Selected from more than 4,000 submissions representing 121 countries, these 57 films comprise the official selection for the Linz International Short Film Festival 2026 Short Film Competition.

Together, they reflect a remarkable diversity of voices, cultures and cinematic perspectives. We are delighted to present the filmmakers and works selected for this year’s competition.

12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony — Zhizheng QU — China

A Fleeting Idea of Coexistence — Katharina Pichler — Austria

Ali — Adnan Al Rajeev — Bangladesh, Philippines

At Night — Pooya Afzali — Iran

Baixada: In Cubatão’s Waters — Renato Martin de Castro — Brazil

Balyk — Tolomush Zhanybekov — France, Kyrgyzstan

Cairo Streets — Abdellah Taïa — France

CASI SEPTIEMBRE — Lucía G. Romero — Spain

Challenges of a Solitary Mind — Astrid Rothaug — Austria

Chica — Matheus Malburg and João Victor Silva — Brazil

Da Mor Ghag (The Voice Of Mother) — Mian Ijlal Ahmad — Pakistan

Datna Éclat — Tina Frank & General Magic — Austria

Death of a Seagull — Ainaz Azarhoush — Iran

Detlev — Ferdinand Ehrhardt — Germany

Dioscuri — Eireen Emlyn and Artemii Kostenko — Russian Federation

Dog and Wolf — Terézia Halamová — Czechia

Empty Room — Soroush Alizadeh and Ali Sedaghat — Iran

ERKEN HISSLER [Early Feelings] — Nurlan Hasanli — Azerbaijan

Feed, Wash & Love — Veronika Pasterná Szemlová — Czechia

First fire — Blanca Camell Galí — France, Spain

FLIM FLAM — Siegfried A. Fruhauf — Austria

Floating — Jelena Milunović — Serbia

Four — Dea Jagic — Croatia

From 6 to 5 — Erlisë Beqiri — Kosovo

Headworks — Anna Vasof — Austria

How to Listen to Fountains — Eva Sajanová — Slovakia

Imagine me like a country of love — Thana Faroq — Qatar, Yemen

It All Comes Down — Meg Earls — United Kingdom

Kentucky Gaza — Omar Rammal — Jordan

Lost Touch — Justine Klaiber — Switzerland

Madres de nacimiento — Gloria Isabel Gómez Ceballos — France

Morî — YAKUP TEKİNTANGAC — Türkiye

Mosquito — Varia Garib and Kirill Komar — Austria

My Grandmother is a Skydiver — Polina Piddubna — Germany

No Skate! — Guil Sela — France

One Way Ticket to Tbilisi — Paul Ploberger — Austria, Georgia, Germany

Pasta Negra — Jorge Thielen Armand — Canada, Colombia, Italy, Venezuela

Permanent center of gravity — Liliya Timirzyanova — Italy

playing — Fabian Rausch — Austria

Rabbit Don’t Run — Maximilian Conway and Elisabeth Jakobi — Austria, Germany

Sensual — Tanja Nuijten — Germany, Switzerland

Stallion y la Bola de Cristal — Christian Avilés — Spain

Stuporia — Joshua Jádi — Austria

Summer of Goodbyes — Minsho Limbu — Nepal

The Accused Showed No Remorse — Ramin Soltani — Country not specified

The Look of Glass — Tomás Murphy — Argentina

The Prologue — Marzieh Emadi and Sina Saadat — Austria

The Shadow — Petra Balekić — Croatia

THE SPECTACLE — Bálint Kenyeres — France, Hungary

The Stolen Dream — Astrid Rothaug — Austria

The Swimsuit — Amina Krami — Austria

The Things That Vanish — Kenta Ikeda — Japan

The World’s Best Picture — Ali Amiri — Austria, Iran

Walter L. — Barbara Wolfram and Paulus Wagner — Austria

We are Animals — Lorenzo Pallotta — Italy

Yo Yo — Mohammadreza Mayghani — France, Iran

ZOOTROPE — Léna Martinez — France