25 FPS becomes a member of European Short Film Network!

In celebration of our joining the European Short Film Network, 25 FPS has curated a special program On the Move for the online film platform THIS IS SHORT, a joint project with five other European film festivals: Oberhausen, Go Short, Uppsala Kortfilmfestival, IndieLisboa and Vienna Shorts.

The European Short Film Network is dedicated to developing, promoting, and distributing short films, as well as finding innovative and sustainable solutions within the festival landscape. It was founded in 2018 with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA and today includes six festivals: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE), Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (NL), Uppsala Short Film Festival (SE), IndieLisboa International Film Festival (PT), Vienna Shorts – International Short Film Festival (AT), and Festival 25 FPS (HR).

The THIS IS SHORT film platform is a year-round, globally accessible streaming service featuring around 400 fiction, documentary, experimental, and animated films, presented by the festivals in thematically diverse curated programs. All films are available without regional restrictions, in their original languages with subtitles. The platform is a perfect streaming place for film enthusiasts, filmmakers, researchers, students, and the general public.

Our first film program On the Move is dedicated to movement in all its forms—mechanical, rhythmic, transient, and transformative. It is a cinematic odyssey that oscillates from dizzying velocity, where speed becomes a spectacle, to pulsating patterns. Racing through celluloid history, stitching together a fever dream of flickering fragments and bending the boundaries between thought and image, movement is reimagined as pure energy.

Until April 1, make sure you watch our selection: the avant-garde Fast Film (2005) by Virgil Widrich, the sleek biker film Motodrom (2006) by Jörg Wagner, and the frenetically fascinating Rule No. 5: Shadow Your Man Closely (2023) by Miro Manojlović.

In addition to THIS IS SHORT, the member festivals work together to develop film programs on 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm film and host discursive programs at all participating festivals. Since its inception, the network has been exploring how technological advancements can enhance the accessibility of European films, bringing both analog and digital screenings and energizing festivals as vital and sustainable platforms for knowledge sharing.

We look forward to a creative collaboration!