Short film competition titles revealed
Explore 15 titles that push the boundaries of short documentary film.
The IDFA Competition for Short Documentary celebrates the versatility of the form, with 15 films that use creativity and imagination to push the boundaries of short documentary. Together, they form a mosaic of styles, themes, and perspectives, driven by ambitious directors with singular cinematic voices and strong artistic visions.
In a tragicomic portrait of humanity and its fallibility, The Bus of Broken Hearts by Björn Carlberg and Johan Palmgren follows the world’s biggest cross-country ski race, where thousands of disheartened participants fail to make it to the finish line.
Several titles turn their attention to the act of looking itself. Revealing a glimmer of hope in the aftermath of an earthquake in southern Turkey, Perihan Incegöz’s Our Village from the Moon captures Kurdish children as they turn the ruins into a playground and dream of the moon. PICNIC – In Light Invisible to the Human Eye by Jan Ijäs follows Israeli tourists who travel to the border of Gaza to make a spectacle of the devastation of the Palestinian people.
Our Village from the Moon