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Margarethe 89

Margarethe, a young punk opposed to the East German regime, is committed to a psychiatric hospital and tries to escape to join Heinrich, a punk singer she’s in love with.

Les Bêtes

A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys assembles a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.

LGBTQIA+ Voices

A collection of LGBTQIA+ shorts for Pride Month.

A KIND OF TESTAMENT

A Kind of Testament

A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies.

Essex Girls

Flipping the "Essex Girl" trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex.

Vimeo & European Film Awards

The European Film Academy has partnered with Vimeo to present “Staff Picks,” a curated selection of exceptional short films. Since 2008, the coveted Staff Picks have helped launch the careers of celebrated directors, inspired millions, and built a global community of storytellers.

The cooperation aims to encourage cultural dialogue and showcase the layered richness of short films, encouraging European audiences and film professionals to check back regularly for cinematic and creative inspiration.

Staff Picks

Bye Bye, Bowser

Luna rebels against the indifference of her artsy friends by writing a punk song about Laugo, the construction worker from across the street. Will the clashing worlds of affluent neglect and working...

Bye Bye, Bowser

ostblok

While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams (Olivia Nikkanen), a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee (Michael Gandolifini) gets stung in the throat by a hornet. Written &...

Tea

Unknown

At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of c...

Oasis

Travelling Distribution

Contractions by Lynne Sachs

Contractions by Lynne Sachs 12 min. 2024 In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ended a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion in the United States. “Contractions” takes us to Memphis, Tennessee where we...

Contractions by Lynne Sachs

Lynne Sachs

You Know You Wanna Stay

A freshman girl hides in her crush’s bathroom, and comes out permanently changed. WINNER of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Shortfest Starring: Elsie Fisher,...

You Know You Wanna Stay

Alex Heller

HAQQIM BOR [ SHORT FILM ]

[ Children carry strange backpacks shaped like buildings — a kindergarten, a school, a home. Inside each one, something is hidden — the things adults choose not to see. But every night, lights fli...

HAQQIM BOR [ SHORT FILM ]

Lado Kvataniya

European Film Awards Collection

A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker...

A Kind of Testament (2023) - Stephen Vuillemin - Remembers & Aycevee

Manifest

“Being a daughter, being a mother. Becoming a woman.” A short film by Carla Melo Gampert An Evidencia Films & June Films production in coproduction with Arte France Executive producers Carlos Sal...

La Perra

Evidencia Films

FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO (CH/COL | 15′ | 2022) a film by Jorge Cadena – In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use their extravagance to denounce the disastrous exploitation of the l...

FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO – Jorge Cadena

GoldenEggProduction

She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her years ago. lovedad.film/ instagram.com/lovedad_film/ dir: Diana Cam Van Nguyen script: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Lukáš Janičík dop: Kryštof Melka, Matěj Pi...

LOVE, DAD

Diana Cam Van Nguyen

“Über Wasser” / “On Solid Ground”, written & directed by Jela Hasler 12 Min. A city, in summer. The morning coolness in the river does not last long, the heat covers the city like a ma...

On Solid Ground

Langfilm

Staff Pick Premieres

Leipzig, 1989. Margarethe, a young punk opposed to the East German regime, is committed to a psychiatric hospital. She tries to escape to join Heinrich, a punk singer she’s in love with. But as the r...

Margarethe 89

Eddy

A woman is forced to confront her elderly husband’s physical deterioration when they meet to sign their divorce papers.

Dissolution

Anthony Saxe

“Being a daughter, being a mother. Becoming a woman.” A short film by Carla Melo Gampert An Evidencia Films & June Films production in coproduction with Arte France Executive producers Carlos Sal...

La Perra

Evidencia Films

Pari covers up domestic violence when her brother beats up his 3 year old daughter.

It Turns Blue

shadi karamroudi

Fei, a 16 year old British-Chinese girl, is the top violinist in an elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei’s anxieties and internalized racism grow t...

Shé (Snake)

Renee Zhan

Curated Collections

Adult Swim

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

Best Branded

Best of the Year

Best of the Year

Black Artistry in Film

Black Artistry in Film

Breakout Creators

Breakout Creators

Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

Go Short Festival

Go Short Festival

House of Horrors

House of Horrors

LGBTQIA+ Voices

LGBTQIA+ Voices

Little Big World

Little Big World

Love Stinks

Oscar Nominated Shorts

Oscar Nominated Shorts

Spotlight on Charlotte Regan

Spotlight on Charlotte Regan

Spotlight on Kristoffer Borgli

Spotlight on Kristoffer Borgli

Spotlight on Paul Trillo

Spotlight on Paul Trillo

Sundance Film Festival Shorts

Sundance Film Festival Shorts

SXSW Shorts

The Best of CANADA

The Best of CANADA

The Immigrant Experience

The Immigrant Experience

Trippy Animations

Trippy Animations

European Film Awards

37th Edition

European Film Awards

37th Edition

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News & Press

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FLOW wins LUX Audience Award 2025

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The European Film Academy introduces member chapters for the arts and crafts of filmmaking

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Eureka! The European Film Awards go to Athens in January 2027

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