Short & Mid-length
Programme IFFR 2026
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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Klee
Gavin Baird | 20' | Canada | International premiere
An alien bangs his way through a family of colonisers, leaving devastation in his path. -
The Laptop Is Purring on My Lap and I Am Lonely Like a Cat
Ariela Bergman | 3' | Netherlands | World premiere
An erotic and amusing song about failure and digital loneliness. -
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Last Night I Dreamed It Was Raining Fish
Shraddha Khanna | 17' | India | International premiere
A portrait of Mumbai’s Indigenous fisherfolk, across centuries of colonisation, climate change and economic transformation. -
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Lodo
Joseph Specker Nys | 15' | Brazil | World premiere
A tale about creation as a vital act of resilience told through an extraordinary stop-motion animation. -
The Muscles Are Tense
Mahshid Mahboubifar | 16' | Germany | World premiere
A visual essay on police violence at a Berlin demonstration against the genocide in Gaza. -
Natimorto
Ibrahem Hasan, Leandro HBL | 12' | Brazil | International premiere
A liberating essay on rebirth from deeply rooted, painful origins. -
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Francisca Alarcão | 14' | Portugal | World premiere
O is a gem that coalesces exquisitely textured images with irony and beauty.
