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International Short Film Festival Berlin: SPECIALS

We immerse ourselves in subjective worlds, which question, shift and reframe reality. Everyday life, technology, memory and chance encounter one another here – drivers get lost, AI alters perception, buildings reflect the past, animals stumble in algorithms.



Between the surreal, the intimate and the peculiar, moments of humour, awe and quiet truth unfold. Essay films become testing grounds for probing the nature of the real. They open spaces for reflection and exploration, shake certainties and find insight in the fragile, the fleeting and the transitory. A snapshot capable of permanently changing our view of the world.


Curated by: Moritz Lehr, Alexander Stein
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Dates
November 2025
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