German Films and the German Federal Film Board (FFA) present twelve shorts from promising up-and-coming filmmakers from German film schools.

The short film program Next Generation was created by German Films in 1998 to introduce young talents from Germany to international audiences. Selected from film school submissions by an independent jury, the program premieres within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival and is then presented worldwide at Festivals of German Films and is also available for screenings at international film festivals. Since 2011, German Films has cooperated with the German Federal Film Board (FFA) to present the nominees of their annual Short Tiger Award as part of the program, now called Next Generation Short Tiger.

We are showing the 2016 edition; 2017 premiered in May in Cannes. Here is the list of the short films:

• Amour Fou by Florian Werzinski (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, animation, Short Tiger)
• Chay by Charlotte A. Rolfes (Hamburg Media School, fiction film)
• Eat My Dream by Jessica Dürwald (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, animation/documentary)
• Emily Must Wait by Christian Wittmoser (Kassel School of Art & Design, fiction film)
• Eric the Soldier by Charlotte Funke (University for Television & Film Munich, documentary)
• Eye for an Eye by Mahyar Goudarzi, Steve Bache, Louise Peter (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, animation/documentary, Short Tiger)
• Germ-Free by Samuel Pleitner (ifs international film school cologne, fiction film)
• Pianoid by Janina Putzker (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, animation, Short Tiger)
• Prince Alfred by Mingus Ballhaus (German Film & Television Academy Berlin, fiction film)
• Sweeper’s Pride by Matthias Koßmehl (Hamburg Media School, fiction film)
• What Happens in Your Brain if You See a German Word Like…? by Zora Rux (German Film & Television Academy Berlin, animation/fiction film, Short Tiger)
• Who Will Pay the Bill? by Daniel Nocke (Studio FILM BILDER, animation, Short Tiger)