早期的電影幾乎都是短片，短片在德國有很長的歷史。至今，德國每年製作2000多部不同長度的短片，在德舉行的短片節更是不勝枚舉，短片作為跨文化傳播的手段和傳播的形式，佔有非常重要的地位。本文將從德國短片產業的發展、扶持政策和發行等環節分析和介紹德國短片產業，為中國目前短片產業發展形勢的優化及可持續發展提供一種視角與借鑒。

In the early stage of the film industry, most of its products are short films. Therefore, short films have a long history in many developed film markets, including the German’s. As this cultural heritage has been carried on, German is now producing more than 2000 short films every year, regardless of their different lengths; not to mention the numerous short film festivals which are hosted in Germany. As one of the results, short films are making great contributions toward cross-cultural communication in means of methods and forms. The paper is structured into three sections: a summary about the development of German short film industry; an analysis about government policies supporting the industry and the market distribution; as well as some representative works. The paper may provide a perspective with reference for optimization approach for the sustainable development of the current Chinese short film industry.