BRITISH SHORTS SUMMER EDITION – Freiluftkino Insel

Summer is back! And like every year, the British Shorts short film festival is celebrating its popular summer edition. Twenty-six short films will be presented, ranging from comedy, drama, animation, experimental, thriller, documentary, and music video, in three different programs across three indoor and outdoor cinemas. You’ll experience award-winning highlights from the last festival, works featuring well-known British actors and directors, outstanding debut films, favorite films of the festival team, and other diverse cinematic perspectives from the 18th edition, which took place in January. The outdoor cinema screenings will be opened by festival-winning films.

An ode to the drawn reality behind Hollywood’s film industry.

An ode to the slippery reality behind a cinematic finish.

Two friends find a baby in the forest and are confused by their own reactions.

A dark comedy with a magical twist exploring motherhood, friendship, and what it means to be an adult.

A post-operative existential crisis inspires an animator to make a film about a post-operative existential crisis.

A post-operative existential crisis inspires an animator to make a film about a post-operative existential crisis.

British-Somali teenager Muna desperately wants to go on the school trip. But her parents aren’t so sure. When her grandfather dies, tragedy strikes.

British-Somali teen Muna is desperate to go on the school trip. But her parents aren’t so sure. Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies.

Official Selection Berlinale 2024, Nominee British Independent Film Awards

Documentary about the diffing scene in the Northern Irish countryside and about the people who use the noisy cars to distract themselves from their personal situations.

In the underground world of diffing, a community finds solace in their passion as they navigate personal struggles and challenges both on and off the road.

On a hot summer day, two teenage boys encounter an electric fence and a competition triggers something unexpected between the two.

At the height of the summer, two rowdy boys come across an electric fence and a competitive game sparks something unexpected between them.

As the world around him becomes increasingly complicated, 15-year-old Andrew supports his grieving mother and tries to connect with his late father through his favorite Jamaican records.

While dealing with the loss of his father, fifteen-year-old Andrew struggles to support his grieving mother through her emotional turmoil – and as his world slowly begins to fracture, he searches for guidance and connection through his late father’s record collection.

“Mommy would never lie to me… would she?” The unsuspecting Bobby learns the answer to this question when she is taken to the hospital under a pretext.

“Mum would never lie to me, would she?” Innocent Bobby discovers the answer to this question when she is surprised by a last-minute trip to the hospital.

Comedy, Dir: Jack Hartley, 3:32

Sometimes you have to become a tea cake yourself.