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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Spectrum Shorts

Overview of films

  • Helen of T

    Lewis Klahr | 7' | USA | None

    The daylight noir dream-weaver returns with an exquisitely pop slice of paradise lost and heart-breaking intoxication.
  • Herinneringen aan vuur

    Heddy Honigmann | 52' | Netherlands | None

    Survivors relate their experiences of the bombing of Rotterdam and how it influenced their lives. Documentary about fear, loss and joy.
  • Herna

    Josef Dabernig | 17' | Austria | International premiere

    A man goes for a ‘quick’ gamble. His wife and child wait for him. But the soundtrack tells a different story. Image and sound interlock…
  • Herstory

    Angelika Wang Ken-Yu | 8' | Taiwan | -

    You can describe a film as smoothly cut, but that is an understatement in this case. Talking freely about sex, you could also say. That…
  • The Hiding

    Fukui Shozin | 40' | Japan | International premiere

    A woman withdraws into a new apartment. She lives in fear and isolation, but is found by a woman with abnormal gifts. Experimental. Colourful. Frighte
  • Hier is Harry Merry

    Joke Olthaar | 40' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Finally, a portrait of Harry Merry, one of Rotterdam’s true characters. He plays inimitable rock music on his organ, dressed in a sailor suit.
  • Hier Nu

    Barbara Meter | 4' | Netherlands | None

    Contemplation of transience with images of landscapes, portraits and the text Lamento by Dutch author Remco Campert.
  • Historia del mal

    Benjamín Naishtat | 17' | Argentina | International premiere

    A dark episode from Argentinian history, the conquest of Patagonia and its inhabitants from various perspectives.
  • Höhenrausch

    Siegfried A. Fruhauf | 4' | Austria | None

    Manipulation of hundreds of idyllic postcards of Austrian mountains.
  • Holding Still

    Florian Riegel | 28' | Germany | World premiere

    We meet Janice, who has lived in Seaside for over twenty years. None of the other residents of this Truman Show town has ever seen…
  • A Hole in the Sky

    Antonio Tibaldi, Alex Lora | 10' | France | None

    Fabulous document from the perspective of a Somali goat herd passing from girlhood to womanhood, and who has to make a great sacrifice.
  • Hole

    Wouter Venema | 4' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Hand-drawn, black-and-white animation in which landscapes are the basis for a subtle game between light and shade.