Selections: Generation XYZ 2023

Generation XYZ is Tampere Film Festival’s competition for short genre films.

465 films in the thriller, horror, sci-fi, action or fantasy categories were submitted and 20 films form 17 countries were selected into the competition.

Genders:

  • Females: selected 5 persons (25,0 %) / submitted 141 persons (30,3 %)
  • Males: selected 14 persons (70,0 %) / submitted 305 persons (65,6 %)
  • Other / no answer: selected 0 persons / submitted 17 persons (3,7 %)
  • Co-directions (male & female): selected 2 (5,0 %) / submitted 2 (0,4 %)

 

Selections were made by Liina Härkönen, Jelena Korhonen and Niklas Nylund.

CANADA

A.S.M.ORT
Maxime S. Girard | 2022 | 12′ | Fiction

DEMON BOX
Sean Wainsteim | 2023 | 14′ | Fiction

 

ESTONIA

HEIKI ON THE OTHER SIDE
Katariina Aule | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

 

FINLAND

HIUS
Sebastian Granskog | 2023 | 13′ | Fiction

 

FRANCE

MANTRA
Stef Meyer, Pascal Bourelier | 2022 | 18′ | Fiction

 

GERMANY

LEBENSRAUM
Hannes Maar | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

 

O
Dominik Balkow | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

MEXICO

ORFEO
Roberto Telles | 2022 | 30′ | Fiction

 

NEW ZEALAND

THE BALLAD OF MADDOG QUINN
Matt Inns | 2022 | 16′ | Fiction

 

PORTUGAL

VÓRTICE
Guilherme Branquinho | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

 

SPAIN

LA INQUILINA
Lucas Paulino, Ángel Torres | 2021 | 10′ | Fiction

 

SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN

BORDER
Mai Nakanishi | 2023 | 6′ | Fiction

 

SWEDEN

RIFT
Farhad Bakhtiarikish | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

 

SWITZERLAND

THE RECORD
Jonathan Laskar | 2022 | 9′ | Fiction

 

TURKEY

OYUNBOZAN
İlayda İşeri | 2022 | 15′ | Fiction

 

UNITED KINGDOM

LEECH
George Coley | 2022 | 10′ | Fiction

ORIGINAL SKIN
Mdhamiri á Nkemi | 2022 | 13′ | Fiction

 

UNITED STATES

CARRION
Yvonne Zhang | 2022 | 22′ | Fiction

HIJAS DE BRUJAS
Faride Schroeder Lases | 2022 | 12′ | Fiction

 

URUGUAY

THE HOUR OF THE BIRDS
Emiliano Umpierrez | 2022 | 6′ | Fiction