Short Film Conference

14/04/2026

We’re truly happy and proud to have this incredible jury as part of our festival. ✨

International Competition Jury

Olga Sydorushkina - Ukrainian film curator and cultural manager, working with DocudaysUA and the Ukrainian Institute London.
Johannes Lõhmus - founder of Valga Hot Shorts and programmer at Kino Sõprus, Estonia’s oldest arthouse cinema.
Zane Oborenko - Latvian animation director and sand animation artist.

Pure Q***r Competition Jury

Bold voices, strong perspectives - we’re grateful to have them with us 💫

Mailo Mēness - Latvian performance artist exploring q***r identity, activism, and representation.
Matheus Mello - Brazilian non-binary film producer, founder of Migranta Films, with films screened at major international festivals.

13/04/2026

Welcome to the International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS!

This year, we are celebrating our 30th anniversary. Just a few days ago, we opened the festival with a powerful kick-off - not only with screenings and performances, but also with an exhibition reflecting our history and roots.

As the first short film festival in the Baltics, 2ANNAS brings together film enthusiasts, professionals, and both emerging and experienced creators. Over six days, we travel through competitions, focus programmes, and a variety of events - creating a space for discovery, dialogue, and shared cinematic experiences.

11/02/2026

Hi everyone, welcome to day 3 of the T-Port Takeover of the SFC Instagram account!

A huge thankyou to SFC for the opportunity to take over their Instagram! We hope you could all get something out of it.

Today we wanted to share a bit about our beloved filmmaker blog, the T-Blog and the creative people who are part of it. 

The T-Blog is where we love to highlight the filmmakers, professional partners, and films that are the backbone of what we do.

A few recent highlights include: 

A chat with Rotter, the filmmaker behind a 2025 Lighthouse-selected film, who shares about her upbringing in an ultra-orthodox community, who talks about having not watched a film until she was 18 years old. 

We try to interview all of the filmmakers who films are part of our annual Lighthouse Selections, our curated list of T-Port shorts picked annually by prestigious guest curators. 

An interview with the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Meyer Levinson-Blount (BUTCHER’S STAIN) who talks about what it felt like to find out about the nomination. 

A catch up interview with veteran experimental animator Betina Kuntzsch, whose film was part of our 2025 Lighthouse Selections. She talks about her long career as an animator and her approach to filmmaking.   

Interviews with filmmakers who took part in this year’s Script Pool Tallinn, Christofer Nilsson and Teresa Väli, about their upcoming productions as well as highlighting previous films on T-Port.

If you’d like to read the T-Blog, or sign up to our filmmaker newsletter, visit the link in our bio.

10/02/2026

For day 2 of the T-Port takeover of SFC’s Instagram, we’re excited to share our most recent project with you. Introducing the T-Port TalentBridge.

TalentBridge is a training series for emerging filmmakers, hosted by T-Port in collaboration with film festivals and markets happening in 2026 - the , during Berlinale, the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry at the Festival de Cannes, and in cooperation with the , , and .

The online portion of TalentBridge offers six independent 4-hour workshops, each led by T-Port's Managing Director, Amos Geva, alongside a rotating roster of industry experts.

Supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA program and the German Federal Film Board (FFA).

Photos are from the first cohort of TalentBridge filmmakers, held last week at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.

Participants include:




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03/02/2026

🏆 THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING wins SFC’s Short of the Year 2025 💥

After polling its diverse membership of festivals, distributors, journalists and other industries associated with the short film world, the Short Film Conference has announced that the winner of the SHORT OF THE YEAR 2025 is "The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing" by Theo Panagopoulos (UK, 2024).

The Short Of The Year 2025 award is sponsored by Figari International Short Film Fest 🙏

"The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing" sees Panagopoulos, based in Scotland, unearth a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers. He decides to reclaim the footage. Directors Notes say of the film “Panagopoulos, through his observations, long debates on editing and eventual discovery of his own narrative arch, has repurposed these films to reclaim a history that, as we sit here, is being systematically obliterated.”

Theo Panagopoulos has prepared a video greeting 👇

29/01/2026

Short Film Conference 2026 is approaching! 🙌

Join us Monday, 2 February for insightful panel discussions, organised in the context of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.

👉 14:30 BEYOND THE BIG SCREEN: SHORT FILM DISTRIBUTION IN A STREAMING ERA?

Moderated by Katie Bignell Festival Formula, joined by Eva Krenner Vienna Shorts & This Is Short, Céline Roustan Short of the Week, Annabel Sebag Miyu Distribution, Takayuki Toyama SAMANSA

👉 15:45 MONEY FLOW IN THE SHORT FILM INDUSTRY

Moderated by Rimante Daugelaite Lithuanian Shorts, joined by Sigrid Hadenius Uppsala Short Film Festival, Joaquim Pinheiro Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency , Khozy Rizal, filmmaker, Tam Dan Vu, Travelling

👉 17:15 REIMAGINING THE SHORT FILM ECOSYSTEM IN A CHANGING INDUSTRY
🔐 SFC Members-only panel

📍Venue: Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market – Forum
💻 Live via ShortFilmWire+, accessible for pass holders only

16/01/2026

✨Four✨ short films remain in our Short of the Year-election! 🏆
These nominations were voted for by our worldwide network of festival representatives, programmers, agencies, distributors & journalists, thank you all! 🙏
📯 The winner will be announced on 3 February during Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
🏆 The Short of the Year 2025 Award is sponsored by Figari International Short Film Fest

19/12/2025

It is (almost) the Shortest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere and we are proud to announce the shortlist of 💥 15 films 💥 that are eligible to become Short of the Year 2025.

This year’s list consists of exceptional animated, documentary, fiction and hybrid shorts, representing 14 countries from 3 different continents. They were voted for by our worldwide network of festival representatives, programmers, agencies, distributors & journalists, thank you all! 🙏💚

The winner will be announced on the 3 February, 2026 during Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 🥳
The Short of the Year 2025 Award is sponsored by Figari International Short Film Fest 🏆

12/12/2025

Hilke Doering
1966-2025

With deep sorrow Short Film Conference remembers Hilke Doering, a cherished voice and valued member of the short film industry.

As part of the programming team of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Hilke championed filmmakers from across the world, bringing voices from Latin America, Africa, and the global experimental scene into the spotlight.

Beloved by colleagues for her humour, generosity, and clarity of vision, Hilke’s influence extended far beyond Oberhausen – she played an essential role in festival politics and networks, serving as a board member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals (1996 – 2000), presiding over the International Short Film Conference (1998 – 2003), being one of the driving forces behind the European Short Film Network (ESFN), amongst other things.

The short film world mourns a passionate advocate whose legacy will continue to inspire both filmmakers and audiences for years to come.
Our thoughts are with her family and friends. 🕊️

Mit großer Trauer und Bestürzung müssen wir bekanntgeben, dass unsere Kollegin Hilke Doering nach langer Krankheit am 27. November 2025 gestorben ist. Der Schock sitzt tief und das ganze Kurzfilmtage-Team wird sie vermissen.

08/12/2025

🎬🏙️ BOGOSHORTS in figures 🔢🤓

We are on the day 7️⃣ in the Latin American shorts film party 🎉✨ the 23rd edition of BOGOSHORTS and the 9th edition of the BFM - BOGOSHORTS Film Market is taking place in Bogotá - Colombia 🇨🇴

Here some highlights of this amazing week in the screenings, the market, WorkSHORTS, académica activities in "To the board", concerts, exhibits and more.

📽️🎓🎬🎟️📸

07/12/2025

We are halfway through the 23rd edition of BOGOSHORTS, where the 9th edition of the BFM - BOGOSHORTS Film Market is taking place.

This edition of the market has more than 80 shortfilm projects from Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Cuba, Panama and Dominican Republic, more than 90 production companies, guests from France, Spain, Argentina, Canada and Italy.

We share with you some highlights of the opening night where the short films that will be part of the distribution catalogue of Proimágenes Colombia REFRESH Vol. 7 🧊✈️🌍.

The academic activities 👨🏻‍🏫🎓 in “to the board BFM”, the Flipbook BFM animation pitches ✍🏼🎨🧸🤹🏻‍♀ and the one to ones between participants and companies in the BFM Incubator 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾💼🕴️.
🎬🧠🤯.