YES!

Direction: Madli Lääne

Text: Joonas Veelmaa

Estonia 2024, 3:15 min

The corners, slopes, dead ends, and curves of the Tallinn Cruise Terminal nudge us to ponder the dilemmas of the achievement society. Should we push ourselves into a box or shall we dare to be wrong? Based on the poem of European Poetry Slam Champion 2023 Joonas Veelmaa.

the little yellow square

Animation: Philipp Seefeldt

Text: Eugen Gomringer

Germany 2025, 4:58 min

A poetic short fairy tale with a cast of personified geometric shapes serves as a reminder that families and their constellations come in all forms and sizes.

Jakarta 2025

Direction: Jeremy Flohr

Text: Robin Block

Indonesia, 6:44 min

Jakarta is a short musical poetry film by cinematographer Jeremy Flohr and spoken word artist Robin Block. In this sensory and hallucinatory film, the metropolis of Jakarta symbolizes the chaos and alienation, yet recognition one can feel when returning to a place of origin: the past continuously collides with the present, tradition with modernity, ‘Eastern’ with ‘Western’ values, spirituality clashes with new technology; there is a conflict of loyalty between different homes and with previous generations, but at the same time something very exciting emerges from these contradictions: a new playful and hybrid identity.

February Storm

Direction: Camil "Calimaat" Bahtijarević, Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç, Tayfun Guttstadt

Text: Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç

Germany 2025, 4:25

Contradiction of Emptiness

Animation & Text: Irina Rubina

Germany 2024, 3:06 min

The language in which lullabies were sung to me kills. And I am with it. And the lullabies fall silent.
An inner monologue between two languages and identities. Between the black and white of the pinscreen ‘L’Alpine’.

Sollbruchstelle

Animation & Text: Nina-Sophie Raach

Germany 2025, 2:45 min

When Germany was reunified in 1990, many lives were meant to change forever. My grandmother, who grew up knowing nothing but the GDR told me her perspective on the sequence of events that led to the Fall of the Berlin Wall and what happened to the dreams and hopes of the people once it became clear that a revolution was not up for debate, that capitalism would just take over.

Dear you

Animation & Text: Tanya Bozhinova

Bulgaria 2024, 8:26 min

Fighting words and feelings, a man embarks on an emotional journey to confess his love.

Naval Ode

Direction: Fu Le

Text: Fernando Pessoa

Portugal, 6:00 min

The poem “Naval Ode” (“Ode Maritima”) by Fernando Pessoa captures the movement of separation between the dock and the ship, and thus the distance – between the inside and the outside, between myself and the other. The text is embodied by a mysterious and suspended dance, imbued with nostalgic desire, which swells like a sail.

She Dolls With Dollies

Animation: Karin Fisslthaler

Text: Kurt Schwitters

Austria 2024, 3:00 min

The video created by Karin Fisslthaler is a visual interpretation of the audio composition by Anna Clementi and Thomas Stern, which wildly transforms Schwitters’ poem, “Sie Puppt mit Puppen / She Dolls With Dollies” from 1944, as it taps into the author’s interest in decomposition and deconstruction.

Midnight, the Zero Hour

Direction & Text: Ye Mimi

Taiwan 2025, 9:52

In the farcical exchange between the poet and the harmonic pipe, you will silently count from zero to nine. Then you will hear the chirping of insects from Borneo, the clear and pleasant sounds of the Dai Bilangdao flute, impromptu shamanic chanting…and fragments of highly treasured visual relics that the poet has gleaned with her eyes during her travels.

Goddamit / faen i helvete

Animation: Kristian Pedersen

Text: Jan Erik Vold

Norway 2025, 4:15 min

Concrete poetry and frustrated typography in dramatic choreography.
The words may be foreign, but their temper is universal.
Adapted from “The Goddammit-poem” (1969) by treasured poet Jan Erik Vold.

Cycle of Pain – An Awareness Spot about Endometriosis

Direction: Julia Brumm

Text: Maren Rothkegel

Germany 2024, 4:00 min

Endometriosis affects millions of people worldwide, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and overlooked conditions. With “Cycle of Pain”, we shine a light on this invisible struggle—transforming pain into powerful storytelling.
Through music and evocative imagery, this awareness spot breaks down barriers, making a complex and often ignored medical issue accessible and deeply emotional. It gives a voice to those who face daily challenges, fostering understanding and empathy in a way that words alone cannot.
Endometriosis deserves attention. “Cycle of Pain” ensures it can no longer be ignored.