Kuki Film Festival

About

From its humble beginnings as a children's film section at interfilm's International Short Film Festival Berlin in 2000, KUKI's growing success led to its eventual emancipation in 2008 when KUKI celebrated its first edition as a festival in its own right. Known for its exceptional programming the International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin is dedicated to presenting fabulous and unusual films that young people would otherwise rarely get a chance to see. From the approximately 800 short films entered to the festival from all over the world, we assemble programmes bursting with entertaining and imaginative films. Carefully selected to suit audiences of varying age groups, the films are organised into programmes for children aged 4+, 6+, 8+ 10+, 12+ and 14+. Each film is screened in its original version and professional actors provide live German voice-overs when required.

Program

Competitions:

• International Films for Children,
• International Films for Youth.

Special Programmes:

• Environmental Film,
• English, French & Spanish Foreign Language Programmes,
• Workshops.

Films submitted will be considered for the Interfilm 31st International Short Film Festival Berlin.

Awards

• Total cash prize pool of €3000
• Audience Award for Best Documentary

Rules

• Films may not be longer than 20 minutes, and not older than two years (January 2022). However, the KUKI Festival reserves the right to include films exceeding 20 minutes duration.
• Subtitles language: english or german

Documents and Other Requisite Items

• Fill out entry form via shortfilmdepot,
• Send submitted film as Uploaded file, Standard DVD or DVD-R (movie is writing in file mode).

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

• CEO — Heinz Hermanns: heinz@interfilm.de
• Producer — Alexander Stein: alex@interfilm.de