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Bariq Short Films Programme & Cine-Concert: Wonderful Explorations
Our short programmes at DFF 2025 champion new and established voices in equal measure. Curated with care, each selection offers bold craft, fresh perspectives and the pleasures of discovery, from Qatar to the wider region and beyond. Short in length, expansive in thought.
Bariq Short Film Programme

A squirrel's nest is warmly padded out for the cold winter with all kinds of stolen goods. But a sudden flood forces all the forest animals to flee to Lena's farm.

Credits

Director
Elena Walf

About the Director

Elena Walf
Born in Moscow in 1982, Elena Walf lives in Ludwigsburg. She received her first degree from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2004. In recent years, Walf has illustrated several children’s books for publishing houses in Germany, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan. In 2015, Walf graduated from the animation department of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. She currently works as an indepe