Competition Programs for the 22nd 25 FPS Festival!
Our Competition programs for the 22st 25 FPS Festival have been finalized. A total of 25 films have been selected for the Internationational Competition and 8 films in the Croatian program.
The moment you experimental aficionados have all been waiting for is here – we are beyond delighted to announce our selection for the Competition programs for the 22nd edition of 25 FPS Festival. Out of more than two thousand submissions, a total of 25 films have been selected for the International Competition and 8 films for the Croatian Competition! Our lineup is brimming with fresh work by filmmakers both new and established, bound to tickle your fancy.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
A Person of the Forest, Miranda Pennell, 34’, UK, 2026
Another Earth, Ben Russell, 11’, FR, 2025
Câine pierdut, Jules Bourbon, 17’, FR, 2025
Di Notte, Anouk Chambaz, 8’, IT, CH, 2025
Extinction des bleus, Basile Trouillet, 18’, FR, 2026
FLIM FLAM, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, 15’, AT, 2026
Forever…Forever, Johann Lurf, 21’, AT, FR, 2026
Ezkutuko materialak, Luis Esguerra Cifuentes, 21’ CO, CL, 2026
Hiding Places, Magdalena Bermudez, 12’, US, 2025
Phi Pattana, Komtouch Napattaloong, 17’, TH, 2026
Katabasis, Martin Moolhuijsen, 16’, DE, IT, 2026
โลคอลเซนเซชันส์ (Local Sensations), Tulapop Saenjaoren, 25’, TH, 2025
Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love, Jodie Mack, 14’, US, 2025
Métae, Élisabeth Caravella, 24’, FR, 2025
لا شيءَ يحدثُ بعدَ غيابِكَ (Nothing Happens after Your Absence), Ibrahim Omar, 16’, SD, 2026
Pies al revés, Elodie Arpa, 19’, CH, 2025
Placeholder, Jessie McLean, 12’, US, 2025
Planetenwerk, Lukas Marxt, Michael Petri, 30’, AT, 2026
The Gloaming, Charlotte Pryce, 14', US, 2025
The Recce, Daniel Mann, 15’, UK, DE, 2026
THYLA, Stefan Nemeth, 7’, AT, 2025
Toward a Fundamental Theory of Physics, Victor van Rossem, 13’, BE, 2025
What we said to Brussels Airlines, Collectif Faire-part, 22’, BE, CD, 2026
حين تحلم بنا الزهور (When Flowers Dream of Us), Robert Minassian, 5’, LB, 2025
You dreamt you saw yourself but couldn't see your face, Shireen Seno, 7’, PH, US, 2025
REFLEXES
CROATIAN FILM COMPETITION
11:1-9, Nela Gluhak, 6', HR, 2026.
I could have talked, Ivan Marušić Klif, 7', HR, 2026.
Isti znoj i dalje teče kroz te iste pore, Neža Knez, 27, HR, 2026.
Napušteni vrtovi, Tomislav Šoban, 16', HR, 2026.
Opera, Igor Zelić, 19', HR, 2026.
Ovu sobu ostavite zakopanu, Iva Kraljević, 17', HR, 2026.
VSL-246, Lada Franulović, 4', HR, 2026.
Yabberwocky, Damir Čučić, 15', HR, 2026.
These are the films that form the core of the 22nd Festival edition in September, but our program is set to expand in other inspiring directions – in the lectures, talks and film programs to be showcased as part of this year's seminar, Dispersions, dedicated to the phenomena of scattered attention. The Festival will also include curated programmes by Grand Jury members Alia Syed, Gloria Vilches and Federico Windhausen, a launch of a new publication as part of our Kvadrati sekunde edition, Croatian film premieres, expanded cinema performances by experimental artist Luis Macías and pioneer of the British avant-garde and expanded cinema Guy Sherwin, who will perform his iconic Man with Mirror for our Zagreb audience.
We look forward to welcoming you in Zagreb this September. Until then, enjoy your summer!
The programmes and events of the 25 FPS Festival are supported by the City of Zagreb Office for Culture and Civil Society, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the European Short Film Network and the European Union, the Kultura Nova Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and the Croatian Association of Film Authors and Producers.
Stills: Another Earth (1), Ezkutuko materialak (2), Toward a Fundamental Theory of Physics (3), Local Sensations (4), The Recce (5), FLIM FLAM (6), Nothing Happens After Your Absence (7), Pies al revés (8)