13 März 2026 in German cinemas
2 Programs – Live Action & Animation
Live Action
5 films in 126 minutes – with German subtitles
A historical epic about a marriage proposal celebrates the female period, posters of Israeli hostages confront a Palestinian butcher, kissing is forbidden in a shopping sci-fi film and slaps replace money, and a widow is kicked by a soccer ball that lands in her garden.
The Program:
JANE AUSTEN´S PERIODS DRAMA
Steve Pinder & Julia Aks
USA 2024
13 min
History grotesque
England, 1813. Miss Estrogenia gets her period during a long-awaited marriage proposal. Mr. Dickley mistakes the blood for an injury, and it becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.
BUTCHER´S STAIN
Meyer Levinson-Blount
Israel
26 min
Supermarket thriller
Samir, a Palestinian butcher working at an Israeli supermarket, is accused of tearing down the Israeli hostage posters in the break room. Samir sets out to prove his innocence in order to keep his job …
THE SINGERS
Sam Davis
USA 2025
18 min
Bar poem
In this film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev, downtrodden patrons commiserating at a lowly pub connect unexpectedly through an impromptu sing-off.
TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA
Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh
France / USA 2024
36 min
Shopping-Sci-Fi
In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store.
A FRIEND OF DOROTHY
Lee Knight
England 2025
21:30 min
Generations!
Lonely widow Dorothy finds her routine upended by 17-year-old JJ when his football lands in her garden. An unlikely friendship blossoms despite their differences.
Animation
5 films in 66 minutes – with German subtitles
About to-do lists and hoping they will come to an end. Reflecting on life while swimming from the source to the river. About an orphaned bear cub and a fatherly tree. A poor boy falls in love with a girl whose grief turns into precious pearls. And: Three sisters on an island are threatened with eviction.
The Program:
PAPILLON (Butterfly)
Florence Miailhe
France 2024
15 min
Schwim reflektion
A man swims in the sea. The story leads from the source to the river, from the water in paddling pools to that in swimming pools, from a North African country to the shores of the Mediterranean …
FOREVERGREEN
Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears
USA 2025
13 min
Forest adventure
See what happens in deep forests …: A joyful adventure featuring an orphaned bear cub and a fatherly tree turns serious when the cub is tempted by the allure of easy food.
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS
Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
Canada 2025
17 min
Puppet with pearls
In Montreal, at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy falls in love with a girl whose sorrow turns into pearls. He sells them to a ruthless pawnbroker, who hungers for more.
THE THREE SISTERS
Timur Kognov
Cyprus 2024
14:30 min
Island adventure
Three sisters live a lonely life on an isolated island, each in their own small house. One day, circumstances develop in such a way that they are forced to rent out one of the houses.
RETIREMENT PLAN
John Kelly
Ireland 2024
7 min
To do lists
Retirement Plan is a profound animated short film that distills an entire life down to a list of things the protagonist, Ray, hopes to do once he finally stops working.
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