Tampere Film Festival 2026 received a total of 662 submissions to Generation XYZ, a competition dedicated to genre film. 20 films from 16 countries were chosen to compete.
The selections for Generation XYZ were made by Yelena Korhonen, Iida Sahlman and Lauri Tapaninen.
Directors’ gender statistics in the 2026 Tampere Film Festival Generation XYZ Competition:
- Female: 7 (35%) of selected / 218 (32,9%) of submitted
- Male: 10 (50%) of selected / 416 (62,8%) of submitted
- Other / Prefer Not To Disclose: 1 (5%) of selected / 23 (3,4%) of submitted
- Multiple Directors: 2 (20%) of selected / 5 (0,7%) of submitted
AUSTRALIA
THE DYSPHORIA
Kylie Aoibheann | 2025 | 13′ | Fiction
AUSTRIA
TMWYH
Helen Esther Aschauer | 2025 | 20′ | Fiction
BELGIUM, FRANCE
NAISSANCE D’UN FEU
Archibald Martin | 2025 | 22′ | Fiction
BRAZIL
MÃE DA MANHÃ
Clara Trevisan | 2025 | 9′ | Animation
O MOTORISTA
André Leão | 2025 | 26′ | Fiction
CANADA
HALFWAY HAUNTED
Sam Rudykoff | 2025 | 17′ | Fiction
LAST NIGHT STAND
Pierre-Luc Gosselin, Béatrice Blais | 2025 | 10′ | Fiction
LE GOÛT DE TES ÉCAILLES
Rafaël Beauchamp | 2025 | 17′ | Fiction
CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES
CLOWN SONG
Brady Dowad | 2025 | 7′ | Fiction
CHILE
LA PENA NO DUERME DE NOCHE
Josefina Montino, Martín André | 2025 | 9′ | Animation
DENMARK
HØSTEN
Jakob Korsholm Borum | 2024 | 25′ | Fiction
ESTONIA
LEIVALAUL
Katariina Aule | 2025 | 16′ | Fiction
FRANCE
DIEU EST TIMIDE
Jocelyn Charles | 2025 | 15′ | Animation
GERMANY
RADIX
Anne Breymann | 2025 | 5′ | Animation
INDONESIA
SAMMI, WHO CAN DETACH HIS BODY PARTS
Rein Maychaelson | 2025 | 19′ | Fiction
PORTUGAL
CLUBE DE TRICOT
Diogo Abrantes, João Rito | 2025 | 5′ | Fiction
SPAIN
SEÑUELO
Martha G. Ayerbe | 2025 | 17′ | Fiction
UNITED KINGDOM
THE PIGS UNDERNEATH
Charlie Dennis | 2025 | 13′ | Fiction
UNITED STATES
BENNY’S SECOND BIRTHDAY
R.J. Glass | 2025 | 13′ | Fiction
URUGUAY
BUENOS MODALES
Lulú Carmela | 2025 | 22′ | Fiction
