64 short films from 43 countries were selected into the International Competition of Tampere Film Festival 2022. A total of 6 912 films were submitted.
25 (39 %) of the selected films were directed by females, 35 films (55 %) by males, and four co-directions (6%).
Selections were made by Liina Härkönen, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, and Riina Mikkonen.
Pre-selections:
Juhani Alanen, Soilikki Alanne, Enikö Balogh, Kip Gauffin, Antti Hämäläinen, Liina Härkönen, Yelena Korhonen, Susanna Koskimaa, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Laura Laaksonen, Anna Ludvig, Riina Mikkonen, Joona Rajatie, Christopher Lorenzo Thomas, Juho Tiainen, Mirjami Vertainen, Sami Ylönen
A = animation
D = documentary
E = experimental
F = fiction
BELGIUM
KELASI
Fransix Tenda Lomba | Belgium | 2021 | 10’ | A, D
THE NIPPLE WHISPERER
Jan Van Dyck | Belgium | 2021 | 15’ | A, D
BRAZIL
VAGALUMES
Léo Bittencourt | Brazil | 2021| 19’ | D, F
CAMBODIA
SOMLENG REATREY
Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann | Cambodia | 2021 | 20’ | F
CANADA
MENEATH: THE HIDDEN ISLAND OF ETHICS
Terril Calder | Canada | 2021 | 20’| A
SQUASH
Dave Cooper | Canada | 2020 | 7’ | E, F
CANADA, UNITED STATES
BELLE RIVER
Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin | Canada, United States | 2022 | 12’ | D
CHILE
BESTIA
Hugo Covarrubias | Chile | 2021 | 16’ | A
CHINA
LENGSHUI JIANG
Shile Liu | China | 2021 | 18’ | F
CHINA, SPAIN
SILENT STORM
Grace Hsia | China, Spain | 2021 | 11’ | F
COLOMBIA
TWO-SPIRIT
Mónica Taboada-Tapia | Colombia | 2021 | 16’ | D
CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA
MILÝ TATI
Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic, Slovakia | 2021 | 13’ | E, A, D
ESTONIA
MAETUD EUROOPAS
Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees | Estonia | 2022 | 15’ | D, A
FINLAND
ARCTIC UTOPIAS
Ville Koskinen, Daniela Toma, Svetlana Romanova, Matti Kinnunen | Finland | 2022 | 22’ | D
LE SABOTEUR
Anssi Kasitonni | Finland | 2022 | 12’| E, F
FRANCE
AU CINÉMA!
Johanna Vaude | France | 2021 | 11’ | E, D
LA CONFITURE DE PAPILLONS
Shih-Yen Huang | France | 2021 | 7’ | A
LES LARMES DE LA SEINE
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur | France | 2021 | 9’ | A
LOVE & REVENGE
Anhar Salem | France | 2021 | 32’ | E, D
MR SPOON
Perrine Liévois, Hadrien don Fayel | France | 2020 | 15’ | F
SWALLOW THE UNIVERSE
Nieto | France | 2021 | 12’ | A
FRANCE, LEBANON
WARSHA
Dania Bdeir | France, Lebanon | 2021 | 16’ | F
FRANCE, MOROCCO
JMAR
Samy Sidali | France, Morocco | 2021 | 20’ | F
FRANCE, SPAIN
LAST DAY
Cyprien Clément-Delmas | France, Spain | 2021 | 9’ | E, D
GERMANY
BENZTOWN
Gottfried Mentor | Germany | 2021 | 5’ | A
THE CAPACITY FOR ADEQUATE ANGER
Vika Kirchenbauer | Germany | 2021 | 16’ | E, D
GHANA, UNITED KINGDOM
LOCKED-IN
Stephanie Boateng | Ghana, United Kingdom | 2021 | 12’ | F
GREECE
MEMOIR OF A VEERING STORM
Sofia Georgovassili | Greece | 2022 | 14’ | F
INDIA
CLOUDS OF MONSOON
Ketan Kuril | India | 2021 | 30’ | F
INDIA, BANGLADESH, NEPAL, FRANCE
THE SILENT ECHO
Suman Sen | India, Bangladesh, Nepal, France | 2021 | 16’ | F
INDONESIA, FRANCE
LIKA LIKU LAKI | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia, France | 2021 | 20’ | F
IRAN
COMPANY
Ilnaz Khirkhah | Iran | 2021 | 11’ | F
IRAQ
THE WIND GIRL
Dana Karim | Iraq | 2021 | 15’ | F
JAPAN
HONEKAMI
Honami Yano | Japan | 2021 | 10’ | A
KENYA
JUA KALI
Joash Omondi | Kenya | 2022 | 18’ | F
KYRGYZSTAN
BLACK WAGON
Adilet Karzhoev | Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | 24’ | D
LITHUANIA
TECHNO, MAMA
Saulius Baradinskas | Lithuania | 2021 | 18’ | F
MEXICO
CORPÚSCULO | Léa Soler | Mexico | 2021 | 19’ | F
MOROCCO, WESTERN SAHARA
GALB’ECHAOUF
Abdessamad El Montassir | Morocco, Western Sahara | 2021 | 19’ | D
THE NETHERLANDS
NAYA – DER WALD HAT TAUSEND AUGEN
Sebastian Mulder | The Netherlands | 2021 | 25’ | D
NORWAY
VIEW
Odveig Klyve | Norway | 2021 | 5’ | D
PAKISTAN
HOW I LIKE IT
Nida Mehboob | Pakistan | 2021 | 19’ | D
PALESTINE, JORDAN
LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK
Said Zagha | Palestine, Jordan | 2020 | 16’ | F
POLAND
KSIEZYC
Tomek Popakul | Poland | 2020 | 12’ | A
VIVALDI: STABAT MATER
Sebastian Panczyk | Poland | 2021 | 22’ | F
WIZYTA
Mateusz Jarmulski | Poland | 2021 | 8’ | A
ROMANIA
ART OF DECEPTION
Adrian Sitaru | Romania | 2021 | 18’ | F
RUSSIA
COSMONAUTS
Danila Gulin | Russia | 2020 | 13’ | E, D
REVIZIYA
Mikhail Zheleznikov | Russia | 2020 | 5’ | E, D
ZHIZN’-PASKUDA
Varya Yakovleva | Russia | 2021 | 7’ | A
SOUTH AFRICA
PLAASHUIS
Dian Weys | South Africa | 2021 | 15’ | F
SERBIA
MIR
Gorana Jovanović | Serbia | 2021 | 11’ | E, A, D
SLOVENIA, FRANCE
BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE
Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard | Slovenia, France | 2021 | 14’ | A, D
SPAIN
ALOPÈCIA ANDROGÈNICA
Salvador Sunyer | Spain | 2022 | 23’ | F
SWEDEN
PINK RIDER
Daniel Aguirre | Sweden | 2021 | 12’ | D
SWITZERLAND
SAUNA
Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren | Switzerland | 2021 | 5’ | A
ÜBER WASSER
Jela Hasler | Switzerland | 2021 | 13’ | F
TUNISIA, FRANCE
ANGLE MORT
Lotfi Achour | Tunisia, France | 2021 | 14’ | D, A
UKRAINE
PAPINI KROSIVKI
Olha Zhurba | Ukraine | 2021 | 19’ | F
UNITED KINGDOM
THE BOAT
Bryan and I | United Kingdom | 2021 | 6’ | E, A
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS
Antonin Niclass | United Kingdom | 2021 | 9’ | A
FACTORY TALK
Lucie Rachel, Chrissie Hyde | United Kingdom | 2020 | 5’ | F
STRANGE OBJECT
Miranda Pennell | United Kingdom | 2020 | 16’ | E, D
UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
Joanna Quinn | United Kingdom, Canada | 2021 | 17’ | A
