Shorts Attack in May 2026

7 films in 90 minutes – with German subtitles

The program:

VULTURES
Dian Weys
France, Southafrica 2025
15 min
Live Action
Car accident
In the volatile moments after a car crash, before the authorities arrive, a hot-headed yet desperate tow truck driver fiercely protects his tow.

ALI
Adnan al Rajeev
Bangladesh, Philippinen 2025
Animation
15 min
Ban on singing
In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing. A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city …

HYPERSENSIBLE
Martine Frossard
Canada 2025
7 min
Animation
Conflict of sensibilities
Hypersensitive recounts the turbulent, surrealistic journey of a young woman struggling to rebuild her self.

I´M GLAD YOU´RE DEAD NOW (Goldene Palme)
Tawfeek Barhom
Palestina, France, Greece 2025
13 min
Live Action
Island memories
Two brothers return to the island of their childhood, where buried secrets and heavy tensions force them to confront a dark past that connects them.

DAMMEN
Grégoire Graesslin
France
2025
15 min
Live Action
At the lake
Two young women are enjoying the wild surroundings of an isolated lake. It’s a sunny day.

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE
Gabriel Abrantes
Portugal
2025
9 min
Animation
Ghost fight
Set in a flooded and burning digital wasteland, ghosts argue about genetic testing, grief, and love.

AGAPITO
Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Danelle Romero
Philippinen 2025
15 min
Live Action
Bowling activism
It is the last day of the month in a bygone duckpin alley. Behind its walls is a group of pin setters. They practice a song-and-dance piece.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 281 of Shorts Attack!