Out of the 3,900 films submitted from around 100 countries, 72 films from 33 countries were selected to compete: 36 in the Official category, 9 in the Off-Limits category, 17 in the Perspectives category, and 10 in the Young Audiences category.
The 2025 Annecy Festival has unveiled the official selection of short films in competition for the 49th edition, which runs June 8-14.Out of the 3,900 films submitted from around 100 countries, 72 films from 33 countries were selected to compete in this year’s edition.
36 films will compete in the Official category, 9 in the Off-Limits category, 17 in the Perspectives category, and 10 in the Young Audiences category.Here are the Short Film Official Selections:
Official Selection 2025 - The Official
, Czech Republic - Bara Anna StejskalovÁ
, Iran - Pooya AFZALI
France - Bruno COLLET
Canada - Alex BOYA
, France - Marjorie CAUP, Olivier HERAUD
, Hungary - Peter VACZ
, Finland - Jenny JOKELA
, Canada - Richard REEVES
, Argentina - Alejandro Ariel MARTIN
, France, Italy - Roberto CATANI
, France - Caroline POGGI, Jonathan VINEL
, Canada - Chris LAVIS, Maciek SZCZERBOWSKI
, Taiwan - Joe HSIEH
, France - Theodore USHEV, Alexandra USHEV
, Croatia, France, Romania - Bogdan MURESANU
, United States - Michael Granberry
, France - Pierre-Luc GRANJON
, Estonia, France - Priit PÄRN, Olga PÄRN
, China - Xun SUN
, Canada - Louise FLAHERTY
, Germany, Egypt, France - Abdelrahman DNEWAR, Saad DNEWAR
, Singapore - Calleen KOH
, France, Japan - Yoriko MIZUSHIRI
, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom - Ida MELUM
, Canada - Andrea DORFMAN
, France - Stephanie LANSAQUE, François LEROY
, Brazil - Rosana URBES
, France, Jordan - Rand BEIRUTY
, France, Belgium - Emma CARRÉ, Mathilde PARQUET
, Japan - Shinya OHIRA
, France - Vinnie Ann BOSE
, Swiss - Thaïs ODERMATT
, Iran - Samaneh SHOJAEI
, Poland - Daria KOPIEC
, The Netherlands - Janneke SWINKELS, Tim FRIJSINGER
Official Selection 2025 - Off-Limits
, Hungary - Gabor Ulrich
, Norway - Thor SIVERTSEN
, Colombia - Carlos VELANDIA, Angélica RESTREPO
, Finland - Pink TWINS
, Germany - Ulu BRAUN
, Japan - Ryo ORIKASA
, Austria - Corrie Francis PARKS, Daniel NUDERSCHER
, Austria - Marzieh EMADI, Sina SAADAT
, Belgium - Juliette PONS
Official Selection 2025 - Perspectives
, Ghana - Francis Y.BROWN
, Canada - Megan WENNBERG
, China - Yuanjia HUANG, Tingyi ZHOU, Yafei XIE
, United Kingdom - Yasmine DJEDJE-FISHER-AZOUME
, Croatia, Slovenia - Maida SRABOVIC
, Swiss - Roman KÄLIN
, Justice, Canada - Justice RUTIKARA
: Rincon of childhood, Peru - Alessio DEL POZO
, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Aleta RAJIC
, Argentina - Ana COMES, Tomas ALZOGARAY VANELLA, Paz BLOJ
, Iran - Mahboobeh KALAEE, Ali FOTOOHI
, Iran - Zahra AZADPOUR
, Croatia - Niko RADAS
, Egypt, France - Sameh ALAA
, Macedonia - Krste GOSPODINOVSKI
, Armenia - Zack DEMIRTSHYAN
, Lebanon – Fadi SYRIANI
Official Selection 2025 - Young Audiences
, Luxembourg - Jiyun JEONG
, United Kingdom - Jean-Philippe VINE
, United States - Nathan ENGELHARDT, Jeremy SPEARS
, Belgium, France - Morgane SIMON, Arnaud DEMUYNCK
, Canada - Francis DESHARNAIS
, Belgium, France, Netherlands - Annechien STROUVEN
, Chile, France, Uruguay - Alfredo SODERGUIT
, Türkiye - Kerem YORUK, Yasir ATIS
, United States - Aaron BLAISE
, Brazil - Pedro ANIAS
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