19. LICHTSPIELKLUB
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
22.-28.01.2026

| Too Disgusting To Be Confused (Documentary), D.: Maya Avidov, 12 Min. The "Alternative Miss World" is a celebration of transformation and unorthodox beauty. Early judges and competitors: David Hockney, Derek Jarman, Leigh Bowery. |
| A Bear Remembers (Drama, Mystery), D.: Zhang + Knight, 20 Min. Peter is trying to find the source of the metallic sound in his village. When he shares his footage with an old woman it sparks memories of a bear from her childhood. |
| Wavelength (Animation), D.: Kate Auster & Holly Warburton, 3 Min. Two young women tune into each other across the noise of the world. |
| The Long Spring (Drama, Thriller), D.: Olly Ginelli, 15 Min. Arron has taken his sister Kika on a dark journey to a better life. |
| Original Sin (Drama, Experimental, Biopic), D.: Amrou Al-Kadhi, 14 Min. After decades of lies, resentments and stolen identities, a Muslim mother confronts her drag queen son for her long overdue moment in the spotlight. |
| February Ends Tomorrow (Drama), D.: Rodrigo Mella, 11 Min. A young woman tells her flatmate a story about a perverted sleepwalker. Their reality begins to fracture when the flatmate claims that story to be her own. |
| Purebred (Drama), D.: Caleb J. Roberts, 14 Min. During a heatwave, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test. |
| End of Play (Comedy), D.: Edem Wornoo, 15 Min. Seven, a Junior Creative at a cosmic agency that creates worlds, is unexpectedly gifted the opportunity to create his dream world. |