Organized since 1982, this is the oldest and largest short film festival in the German capital. Its central theme is freedom of artistic expression. The festival has the satus of an Oscar-qualifying event. Together with its sister festival, KUKI, the organizers aim to present films which reflect the current political and social situation worldwide.

The 41st edition of the festiwal runs from 4 to 9, November.

Here is our representation at the 41st interFILM Berlin Festival:

* EUROPEAN SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD *

Winning the Audience Award at the Short Waves Festival in Poznań resulted in a nomination for the European Audience Award. Eight films from eight different European festivals will compete for this award.

Our pick? The fiction film MY SECRET CYBERLOVE by our directing student, Bartosz Stankiewicz.

Film synopsis: Robert is in a relationship with a sex robot and runs a cake shop with his mother. When the cake oven breaks, his toxic father returns to fix it. The presence of his father tests Robert's love for the robot.
Credits:
direction: Bartosz Stankiewicz
screenplay: Piotr Hadyna, Bartosz Stankiewicz
cinematography: Jan Cisiecki
editing: Aniela Andrejczyk
production management: Katarzyna Lipińska, Julia Machowska
cast: Marcin Cieślikowski, Hanna Klepacka, Ewa Stańczyk, Kordian Rekowski
artistic supervision: Łukasz Barczyk, Piotr Kukla

Complete list of films in the European Short Film Audience Award section: interfilm.de/en/interfilm-festival-2025/program/europeanshortfilmaudienceaward

* EJECT *

Oddities and curiosities. Perversions and all manner of deviations – this is how you can sum up the 22 short films included in the programme of the "Long Night of Weird Shorts."

On the list there is an animated film DUCK BROTH by our student Maria Dakszewicz.

Film synopsis: Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
Credits:
direction, screenplay, animation: Maria Dakszewicz
production management: Katarzyna Lipińska
cast: Jakub Kondrat, Zofia Świątkiewicz, Natalia Modrzewska
artistic supervision: Jacek Rokosz, Kacper Zamarło, Piotr Milczarek

The films in the Eject programme will compete for the Audience Award for the weirdest film.

List of films in the EJECT XXVIII Long Night of Weird Shorts section: interfilm.de/en/interfilm-festival-2025/program/eject-xxviii


We’re keeping our fingers crossed for you!

1 - interFILM Festival press material
2 – still from the film MY SECRET CYBERLOVE
3 – still from the film DUCK BROTH