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FROM NOVEMBER 28 TILL NOVEMBER 30, 2025, THE T-SHORT FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE KINEMATHEK KARLSRUHE CINEMA, IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY.

 

FROM DECEMBER 1 TILL DECEMBER 14, 2025 THE FESTIVAL WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF GERMANY, AS WELL AS FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS AND GUESTS.

 

THE DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSION IS UNTIL APRIL 30, 2025.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

T-Short Animated Film
On/Off Festival

T-Short Festival for professionals from all over the world and animated movie fans in Germany.

Only short films up to 15 minutes are presented at the festival, for the most part, films without dialogues or monologues..

T-Short Festival treats any auteur animated films with trepidation, however, it prefers abstract, experimental and surreal animation.

The festival is aimed at an adult audience only.

The festival is international and has no national awards.

National awards can only be presented by sponsors and partners of the festival.

Films are judged by our highly respected Jury.

Festival films can be watched both Online and Offline in the Cinema.

Watching films online is only possible for residents of Germany. From other countries, watching films is only possible for festival participants from 2021 to the present and invited guests.

FESTIVAL LOGO AND PRIZE

The Name of T-Short is a pun: T-Shirt is a well-known item of clothing and the word Short here means a short film. Similarly, a project logo emphasizes a pun in the title – a film shaped like T-Shirt.

 

 

The prize of the festival is created in the likeness of the logo and is made by hand from ceramics. The author of the prize is Vita Valdmane (Master of Ceramics).

The author of the festival name and logo is Marat Barsky.

The festival takes place in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

We invite you to watch festival films to the Kinemathek Karlsruhe cinema.

Tickets for the festival can be purchased at the cinema box office.

For information about hotels where you can stay, please contact us.