2025 SCREENINGS
FINDING SHINOBI
Two Premieres in Hamburg & Berlin
A special preview of Ivan’s Trilogy — featuring the first two chapters (Ivan’s Gift and Finding Shinobi) — will be screened together for the first time as a 60-minute cut. The evening includes a live Q&A about the final chapter and upcoming feature plans. This premiere event takes place in Hamburg on 20 November 2025, with a Berlin screening to follow.
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LIVE PREMIERES & SPECIAL EVENTS
IDLE FILMS ANTHOLOGY
Three Premieres in Hamburg / Berlin / Marseille
Since November 2023, Idle Films has brought its Anthology to Hamburg, Berlin, and Marseille—presenting six curated shorts in intimate screenings designed to showcase our strongest work and connect audiences with the collective.
A filmmaker's Journal
What is Idle Films Anthology?
Idle Films Anthology is an ongoing fiction film project shaped like a journal, spanning 52 episodes—one per week of the year. We've completed 28 films so far. The six featured here offer a glimpse into that broader mosaic.
6 poignant stories
Handpicked Screening
Our lineup explores the fragile nature of connection. Some celebrate serendipity. Others reflect on resilience. Together, these six films explore autism, love, music, loss, and survival with nuance and emotional depth.
What’s Special About These Screenings?
Inspired by Proust’s madeleine, our selection invites emotional memory over narrative logic. Some films are quiet. Others cut deep. All carry rhythm and trace. We’ve worked in the shadows for years. These six fragments offer just a glimpse of the whole. Watch closely. You might find your own madeleine.
Why These Cities?
Hamburg, Berlin, Marseille—these cities aren’t random stops. They’re where we live, work, and build together. The Idle Films collective grew out of these places, and so it made sense to bring the films home. Marseille hosted the filming of Les Œufs au Plat and several other stories. In Berlin and Hamburg, much of the writing, editing, and thinking behind the anthology took shape. Each city holds part of the process—and part of us. That’s why these premieres happened here. They’re more than screenings. They’re gatherings in places that shaped the work.
About the Director
Born in Algeria and raised during the civil war of the 1990s, Iliès Terki explores how myth meets memory. His films reveal the quiet power of everyday moments—how the imagined and the real shape one another.
Hitchhiking
15 min | French (Original)
Subtitles: English
Hitchhiking tells the story of Sarah drifting through Provence. Our film explores the unpredictability of an era where spontaneous travel and chance encounters are increasingly rare in the digital age.
Nº 12
Getting Lost
12 min | German (Original)
Subtitles: English
A couple's search for a lighthouse during a weekend trip strains their relationship to the breaking point. But perhaps getting lost is the best way for them to find their way back to each other.
Nº 49
To See a Woman
12 min | German (Original)
Subtitles: English
Stage actress Marie prepares for a role in a play about Swiss author Annemarie Schwarzenbach. She travels to Sils Maria for inspiration but finds that fate has other plans. Amidst the breathtaking Engadine landscape in the Swiss Alps, Marie embarks on a journey of self-discovery filled with longing an unexpected encounter.
Nº 41
Ivan's Gift
12 min | Film Without Dialogue
Ivan is not your average hero. A gifted artisan of a lawless craft with a dangerous clientele and a high-functioning form of autism. This short thriller drama follows Ivan as his life turns upside down when he gets a visit from an assassin.
Nº 06
All Things Burn
12 min | French (Original)
Subtitles: English
Amid a historic wildfire in southern France, Ana, a sawmill operator, risks everything to save her plants, the treehouse home, and the life she’s built. Facing difficult choices, Ana's story explores our complex and often conflicting relationship with nature, reminding us that in a battle against nature, we will always be on the losing end.
Nº 24
Sunny Side Up
10 min | French/Arabic (Original)
Subtitles: English
A defining concert, a pending eviction, and a marriage under strain. Majid, an undocumented Raï musician, and his wife face eviction from their home in Marseille Noailles just hours before an important gig for Majid. "Sunny Side Up" is a short film about love and music. It also tackles gentrification and the challenges of precarious living and life as a musician.
Nº23
Nº 12
Hitchhiking
15 min | French (Original)
Subtitles: English
Hitchhiking tells the story of Sarah drifting through Provence. Our film explores the unpredictability of an era where spontaneous travel and chance encounters are increasingly rare in the digital age.
Nº 45
Getting Lost
12 min | German (Original)
Subtitles: English
A couple's search for a lighthouse during a weekend trip strains their relationship to the breaking point. But perhaps getting lost is the best way for them to find their way back to each other.
Nº 41
To See a Woman
12 min | German (Original)
Subtitles: English
Marie, actrice de théâtre, se rend à Sils Maria pour préparer un rôle sur l'auteure suisse Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Dans les paysages majestueux de l'Engadine, elle fait une rencontre imprévue qui éveille en elle le rêve d'un désir insoupçonné.
Nº 06
Ivan's Gift
12 min | Film Without Dialogue
Ivan is not your average hero. A gifted artisan of a lawless craft with a dangerous clientele and a high-functioning form of autism.
Nº 23
All Things Burn
12 min | French (Original)
Subtitles: English
Amid a historic wildfire in southern France, Ana, a sawmill operator, risks everything to save her plants, treehouse home, and the life she’s built. Her story explores our complex relationship with nature, reminding us that we will always be on the losing side in this battle.
Nº 24
Sunny Side Up
10 min | French/Arabic
Subtitles: English
Out film follows Majid, an undocumented Raï musician in Marseille's Noailles, and his wife as they face eviction just hours before Majid's defining concert. This short film explores love, music, gentrification, and the challenges of precarious living.
ENGAGING EVENINGS
What Happened After the Films
Our premieres weren’t festival slots or something you half-watch while scrolling. They were evenings made for being there. In Hamburg, Berlin, and Marseille, people showed up—and stayed. They sat with the films, jotted down thoughts by hand, and talked with us after. No filters. Just real time, real talk.
These nights reminded us why we do this—why stories matter when they’re shared in a room. No AI, no matter how intelligent, can replace the kind of shared experience that defines who we are.The pictures below say the rest.
Zeise Kino Hamburg
After Sunny Side Up’s final scene, the band kept playing—turning fiction into real presence.
Zeise Kino, Hamburg—audience applause just after the screening, moments before the crew joined on stage.
Director Iliès Terki on stage during the post-screening Q&A at Zeise Kino, Hamburg—sharing the process behind the films with the audience.
Mala Ghedia moderates the Q&A—filmmaker and director of Aussie Film Fest Berlin.
Cast and crew on stage with director Iliès Terki during the audience Q&A session.
Djamel Reffes, actor and musician from Sunny Side Up, speaks during the Q&A session.
Composer Christoph Klinger shares insights on scoring the Idle Films Anthology
Eva Faure shares her experience playing Sarah in Hitchhiking—her first film role.
Cinematographer Holger Jaquet and Fernando Silvestrin discuss All Things Burn.
After the screening, guests mingled with the cast over drinks—while live music played nearby.
Guests posing after the screening—capturing the warmth of the evening in Hamburg.
Phil Maron, Hamburg-based visual artist behind the stunning graphic work on All Things Burn.
Alen Jelić, colorist for Sunny Side Up, with producer Oliver Krupp from Mookwe
Chris Hellmich, Charlie, Timmi Davis, and Christoph Klinger—four key collaborators behind the scenes at Idle Films.
Véréna Garjet, lead in To See a Woman, surrounded by fellow actors and friends after the screening.
Actress Eva Faure (Hitchhiking), director Iliès Terki, and assistant director Gabriela Mais after the screening.
Moderator Mala Ghedia with actor Danny Thomas, who played the lead in Ivan’s Gift.
Director Iliès Terki with actor Danny Thomas (Ivan’s Gift), cinematographer/actor Timmi Davis, actress Jennifer Lotsi (Getting Lost), screenwriter Fernando Silvestrin, and fellow Idle Films collaborators—gathered after the Hamburg premiere.
Cinematographer Timmi Davis (center) with guests at the Idle Films premiere in Hamburg.
Singer-songwriter Ben Galliers (Idle Films contributor), voice actress Marta Klaka (To See a Woman), and director Iliès Terki at the Hamburg premiere.
Café Noailles performing a live post-screening set in the hall next to Zeise Kino, Hamburg.
Mustapha Lakhdari performing North African oral poetry during the Café Noailles concert.
Kader Denednia performing on mondol and singing Algerian classics with Café Noailles.
Berlin Moviemento
Gabriela Mais and Daniel Thomas at the Berlin premiere, standing before the posters of all six anthology films.
Surprise screening in Berlin: The Overnight Train joined the lineup unannounced
Snapshot from Getting Lost during its Berlin screening at Moviemento Kino.
Audience fully immersed during the Marseille premiere—eyes fixed, minds carried into the stories on screen.
Director Iliès Terki and Emanuel Tessema discuss making the anthology through independent, collective filmmaking.
Post-screening hangout at Moviemento — chatting with the audience, answering questions.
Mehtoze on decks at the Berlin afterparty—Kemia brought Maghreb & Machrek grooves to MENA for one unforgettable night.
Marseille Artplexe Canebière
Kader Denednia surprises the audience with a live mandole performance during the end credits of Sunny Side Up.
On stage at the Marseille screening, Kader Denednia was accompanied by Algerian-Marseille singer Mehdi Laifaoui and percussionist Djamel Reffes.
Director Iliès Terki with Sarah Limorté moderating the Marseille premiere of Six Idle Shorts.
Cast and crew joining on stage for the Q&A after the Marseille premiere of Six Idle Shorts.
Nathalie Oger, production designer for Sunny Side Up, joining us at the Marseille screening.
Idle Films collective in Marseille — gathering cast and crew.
Holger Jaquet, cinematographer for Sunny Side Up, All Things Burn, and Hitchhiking — shot across France.
Friends from the Transversarts association in Marseille, who generously supported the making of Sunny Side Up.
Naziha Hormani, actress in Sunny Side Up, photographed at the Marseille premiere. Untitled
From left to right: Timmi Davis, Verena Gerjets (actress in To See a Woman), and Fernando Silvestrin at the Marseille premiere.
Evelise Mendes, actress in All Things Burn, present at the Marseille premiere.
Café Noailles closing the night with North African grooves — a packed room, spinning bodies, and dancing feet.
Actor and musician Djamel Reffes, blending rhythm and soul on guitar during Café Noailles’ live set.
Kader Denedia singing with intensity, leading the groove at Café Noailles.
Mehdi Laifaoui holding the rhythm live on frame drum during the Café Noailles set.
Photo Credit Caption:
Anke Bewert (Hamburg) -Leo Derivot (Marseille)
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