Shorts Attack in January 2026

8 films in 85 minutes – with German subtitles

A painting of the world in opulent landscapes and intense colors between city and countryside, full of people, animals, and plants: everything must get along in order to move forward together.

The program:

PICUS
Frédéric Doazan
France 2023
5:30 min
Animation
Bird War
A woodpecker declares war on the city. Angrily it attacks, fracturing skyscrapers and revealing a patch of blue sky.

VANISHED PAST
Anna-Maria Dutoit
Germany , Quebec 2025
16:30 min
Experimental, Documentaryfilm
River Science
In Montreal, the rivers have disappeared. Hunting for them, we follow old maps, past ages and distant murmurs.

ON HOLD
Delia Hess
Switzerland 2024
7 min
Animation, Experimental
Hotline Grotesque
A young woman trying to reach a telephone hotline is stuck on hold. „We will be with you in a moment.“ So we need to wait.

WHO LOVES THE SUN
Arshia Shakiba
Quebec 2024
19:30 min
Dokumentarfilm
Oil landscapes
Makeshift oil production facilities and post-apocalyptic landscapes in war-scarred Northern Syria.

FALLING MIST
Yujin Zhuang
Taiwan 2025
6:30 min
Animation
Nature painting
The way home from work proceeds from busy city streets to an industrial zone. Thick fog prods us to reflect on life, death and reverence for nature.

THINK
Rupert Jones
England 2007
Live Action
4 min
Plastic bag thriller
A film classics: Amusing educational piece about the necessity of plastic bags. Just think about it! Each time you go shopping!

Yarê
Sallar Othman
Austria 2024
19 min
Live Action
Water shortage thriller
Yarê lives with her mother in Rojava, where they are dependent on water deliveries due to a lack of infrastructure.

A Small Garden by the Window
Jonghoon Lee
Republik Korea 2024
4:30 min
Animation
Energy Poem
Early morning. An architect picks cherry tomatoes from a window planter for his lunchbox – green energy flows from the vines.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 277 of Shorts Attack!