Skip to main content

Young Short Film Festival Berlin

KUKI, Berlin's young short film festival, is so inviting and cool that children and young people fall in love with cinema - as diverse, colorful and lively as Berlin itself. The KUKI Festival shows exciting, creative and empowering short films from all over the world in 13 programs.


Award-winning films alongside new discoveries, with short fiction films, documentaries, animations and hybrid film forms. With young juries, young curators, lively film talks and educational material for schools.


Progressive, playful and thought-provoking - KUKI designs the cinema of tomorrow.


Check out the programs for children!

  • KUKI 4+
  • KUKI 6+
  • KUKI 8+
  • KUKI 10+
  • Watch the World: Documentaries 10+
  • Environmental Program 8+
Check out the programs for teens!

  • TeenScreen 12+
  • TeenScreen 14+
  • What's Up? English Language Program 14+
  • ¿Qué Onda? Spanish Language Program 14+
  • Quoi De Neuf? French Language Program 14+
  • Girls* Riot! 16+
  • Teenage Riot! 16+

Additional information