15 Shorts Nominated for the European Film Awards 2017

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are proud to present this year’s short film nominations. At each of the 15 participating film festivals, an independent jury presented one European short film in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

 

The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees. The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Short Film 2017 will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 9 December, in Berlin.

 

 

 
  Ghent Short Film Nominee 
TIMECODE
by Juanjo Giménez
Spain 2016, fiction, 15 min
     

 
  Uppsala Short Film Nominee
LOVE 
by Réka Bucsi
Hungary/France 2016, animation, 16 min

 
  Valladolid Short Film Nominee
FIGHT ON A SWEDISH BEACH!!

by Simon Vahlne
Sweden 2016, fiction, 15 min
     

 
  Cork Short Film Nominee
THE PARTY
by Andrea Harkin
Ireland 2016, fiction, 14 min
     

 
  Rotterdam Short Film Nominee 
INFORMATION SKIES
by Metahaven
Netherlands/South Korea 2017,
experimental fiction, 24 min
     

 
  Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Nominee
WANNABE
by Jannis Lenz
Austria/Germany 2017, fiction, 29 min
     

 
  Berlin Short Film Nominee
THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS
OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS
 
by Gabriel Abrantes
Portugal 2016, fiction, 30 min
     

 
  Tampere Short Film Nominee
WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN
SCRIS/NESCRIS
 
by Adrian Silisteanu
Romania 2017, fiction, 20 min
     

 
  Krakow Short Film Nominee 
EN LA BOCA
by Matteo Gariglio
Switzerland/Argentina 2016, documentary, 25 min
     

 
  Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee 
THE DISINHERITED
LOS DESHEREDADOS
by Laura Ferrés
Spain 2017, documentary / fiction, 18 min
     

 
  Locarno Short Film Nominee
YOUNG MEN AT THEIR WINDOW
JEUNES HOMMES À LA FENÊTRE
by Loukianos Moshonas
France 2017, fiction, 18 min
     

 
  Sarajevo Short Film Nominee
COPA-LOCA
by Christos Massalas
Greece 2017, fiction, 14 min
     

 
  Venice Short Film Nominee 
YOU WILL BE FINE
GROS CHAGRIN
by Céline Devaux
France 2017, animation / fiction, 15 min
     

 
  Bristol Short Film Nominee
UGLY
by Redbear Easterman & Nikita Diakur
Germany 2017, animation, 12 min
     

 
  Drama Short Film Nominee
THE CIRCLE
HEVÊRK
by Rûken Tekeş
Turkey 2016, fiction, 14 min

 

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Since its successful pan-European launch in November 2022 Europe’s own film and award season, the Month of European Film has been growing continuously: Starting with 35 partners from 35 countries in 2022, the Month of European Film collaborated in 2024 with 108 partners from 42 countries. The number of screenings of European films within the initiative rocketed from 1,553 in 2022 to 9,310 in 2023 to 16,140 screenings in the 2024 edition. Admissions increased from 61,199 in 2022 to 164,206 in 2023 to almost half a million admissions (467,697) in the last year. The participating partners reported that their activities during the Month of European Film increased audience interest in European films and it also makes them want to programme more European films in the future. This is the result of an evaluation with the participating partners of this unique initiative.

“The European Film Academy senses growing interest in Europe for an ‘award season’ celebrating the best European cinema has to offer,” says Mattthijs Wouter Knol, Academy CEO and Director. “With the Month of European Film we build a network and a window for the simultaneous celebration of European cinema and to bring the diversity of European film closer to home for many people: first of all to their local cinema. Only three years into the initiative we are proud and happy that the Month of European Film is becoming more and more visible across Europe and is attracting a significantly growing number of visitors from Norway to Malta, from Portugal to Georgia. In the upcoming years until the European Film Academy’s 40th anniversary in 2028, we will further build a European ‘award season’ with our partners. It is time to deepen the awareness of European film culture. It is time to bring us as Europeans closer together through the culture and values we share: cinema has that power.”

Feedback from the audience regarding the Month of European Film was also very positive: The partners reported that in an audience survey cinema visitors from across Europe saw the Month of European Film as an important celebration of European culture. They said the Month of European Film has raised their interest in European films significantly and that they would like to see more European films. It also made them feel more united with fellow Europeans.

This year, the Month of European Film will start with the nominations announcement on Tuesday 18 November 2025, with cinemas all over Europe offering a tailor-made programme for their local audience. The Month of European Film will have its grand finale on Saturday 17 January 2026 with the celebration of the European Film Awards in Berlin.

The Month of European Film is an initiative of the European Film Academy supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, in co-operation with Europa Cinemas, CICAE, MUBI, DAFilms, Festival Scope, as well as numerous other European and local partners.

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