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Fiction
Narrative shorts, first features in miniature, ensemble pieces.
What we put on the screen
Each programme is assembled from the entries that arrive that month: nine or more films, ordered so a documentary sits next to an animation and both sit next to something that refuses a category.
02
Documentary
Observational and essayistic work, under forty minutes.
03
Animation
Hand-drawn, stop-motion, CG and mixed technique.
04
Experimental
Structural, diaristic, image-and-sound work.
05
Music video
Single-song films made for the screen, not the feed.
Every programme
Runtime 1–40′
Anything longer is a different festival. Anything under a minute is usually a title sequence.
How a programme is chosen
- 1Length: one minute to forty minutes, no exceptions.
- 2All genres welcome — fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and music video.
- 3No production-year limit and no country restriction. All countries and languages accepted.
- 4Non-English films are screened with English subtitles.
- 5Selection is made by the festival’s jury and selection committee.
We have reached our 135th event and screened more than 1,400 short films. Every programme ends with a Q&A for the filmmakers in attendance.