Annecy 2025 Official Short Film Selections Announced

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

9 million euros, Czech Republic - Bara Anna StejskalovÁ
At Night, Iran - Pooya AFZALI
Atomik TourI, France - Bruno COLLET
Bread Will WalkI, Canada - Alex BOYA
Carcassonne-AcapulcoI, France - Marjorie CAUP, Olivier HERAUD
Dog Ear, Hungary - Peter VACZ
Dollhouse Elephant, Finland - Jenny JOKELA
Merger, Canada - Richard REEVES
Hatker, Argentina - Alejandro Ariel MARTIN
The Burattino and the Whale, France, Italy - Roberto CATANI
The Girl Who Explodes, France - Caroline POGGI, Jonathan VINEL
The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Canada - Chris LAVIS, Maciek SZCZERBOWSKI
The Mantis, Taiwan - Joe HSIEH
Life with an Idiot, France - Theodore USHEV, Alexandra USHEV
The Magician, Croatia, France, Romania - Bogdan MURESANU
The Beasts, United States - Michael Granberry
The Night Boots, France - Pierre-Luc GRANJON
Red Moon, Estonia, France - Priit PÄRN, Olga PÄRN
Ma xi tuan xiao Xiong, China - Xun SUN
Mangittatuarjuk, Canada - Louise FLAHERTY
My Brother, My Brother, Germany, Egypt, France - Abdelrahman DNEWAR, Saad DNEWAR
My Wonderful Life, Singapore - Calleen KOH
Ordinary Life, France, Japan - Yoriko MIZUSHIRI
Ovary-Acting, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom - Ida MELUM
Leg hair, Canada - Andrea DORFMAN
Sisowath Quay, France - Stephanie LANSAQUE, François LEROY
Sappho, Brazil - Rosana URBES
Shadows, France, Jordan - Rand BEIRUTY
Signal, France, Belgium - Emma CARRÉ, Mathilde PARQUET
Star Wars: Visions – “Black”, Japan - Shinya OHIRA
Sulaimani, France - Vinnie Ann BOSE
Tapeworm Alexis & the Opera Diva, Swiss - Thaïs ODERMATT
Thank you Dr. Farsi, Iran - Samaneh SHOJAEI
The Pool or Death of a Goldfish, Poland - Daria KOPIEC
Zwermen, The Netherlands - Janneke SWINKELS, Tim FRIJSINGER

Official Selection 2025 - Off-Limits

Capriccio, Hungary - Gabor Ulrich
Coda, Norway - Thor SIVERTSEN
This is not your garden, Colombia - Carlos VELANDIA, Angélica RESTREPO
Firewalk, Finland - Pink TWINS
Gerhard, Germany - Ulu BRAUN
Rakugaki, Japan - Ryo ORIKASA
SKRFF, Austria - Corrie Francis PARKS, Daniel NUDERSCHER
The Prologue, Austria - Marzieh EMADI, Sina SAADAT
Father Ademt, Belgium - Juliette PONS

Official Selection 2025 - Perspectives

Blinded by the light, Ghana - Francis Y. BROWN
Bloody Mess, Canada - Megan WENNBERG
Box, China - Yuanjia HUANG, Tingyi ZHOU, Yafei XIE
Dédé (Ancestor), United Kingdom - Yasmine DJEDJE-FISHER-AZOUME
Fačuk, Croatia, Slovenia - Maida SRABOVIC
Goldau, Swiss - Roman KÄLIN
Ibuka, Justice, Canada - Justice RUTIKARA
K'uchu: Rincon of childhood, Peru - Alessio DEL POZO
Kronicitet, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Aleta RAJIC
The Circus of Mustachioed Clowns, Argentina - Ana COMES, Tomas ALZOGARAY VANELLA, Paz BLOJ
Nagofteh namanad, Iran - Mahboobeh KALAEE, Ali FOTOOHI
Dark orange, Iran - Zahra AZADPOUR
Psychonauts, Croatia - Niko RADAS
S The Wolf: "I Will Have the Crown Back On My Head", Egypt, France - Sameh ALAA
Silent Cinema, Macedonia - Krste GOSPODINOVSKI
Snake Soup, Armenia - Zack DEMIRTSHYAN
All these deaths, Lebanon – Fadi SYRIANI