Selections: International Competition 2024

6546  films were submitted and 64 short films from 48 countries were selected into the International Competition.

 

Gender:

  • Females: selected 43,8  % / submitted 38,0 %
  • Males: selected 45,3 % / submitted 58,5 %
  • Other / no answer: selected 6,2 % / submitted 2,4 %
  • Co-directions (male & female): selected  4,7 % / submitted 1,1 %

 

Selections were made by Riina Mikkonen, Liina Härkönen and Jukka-Pekka Laakso.

Pre-selections were made by Juhani Alanen, Soilikki Alanne, Enikö Balogh, Roos Hekkens, Liina Härkönen, Yelena Korhonen, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Riina Mikkonen, Ilo Ruotsalainen, Iida Sahlman, Lauri Tapaninen, Christopher Lorenzo Thomas and Mirjami Vertainen.

AUSTRALIA

MYTH
Alies Sluiter | 2022 | 11′ | Fiction

AZERBAIJAN

TWO DAYS
Teymur Gambarov | 2023 | 15′ | Fiction

BANGLADESH

FANTASY IN A CONCRETE JUNGLE
Mehedi Mostafa | 2023 | 15′ | Experimental, Documentary

BELGIUM

DRIJF
Levi Stoops | 2023 | 15′ | Animation

BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS

MERCI POUR VOTRE PATIENCE!
Simon van der Zande | 2022 | 18′ | Fiction

CANADA

APHASIE
Marielle Dalpé | 2023 | 4′ | Animation

DINOSAURIA, WE
Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer | 2023 | 6′ | Experimental, Documentary

L’ÉTÉ DES CHALEURS
Marie-Pier Dupuis | 2023 | 13′ | Fiction

MADELEINE
Raquel Sancinetti | 2023 | 15′ | Animation, Documentary

CÔTE D’IVOIRE, GUINEA, MOROCCO, SENEGAL, SWITZERLAND

DÉJÀ NU
Rolf Hellat | 2023 | 15′ | Experimental, Documentary

CHILE

PACHAMAMA
Alejandro Valenzuela Pérez | 2023 | 6′ | Documentary

CHINA

BLOOD AND TEARS
Haomin Lu | 2023 | 13′ | Fiction

CROATIA

HALJINA ZA FINALE
Martina Meštrović | 2023 | 9′ | Animation

DENMARK

ET EKSEMPEL: DEM PÅ GULVET
Selma Sunniva | 2022 | 26′ | Fiction

ECUADOR, GERMANY

TESTIGO DEL VIENTO
Fernanda Caicedo | 2022 | 7′ | Animation

ESTONIA

KIHNU MARATON
Ivar Murd | 2023 | 12′ | Experimental, Animation, Documentary

SAAB
Liisbeth Kala | 2023 | 14′ | Experimental, Fiction

VÄIKE TEINE
Andres Tenusaar | 2024 | 12′ | Animation

ESTONIA, FRANCE

THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT
Anna Hints | 2023 | 20′ | Fiction, Documentary

FINLAND

FLOWER SHOW
Elli Vuorinen | 2023 | 9′ | Animation

NUN OR NEVER!
Heta Jäälinoja | 2023 | 11′ | Animation

RAJAPINTA
Anna Kekkonen | 2023 | 21′ | Documentary

FRANCE

APRÉS LES VAGUES
David Chausse | 2023 | 24′ | Fiction

BAKELITE
Julie Gautier | 2023 | 7′ | Fiction

BOLÉRO
Nans Laborde-Jourdáa | 2023 | 17′ | Fiction

L’ESQUISSE
Tomas Cali | 2023 | 10′ | Animation, Documentary

LE GARÇON QUI LA NUIT
Jérémy Piette | 2023 | 26′ | Fiction

OYU
Atsushi Hirai | 2023 | 22′ | Fiction

LA SAISON POURPRE
Clémence Bouchereau | 2023 | 10′ | Animation

FRANCE, BELGIUM, QATAR, PALESTINE

THE KEY
Rakan Mayasi | 2023 | 19′ | Fiction

GERMANY, SYRIA

SARAB
Daood Alabdulaa | 2023 | 29′ | Documentary

GREECE

A PIECE OF LIBERTY
Antigoni Kapaka | 2023 | 10′ | Fiction

INDIA

ULLARIVU
Sumi Mathai | 2023 | 14′ | FIction

IRAN

SCAVENGER
Alborz Poursayad | 2023 | 15′ | Fiction

IRELAND

2% BABY
Róisín Sinai Kelly | 2023 | 4′ | Experimental, Animation

CALF
Jamie O’Rourke | 2023 | 15′ | Fiction

ISRAEL, RUSSIA

SMERT STATISTA
Mikhail Zheleznikov | 2023 | 10′ | Experimental, Documentary

MEXICO

LOS CAUTIVERIOS
Silvia Jiménez | 2023 | 7′ | Fiction

MOROCCO, SPAIN

UNTIL HE’S BACK
Jacqueline Baylon | 2023 | 30′ | Documentary

MYANMAR, FRANCE, JAPAN

COMRADE POOPY
M | 2023 | 20′ | Documentary

THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, BELGIUM

WANDER TO WONDER
Nina Gantz | 2023 | 14′ | Experimental, Animation

NORWAY

FUCK YOU MLUNGU
Mikal Hovland | 2023 | 27′ | Fiction

PALESTINE, FRANCE

A SHORT FILM ABOUT KIDS
Ibrahim Handal | 2023 | 10′ | Fiction

PERU

LA ASISTENTE
Pierre Llanos | 2023 | 20′ | Fiction

THE PHILIPPINES

THE RIVER THAT NEVER ENDS
JT Trinidad | 2022 | 19′ | Fiction

POLAND

PĘTLA
Antoni Ferency | 2023 | 15′ | Fiction

POLE
Tomasz Grzymała | 2023 | 17′ | Documentary

PORTUGAL

QUASE ME LEMBRO
Dimitri Mihajlovic, Miguel Lima | 2023 | 10′ | Animation

RWANDA, SWITZERLAND

TERRA MATER
Kantarama Gahigiri | 2023 | 10′ | Fiction

SOUTH KOREA

THE END OF A VOYAGE
Min Ho Choi | 2023 | 10′ | Animation

SPAIN

CURA SANA
Lucía G. Romero | 2023 | 19′ | Fiction

VISIONADO
Manuel Román | 2022 | 4′ | Experimental, Fiction

SWEDEN

EFTERSÖRJARE
Hanna Högstedt | 2023 | 25′ | Animation, Documentary

FILMEN KÄNNS FÖR VIT
Sebastian Johansson Micci | 2023 | 14′ | Fiction

LEILA
Fariba Haidari | 2023 | 25′ | Documentary

UKRAINE

KYIV IN THE DAYS OF WAR
Oleg Chorny | 2022 | 4′ | Documentary

UKRAINE, GERMANY

MARIUPOL’. STO NOCHEY
Sofiia Melnyk | 2023 | 8′ | Animation

UNITED KINGDOM

BURN OUT
Chloe Culpin | 2022 | 14′ | Fiction

THE VEILED CITY
Natalie Cubides-Brady | 2023 | 13′ | Experimental, Documentary

UNITED KINGDOM, LEBANON

GHOUROUB BEIRUT
Daniela Stephan | 2022 | 18′ | Fiction

UNITED STATES

SHOTPLAYER
Sam Shainberg | 2023 | 21′ | Documentary

URUGUAY

GUAZUVIRÁ
Joaquin Araújo, Nicolás Sequeira | 2023 | 20′ | Fiction

UZBEKISTAN, CANADA

SHOKOUK: A COSMICOMEDY IN FOUR ACTS
Rouzbeh Akhbari, Felix Kalmenson | 2023 | 18′ | Experimental, Documentary

QATAR, SUDAN

SUDDENLY TV
Roopa Gogineni | 2022 | 19′ | Documentary