Berlin NewGen 2026: Competition Short Programme III — Heimat: THE GROUND WE STAND ON

​Welcome to the third short film programme of the Berlin NewGen Film Festival 2026!

​★ This screening is part of the NewGen Short Film Main Competition section. Audiences will have the opportunity to vote for the Audience Award following the screening. ★

​Heimat: THE GROUND WE STAND ON

​(Run time: 94 mins)

​A seesaw shifts the view; a coastline recedes; a cinema awaits demolition; a flat passes between arrival and departure. Here, place is never merely a backdrop. Across changing landscapes and diasporic routes, these films ask how ground holds memory, makes certain lives possible, and changes beneath those who leave, return, remain, or look from elsewhere.

​Featured Shorts:

• ​OTHER SIDE OF A SEESAW — Dir. QIU Runfeng

  • ​(Europe Premiere | 2026 | 22 mins | China / United Kingdom | Documentary, Experimental)

• ​SEAWARD — Dir. Saksham Mehrotra

  • ​(Europe Premiere | 2025 | 8 mins | Singapore | Documentary)

• ​HONEY, MY LOVE, SO SWEET — Dir. JT Trinidad

  • ​(2025 | 20 mins | Philippines | Narrative)

• ​HOMECOMING AND GOING — Dir. Kristie Ko

  • ​(2025 | 20 mins | Hong Kong / United Kingdom | Narrative)

• ​THE LINGERING SUNSET — Dir. Heiwa Wong

  • ​(World Premiere | 2026 | 24 mins | Germany / Hong Kong | Narrative)