Tiger Short Competition
Programme IFFR 2026
The power of short. Twenty-two short and mid-length films compete for one of three equal awards.
Overview of films
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Tiger Short Competition 2
This programme features new works by Clyde Gates and Gabriel Sanson, Grau Del Grau, Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Heidi Piiroinen. -
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Futuros luminosos
Ismael García Ramírez | 25' | Colombia | World premiere
A playful collective portrait in the shadows to illuminate uncertain futures. -
Golden Island
Arief Budiman | 22' | Indonesia | World premiere
Two friends make a film about Papua, reflecting on the state the region is in today. -
Home is where the heart is
Timothée Engasser | 24' | France | World premiere
Blending virtual reality and family photos to lay bare trauma and the strength to survive it. -
I am a River
Heidi Piiroinen | 6' | Finland | World premiere
An experimental miniature that weaves poetic inquiry with visual abstraction, through the rarely used mordançage technique. -
Last Shot
Parham Rahimzadeh | 17' | Netherlands | World premiere
After developing his deceased brother’s photos, a Palestinian man struggles with grief and censorship. -
like moths to light
Gala Hernández López | 27' | Spain | World premiere
Blending scientific research with visual poetry, here is a call to protect our dreams. -
Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon
Jesse Jones | 16' | Ireland | World premiere
A cinematic Gesamtkunstwerk made by masters of their respective crafts. -
Ndjimu
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo | 31' | Congo, Democratic Republic | World premiere
One hundred metres beneath the surface of the earth, a forgotten people live hidden. -
The Next World
Grau Del Grau | 11' | USA | World premiere
A mother writes to her child about the state of their relationship as the state of her mind unravels. -
Objet d’énigme
Chiara Caterina | 18' | Italy | World premiere
Thrilling and mysterious, a powerful take on crime scenes that transcend times and geographies.
