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ESFAA 2025/2026’s next stop is… Ukraine!

From September 17th to 21th, the ESFAA 2025-2026 program will be in Ukraine for the 16th Wiz-Art – Lviv International Film Festival. Короткометражки na ESFAA: добірка #1 Films · Amour à Mort (Love To Death)Ingrid Heiderscheid // Belgium // 2024 // 26:30 minFiction (Brussels Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2024)· Zarafet ve șiddet arasında…

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ESFAA 2025/2026’s next stop is… Portugal!

From July 12th to 20th, the ESFAA 2025-2026 program will be in Portugal for the 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival: PPE 1 Films · Amour à Mort (Love To Death)Ingrid Heiderscheid // Belgium // 2024 // 26:30 minFiction (Brussels Short Film Festival – Audience Award 2024)· Zarafet ve șiddet arasında (Between…

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And the 2024-2025 award goes to… France!

After a year on tour, European audiences have finally chosen the winning short film! THE MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES OF CLAUDE CONSEIL, by Marie-Lola Terver and Paul Jousselin – voted at national level by the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival audience – is now the big winner of ESFAA, the European Short Film Audience Award.THE MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES…

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Discover all the European films in the ESFAA’s 2025/2026 tour

A selection of the very best European short films continues its tour at the 7th edition of ESFAA. After earning the favour of their national audience, 8 short films are trying to charm the hearts of 511 million Europeans. You can now book the European Short Film Audience Award Programmes 2025-2026. The programmes include the…

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ESFAA 2024/2025’s next stop is… The Netherlands!

From April 1st to 6th, the ESFAA 2024-2025 program will be in Nijmegen for the Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen: European Audience Favourites 1 Films · Vivir en un mar bravo (To Live in a Wild Sea)Guillermo F. Flórez // Spain // 2023 // 23:52 minDocumentary (ALCINE – Festival de Cine de…

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FeKK, the new festival partner

We are excited to announce that, for the 2025/2026 edition, the European Short Film Audience Award is partnering with the FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival. This new collaboration allows us to expand our jury and audience into Slovenia, introducing another European country to our award’s journey. The seventh edition of ESFAA will travel through…

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ESFAA 2024/2025’s next stop is… Finland!

From March 4th to 8th, the ESFAA 2024-2025 program will be in Tampere for the Tampere film festival: European Short Film Audience Award 01 Films · Kafana na Balkanu (Balkan, Baby)Boris Gavrilović // Germany // 2023 // 18:35 minLive Action (INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin – Audience Award 2023)· Motherless ChildSophie Maréchal // Belgium…

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ESFAA 2024/2025’s next stop is… France!

From January 31st to February 8th, the ESFAA 2024-2025 program will be in Clermont-Ferrand for the Clermont-Ferrand international short film festival: EU 1 European Short Film Audience Award 01 Films · Vivir en un mar bravo (To Live in a Wild Sea)Guillermo F. Flórez // Spain // 2023 // 23:52 minDocumentary (ALCINE – Festival de Cine…

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Listening to Nature: Terver and Jousselin Discuss ‘The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil’

We’ve been wanting to share some of the ideas, concepts, and creative processes behind the 9 short filmes touring ESFAA 2024/2025, so we’ve challenged the amazing Nicolas Van Ruychevelt to interview all the directors who are part of this European short films showcase. During their interview, Marie-Lola Terver and Paul Jousselin shared insights into the…

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