The Cologne Short Film Festival, founded in 2005, aims to popularize trends in short fiction, documentary and animated films. The programme consists of regional, national and international sections. This year's edition runs from 19 to 24, November.

The section Focus on the Country: Poland, prepared by Piotr Czerkawski, also the curator of the Shortlist of the New Horizons Festival in Wrocław, will feature our films:

4DOGS dir. Maciej Białoruski
BE SOMEBODY dir. Michał Toczek
AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA dir. Mohammed Almughanni, prod. Lumisenta Foundation (Patryk Sielecki), INDEKS Film Studio (Marcin Malatyński), Synecdoche (David Frenkel)

as well as
WAIT FOR ME IN A DREAM dir. Natalia Durszewicz (animation graduate; prod. Fumi Studio)
GRANDMAMAUNTSISTERCAT dir. Zuzanna Banasińska (project developed in the Visual Narrative Laboratory)
SISTER OF MINE dir. Mariusz Rusiński (directing student; prod. Munk Studio)

Focus on Poland section programme: kffk.de/2024-laenderfokus

1 – festival organizer’s press materials
2 – still from the film 4DOGS
3 – still from the film BE SOMEBODY
4 – still from the film AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA