Love Your Nails!
Dir.: Narges Kalhor, 2026, Germany, 9', German, English with English subtitles

This short film portrays a fantasy world in which traditional gender roles are reversed and long artificial nails serve as a recurring motif—as well as a weapon of choice for women. These nails can seemingly be used for anything: hunting, fighting, or even giving birth. Using AI to further invert and critique the unspoken codes underpinning gender and social norms, the film poses a provocative question: what if women used their power the way men have been doing throughout history—and continue to today?

Shahid
Dir.: Narges Kalhor, 2024, Germany, 84', German, Farsi, English with English subtitles

Shahid is both a political drama and a dark comedy. Narges Kalhor’s autofictional film explores historical heroes, contemporary crimes, and how they are dealt with in the present day. At its heart lies the desire to change a name: the director, played by an actor wishes to remove the word ‘Shahid’ (meaning martyr) from her own name, which was bestowed upon her great-grandfather in Iran as a title of honour a hundred years earlier. This mission not only goes against her great-grandfather’s wishes but leads to bureaucratic complications at the local administrative office in Bavaria as well as musical-esque scenes, making Shahid a deeply personal film that challenges radical ideologies while not taking itself entirely seriously.