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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RE:EXPOSURE
Vicky Smith | 7' | United Kingdom | No premiere
Investigating the idea of skin – body and image – and the effects of time and light. -
Roseblood
Sharon Couzin | 8' | USA | No premiere
A dance film using the means of cinema to fragment and reassemble a woman’s gestures. -
Scaling
Mike Hoolboom | 5' | Canada | No premiere
IFFR regular Mike Hoolboom offers a beguiling presentation of cinematic impermanence in photographic double exposure. -
Scrub Solo 1: Soloneliness
Antonin De Bemels | 8' | Belgium | No premiere
A dancer’s unusual motion is “scrubbed”: transformed by a stuttering manipulation of image and sound. -
See Through the Hollowed Blue Hellebore
Jiayi Chen | 18' | USA | World premiere
Southeastern Alaska’s landscape and indigenous language play together in sweet contemplation about place. -
Shadows
Sreileak Prum | 17' | Cambodia | World premiere
As two friends rehearse a script, they might discover something new about each other. -
SightNotSeeing
Sheungman Yim | 11' | Hong Kong | World premiere
Shot from a rooftop in Kowloon City, this one-shot comedy transforms street into stage. -
Smoke & Mirrors
Tris Vonna-Michell | 8' | Sweden | No premiere
Artist Tris Vonna-Michell delivers a free-associative monologue about audiovisual archives and personal experiences. -
La Smorfia
Jean Ruggirello | 5' | France | World premiere
La Smorfia is a carousel of accidents that plays with our idea of perception and surprise. -
Sola Fata
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno | 22' | Indonesia | World premiere (festival)
A colonial explorer’s illusion is slowly falling apart. -
Soñar una serpiente
Maria Ardila, Liliana Correa | 14' | Colombia | International premiere
A surprising and shifting family tale about snakes, sensuality and altered libidos. -
Soudain l’été
Axelle Vinassac | 11' | France | International premiere
In Soudain l’été, the filmmaker’s sentimental life becomes a perfect experimental romantic comedy.