Editions
Download our catalogs, view the programs digitally, or search for films from all previous editions of the Minimalen Short Film Festival, from 1988 to the present day.
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Films
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A young man sits in the car with his girlfriend. An unmarked police car pull up to command a routine identity check, under the dismayed eyes of his girlfriend.
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An investigation of the gaze in an essayistic and playful form, loosely held together through small fictional anecdotes and stories.

After enduring many decades of embarrassment and discomfort, the artist finally admits to the negative impact that possessing the commonest name in the English-speaking world has had on his psyche. Peppered with disparate fragments of autobiography, the film takes us on a confessional journey that reveals just how important a name can be.

Found Footage. When the salt ran out at a birthday party in 1991.

A widowed mother and daughter’s ascetic life in an isolated village in the Caucasus mountains is interrupted by the arrival of a foreign traveler in need of shelter. His presence awakens an erotic longing in both women.
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Midnight Student wants to charm a special lady, but his physique fails to impress her. Eager to improve his situation, he goes to a miracle doctor. A comical mirror to our modern vanities, inspired by ancient Chinese erotic literature.

In the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, maybe it's just an illusion, or maybe it's just the humbleness of everyday life.

An outcast girl must fight the bullies and overcome her fears to pursue her ambition to fly to the other side of the mountain.
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Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.

A visceral attempt to escape a suffocating yet familiar environment where circles, repetition, and swirling movement pull her downward. Can she finally break free and find her way out?

In the aftermath of a party, a dancer in vivid red moves through a deserted space. Filmed in one continuous take, the raw immediacy lets the audience engage fully with the dancer’s physical and emotional presence.

A short movement study on sapphic longing and obsession.



