Shorts Attack in November 2025

7 films in 85 minutes – with German subtitles

A breath of fresh air in the city and countryside, because something transformative is happening: mattresses are awkward to transport, a subway driver moves into the track bed, Saarland experiences historical reflection, refugees wander through the forest, and a young Chinese man gets a stylish hairstyle. What if greed destroyed your own home, what if parties were dangerous? It’s time for a change of scenery everywhere!

The program:

A SUMMER`S END POEM
Can-Zhao Lam
China, Malaysia, Switzerland 2024
15 min
Live Action
Hairstyle grotesque
Just before the end of the summer break, a boy from the Southern Chinese countryside invests all of his savings in a dream.

A HOME ON EVERY FLOOR
Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid
Norway 2023
11 min
Documentaryfilm
Housing rage
Hanna Asefaw came of age in Oslo in the 1990s, surrounded by her Eritrean family. Now she returns to her childhood.

TUNNELS
Simon Ostermann, Seraina Nyikos
Germany 2023
14:30 min
Documentary, Experimental, Live Action
Streetart & Undergound
Rocco, a Berlin subway driver, secretly becomes an unhoused graffiti artist. A mockumentary about life underground.

SAARVOCADO
Victor Orozco Ramirez
Germany, Mexiko 2025
8 min
Documentary
Place reflektion
I live in Saarland. The place is surrounded by forests and I find it very beautiful and exotic. Almost like a Bob Ross painting …

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST
Szymon Ruczyński
Poland 2023
10 min
Animation
Escape
In the Polish-Belarussian woods: A refugee is abducted and brought to a forest by armed soldiers. Local villagers are the only witnesses to the event.

QUEEN SIZE
Avril Besson
France 2023
19 min
Live Action
Moving assistance
One Paris morning, Marina sells Charlie a mattress and helps her carry it home. Later that evening she’ll cancel her flight to La Réunion …

CUPID´S BOW
Manon Tacconi
France 2023
5 min
Animation
Party
At a party, Jess witnesses one of her friends getting sexually harassed. The next day at the beach, she carefully tries to talk to Alana about the incident.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 275 of Shorts Attack!