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The selection for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition
14 short films will compete for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film; 1 short film will screen Out of competition.
Orizzonti Short Films
The line-up has been finalised for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27 August - 6 September 2025) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. The selection presents the world premiere screenings of 14 short films, competing for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section and the world premiere screenings of 1 short film Out of competition.
Below is the complete line-up of the Orizzonti Short Films whose production involves 19 different countries around the world:
IN COMPETITION
NORHEIMSUND
by ANA ALPIZAR
with Paula Massó Varela, Yaité Ruiz, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez / Cuba, USA / 12’
MERRIMUNDI
by NILES ATALLAH
Animation / Chile / 21’
LA LIGNE DE VIE (THE LIFELINE)
by HUGO BECKER
with Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Goursaud, Damien Jouillerot, Gilles Cohen, David Talbot / France / 20’
JE CROIS ENTENDRE ENCORE (I HEAR IT STILL)
by CONSTANCE BONNOT
with Viki Assayas, Nathalie Richard / France / 16’
KUSHTA MAYN, LA MIA COSTANTINOPOLI (KUSHTA MAYN, MY CONSTANTINOPLE)
by NICOLÒ FOLIN
with Roberto Citran, Leo Folin, Hlib Tovstoluh / Italy / 19’
PRAYING MANTIS
by JOE HSIEH, YONFAN
Animation / Taipei, Hong Kong SAR / 18’
YOU JIAN CHUI YAN (A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE)
by VIV LI
with Zezhi Long / Germany, Belgium, China / 15’
EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO (THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD)
by JAZMIN LOPEZ
with Leila Loforte / Argentina / 12’
THE CURFEW
by SHEHREZAD MAHER
with Sathya Sridharan, Balinder Johal, Sara Haider, Rajesh Bose, Chris Thorn / USA / 19’
LION ROCK
by NICK MAYOW, PRISCA BOUCHET
with Anton Falstie-Jensen, Mia Blake, Jonno Roberts / New Zealand / 16’
SAINT SIMEON
by OLUBUNMI OGUNSOLA
with Kanayo O. Kanayo, Ego Ihenacho, Victor Obioha / Nigeria / 18’
UTAN KELLY (WITHOUT KELLY)
by LOVISA SIRÉN
with Medea Strid, Truls Carlberg / Sweden / 15’
COYOTES
by SAID ZAGHA
with Maria Zreik, Ali Suliman, Yumna Marwan / Palestine, France, Jordan, UK / 20’
NEDOSTUPNI (UNAVAILABLE)
by KYRYLO ZEMLYANYI
with Vladyslav Makariuk, Ostap Orest Pasichnyk, Konstiantyn Shamin, Yurii Yevsiukov, Oksana Tsymbal, Serhii Hornyi, lllia Rassokhin / Ukraine, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands / 20’
OUT OF COMPETITION
RUKELI
by ALESSANDRO RAK
Animation / Italy, Sweden / 5’
