We are happy to present the 3rd edition of Usina Berlin Ibero-American Short Film Festival, a celebration of the diverse voices of contemporary Ibero-American cinema.
Organized by Yorck Kinogruppe Berlin and the international screenwriting program ugbb | Usina de guiones breves en Berlin, this year’s edition once again features five outstanding short films from the Berlinale 2026.
From nights in Buenos Aires to Indigenous forests in the Amazon, passing through the dark rooms of adolescent desire, a grief-laden video letter and the sacred landscapes of La Guajira, the films explore longing, identity, memory and the limits of the world we thought we knew.
Organized in collaboration with Urua Films, Latin Quarter Distribution and Lara Franzetti.
Thursday, September 17 | 7:00 PM
Kino Passage (Karl-Marx-Str. 131, 12043 Berlin)
Tickets: 10€
- The program runs for a total of 100 minutes
Recommended age 14+
All short films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles
Programme
JÜLAPÜIN YONNA / THE DREAM OF DANCE (Colombia, 2026)
Generation 14plus
Written and directed by Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio
In the heart of the Alta Guajira, 15-year-old Weinshi, a girl from the Wayuu people whose name means «Time», begins to hear an ancestral calling in her dreams: the earth must be healed through her people’s sacred dance, the Yonna. She sets off on a journey seeking the wisdom of her elders, acquiring ancestral knowledge and a deep spiritual connection to the land, while confronting the devastating consequences of mining on the environment and the lives of Indigenous communities.
Production Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio, Lavi Films
Runtime 25’
Original Language Wayuunaiki
FLORESTA DO FIM DO MUNDO (Brazil, 2026)
Forum Expanded
Written and directed by Felipe M. Bragança, Denilson Baniwa
Blending speculative fiction with the cosmogony of the Amazonian Baniwa people, the film tells the story of Suely, an Indigenous woman who divides her days between a small apartment in a large Brazilian city and dreams in which she communicates with a forest. Between romantic dances in a suburban bar, the heavy sounds of machines in a recycling factory and the mysterious voices of an impatient nature, Suely connects to secrets about herself that place her in the midst of radical changes to the future of the world as we know it.
Production Duas Mariola Filmes
Original language Guajajára
Runtime 16’
STALLION AND A CRYSTAL BALL (Spain, 2026)
Berlinale Shorts
Written and directed by Christian Avilés
In his dark and silent room, a secluded teenager, sick with a burning desire, casts a spell. As violent visions warp his reality, a bubble threatens to burst – something must break. A poetic fever dream exploring queer longing and the mysteries and mysticism of adolescence.
Runtime 19’
Original Language Spanish
Production
Archivo Guardián
MIRIAM (Mexico, 2026)
Berlinale Shorts
Written and directed by Karla Condado
A film letter from the director to her aunt, who was murdered by her partner. She talks about the aftermath of the femicide, her grief, the family’s persistent fear and how she has managed to break the silence to open a space for healing.
Runtime 20’
Original Language Spanish
Production Bosque de Niebla Cine
HORA DE IRSE (Argentina, 2026)
Berlinale Shorts
Written and directed by Renzo Cozza
Patricio works for his sisters and feels trapped in a life that no longer fits him. Determined to break away, he drifts through a night charged with expectation and the desire for renewal. A date with a mysterious man seems to open the door to something new. But as the night deepens, attraction becomes uneasy and intimacy slips into danger. Governed by its own rules, the night spirals towards an unexpected and bloody outcome.
Runtime 20’
Original Language Spanish
Production Esquimal Cine, Florencia Clérico, Aurora Cine, Febrero Cine
