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 64 minutes.
Overview of films
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Horsepower
Tittel Del Mar | 21' | Netherlands | World premiere
Portrait of influencer Alexander Hanst, AKA iamdeathrow – stunt man by night, sensitive soul by day. -
I Am the Film Motherfucker, but I’m Real
MeowX2 | 24' | Egypt | World premiere
A hallucinatory trip to the very core of Egypt’s propaganda machine. -
Imagine Me Like a Country of Love
Thana Faroq | 20' | Netherlands | World premiere
A gentle and personal reflection on grief, absence and memory in the wake of conflict. -
An Impossible Address
Suneil Sanzgiri | 39' | USA | International premiere
A personal essay examining the life of the revolutionary Sita Valles and the solidarity between India and Africa against the Portuguese empire. -
Interface
Kawazoe Aya | 13' | Japan | European premiere
In this experimental 16mm horror film, a mysterious insect causes a man to lose his grip on reality. -
JUGGERNAUT
NEOZOON | 9' | Germany | World premiere
The glorification of individual achievement and self-improvement accelerates towards its endgame in a found-footage reckoning. -
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. -
The Last Jiangshi
Yu Chih-chieh | 20' | China | World premiere
A documentary filmmaker, a zombie and a Taoist priest come together for a long-awaited sendoff. -
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. -
Late August 1993
Seoungho Cho | 10' | USA | Dutch Premiere
Old, degraded video footage is manually manipulated in playback, revealing wonders of deformation and abstraction. -
A Letter from Elli
Elina Saloranta | 6' | Finland | No premiere
A hauntingly lyrical treatment of traces from a troubled, early 20th century life in Latvia.