Discover the ten short films touring around Europe, which aim to win the title of 2026/2027 European Short Film Audience Award.
After winning the favour of their national audience, these short films are on a quest to win the hearts of Europeans, who are invited to vote for their favourite short film. The final award of €3,500 will be presented at the Brussels Short Film Festival, in 2027. The national audience won’t be able to vote for the short film coming from its own country to ensure the fairness of the award.
EL PRÍNCEP
(The Prince)
Álex Sardá, 2024
Spain, FICTION, 29′
ALCINE – Alcalá de Henares Film Festival in the Community of Madrid – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Today is the premiere day, and Artur, son of a bourgeois family and dancer in a contemporary dance company, acts like the prince in a kingdom tailored to his own image. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a real estate scandal.
DEVATA VAS
(The Ninth Village)
Gregor Kocjančič, 2025
Slovenia, EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY, 4′
FEKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Using Street View on Google Maps, the author takes a virtual stroll through Slovenia and, along the way, encounters a series of places with exceptionally picturesque and semantically distinctive names. This witty experimental documentary functions both as a curious postcard and as an insight into the diverse traditions of local place-naming.
PORQUE HOJE É SÁBADO
(Because Today is Saturday)
Alice Eça Guimarães, 2025
Portugal/France/Spain, ANIMATION, 12′
Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
It is Saturday, a day of rest. A woman wakes up early so that she can give herself a birthday present: some time to write. But whenever an inspirational moment occurs, it is interrupted by domestic situations that claim her attention: the children, laundry, the meals. The mental load of those tasks ends up being unbearable and she reaches a breaking point.
Teken en zie de wereld
(Sign and See the World)
Safi Graauw, 2025
Netherlands, DOCUMENTARY, 11′
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Sign and See the World sheds light on the journey of three young Surinamese men who, far from home, travel from Suriname via Canada to Europe during World War II to join the Princess Irene Brigade. Driven by a determination to help liberate the Netherlands, the film reveals the challenges and hardships of their journey, as well as the personal motivations, courage, and sacrifice that drove them to play a crucial role in the liberation of the Netherlands and Europe – one that never made it to the history books.
PUOLANKA PUSSY RALLY
Inka Achté, Einari Paakkanen, 2026
Finland, FICTION, 5′
Tampere Film Festival Audience Award 2026
Synopsis
Puolanka, a small village in Northern Finland, is known for its shrinking population and dark humor. Boys circle the streets with new licences, elders gather at the café, and traditions thrive, yet one mystery remains: where are the women?
SOUS LE RADAR
(Under the Radar)
Frederique de Montblanc, 2025
Belgium, FICTION, 20′
Brussels Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Mentally overburdened, Vonvon (40), a magazine editor and mother of two, struggles when forced to work from home under a swarm of airplanes. Determined to manage without her laid-back husband Diamantis, sleep-deprived Vonvon grows obsessed with air traffic nuisance. With her sanity hanging by a thread, Vonvon embarks on a wacky journey to find peace.
Комендантська година
(Curfew)
Yelyzaveta Toptyhina, 2025
Ukraine, FICTION, 23′
Wiz-Art – Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
During an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.
Zatańcz ze mną, tato
(Dance with Me Dad)
Małgorzata Goździk, 2025
Poland, DOCUMENTARY, 28′
Short Waves Film Festival – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
In a need to change a distant relationship with a grumpy/depressed father, the adult daughter (director of the film) tries to persuade him to have a deeper conversation and seeks a path of understanding.
I Am a Flower
Ariel Victor Arthanto, 2024
Germany, DRAMA, 13′
Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Sam, a deviant artist and proud flower-person, prepares for their final-act — a transformative declaration of their identity. Their mother, however struggles to accept’s Sam’s decision. Spending one last day before the performance in a flower spa, in between over-the-top treatment and relaxation, tensions rise between the two, until a heart-to-heart brings understanding. As Sam embraces their true nature on stage, the culmination of their journey is a poignant celebration of self-acceptance and familial love.
VEUILLEZ PATIENTER
(Please hold)
Solal Bouloudnine, 2025
France, FICTION, 23′
Clermont-Ferrand – International Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2025
Synopsis
Laurent and Sophie called on Gagu, the home furniture assembly specialist, to assemble the crib for little Lea, who is due in a few weeks. The installation is due to take just one hour, but Laurent and Sophie didn’t opt for the automatic departure option, and their “GaguMan” ends up spending more than an hour at their home…
