Feature films
Shorts, Live-action

AS A CURE

AS A CURE Directed by Dorothea Sing Zhang China, UK | 16 min | 2026 | Mandarin A girl sifts through the dune to find her identity card in order to enroll in the Beijing Opera academy. Credits: Driector: Dorothea Sing Zhang Screenplay: Dorothea Sing Zhang Cinematography: Louis Lustermann Editing: Jacopo Ramella Pajrin Production design: Kiki Qi…
Shorts, Live-action

SPIRITUS SANCTUS

SPIRITUS SANCTUS Directed by Michał Toczek Poland | 15 minutes | 2026 | Polish | comedy June 1999. During the Pope’s visit and the resulting prohibition, Bogdan searches for alcoholfor his wife’s birthday. A simple jaunt quickly turns into a metaphysical odyssey. Credits: Director: Michał Toczek Screenplay: Adam Porębowicz Cinematography: Tomasz Pawlik Editing: Ignacy Ciunelis, Jakub Didkowski Production…
Shorts, Animation

THE END

THE END Directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr Sweden, France, Denmark | 17 min | 2026 | Swedish, English | animation A dark, poetic tale of death and existence set in a large, international airport. An airplane has serious problems but cannot reach the control tower, the pig employees are engrossed in a reality series. A pushy slug seller in the Tax…
Shorts, Live-action

MAGID / ZAFAR

MAGID / ZAFAR  (معجد / ظفیر) Directed by Luís Hindman UK | 18 min | 2025 | English, Urdu | drama Two childhood friends confront their diverging futures amidst the heat and chaos of a British-Pakistani takeaway. Credits: Director: Luís Hindman Screenplay: Sufiyaan Salam & Luís Hindman Cinematography: Jaime Ackroyd Editor: Joseph Taylor Produced by: Aidan Robert Brooks (Lovechild Studios)…
Shorts, Live-action

CLOUT

CLOUT Directed by Jordan Murphy Doidge UK | 16 min | 2025 | English Oskar’s desperate pursuit of online fame takes a tragic turn when his claims of discovering a dead body are dismissed by his friends at school, leading him down a dark path in an attempt to prove himself. Credits: Director: Jordan Murphy Doidge Screenplay: Jordan Murphy…
Shorts, Live-action

EXAM

EXAM Egzamin Directed by Jan Naszewski Poland | 16 min | 2025 | Polish | comedy A pair of sensitive thirty-somethings are asked to be a model couple during their therapist's exam session. A therapist, an international committee, the worst interpreter and the hidden frustrations of the spouses. What could possibly go wrong? Credits: Director: Jan Naszewski Screenplay: Agnieszka…
Shorts, Live-action

AMBUSH

AMBUSH كمين | Kameen Directed by Yassmina Karajah Jordan, Canada | 21 min | 2025 | Arabic, English A pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces. Jana arrives, newly sober, wrestling with intimacy. While across the street, Hasan watches from his family rooftop,…
Shorts, Live-action

OH, CHRISTMAS TREE

by Katie Aselton

Shorts, Live-action

EVERY OTHER WEEKEND

by Mick Robertson & Margaret Rose

Shorts, Live-action

WASSUPKAYLEE

by Pepi Ginsberg

Shorts, Live-action

SYTHESIZE ME

by Bear Damen

Shorts, Animation

STONE OF DESTINY

By Julie Černá

Shorts, Animation

S THE WOLF

by Sameh Alaa

Shorts, Live-action, Animation

SHÉ (SNAKE)

by Renee Zhan

Shorts, Live-action

BE SOMEBODY

by Michał Toczek

Shorts, Live-action

CROCODILE

by Dawid Bodzak

Shorts, Live-action

SWEATSHOP GIRL

by Selma Cervantes

Shorts, Live-action

A DEAD MARRIAGE

by Michał Toczek

Shorts, Live-action

ON XERXES’ THRONE

by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Shorts, Live-action

THE WATER MURMURS

by Story Chen

Shorts, Kids, Animation

LAIKA & NEMO

by Jan Gadermann

Shorts, Live-action

NEST

by Hlynur Pálmason

Shorts, Animation

SIERRA

by Sander Joon

Shorts, Live-action

WARSHA

by Dania Bdeir

Shorts, Live-action

A FEW MILES SOUTH

by Ben Pearce

Shorts, Live-action

SOLDAT NOIR (BLACK SOLDIER)

by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor

Shorts, Animation

NOIR-SOLEIL

by Marie Larrivé

Shorts, Live-action

LILI ALONE

by ZOU Jing

Shorts, Live-action

DUSTIN

by Naïla Guiguet

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Shorts, Live-action

PLAY SCHENGEN

by Gunhild Enger

Shorts, Animation

MY FAT ARSE AND I

by Yelyzaveta Pysmak

Shorts, Live-action

STEPHANIE

by Leonardo Van Dijl

Shorts, Live-action

I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE

by Sameh Alaa

Shorts, Live-action

HEAT

by Thessa Meijer

Shorts, Live-action

WEIGHTLIFTER

by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

Shorts, Live-action

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

by Teemu Niukkanen

Shorts, Animation

WHY SLUGS HAVE NO LEGS

by Aline Höchli

Shorts, Animation

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

by Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Shorts, Live-action

IKKI ILLA MEINT

by Andrias Høgenni

Shorts, Live-action

WHO TALKS

by Elin Övergaard

Shorts, Live-action

THE MANILA LOVER

by Johanna Pyykkö

Shorts, Live-action

SHE RUNS

by QIU Yang

Shorts, Live-action

BEST GAME EVER

by Kristof Deák

Shorts, Live-action

ALL THESE CREATURES

ALL THESE CREATURES Directed by Charles Williams Australia | 13 min | 2018 | English An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all. Credits Director & writer: Charles Williams Producers: Elise Trenorden, Charles Williams Editors: Dan Lee, Charles Williams Charles Williams Australia Festivals &…
Shorts, Animation

GOOD INTENTIONS

by Anna Mantzaris

Shorts, Animation

STORY

by Jola Bańkowska

Shorts, Live-action

MAJA

by Marijana Jankovic

Shorts, Animation

WEEKENDS

by Trevor Jimenez

Shorts, Live-action

TO PLANT A FLAG

by Bobbie Peers

Shorts, Animation

This Magnificent Cake!

Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef

Shorts, Animation

III

Marta Pajek

Shorts, Animation

Solar Walk

by Réka Bucsi

Shorts, Live-action

Tremors

by Dawid Bodzak

Shorts, Animation

The Burden

by Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Shorts, Live-action

A Gentle Night

by Qiu Yang

Shorts, Animation

Cradle

by Devon Manney

Shorts, Animation

Manivald

by Chintis Lundgren

Shorts, Live-action

Fry Day

Laura Moss, USA, 2017

Shorts, Live-action

The Best Fireworks Ever

by Aleksandra Terpińska

Shorts

The Silence

by Farnoosh Samadi & Ali Asgari

Shorts, Live-action

Atlantis, 2003

by Michal Blaško

Shorts, Animation

PUSSY

by Renata Gąsiorowska

Shorts, Kids, Animation

Odd Is an Egg

by Kristin Ulseth

Shorts, Live-action

Schirkoa

by Ishan Shukla

Shorts, Animation

Once Upon a Line

by Alicja Jasina

Shorts, Live-action

Incident by a Bank

by Ruben Östlund

Shorts, Animation

Tord and Tord

by Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Shorts, Animation

The Last Bus

by Ivana Laucikova & Martin Snopek

Shorts, Animation

The Game

by Marcin Janiec

Shorts, Live-action, Kids

Superman, Spiderman or Batman

by Tudor Giurgiu

Shorts, Kids, Animation

Charlie the Snowman

by Petr Vodicka

Shorts, Kids, Animation

Fruits of Clouds

by Kateřina Karhánková

Shorts, Animation

Bath House

by Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Shorts, Animation

Half Babka

by Jasmine Elsen

Shorts, Animation

Cowboyland

by David Stumpf

Shorts, Animation

I Was a Winner

by Jonas Odell

Shorts, Kids, Animation

Isle of Seals

by Edmunds Jansons

Shorts, Kids

Kill Your Dinner

by Bryn Chainey

Shorts, Live-action

Beneath the Spaceship

by Caroline Ingvarsson

Shorts, Live-action, Kids

Sing

by Kristof Deák

Shorts, Animation

Ballad of Immortal Joe

by Hector Herrera

Shorts, Animation

Starlight

by Marisa Ginger Tontaveetong & Yu Ueda & Shir Wen Sun & Tam King

Shorts, Animation

The Ballad of the Homeless

by Monica Manganelli

Shorts, Live-action

Frozen Stories

by Grzegorz Jaroszuk

Shorts, Animation

The Kinematograph

by Tomasz Bagiński

Shorts, Live-action, Kids

The Great Magician

by Elisabet Gustafsson

Shorts, Live-action

Out in That Deep Blue Sea

by Kazik Radwanski

Shorts, Animation

Mrs G.

by Michał Żabka

Shorts, Animation

Never Like the First Time

by Jonas Odell

Shorts, Live-action

Oli’s Wedding

by Tudor Jurgiu

Shorts, Animation

Tussilago

by Jonas Odell

Shorts, Animation

Lies

by Jonas Odell

Shorts, Live-action

Believe

by Paul Wright

Shorts, Animation

Attached to You

by Cecilia Actis & Carin Bräck & Mia Hulterstam

Shorts, Animation

The Lost Town of Świteź

by Kamil Polak

Shorts, Animation

Paths of Hate

by Damian Nenow

Shorts, Live-action

On Leave

by Asaf Saban

Shorts, Live-action

Echo

by Magnus von Horn

Shorts, Animation

Cooked

by Jens Blank

Shorts, Live-action

The Twin

by Gustav Danielsson

Dorothea Sing Zhang
China

With an approach situated somewhere between the hyper-synthesized and the near-documentary, Dorothea Sing Zhang’s filmmaking taps into the curiosity of practical surrealism. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, and pursued further film studies in Denmark at the École de Leth, where she studied under Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth, and Thomas Vinterberg.

In 2024, she wrote and directed Masterpiece Mommy (2024), a short musical film starring Leah Dou that premiered in competition at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, received a European Film Award nomination at Dokufest, and is now shortlisted for the 2026 European Film Awards. Her follow-up short, A Small Fiction of my Mother in Beijing (2025), premiered in competition at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. Her latest short, As a Cure (2026), will premiere at Locarno Film Festival this August.

Dorothea is now in development for her feature film, Anxious to Please.
Filmography
2025 A Small Fiction Of My Mother in Beijing
2024 Masterpiece Mommy

Michał Toczek

Director and screenwriter. Author of short films presented and awarded in Poland and international as well as public awareness campaigns and commercials. Michal studied directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. His student short fiction „A Dead Marriage” received many awards at Polish film festivals – such as Silver Hobby Horse at Cracow Film Festival, Grand Prix of the Short Film Competition at WAMA Festival in Olsztyn and several other prizes and honorable mentions on festivals like „Two Riversides” in Kazimierz Dolny, „The Youth and Film” in Koszalin and many more. The film was also shown at the international festivals, e.g. in Leuven and Tirana.

Michal gained experience by working as the 2nd director on set of „My Wonderful Life” a film by Lukasz Grzegorzek and „Elephant” by Kamil Krawczycki. His documentary debut „Strawberry boys” was presented on festivals in Poland and international, was awarded with Best Editing Award at Cracow Film Festival and an honourable mention at Lubuskie Film Summer in Lagow. In 2021 he received a Best Directing Award with Ola Hulboj for their film in Branded Stories Papaya Young Directors Competition. Michal developed his storytelling skills by working as a reporter for Gazeta Wyborcza during his studies. What he appreciates in Cinema the most is a sensitive approach towards the characters of the movie and witty humour. He considers Ken Loach and Mike Leigh his masters in directing.

Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Sweden

Niki Lindroth von Bahr, born 1984 in Stockholm, is an artist and filmmaker focused on stop motion animation. Niki’s films have been awarded at festivals worldwide, such as Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto and Sundance. Since its premiere in 2017, The Burden has received 85 awards, including Cristal for Best Short Film in Annecy, Best International Short Film in Toronto and Guldbaggen for Best Short Film 2018. In 2026 The Burden was on the list of the Best 100 short films ever made, put together by 250 European film critics. Niki is a member of The Oscar Academy. Parallel to her film and art projects, she has designed and made costumes for artists like Fever Ray and David Bowie. She also directed one chapter of the animated anthology The House (2022) for Netflix.

FILMOGRAPHY
2017 The Burden / Min börda, animated short
2014 Bath House / Simhall, animated short
2010 Tord and Tord / Tord och Tord, animated short
2007 One Night in Moscow / En natt i Moskva, animated short[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Luís Hindman
UK

Luís Hindman is a BAFTA-Nominated and BIFA-winning writer/director of South Asian and Northern Irish descent. His early short films were first recognized in 2015 when he received the ‘One to Watch’ award from Into Film, sponsored by the BFI and EON Productions. The jury included Alan Parker, David Yates, and Peter Kosminsky. In the following years, Luís primarily worked as a director on music videos, most notably directing the UKMVA-nominated ‘Permanent Damage’ project for soul-pop artist Joesef. He returned to narrative filmmaking with Magid / Zafar (2025), supported by the BFI and FILM4, a recipient of the inaugural Future Takes scheme. The film premiered in competition at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival and was subsequently awarded the BIFA for Best British Short. He is in development on his debut feature film with BFI and FILM4.

Jordan Murphy Doidge
UK
Jan Naszewski

Together with Katarzyna Rodak, Jan wrote the screenplay for the comedy The Circle of Women, which in 2021 received a PISF development grant and a Script Wars distinction. In the same year, also in collaboration with Katarzyna Rodak, he created the script for the short film The Circle (22 min), which he directed. The rights to the film were acquired by Canal+ Polska and Ale Kino+.

The film premiered in the Polish Competition at the Krakow Film Festival in 2022. It was also screened at numerous festivals, including Młodzi i Film in Koszalin, the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the Film, Music and Painting Festival “Summer with the Muses”, and the Camera Action Festival.

Yassmina Karajah
Jordan

Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director whose work has screened at major international festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival , AFI Fest, Melbourne International Film Festival , and New Directors/New Films at MoMA. Her short film Rupture (2018) was named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten, acquired by The Criterion Channel, and awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, where she became the first recipient of the Russo Brothers Fellowship. Her latest short, Ambush (2025), premiered at TIFF and will compete in the Wide Angle Asian Short Film Competition at the Busan International Film Festival.She holds an LL.B from the University of Bristol, a BFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab. She is currently developing her debut feature, set in Amman, Jordan.

Charles Williams
Australia

Charles grew up in a country town in northern Victoria, far from anything connected to filmmaking, except for an obsession with movies.

Though his household was largely dependent on government assistance, he found a way to make films with equipment ‘borrowed’ from the local school and, while still in his teens, won the Best Director award at Tropfest Film Festival.

Over the past decade his acclaimed films have screened and won awards at some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals including Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Toronto, SXSW, Telluride, Toronto, MIFF, Busan and the Australian Academy Awards.

His latest short film ALL THESE CREATURES was awarded the Palme d’Or at tthe 2018 Cannes Film Festival among more than 20 other international awards. He is currently developing feature projects THE BUZZARD and INSIDE.