Once upon a time…films from all over the world came together on a glorious cinematic battlefield. Victory would be for one of them. However, there would be no losers, because talent and art are there to be celebrated, to be loved and to be devoured by you…the audience. This battle would forever be known as Kaboom’s International Short Film Competition. And we are honoured to organise that competition year in year out. Again in 2026, a large number of short films will battle it out for our coveted awards!
Shorts 1
AMARELO BANANA
Alexandre Sousa
Portugal, Hungary
EL CUERPO DEL CRISTO
Bea Lema
Spain, France
FISH-THINKING
Tobias Rud
Denmark
GOD IS SHY
Jocelyn Charles
France
KLONTER
Levi Stoops
Belgium
ROCK SONG
Jadwiga Ligeza
United Kingdom
VISITING THE ZOO
Maria Zilli
Italy
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND
Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Canada
Shorts 2
ANANASI
Anna Bawa
Sri Lanka
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE
Gabriel Abrantes
Portugal
AUTOKAR
Sylwia Szkiłądź
Belgium, France
DOLLHOUSE ELEPHANT
Jenny Jokela
Finland
JEANNE & JEAN JEAN
Thanys Martin
France
MY GOOD BOY
Sara Priorelli
Hungary
RED MEAT
Eleni Aerts
Belgium
SH
Qi Duan
China
TAKO TSUBO
Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo
Austria, Germany
Shorts 3
9 MILLION COLORS
Bára Anna Stejskalová
Czech Republic, Norway, Germany
BASKETBALL EXPLORER PRESENTS: THE SHOT DOCTOR
Keith Pakiz
United States
BOUNDARIES
Seun Yee
South-Korea
DUCK & SAUERKRAUT
Eloi Henriod
Switzerland
MAX
Emilien Pichon
France
THE AMAZING ADAM!
Areito Echevarria
New Zealand
THE DEATH OF THE FISH
Eva Lusbaronian
France
Shorts 4
DOG ALONE
Marta Reis Andrade
Portugal, France
FRIED!
Lizzie Watts
United Kingdom
HOLIDAY
Naohiro Zama
Japan
PAPER TRAIL
Don Hertzfeldt
United States
PARADAÏZ
Matea Radic
Canada
TEARS
Paulina Ziolkowska
Germany, Poland
TO THE WOODS
Agnès Patron
France
Shorts 5
2H14
Luciano Lepinay
France
EXTINCTION
Lucy McGonigal
United Kingdom
S THE WOLF
Sameh Alaa
France, Egypt
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS
Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Canada
WISH YOU WERE EAR
Mirjana Balogh
Hungary
YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE CAKE
Ting-Jui Chen
Taiwan, United Kingdom