been together forever. At least it feels like that. Seeking that which has become lost over the years, they invent a game - they each have to help the other one fulfill their dearest desire. No matter what it is.

Muratti Marches On (1934)

Muratti was a German brand of cigarettes. Fischinger transforms bunches of standing cigarettes into things that resemble human beings. At first they walk daintily around packages of Muratti tins. Gradually as the film progresses their motions become more graceful, as they do "slides" and other motions and formations associated with dance. The apotheosis of the film is remarkable: Dozens and dozens of cigarettes, arranged in Busby Berkeley-like fashion, repeatedly bow to the horizon, where a giant sun labeled "Muratti" rises in response to to their worshiping activity.

Der Koffermacher (2016)

Flucht nach vorn (2012)

Visiting room in a Berlin correctional facility for women. The convict Vicky is breaking up the relationship with her longtime boyfriend Wolf. When Wolf refuses to accept that and stirs trouble with the officers he is kicked out on the street. Out there he sees only one chance to save his love for Vicky.

In the Shadow of the Machine (1928)

The film was produced as a compilation film. Blum reported in “Film-Kurier“ (5.11.1928): "It will be assembled from excerpts of partly unpublished Ukrainian films. […] Some American footage has also been used. To get material as impressive as possible, a number of films, 0-60, have been viewed." Based on ideas by Dziga Vertov, and largely assembled from the last reel of his film 'The Eleventh Year', this compilation presents an explicit critique of the very technology that Vertov sought to praise, stressing the dark side of industrialization—hands mangled in workplace accidents, train wrecks, coffins—and connects to a particularly German concern with the negative effects of technology stretching from the Romantics to Heidegger, Horkheimer, and Adorno in the twentieth century.

eadem cutis: the same skin (2019)

"I just want to be seen as who I am today!" John shares his thoughts on identity, body and gender and gives a very personal insight into his life–and an intimate proximity to his body.

Der Aufreißer (2006)

A man who awakens in a woman's apartment being questioned by her pre-teen daughter regarding his intentions towards her mother.

Man as Industrial Palace (2009)

An animated view of the human body as an industrial manufacturing center.

Speed Dating (2009)

In a cold future world everybody who is single drops dead. Which means that Tim - who recently got dumped by his girlfriend - has a serious problem. None of the women he meets at a speed dating event strike a chord with him. His last chance is Denise - or better said a typo called Dennis. As to Tim being straight, hey, there's a pill for that. Or is there?

Homework (2016)

A young father, his twelve-year-old daughter, a night club, two secrets and a lie that will solve everything.

Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker (2006)

Animated short film from Stephan Muller. Disturbed by loud music of one of his neighbours Mr. Schwartz calls the police. But initially the officer can't ascertain anything... Then the film starts again from the view of every lessee and allows the spectator to see what really happened in every apartment:The history of a butterfly-effect...

Did Michael Knight End the Cold War? (2009)

A young Czech boy, living and surviving the Czech Revolution of 1989 with his favorite TV series Knight Rider and riding around on a BMX bike.

Bat Time (2015)

When night dawns on the farm a little bat wakes up. The little bat wants somebody to keep its company. It doesn't want to be alone. It is looking for a friend.

Call of Cuteness (2017)

While we watch the ‘cat fail’ of the day in cheerful safety, all that remains invisible in this neoliberal nightmare catches up with us. The cat’s body is consumed, exploited and controlled. The fear of pain is greater than the will for freedom. Objects are fetishized and subjects are made into things – quantifiable and ready for use. They are the natural commodity for a luxury they are not even aware of. We are here, because you were there – and waste is disposed of in the sea. In the end, the bodies reveal the causes and effects of power, lust and hate.

Jaba (2006)

Zoli earns his livelihood abroad by skinning chinchillas in a Danish fur factory. The film begins with the story of Zoli's return to the periphery, to the small Hungarian village of Jaba. Zoli's family, settled Romas, struggle to earn their living by hiring themselves out as day-laborers. For Zoli, Jaba has no work and no prospects, so he kills time and waits. Standstill. "Jaba" tells the story of survival in one of Europe's poorest regions.

The Rediscovered Paradise (1925)

Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden. They discover that flowers can bring both joy and solace.

Snow Puppy (2018)

A short film about a white shepherd puppy playing in the snow. Filmed and released in the early months of 2018.

Die Schwefelhölzchen (2015)

15-year-old Marie tries to escape her life. Together with her friend Kati and her clique, she sets off to celebrate New Year's Eve. A lavish party night begins, at the end of which Marie finds her personal happy ending.

Dinner for one - up Platt (1999)

Mécanomagie (1996)

A landscape in which everything moves is afflicted with a figure which is in itself static, but which moves - a kind of mechanic man? In Mécanomagie both the borders of perception and (natural) laws are infringed so that something new may emerge: nature as a boundless state of ecstasy!

Helloween: Halloween (1987)

Music video for Halloween by German metal band Helloween.

Clownz (2016)

A dark and bizarre short film about a down on his luck courier whose delivery starts going sideways as murderous clowns enter the picture.