Short & Mid-length
Programme IFFR 2025
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
Overview of films
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God’s Wife
Dika Ofoma | 15' | Nigeria | International premiere
Religion and tradition are at odds when a young woman becomes a widow. -
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Chheangkea | 19' | Cambodia | European premiere
Grandma Nai rises from her grave to help her grandson navigate family matters. -
The Great North
Jenn Nkiru | 52' | United Kingdom | International premiere
The industrial revolution, modern architecture and Black histories are woven together in this surrealist short. -
Hobi
Aramis Garcia Gonzalez | 28' | Netherlands | World premiere
Hobi misses Aruba and wants to return, but doesn’t consider the consequences for his family. -
Hook, Spill, Cry Your Eyes Out
Lisa Freeman | 3' | Ireland | European premiere
A headfirst rush into the capitalist, urban landscape, using dynamic camerawork and canny editing. -
if you seek amy
Ela Kazdal | 2' | Turkey | World premiere
Distortions and deconstructions of Y2K pop stars’ seductive images and iconic hits. -
The Individual
Sara Sowell | 30' | USA | World premiere
The Dadaist movement revived and reimagined with a female gaze. -
just above the tear duct on each side
Cáit McClay, Éiméar McClay | 20' | United Kingdom | World premiere
An investigation into the overused and oppressive Irish psychiatric hospitals in the last century. -
Keyhole Conversation
Peter Larsson | 5' | Sweden | World premiere
A percussive and pulsing graphic animation from Swedish experimental animator Peter Larsson. -
Koki, Ciao
Quenton Miller | 11' | Netherlands | World premiere
An unbelievable portrait of a cockatoo who flew in the twentieth century’s highest political spheres. -
Lamento
Jannik Giger, Demian Wohler | 17' | Switzerland | International premiere
A refined and witty meditation on how, slowly but surely, pop culture is colonising our souls. -
Landscapes of Longing
Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez, Anoushka Mirchandani | 14' | India | International premiere
An associative collage that traces generational echoes of migration through photographs, language, maps and corporality.