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Filmstill Terminal
Terminal
Alexandre Siqueira
A pirate’s son now coughing up blood returns to his mother after years of silence. A suitcase full of secrets, any number of tattoos. A film about unconditional love for an adult child.
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Terminal

Terminal
Alexandre Siqueira
International Competition Animated Film
Animated Film
Portugal,
France,
Spain
2026
17 minutes
Portuguese (Portugal)
Subtitles: 
English
German premiere
After years on the high seas, a pirate returns home to his mum. She still loves him unconditionally, just like the day he was born. And that’s despite all the many irritations – he hasn’t been in touch for years, and now has a nose ring and is full of tattoos. And he also carries secrets with him on his return, concealed in the heavy suitcase he brings to the house while coughing up blood. With a gentle pastel colour palette and distinctively animated characters, Alexandre Siqueira tells the story of what it means when a mother is forced to watch her adult child die. Siqueira’s focus also lies on the general intimacy between mothers and children which is sometimes challenged: the pirate tattoos that take some getting used to can also be seen as symbolic of other life decisions that are foreign to a mother at first. Sometimes acceptance also implies letting go.

Marie Ketzscher

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27.10.
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28.10.
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Director
Alexandre Siqueira
Script
Alexandre Siqueira, Jorge Palinhos
Cinematographer
Alexandre Siqueira
Editor
Alexandre Siqueira, Bill Kinder
Producer
David Doutel, Vasco Sá
Co-Producer
Luc Camilli, Bruno Simões, Carlota Pou
Sound
LoïcK
Score
Christophe Petchanatz
Animation
Alexandre Siqueira, André Marques, Inês Teixeira, Luís Vital, Chloé Roux, Zhenia Delioussine
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Joaquim Pinheiro
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Joaquim Pinheiro
Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agency
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Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award
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The Comet
Julie Charette
Émile and his sister enjoy magic summer days, until a nasty prank by the neighbourhood boys disturbs the peaceful atmosphere. Will Émile find a way to overcome his powerlessness?
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The Comet

Der Komet
Julie Charette
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Canada
2026
12 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
English, German (Overvoice)
German premiere

It is summer. Émile and his older sister Françoise are enjoying the last warm days in their holiday home on the edge of the forest, observing the night sky and looking out for comets. But one night the peaceful atmosphere is abruptly disrupted when the two siblings witness a cruel prank played by the neighbourhood boys. In his anger and helplessness, Émile wants to teach the kids a lesson. Afterwards, nothing is the same for him anymore and he has grown a little.

Lina Dinkla

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30.10.
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01.11.
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Schauburg
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Director
Julie Charette
Script
Julie Charette
Editor
Alexandre Leblanc
Producer
Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière, Raquel Sancinetti
Sound
Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau
Score
Simon Trottier
Animation
Julie Charette, Valentine Dumez, Marie-Noëlle Moreau Robidas
Animation Technique
2D Digital, Drawn

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The Empty Panel
Thibault Chollet
Mourning for his dead dog, Paul has stopped drawing comics. When he takes up a story again for his sister, the animal in the pictures comes to life again.
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The Empty Panel

Der Hund auf dem Papier
Thibault Chollet
Kids DOK
Animated Film
France
2025
12 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
English, German (Overvoice)
No Premiere

Paul’s sister is sad: Ever since his little dog passed, her big brother has stopped drawing the fantastic comic adventures in which he and his dog were the heroes. His little sister doggedly insists that he finally complete that one unfinished drawing. And lo and behold, his beloved dog comes back to life in the pictures. Together, the two set out on a last, eventful journey. Maybe this makes it easier for Paul to say farewell. Beautifully drawn in blue and white, the film itself is designed like a comic.

Lina Dinkla

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30.10.
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Director
Thibault Chollet
Producer
Olivier Chabalier, Clémence Marcadier
Co-Producer
Mathieu Rolin, Hélène Moinerie, Isabelle Arnauld
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Anastasiya Verlinska
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International Competition Documentary Film
Filmstill The Evidence of the Termites
The Evidence of the Termites
Roberto Jaén
Utilising a thrillingly polyphonic split screen perspective, this wry, shifting, self-reflexive essay film is a playful attempt to pin down that most slippery of terms: class.
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The Evidence of the Termites

La evidencia del comején
Roberto Jaén
International Competition Documentary Film
Documentary Film
Costa Rica
2026
15 minutes
Spanish
Subtitles: 
English
International Premiere
The first voice belongs to the director, asking himself what sort of film he would make about the middle class. What we see is more or less what he describes, split screen combinations of archive footage and shots from now showing unspectacular snippets of daily life: family get-togethers, his neighbourhood park. He talks about shifting the focus of the film too, which is also what happens, as more voices arrive and different formats keep moving between the two screens: the man listing mundane everyday objects; the woman separated from San José by an invisible line; the Venezuelan immigrant who talks of the bus as the great leveller; the granddaughter who inherits a vast encyclopaedia collection. Their backgrounds differ, but they all reference class either explicitly or implicitly, for each person a different category at a different time, so many meanings, so many objects and references, one term of countless shapes. When you open the termite mound, you see it’s been made by them all.

James Lattimer

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27.10.
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01.11.2026
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01.11.
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Director
Roberto Jaén
Script
Luis Chaves, Claudia Crinigan, Melissa Valverde, Verónica Jiménez, Roberth Pereira, Roberto Jaén
Cinematographer
Carolina Mora
Editor
Roberth Pereira
Producer
Carlos Matute
Sound Design
Gabriela Rivas

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Nominated for: Silver Dove
Hommage: Trollfilm
Filmstill The King Who Wanted More Than a Crown
The King Who Wanted More Than a Crown
Randall Meyers, Anita Killi
The King has vanished! The commander, the chamberlain, the jester and the deputy go in search of a new ruler. A deceptive fable with quirky characters.
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The King Who Wanted More Than a Crown

Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone
Randall Meyers, Anita Killi
Hommage: Trollfilm
Animated Film
Norway
1999
30 minutes
Norwegian
Subtitles: 
English
No Premiere

Gosh, how boring and lonely it is here in the castle! That is what the little king thinks and so one day he vanishes. Everyone is desperate and at their wit’s end. The whole staff look for him for six days. No luck. And so the chamberlain, the commander, the jester and the second-in-command set out into the dangerous enchanted forest to find a new king. “The King Who Wanted More Than a Crown” was originally performed as a modern fable for all age groups with live orchestra accompaniment, to inspire a love of classical music especially in children. But even without live elements, Anita Killi's and Randall Meyers' cut-out animation works amazingly well. After all, it is not just brimming with loving detail and lively, colourful characters, but also breathes new life into the old adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.

Marie Ketzscher

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29.10.
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Director
Randall Meyers, Anita Killi
Script
Lars Saabye Christensen
Cinematographer
Carsten Andersen
Editor
Skule Erikse
Producer
Randall Meyers

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The Naughty Seat
David Johnson
A badly-behaved penguin ends up in the naughty chair during dinner. Luckily, he soon has company, as fooling around happens everywhere. A mischievous puppet animation without dialogue.
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The Naughty Seat

Die stille Ecke
David Johnson
Kids DOK
Animated Film
UK
2025
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

A mischievous little penguin misbehaves at dinner: he slurps, spills stuff and rocks his chair until he is sent to the bench, the “naughty seat”, in punishment. It’s not long before he has company. And the opportunities for more mischief are far from exhausted. An enchanting puppet animation without dialogues.

Lina Dinkla

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27.10.
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Schauburg
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Director
David Johnson
Cinematographer
David Johnson
Producer
David Johnson
Sound Design
Barnaby Templer, Stephen Maxwell
Score
Rick Mulhall
Animation
David Johnson
Animation Technique
Puppets

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Filmstill Tiny Fox and Great Boar
Tiny Fox and Great Boar
Michał “Śledziu” Śledziński
It’s autumn and Fox and Wild Boar sent off on a hike, headed for the huge “Tree of Leaves”. Over the course of their adventurous journey, the small fox must pass test after test.
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Tiny Fox and Great Boar

Fuchs und Wildschwein
Michał “Śledziu” Śledziński
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Poland
2026
7 minutes
Polish
Subtitles: 
English, German (Overvoice)
German premiere

The fox and the wild boar live on a hill in the forest and discover the world together. Autumn is coming. Delighted, they observe one leaf after the other drift down from the branches. Then the wild boar lures the fox on a hike to the great “Leaf Tree” where countless leaves are still waiting to tumble through the air. An adventurous journey begins where Fox has to pass one test after the other. An adaptation of the popular Polish comic book series by Berenika Kolomycka.

Lina Dinkla

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28.10.
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Director
Michał “Śledziu” Śledziński
Script
Berenika Kolomycka, Rafal Skarzycki
Editor
Piotr Krygiel
Producer
Ewelina Gordziejuk, Paulina Talarska
Co-Producer
Lukasz Hendzel
Sound
Michał Fojcik
Score
Adrian Konarski
Animation
Jakub Tarkowski, Michał “Śledziu” Śledziński, Animagrad LLC, Michał “Śledziu” Śledziński
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Filmstill Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Viv Li
Viv fluctuates between her life as an artist in Berlin’s queer subculture and her Maoist-influenced family in Beijing. A candid search for identity with a healthy dose of playfulness.
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Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest

Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Viv Li
Doc Alliance
Documentary Film
Germany,
Netherlands
2026
85 minutes
English,
Mandarin,
German
Subtitles: 
English
No Premiere
Chinese expat artist Viv Li ends up in Berlin during the pandemic. Her inquisitive attempts to enter the city’s queer subculture sound different when she tries to tell her Maoist-influenced relatives in Beijing about her experiences – the film smoothly navigates between cultures, in search of where the boundaries of adaptability lie and where individual identity starts. Yet Li is never interested in playing one world off against the other, choosing instead to approach both of them with frankness and a healthy dose of humour and playfulness. She places songs by Trio and Juliane Werding over impressions of Chinese sights, stages the escape from Beijing’s tightly-knit surveillance network as a virtuoso gangster ballet and has Mao rise up from behind a mountain range to ask with fatherly concern: “Are you okay?”

Felix Mende

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27.10.
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29.10.
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Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
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31.10.
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Director
Viv Li
Script
Viv Li
Cinematographer
Viv Li, Janis Mazuch
Editor
Christoph Bargfrede
Producer
Daniela Dieterich, Ümit Uludağ, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly
Co-Producer
Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, Ruby Deelen
Sound Design
Marcel Walvisch

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Jürgen Lütz