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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Last Shot
Parham Rahimzadeh | 17' | Netherlands | World premiere
A Palestinian man navigates grief and censorship after developing photographs of his deceased brother. -
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. -
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. -
Orla
Marie Lukáčová | 21' | Czech Republic | World premiere
An eco-feminist rap fairytale that combines live-action scenes shot on 16mm, with 2D and 3D animation. -
RELUCESCO
Shannon Lynn Harris | 22' | Canada | World premiere
Painterly, sensorial, sensual and ecstatic. The most beautiful sex you’ve ever seen captured on film. -
The Second Skin
Mariia Lapidus | 62' | USA | World premiere
Three filmmakers re-enact the testimonies of sexual violence survivors, as a shared gesture of empathy and grief. -
Smriti~
Shahi A J | 13' | India | World premiere
A delicate voice-over and surreal collages trace memory loss from grief to gentle surrender. -
The Tragic Movement of the Spheres
Simon Rieth | 12' | France | World premiere
The Tragic Movement of the Spheres is a mysterious object investigating nothing less than the meaning of life.