Kurzfilmtage is turning 30! Join us for our anniversary events.

Festival Opening with Dino Brandão

Kartell Mukanda – Concert and Performance Based on «I Love You, I Leave You»

For the opening of the 30th festival edition, we return to Theater Winterthur, where Dino Brandão and his crew reinterpret the award-winning documentary «I Love You, I Leave You» (Switzerland 2025) by Moris Freiburghaus in a music and dance performance. Kartell Mukanda is a celebration of connection – between different forms of expression and different people.

  3 November 2026

  Doors: 19:30, start: 20:15

 Theater Winterthur, Theaterstrasse 6

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Shorts at Your Doorstep

Outdoor Cinema in the Neighbourhood

From Alte Kaserne to Theater Winterthur to our current homebase at Lagerplatz – we’ve been calling Winterthur home for 30 years. To celebrate our bond with the city, we’re bringing short films into neighbourhoods. Join us for two screenings under the night sky and discover fascinating, gripping, and amusing gems from Zurich’s film scene.

In collaboration with Kino Nische.

«Heart Fruit» (Switzerland 2022) by Kim Allmand is screened at the outdoor cinema in Veltheim and Töss.

Loud Love (Switzerland 2025), Lea Bloch

Swiss German, EN Sub

After a family dinner, Noemie and Elias get caught in an explosive dynamic. They argue, drift apart, and then come back together. What kind of relationship do they have with each other?

Content Notes:
Emotional abuse

Feet Fear Freedom (Switzerland 2023), Joris Keller

German, EN Sub

Feet receive little attention. Unless they hurt, and podiatrist Edi passionately takes care of them. A courageous cut, a well-aimed stitch, and the previously hidden foot stories come to the surface.

Intervention in einer Bank (Switzerland 2017), Matthias Sahli

Swiss German, EN Sub

A series of interventions intended to cure the demoralized employees of a big bank.

Kleingolf (Switzerland 2018), Marvin Meckes

Swiss German, EN Sub

What others do for fun is serious business for them: a small community from across the country gathers at the mini-golf course in Amriswil to determine the Swiss champion. Among them is young, ambitious Maja as well as old, seasoned mini-golfer Jörg. The competition for a place on the podium requires both steady nerves and the right equipment.

Kill Your Darlings (Switzerland 2023), Thirza Ingold

If there’s one thing farmer Olga loves more than her pet pigs, it’s a pork chop.
When the pigs she butchers find that they can still influence events on the farm after their deaths, a vicious circle begins.

Content Notes:
Gore, blood and body horror
Death

Heart Fruit (Switzerland 2022), Kim Allamand

Swiss German, German, EN Sub

City people set off into a warm late summer night. Glances meet in a library. During their workout, two men discuss where to buy love. A couple is kissing intimately. She bites him. As soon as he has bought a match, a better offer calls. Doubts arise. A couple explains themselves in therapy. At breakfast, his match chews her egg so loudly that he freezes in disgust. The electrifying looks in the library lose their power. Full of hope, they wander into the unknown.

Shorts across Town!

A Wall Is a Screen in Zurich and Winterthur

We’re partnering with A Wall Is a Screen Hamburg for a cinematic stroll through town. A Wall Is a Screen transforms façades and other structures into screens, offering an original, thought-provoking, and entertaining new perspective on your hometown. Only the starting point is known in advance, whereas the films and other locations will be a surprise.

Zurich

  25 September 2026

  Meeting: from 19:30, start: 20:00

  Starting point: Heimplatz Zurich

 Accessibility: The walk is not step-free. You are welcome to bring your own seating for the stops along the way. If you would like to take part in a wheelchair, please contact kilian.lilienfeldkurzfilmtage.ch.

 Content Notes: As the programme is strictly confidential, we do not publish any content notes. Please get in touch with us if you have any specific questions about sensitive content.

  Admission is free!

In collaboration with Zurich Film Festival. 

Winterthur

  26 September 2026

  Meeting: from 19:30, start: 20:00

  Starting point: Park Hotel Winterthur

  Accessibility: The walk is not step-free. You are welcome to bring your own seating for the stops along the way. If you would like to take part in a wheelchair, please contact kilian.lilienfeldkurzfilmtage.ch.

 Content Notes: As the programme is strictly confidential, we do not publish any content notes. Please get in touch with us if you have any specific questions about sensitive content.

  Admission is free!