The line-up has been finalized for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (September 2nd – 12th, 2026) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. The selection presents the world premiere screenings of 13 short films, competing for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section, and the world premiere screenings of 2 short films, out of competition.
The official screenings of the selection will take place on September 10th and 11th, 2026. In total, La Biennale received 2,500 short films, 205 of which were from Italy.
Below is the complete line-up of the Orizzonti Short Films, whose production involves 13 different countries around the world:
IN COMPETITION
ANGELO AZZURRO by TOMMASO ACQUARONE
with Thomas Di Federico, Pietro Paolo Marziani, Vida Tunguz / Italy / 20’
TESZTPÁLYA (TEST TRACK) by LYDIA CORNETT
with Hunor Zsédely and the Zsédely family / Hungary, UK, USA / 15’
MOTHMAMA by JESSICA DI COSTA
with Gabriella Hirschson, Audley Anderson / Australia / 12’
UNA FORTALEZA (A FORTRESS) by ALBA GAVIRAGHI
with Antonia Pereira, Francisca Gavilán, Catalina Huerta, Daniela López, Luciana Sobarzo / Chile / 14’
LOS PODERES by SALIM JALLER
with Daniel Ochoa, Victoria Escobar / Colombia, France / 20’
HEAD OF A CAMEL by SHANNON LEE
Animation / USA / 4’
TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO (ΤΡΟΠΙΚΌΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΡΗΝΟΎΤΟΣ ΓΚΈΚΟ) by STAVROS MARKOULAKIS
with Dimitris Lagoutis, Amaury Foucher, Anastasia Galerou Vlassi / Greece, France, Netherlands / 19’
SASSO, CARTA, FORBICI (ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS) by VIRGINIA MORI
Animation / Italy, France / 9’
BLEU AU LOIN (DISTANT BLUE) by AMIR HOUSHANG MOEIN
Animation / France / 10’
MAN-MADE LAKE by ANNIE NING
with Lou Justine Moua Nédellec, Cao Ciong Zhang, Jing Ji Liu, Nola Kalata / USA, China / 17’
QUELQUES INSTANTS DE BONHEUR (A FEW MOMENTS OF HAPPINESS) by SHADEN SAFIEDDINE TAZI
Documentary / France, UK / 18’
ТИША (SILENCE) by PAVLO SHPEGUN
with Hryhoriy Naumov, Iolanta Bohdiun / Ukraine / 14’
PAPER PLANE by SAOIRSE RONAN
with Martha Malone, Clare Dunne, Tim Creed / UK, Ireland / 15’
OUT OF COMPETITION
IL SENSO DELLA TERRA (THE SENSE OF EARTH) by ALESSANDRO INGARIA, SIMONE MASSI
with Valentina Carnelutti, Sebastiano Kiniger, Beatrice Elena Festi, Shukuru Zanon / Italy / 14’
SOUNDS FROM HOME by NATHAN SILVER
Documentary / France, USA / 8’
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival will run from September 2nd-12th with Ema Sasic and Josh Parham attending on behalf of Next Best Picture this year in-person.
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