The Paris-born director Yolande Zauberman moves between documentary and feature film, video and narrative art. Her works break taboos, explore…
„Cosmonauts“ / Interviews, press etc.
The Slovenian-Italian filmmaker and writer Leo Černic studied film and television directing at the University of Ljubljana and animation at…
„TAXI MOTO“ / Interviews, press etc.
Originally from Rwanda, Gaël Kamilindi studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris and has worked as an…
„Yuragim“ / Interviews, press etc.
The director Kirill Komar was born in Odesa, Ukraine in 1994 and grew up in Germany. He has been based…
„Graft Versus Host“ / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Kutaisi, Georgia in 1983, the artist and filmmaker Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze is now based in Berlin. He studied…
„Mit einem freundlichen Gruss“ (With a Kind Regard) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Minsk, Belarus in 1987, Pavel Mozhar moved to Berlin, Germany at the age of ten and went on…
„Stallion y la bola de cristal“ (Stallion and a Crystal Ball) / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1997, the director, writer and composer Christian Avilés has a strong interest in the intersection…
„Chuuraa“ / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Tiksi on the coast of the Laptev Sea in the Russian Arctic in 1985, the filmmaker and photographer…
„Miriam“ / Interviews, press etc.
The director and cinematographer Karla Condado was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1999 and studied film at the Escuela Superior…
„Yawman ma walad“ (Someday a Child) / Interviews, press etc.
The Lebanese filmmaker and screenwriter Marie-Rose Osta has a master’s degree in filmmaking from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in…
International Short Film Jury 2026
Director Ameer Fakher Eldin (Syria), cultural journalist and film critic Stefan Grissemann (Austria), and artist and author Gabriele Stötzer (Germany) are the International Short Film Jury of Berlinale Shorts.
Berlinale Shorts 2026 / press release
Magic and Defiance Shape the Berlinale Shorts Programme of 2026. 21 highly diverse films skilfully explore the variety of the short form.
Films 2026
Here you can find the full list of films at Berlinale Shorts 2026.
Berlinale Shorts 2025 / press reviews
„I make no secret of my love of the Berlinale Shorts. They are weird, they are bold, they are often…
„Because of (U)“ / Interviews, press etc.
Born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, the director and erotic dancer of Franco-Chilean Tohé Commaret origin trained at the Beaux-Arts de Paris…
Berlinale Shorts 