Shorts Attack in October 2026

10 films in 80 minutes – with German subtitles

The Program:

KIDS FOR GUNS
Simon Ostermann
Germany 2018
1:30 min
Live Action
Weapen grotesque
There’s no minimum age for self-defense. Do you love your children? “Come see us before it’s too late!”

SOMEWHERE TO BE
Christy Chan
USA 2025
9 min
Live Action
Gas station thriller
On an American highway, a gas station becomes the scene of racist hostility towards a Chinese mother and her young daughter.

I HATE HELEN
Martha McGuirk
England 2025
6:30 min
School drama
Priya hates Helen – in class, in the cafeteria, at the pool. Most of all she hates the feelings Helen awakens within her. A film on the confounding tide of lesbian desire.

S THE WOLF
Sameh Alaa
France 2025
10:30 min
Animation
Hair reflexion
A hilarious reflection on life’s stages and letting go, as told through too much hair and a lack thereof. Hairstyles can be utterly personal.

FINOW
Susanne Quester
Germany 2002
7 min
Live Action
A Kid´s society (classic short)
„Finow“ is an independent woodland state whose inhabitants mainly feed on bananas. A two-fisted social reportage about child labour.

OBEY, OBEY
Akira Kawasaki
Deutschland 2024
4 min
Animation
Lebensanleitung
A tutorial on how to perfectly capture the look of an obedient Japanese schoolgirl. That’s exactly how it should be.

BEYOND THE FACE
Anja Resman
Slowenia, Croatia 2024
10 min
Animation
Adult Analysis
The curious eyes of a child notice many things; sometimes more than the world around them would like. About feeling different.

RAGAMUFFIN 
Kaitlyn Mikayla
USA 2025
14:30 min
Live Action
Motocross challenge
A motocross racer spends what seems like an average race weekend with her father. She’s faced with her identity und her deafness.

THE MEANINGLESS DAYDREAM OF AUGIE & CELESTE 
Pernell Marsden
Australia 2023 – 7 min
Live Action
Fantasy game
Two best friends embark on a high-stakes game of imagination, which takes an unforeseeable turn and threatens to jeopardise their relationship.

LUNCH (Männermontag)
Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen
Norwegen 2023
3 min
Live Action
Appetite Suppression
A man is having trouble eating his baguette. How embarrassing: People are watching him, and then some kid comes along and shows him how..

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 285 of Shorts Attack!