In the organizer's words:

On December 21 - the shortest day of the year - short film will be celebrated throughout Germany in all its diversity, creativity and joy of experimentation. Initiated by the AG Kurzfilm, short films will conquer cinema screens and television programs, galleries and clubs, house facades and living rooms, public spaces and means of transport on this day.

The ifs International Film School Cologne and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), in cooperation with the KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, are once again taking part in the nationwide Short Film Day with a selection of current short films. The program brings together stories in which personal memories, family ties and social structures become visible. The films show our interconnectedness through space and time, via bodies, stories, trauma or family relationships. With very different formal and narrative approaches, they open up spaces for vulnerability, resistance and new beginnings.

ON THE SCREEN:

I WOULD RATHER HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT FILM
Experimental documentary film, D: Suse Itzel, 26 min, KHM

THE LACK OF IT
Documentary, D: KONTRA9, 20 min., ifs

TREIBGUT
Feature film, D: Emma Gatena, 10 min., ifs

NIDO DE COCODRILO
Documentary, D: Jazmin Rojas Forero, 9 min., KHM

WINTER FLOWERS
Documentary, D: Emma Gatena, 2 min., ifs

THIS IS LIFE AND NOTHING ELSE.
Animation, D: Lenia Friedrich, 13 min., KHM

Some of the filmmakers will be on site and have their say between the films.

Curation: Johannes Duncker (Director KFFK/Cologne Short Film Festival)