Short film nominees for the European Film Awards 2022
(Last updated 14 December, 2022)
The short film programme is organised by the European Film Academy in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a candidacy in the short film category of the European Film Awards.
After the annual cycle is completed, the participating festivals will nominate five short films from this list. Afterwards, the more than 4,300 members of the European Film Academy – film professionals from all over Europe – will vote for the overall winner that will be presented at the 35th European Film Awards Ceremony.
The nominated films…
Techno, Mama (Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 18’) - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
38 (Joanna Rytel, Sweden, 13’) - Riga International Film Festival
Affairs of the Art (Joanna Quinn, UK/Canada, 16’) - Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival
Granny’s Sexual Life (Urška Djukic & Émilie Pigeard, Slovenia/France, 13’) - Uppsala Short Film Festival
When I Smile My Eyes Close (Daniel Bolda, Greece, 17’) - Cork International Film Festival
On Solid Ground (Jela Hasler, Switzerland, 12’) - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
North Pole (Marija Apcevska, North Macedonia/Serbia, 15’) - ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Steakhouse (Špela Cadež, Slovenia/Germany/France, 10’) - Black Nights Film Festival – PÖFF Shorts
Dad's Sneakers (Olha Zhurba, Ukraine, 19’) - Leuven International Short Film Festival
The Bayview (Daniel Cook, UK, 18’) - Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (Pedro Neves Marques, Portugal, 22’) - International Film Festival Rotterdam - my review
The Sower of Stars (Lois Patiño, Spain, 25’) - Berlin International Film Festival
The Saboteur (Anssi Kasitonni, Finland, 12’) - Tampere Film Festival
Handbook (Pavel Mozhar, Germany, 26’) - Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Sekundenarbeiten (Christiana Perschon, Austria, 14’) - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Cherries (Vytautas Katkus, Lithuania, 15’) - Festival de Cannes
Will My Parents Come to See Me (Mo Harawe, Austria/Germany/Somalia, 28’) - VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film Festival
Love, Dad (Diana Cam Van Nguen, Czech Republic/Slovak, 12’) - Krakow Film Festival
Dawn (Leonor Noivo, Portugal, 28’) - Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
The Potemkinists (Radu Jude, Romania, 18’) – Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
Ice Merchants (João Gonzalez, Portugal/France/UK, 14’) – Motovun Film Festival
Neighbour Abdi (Douwe Dijkstra, Netherlands, 29’) – Locarno Film Festival
Memoir of a Veering Storm (Sofia Georgovassili, Greece, 14’) – DokuFest
Bachelorette Party (Lola Combourieu & Yann Berlier, France, 30’) – Sarajevo Film Festival
Nest (Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark/Iceland, 22’) – Odense Film Festival
Snow in September (Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, France/Mongolia, 20’) – Venice International Film Festival
The Salamander Child (Théo Degen, Belgium, 26’) – Drama International Short Film Festival
The Red Suitcase (Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg, 18’) – Tirana International Film Festival
Urban Solutions (Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes & Minze Tummescheit, Germany, 30’) – Encounters Film Festival
5 EFA nominees…
Techno, Mama (Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 18’) - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Granny’s Sexual Life (Urška Djukic & Émilie Pigeard, Slovenia/France, 13’) - Uppsala Short Film Festival
Will My Parents Come to See Me (Mo Harawe, Austria/Germany/Somalia, 28’) - VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film Festival
Love, Dad (Diana Cam Van Nguen, Czech Republic/Slovak, 12’) - Krakow Film Festival
Ice Merchants (João Gonzalez, Portugal/France/UK, 14’) – Motovun Film Festival
