Regularly on the second Monday of the month at 8 pm at Filmhaus Köln, Maybachstraße 111, 50670 Cologne

Short Monday - The Short Film Monday at Filmhaus Köln
An initiative of the KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, the SK Stiftung Kultur and the Filmhaus Kino - curated in rotation between the three cooperation partners.
Admission: 8 € / 6 € reduced

Tue 09.02., 20:00 h
Short Monday: Oberhausen on Tour - Cinema Spaces

Reflections on cinematic spaces from the United Kingdom to Cambodia: five films from the International Competition of the German Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2025 in which cinematic spaces play a central role.

Sinkhole is a poetic response to the archive and oral histories of the crisis-ridden Tyneside Cinema, an independent cinema in the North East of England. In imaginary vignettes, the film meditates on a possible cinema in the cliffs, on grand visions and impending failure. The introspective documentary Aavetuntohetki , on the other hand, combines the cinema space and the ritual of watching with memories and dreams.

In the feature film Krauch from Cambodia, a pair of childhood friends meet again in Phnom Penh after years of separation. Chay, who lives in Phnom Penh, helps Lyer, who comes from the countryside, to find a job as a projectionist. During a movie screening, the two begin to imagine their future together. Common Pear is a science fiction movie from the near future about the loss of nature and the question of how to find one's way in such a reality. A new generation awakens in an environment in which they cannot survive. Voices and projections from the past lead to a poetic exploration of a nature threatened by climate catastrophe. Finally, in Retales , a film student shoots his first short films on Super 8 and complains that he doesn't have a single moving image of his parents.

The film series "Short Monday - Der Kurzfilm-Montag im Filmhaus Köln" is an initiative of the KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, the SK Stiftung Kultur and the Filmhaus Kino and is curated alternately by the three cooperation partners. The series, which takes place on the second Monday of each month, aims to give short film greater public visibility and a regular platform in Cologne.

Location: Filmhaus Köln, Maybachstraße 111, 50670 Cologne

Further information on Short Monday and the programs:

https://medienkunst.sk-kultur.de/
https://www.kffk.de/short-monday/
www.filmhaus-koeln.de