INTERFILM - Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin

In the page's words:

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Founded in 1982 in the squats of Kreuzberg, INTERFILM is the oldest and largest short film festival in the capital that attracts international filmmakers and local film fans alike to the cinemas every year. The festival, which qualifies for the Academy Awards, has long been renowned beyond German and European borders.

INTERFILM and its sister festival KUKI - the young short film festival Berlin show more than 350 short films every year in more than 50 programs, workshops and events. Both festivals see themselves as audience festivals with a focus on narrative film. Both festivals have set themselves the goal of curately reflecting current political and social events and creating a space for strong films with progressive content. Representation, reflection and empowerment are at the center of programmes that deal with themes of post-colonial heritage, social participation, global injustice, sexual and gender self-determination and anti-capitalist positions. In short: INTERFILM & KUKI focus on the central potential of short film, its ability to reflect the red-hot zeitgeist. The selected short films and the colorful, loud, loving audience show that this does not have to mean dreary discourse events under the aegis of old white men.

Since 2020 the artistic direction of the festival has been taken over by a 10-member festival curatorium. How and why this came about, a presentation of the curatorship and a formulated claim to offer a space for open discourse and free exchange in current global affairs can be found on the festival website.

For a German version.