Generation XYZ is Tampere Film Festival’s competition for short genre films. Tampere Film Festival presents Generation XYZ in collaboration with XYZ Films and Film Tampere, the City of Tampere, Tampere Region 2026 and APFI – Audiovisual Producers Finland.
297 films in the thriller, horror, sci-fi, action or fantasy categories were submitted and 18 films were selected into the competition. 7 (30 %) of the selected films were directed by females and 16 (70 %) by males.
Selections were made by Liina Härkönen, Kalle Karinen and Yelena Korhonen.
Selected films
AUSTRALIA
DRY FIRE
Daniel Farmer, Adam Bigum, Ramas McRae | 2021 | 23’ | Fiction
BELGIUM
EN FIN DE CONTE
Zoé Arene | 2021 | 21’ | Fiction
CANADA
CRUISE
Sam Rudykoff | 2021 | 7’ | Fiction
DENMARK
HVOR TRÆERNE BLOKERER FOR LYSET
Jennifer Alice Wright | 2020 | 8’ | Animation
FINLAND
SUOTERAPIA
Santtu Salminen | 2021 | 20’ | Fiction
GREECE
AMYGDALA
Maria Hatzakou | 2021 | 22’ | Fiction
ICELAND
HEARTLESS
Haukur Björgvinsson | 2021 | 16’ | Fiction
JAPAN
VISITORS
Kenichi Ugana | 2021 | 17’ | Fiction
THE NETHERLANDS
THE RECEDER
Raymon Hilkman | 2021 | 7’ | Fiction
NORWAY
BABY BOOM
Thomas Lunde | 2021 | 14’ | Fiction
SOUTH KOREA
ORAL TRADITION SONG
HMI | 2021 | 17’ | Fiction
SPAIN
HOTEL MALÁNGEL
Esteve Rovira | 2021 | 14’ | Fiction
LES XIQUES VAN AL PARC DE NIT
Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta, Celia Cuenca | 2021 | 30’ | Fiction
SWITZERLAND
DANZAMATTA
Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola | 2021 | 5’ | Fiction
TAIWAN
SWALLOW
Mai Nakanishi | 2021 | 23’ | Fiction
UNITED KINGDOM
UPSIDE MIMI ᴉƜᴉƜ UʍOP
Rachel Maclean | 2021 | 13’ | Animation
UNITED STATES
CUB SCOUT
Matt Heder | 2021 | 14’ | Fiction
PRIVATE VIEW
Theo Lindquist | 2020 | 10’ | Fiction
