Today, on the shortest day of the year and therefore International Short Film Day, we're thrilled to share two pieces of news that celebrate the past, present, and future of (short) film culture.

Here are the laureates of the 21st edition of 25 FPS Festival!

The last day of the Festival concludes the International Competition program, together with the Croatian program Reflexes. In the morning, we screen Olivia, a feature film by festival laureate Sofía Petersen, and at the Klet studio-gallery, there will be a panel titled Cinemagoers Without Cinemas. In the evening, the awards will be presented and the awarded films screened.
 

Day four of the 21st 25 FPS Festival starts with Grand Jury member and filmologist Erika Balsom’s program, The Machine That Kills Bad People, continues with a program block from the Int'l Competition, and ends with an audiovisual performance (Expanded Cinema) by the Cellule d'intervention Metamkine collective, at Histrionski dom, Ilica 90.
 

Thursday at the 21st 25 FPS Festival brings a selection of early digital films by visual artist and curator Martijn van Boven; a film program by our Grand Jury member, filmmaker Michael Robinson, as well as two International Competition programs. Lastly, Ivan Šarar, also known as ŠÆRÅR, will treat us to a very special musical program at the Klet studio-gallery at Ilica 73.
 

For the second day of the Festival, we move to the Kinoteka Cinema, with two program blocks from International Competition, a program specially curated for the Festival by film curator and Grand Jury member Stoffel Debuysere, and the first Expanded Cinema program performed by artist Enrique del Castillo.