Gerald Weber

Gerald Weber nam deel aan de poll “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, een unieke publieksbevraging als collectieve liefdesbrief aan de kunst van de korte film. yanco en Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in samenwerking met Talking Shorts, nodigden filmmakers, curatoren, distributeurs, critici en academici wereldwijd uit om tien audiovisuele werken van minder dan zestig minuten te nomineren die zij persoonlijk beschouwen als de “beste” aller tijden. Dit was de inzending van Gerald Weber:

to select 10 films out of uncountable masterpieces in nearly 150 years of short film history was hard to make. This is just a proposal.

— Gerald Weber

Movie	Original Title	Director	Country	Year
La Jetée	Chris Marker	Frankrijk	1962	28’
a classic and still one of my personal favorites, nearly entirely made of still photographs the film tells a dystopian story of an authoritarian regime. visuall sublime and stunning.
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine	Peter Tscherkassky	Oostenrijk	2005	17’
a master piece from the Grand Seigneur of found footage film, Peter Tscherkassky. "Transcendent beauty of sheer sound and visual power, the ghostly physical presence of the living dead who populate the cinema." (Stefan Grissemann) - nothing to add to that.
Burning Palace	Mara Mattuschka	Oostenrijk	2009	32’
In subtle tableaux vivants sweaty bodies awake from a turbulent, dream-filled night at the hotel, loll male and female bodies out of grotesque poses into a scene of border transgression. Super erotic, super queer, super exiting !
Uyuni	Andrés Denegri	Argentinië	2005	8’
Digital and analogue images overlap in the photographs of the Bolivian city of Uyuni, creating breathtaking images. A clandestine narrative from off-screen conveys the latent violence of Latin America.
Spacy	Takashi Ito	Japan	1981	10’
A wild race through images, captured using stop motion technology, which seems to dissolve the coordinates of space, time and movement. One of many masterpieces by the great Japanese avant-garde filmmaker.
The Girl Chewing Gum	John Smith	Verenigd Koninkrijk	1976	12’
As an entertaining critique of conventional voice-over narration and the reflexion of cinematic codes and the power of illusions The Girl Chewing Gum has lost none of its incisive criticism to this day: the increasing helplessness of the voice, which is losing its authority, makes the film a passionate plea for freedom of vision – something that cinema must continually reclaim.
Where Did Forever Go?	Michael Dwass	Verenigde Staten	1997	29’
Using analogue S8-Material portaying his Grandmother suffering from demetia, Dwass transforms a deeply personal story into a poetic universal experience and gives the word 'forever' a new dimension.
The Journey Eine Reise	Gerda E. Grossmann, Margit Eschenbach	Oostenrijk, Duitsland	1992	12’
A road movie, a love story between two female terrorists, narrated in voice-over as the memories of one who was supposed to execute the other. Accompanied by the warm yellow light of streets, landscapes and courtyards.
The Wrong Trousers	Nick Park	Verenigd Koninkrijk	1993	30’
No need to comment. Even after countless viewings, it's still incredibly funny and breathtaking and a timeless classic in clay animation.
Big Business	James W Horn, Leo McCarey	Verenigde Staten	1929	19’
The funniest Laurel and Hardy film, full of anarchic humour and spectacle.