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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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 | 13' | France | World premiere
The Tragic Movement of the Spheres is a mysterious object investigating nothing less than the meaning of life.