OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
2023 EDITION
Calf
Director: Jamie O´Rourke
Writer(s): Jamie O´Rourke
Producer(s): Gregory Burrowes
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Women
Runtime: 14 minutes
Ireland - 2023
Fish Out of Water
Director: Francesca Scorsese
Writer(s): Francesca Scorsese, Megan LuLu Taylor, Savannah Braswell
Producer(s): Catrin Ody, Federica Domeneghetti, Izzie Nadah, Maya Moravec
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genres: Drama, Fiction
Runtime: 25 minutes 15 seconds
USA - 2023
An Avocado Pit
Director: Ary Zara
Writer(s): Ary Zara
Producer(s): Andreia Nunes
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 19 minutes 38 seconds
Portugal - 2022
Pina
Director(s): Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
Writer(s): Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
Producer(s): Lucas Tothe, Maxime Feyers
Story by: Simbiatu Ajikawo
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 20 minutes
Belgium - 2022
The Irrepressible
Director(s): Stefan Köhler Pellegrini
Writer(s): Josephine Maria Leopold
Producer(s): Jacob Meier, Sophie Florentine Schüttfort, Kim Magnusson, Stefan Frost, Gregory Kirchhoff
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, War, History, Love, Friendship
Runtime: 29 minutes 56 seconds
Denmark - 2023
It Takes a Village...
Director(s): Ophelia Harutyunyan
Writer(s): Ophelia Harutyunyan
Producer(s): Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan, Lydia Indjova, Quentin Daniel
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Women, Armenia
Runtime: 23 minutes
Armenia - 2022
Matta and Matto
Director(s): Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
Writer(s): Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
Producer(s): Joder von Rotz
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Runtime: 10 minutes 16 seconds
Switzerland - 2023
In Passing
Director(s): Hillia Aho
Writer(s): Hillia Aho
Producer(s): Hillia Aho
Project Type: Short Film, Experimental, Student Project
Genres: Romance
Runtime: 10 minutes 23 seconds
USA - 2022
A Tree Once Grew Here
Director: Johnnie Semerad
Writer(s): Johnnie Semerad
Producer(s): Dara Semerad
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: -
Runtime: 6 minutes 59 seconds
United States - 2023
Tskaltubo
Director(s): Toby Andris
Writer(s): Toby Andris
Producer(s): Toby Andris
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 24 minutes
France - 2023
Blackwool
Director: Eubha Akilade
Writer(s): Eubha Akilade
Producer(s): Jack Gemmell, Sophie Chater
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Fiction
Runtime: 15 minutes
United Kingdom - 2023
Blond Night
Director(s): Gabrielle Demers
Writer(s):Gabrielle Demers
Producer(s): Nellie Carrier
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Fiction
Runtime: 15 minutes 59 seconds
Canada - 2022
Brenda and Billy (and the Pothos Plant)
Director(s): Dave Solomon
Writer(s): Dave Solomon
Producer(s): Dave Solomon, Harris Doran
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Comedy, Horror
Runtime: 14 minutes 25 seconds
USA - 2023
Caline
Director(s): Margot Reumont
Writer(s): Margot Reumont
Producer(s): ZOROBABEL
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Drama, Sexual abuse
Runtime: 15 minutes 7 seconds
Belgium - 2022
Blank Cartridge
Director(s): Kaveh Sistani, Fariba Farzanfar
Writer(s): Kaveh Sistani
Producer(s): -
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 6 minutes
Iran - 2023
Dona Beatriz Ñsîmba Vita
Director: Catapreta
Writer(s): Catapreta
Producer(s): Catapreta, Miriam Rolim
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 20 minutes
Brazil - 2023
Ethel
Director: Beatrice Jäggi
Writer(s): Beatrice Jäggi, Lina, Geissmann
Producer(s): TRIXFILM
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 8 minutes
Switzerland - 2022
Fairytales
Director(s): Daniela Soria
Writer(s): Daniela Soria, Mar Flores
Producer(s): Daniela Soria, Emanuel Sandoval
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Runtime: 15 minutes
Mexico - 2023
Fatih the Conqueror
Director(s): Onur Yagiz
Writer(s): Onur Yagiz
Producer(s): Pierre-Louis Garnon
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 15 minutes
France - 2023
Ferns
Director(s): Paz Ramírez
Writer(s): Paz Ramírez
Producer(s): Florencia Rodríguez, Dominga Ortúzar
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 16 minutes 48 seconds
Chile - 2023
sister
Director(s): Shane Andries
Writer(s): Meg Jenkins Locke
Producer(s): Shane Andries, Meg Jenkins Locke, Gabe Yeh, Ela Thier
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 15 minutes 22 seconds
USA - 2023
Guts
Director(s): Margaux Susi
Writer(s): Jan Rosenberg
Producer(s): Grayson Propst
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 10 minutes 30 seconds
USA - 2023
Palestine 87
Director(s): Bilal Alkhatib
Writer(s): Bilal Alkhatib
Producer(s): -
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Fantastic, Drama
Runtime: 10 minutes
Palestine - 2022
Struggling Beneath Mud
Director(s): Hou Jun Yi
Writer(s): Hou Jun Yi, Meng Wei
Producer(s): Hou Jun Yi, Chen Tai Lin, Zhu Zi Jie
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 27 minutes 55 seconds
China - 2023
Herbe Verte
Director: Elise Augarten
Writer(s): Elise Augarten
Producer(s): NOVANIMA PRODUCTIONS, LE-LOKAL PRODUCTION & COLA ANIMATION
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 12 minutes
France, Portugal - 2023
Witchfairy
Director(s): Cedric Igodt, David Van De Weyer
Writer(s): Brigitte Minne
Producer(s): CINEVENTURE
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Runtime: 15 minutes
Belgium - 2022
In a 100 years
Director(s): Hektor Bille Hornsleth
Writer(s): Hektor Bille Hornsleth
Producer(s): Nikolaj Naetz Rasmussen
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Runtime: 27 minutes 13 seconds
Denmark - 2023
ASH
Director(s): 高 展 鹏
Writer(s): 高 展 鹏
Producer(s): 高 展 鹏
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 21 minutes 14 seconds
China - 2023
In The Flesh
Director(s): Daphne Gardner
Writer(s): Daphne Gardner
Producer(s): Zach Fleming, Rachel Wolther, Lexi Tannenholtz, Graham Mason, Joshua Adam Fu
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Horror, Dark Comedy
Runtime: 12 minutes 44 seconds
USA - 2022
Infinity Eggs
Director: Vladimir Nefedov
Writer(s): Vladimir Nefedov
Producer(s): Vladimir Nefedov
Project Type: Short Film, Experimental, Web / New Media, Other
Genres: Sci-Fi, AI, Horror
Runtime: 5 minutes
Poland - 2023
Kusikozu
Director(s): Aitor Irulegi
Writer(s): Aitor Irulegi
Producer(s): Aitor Irulegi
Project Type: Short Film, Animation, Experimental
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 6 minutes
Spain - 2023
Backfire
Director(s): Jacob Sadler, Emily Hestelow, Will Savage
Writer(s): Jacob Sadler, Emily Hestelow, Will Savage
Producer(s): Matthew Gidney
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Runtime: 5 minutes 15 seconds
Australia - 2022
La Magia de las Pompas
Director(s): Gerardo Garrido Diez
Writer(s): Gerardo Garrido Diez
Producer(s): Gerardo Garrido Diez
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Art, Science, Water
Runtime: 30 minutes
Spain - 2023
La Unión de las Nubes
Director(s): Cristina Cardín, Pablo Fernández
Writer(s): Cristina Cardín
Producer(s): FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO REPÚBLICA Y DEMOCRACIA
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Africa, Social, Women, Human Rights
Runtime: 17 minutes
Spain - 2023
Middle Watch
Director(s): Aiesha Penwarden, John Stevenson
Writer(s): John Stevenson
Producer(s): SKYLARK FILMS
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Adventure, Anti War
Runtime: 12 minutes
United Kingdom - 2022
The white horse
Director(s): Goran Mihailov
Writer(s): Simina Banulescu, Tudor Buican
Producer(s): Eduard Harris, Adrian Smarandache
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 17 minutes
Romania - 2023
Nashville
Director(s): Jesper Vidkjær
Writer(s): Jesper Vidkjær, Thomas Nielsen
Producer(s): RETROSPECT FILM, KIM SØGAARD
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 23 minutes
Denmark - 2023
Midnight Ride
Director(s): Alessandro Farrattini Pojani
Writer(s): Alessandro Farrattini Pojani
Producer(s): Lionelle Galloppa
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 12 minutes 46 seconds
United Kingdom - 2023
Mother
Director(s): Mariia Felenko
Writer(s): Mariia Felenko
Producer(s): Valeria Othenash
Project Type: Short Film, Student Project
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 7 minutes 33 seconds
Ukraine - 2023
Mulsotan - The Rooted
Director(s): Janantik Shukla
Writer(s): -
Producer(s): Mitesh Sushila
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Human Rights
Runtime: 27 minutes 36 seconds
India- 2022
Nowhere
Director(s): Garin Hovannisian
Writer(s): Garin Hovannisian
Producer(s): Garin Hovannisian
Project Type: Short Film, Experimental
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 11 minutes 14 seconds
Armenia - 2023
Pig
Director(s): Jorn Leeuwerink
Writer(s): Jorn Leeuwerink
Producer(s): STUDIO PUPIL
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 8 minutes
Netherlands - 2022
Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal
Director: Alisi Telengut
Writer(s): Alisi Telengut
Producer(s): Alisi Telengut, Fabian Driehorst
Project Type: Short Film, Documentrary, Animation, Experimental
Genres: Native, Indigenous
Runtime: 8 minutes 56 seconds
Canada - 2023
A Twist in the Wind
Director: Rob Maguire
Writer(s): Rob Maguire
Producer(s): -
Project Type: Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
Genres: Horror, Silent
Runtime: 7 minutes 3 seconds
Ireland - 2023
Clone
Director(s): Ryan M. Kennedy
Writer(s): Ryan M. Kennedy
Producer(s): Atit Shah, Kiowa Gordon, Kiowa Gordon
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
Runtime: 19 minutes 45 seconds
USA - 2023
Resurrektor
Director: Angad Aulakh
Writer(s): Angad Aulakh, Taylor Sardoni
Producer(s): Angad Aulakh, Guy Kent, Oleg Romanov
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Horror, BIPOC Stories
Runtime: 16 minutes 59 seconds
USA - 2023
Scraps
Directors: Ryan Nordin
Writer(s): Ryan Nordin, Matthew Francis
Producer(s): Colton Underwood, Chance Housley, Matthew Francis, Chris Stanley, Ryan Nordin
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Romance, Coming of age
Runtime: 27 minutes 25 seconds
USA - 2023
Signal
Director(s): Jérôme Pierrat
Writer(s): Jérôme Pierrat
Producer(s): Jérôme Pierrat
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Horror, Drama, Fantastic
Runtime: 8 minutes 54 seconds
France - 2023
Solo un Ensayo
Director(s): Hugo Sanz
Writer(s): Hugo Sanz
Producer(s): URRESTI PRODUCCIONES S.L
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Woman, Family, Domestic Violence
Runtime: 9 minutes
Spain - 2022
Stratosphere
Director(s): Mahmood Pouyandeh
Writer(s): Mahmood Pouyandeh
Producer(s): Mahmood Pouyandeh
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Dramedy, Women, Children, Dance, Human Rights
Runtime: 12 minutes
Iran - 2023
To Go
Director(s): Seval Şener
Writer(s): Seval Şener, Muhammed Ali Çakmak
Producer(s): Muhammed Ali Çakmak, Seval Şener
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 22 minutes 59 seconds
Turkey - 2023
A Father
Director: Christophe Olivier Predari
Writer(s): Christophe Olivier Predari
Producer(s): Christophe Olivier Predari
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 13 minutes 38 seconds
Belgium - 2022
Surcos
Director(s): César Cárdenas
Writer(s): César Cárdenas
Producer(s): MEÑIQUE ESTUDIOS
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary, Animation
Genres: Social, Tradition
Runtime: 14 minutes
Ecuador - 2023
The Land of Yesterday
Director(s): Agustín Márquez Gómez
Writer(s): Agustín Márquez Gómez
Producer(s): Agustín Márquez Gómez
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Social, Africa, Ethnographic, Indigenous
Runtime: 29 minutes
Spain - 2023
Anoana
Director(s): Line Klungseth Johansen
Writer(s): Line Klungseth Johansen
Producer(s): Line Klungseth Johansen, Øystein Moe
Project Type: Short Film
Genre: Music Video
Runtime: 4 minutes 59 seconds
Norway - 2022
Vastago
Director: David Luque
Writer(s): David Luque
Producer(s): -
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 10 minutes
Spain - 2022
The Legent of Goldhorn
Director(s): Lea Vucko
Writer(s): Lea Vucko, Damir Grbanovic
Producer(s): OCTOPICS
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 13 minutes
Slovenia - 2022
The Orchestra Chuck Built
Director: Christopher Stoudt
Writer(s): -
Producer(s): Maryann Garger, Ryan Suffern, Bob Logan, Ainz "Brainz" Prasad
Project Type: Short, Documentary
Genres: -
Runtime: 23 minutes
USA - 2023
The Perfect Shot: Antarctica
Director(s): Quinn Halleck
Writer(s): -
Producer(s): Artem Shestakov
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: -
Runtime: 10 minutes 20 seconds
USA - 20223
Beneath a Mother's Feet
Director: Elias Suhail
Writer(s): Elias Suhail
Producer(s): Arij Al-Soltan
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Surrealism, Cinema Verité
Runtime: 15 minutes 31 seconds
United Kingdom - 2023
They're all dead
Director(s): Marisa Benito Crespo
Writer(s): Marisa Benito Crespo
Producer(s): -
Project Type: Short Film, Experimental, Animation
Genres: -
Runtime: 7 minutes
Spain - 2023
Transgressing
Director(s): Alessandro Repetti
Writer(s): Enni Red
Producer(s): Enni Red
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Drama, Social
Runtime: 23 minutes 54 seconds
United Kingdom - 2023
Tribute
Director(s): Matías Cisternas
Writer(s): Matías Cisternas
Producer(s): Matías Cisternas
Project Type: Short Film, Animation
Genres: Sci-Fi
Runtime: 4 minutes
Chile - 2023
Finding Venus
Director(s): Mandi Lynn
Writer(s): Mandi Lynn
Producer(s): Carrie Thiel
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Social
Runtime: 16 minutes
New Zealand - 2023
Stranded: A Dirty Coin Short
Director(s): Alana Mediavilla
Writer(s): Joe Nakamoto
Producer(s): Barry Goers
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Bitcoin
Runtime: 17 minutes
USA - 2023
Voice Ever
Director(s): Céline Perreard, Pauline Archange
Writer(s): Céline Perreard, Pauline Archange
Producer(s): Anne Luthaud, Joanna Sitowska
Project Type: Short Film
Genres: Fiction
Runtime: 13 minutes 14 seconds
France - 2023
When I die let the universe burn
Director(s): Evripidis Karydis
Writer(s): Evripidis Karydis
Producer(s): Tautvydas Baranauskas
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Social, Existential
Runtime: 8 minutes 46 seconds
Greece - 2022
Game Over
Director(s): Saeed Mayahy, Miriam Carlsen
Writer(s): Saeed Mayahy, Miriam Carlsen
Producer(s): Saeed Mayahy, Miriam Carlsen
Project Type: Short Film, Documentary
Genres: Social, Refugee
Runtime: 28 minutes 24 seconds
Turkey - 2023