Shorts Attack in June 2026

7 films in 85 minutes – with German subtitles

The Program:

AUBADE
Mauro Carraro
France/ Switzerland 2014
5:30 min
Animation
Sea sounds
The figure of a cellist rises slowly from the water, conjuring the sunrise with a melody. An choreography begins, at its end, a new day.

A MOTHER GOES TO THE BEACH
Pedro Hasrouny
Portugal 2024
15:30 min
Live Action
Beach day
Teresa, a single mother, spends a day at the beach with son Benji and her sister Marga. Meant to be fun, the outing takes a stressful turn.

MÜCKEN NERVEN LEUTE
Jessica Dürwald
Germany 2016
3:30 min
Animation / Musikvideo
Mosquito Bites
Everyone knows a small mosquito in the bedroom is enough to get a tired person back on their feet. The mutual hunt gets out of control.

DIE WEITE SUCHEN
Falk Schuster
Germany 2015
29:30 min
Animation
To the sea!
Its the summer of 1987 and a young family from the Leipzig district in East Germany are going on holiday, driving with their Trabant and trailer to a holiday.

GUARDIAN OF THE WELL
Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene, Bentley Brown
Tschad 2025
6 min
Experimental, Documentary
At the fountain
In the midst of a historic drought in Chad’s Southern Saharan sandscape, a man pausing at a well thinks of his lost cattl.

WATER SPORTS
Whammy Alcazaren
Philippines 2024
20 min
Live Action
Heat buildup
In the midst of a world destroyed two students, Jelson and Ipe, search for a way to survive – and discover the enormous power of laughter and love.

THE SUN IS BAD
Rachel Mow
USA 2023
3 min
Animation
Attack of the Sun
Set in Hong Kong during the late 80s, a temperamental girl tries to destroy the sun and stop it from melting her city using toys.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 282 of Shorts Attack!