Shortlisting Notification 2025
Please note that shortlisting notification does not constitute an official selection or guarantee of a screening. The jury’s final decision will be announced on November 15, 2025.
Feature Film - in alphabetical order
A Dinner to Remember – Leonardo Re | 47:03 min
A Walk Along the Borne – Nick Igea | 112 min
Incinerate – Luis Navarrete | 88 min
Matty Nykänen – The Legend – Olli Laine | 73:07 min
Semitjov – Dreams for a Better World – Micke Engström | 90:20 min
The Constant Gardeners – David Hradetzky | 78 min
Water Lilies – Chanho Lee | 118:38 min
Short Film - in alphabetical order
A Film by Roland Wehap – Roland Wehap | 29:30 min
Before Becoming HER – Chen Peng | 18:39 min
Cut & Run – Shuning Zhao | 14:38 min
Dobrina – Hannes Rall | 5:00 min
Dormant – Niels Bourgonje | 8:51 min
Dreamer – Julian Schnizer, Elis Zuleger | 25 min
Ember – Howard Wimshurst | 1:35 min
Endlein – Richard Horn | 23:57 min
Flickering Bond – Emil Petra-Szöke | 3:56 min
Gone People – Junying Kong | 24:09 min
Gott – Igor Botur | 14:00 min
Gulag – Timothy Lott | 4:41 min
In the Rolling Waves – Lin Mu | 10:15 min
My Shadow – Astra Silver Burke | 6:41 min
New Voices in the City – Ekaterina Gardener | 20:00 min
Prank – Elisabeth Lin | 14:02
Punch – Timothy S. Lott | 10:55 min
Scarecrow – Daniel Ecker | 6:21 min
Sea-Heart – Neto Borges, Larissa Malty | 14:00 min
Searching for Li Baiyin – Matthew Peng, Ellen Ma | 18:00 min
Shadows and Whispers – Ujjwal Bikram Khadka | 14:52 min
Shelter – Jaro Jääskeläinen | 3:20 min
Stand by Me – Yang Lu | 27:48 min
The Bonds – Wu Qingyue | 16:90 min
The Man of the Trees – Andrea Trivero | 18:55 min
The Rabbit Died – Xiake Gao | 14:00 min
The Reach – Luca Caserta | 28:00 min
Thirteen Cats – David Gaspar Gaspar | 13:00 min
Uniquely Blessed – Kiril Kirkov | 29:49 min
Vera – Hanna Sulima | 11 min
We Don´t Know Our Neighbors – Noura bint Hussam B Al-Saud | 12:00 min
We Will Find You – Judson Vaughan | 20:00 min
Where is Wind Stranded – Ushio | 21:00 min