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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Venezia Diorama
Nicolas Piret | 6' | Belgium | World premiere
Hand-drawn postcards from Venice. A mythical city slowly eroding, crumbling apart in time. -
Verdigris
Chloe Brenan | 12' | Ireland | International premiere
A historical, political, artistic and Situationist inquiry into the architecture of the Paris Métro system. -
Veronique (Ein Friseursalon in Paris aus dem Barbieland)
Friedl vom Gröller | 4' | Austria | World premiere
A tender 16mm glimpse into a now-retired Parisian salon and the women who frequented it. -
Virtual Spectres
Sarah Boo | 5' | Canada | No premiere
A digitally animated, sci-fi warning about digital living through screens, trapped in technological hell. -
VITA
Mox Mäkelä | 27' | Finland | World premiere
Mox Mäkelä’s cryptic triptych follows time-crossing trains, gathering armies and Karelian women singing humanity’s doom. -
Wind Beneath the Wings
Sonja Tarokić | 25' | Croatia | World premiere
A superbly directed and acted miniature character study of two deeply peculiar individuals. -
De wolkenfabriek
Digna Sinke | 48' | Netherlands | World premiere
Poignant documentary about the closure and dismantling of the coal-fired power station in the Amsterdam harbour. -
Wounded Edges
Yannick Mosimann | 18' | Switzerland | International premiere
Combining experimental practices with an urgent call to tackle the devastating consequences of climate change. -
XTENDED RELEASE
Joshua Gen Solondz | 15' | USA | World premiere
Filmmaker-cum-collector assembles collage film of various materials and styles finished on 35mm. -
You Do Not Exist
Dwayne LeBlanc | 8' | USA | World premiere
Booker returns, this time alone and introspective, rooted at home yet searching the skies. -
You were standing on the shore
Tilek Yrysbek | 28' | Kazakhstan | World premiere
A gentle, minimalist elegy on longing and belonging shot in dreamy Almaty, Kazakhstan.