The 41st edition of the Uppsala Short Film Festival began on 24 October and festival-goers are being treated to more than 300 short films in different sections, exploring the diversity and richness of the short film – from new films to retrospective programs, from fiction films and documentaries to experimental and animated films.
Founded in 1982, the Uppsala Short Film Festival has since become Sweden’s premier arena for short film and one of the most important short film festivals in Europe, recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the European Film Academy, BAFTA and the Guldbagge Awards.
Below is the short film program of the 41st edition of the Uppsala Short Film Festival, running from 24 to 30 October 2022.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- All the things you leave behind by Chanasorn Chaikitiporn (Thailand)
- It’s Raining Frogs Outside by Maria Estela Paiso (The Philippines)
- El After del Mundo by Florentina Gonzales (France)
- Saving Some Random Insignificant Stories by Anna Vasof (Austria/Greece)
- The Land of Milk and Honey by Isabelle Nouzha (Belgium)
- Neighbour Abdi by Douwe Dijkstra (The Netherlands)
- Her Violet Kiss by Bill Morrison (USA)
- Dear Passengers by Madli Laane (Estonia)
- Nazarbazi by Maryam Tafakory (Iran)
- Orthodontics by Mohammadreza Mayghani (Iran)
- Zoon by Jonatan Schwenk (Germany)
- The Headhunter’s Daughter by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (The Philippines)
- Warsha by Dania Bdeir (Lebanon/France)
- Haze by Meg Duncan (Australia)
- Galb’Echaouf by Abdessamad El Montassir (Morocco)
- I am Trying to Remember by Pegah Ahangarani (Iran/Czech Republic)
- Never look back by Linda Bournane Engelberth (Norway)
- In the upper room by Alexander Gratzer (Austria)
- Handbook by Pavel Mozhar (Germany)
- GOOD VIBES IS ALL I NEED by Sara Vellejo (Switzerland)
- Manta Ray by Anton Bialas (France)
- Saboteur by Anssi Kasitonni (Finland)
- In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket by Yoko Yuki (Japan)
- The Hollows of the Moon by Paula D’Angelo Schmid (Peru)
- Sierra by Sander Joon (Estonia)
- All of Your Stars Are But Dust on My Shoes by Haig Aivazian (Lebanon)
- Toothless by Andrea Guizar (Poland)
- The Human Torch by Risto-Pekka Blom (Finland)
- Blind Spot by Lofti Achour (Tunisia/France)
- Sound of the Night by Chanrado Sok and Kongkea Vann (Cambodia)
- Hotel Kalura by Sophie Koko Gate (UK)
- Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster by Mari Mantela (Finland)
- From Here to There by Remy Ryumugabe (Rwanda)
- Money and Happiness by Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak Jr (Serbia/Slovenia/Slovakia)
- Subtotals by Mohammadreza Farzad (Poland/Germany/Iran)
- Diamond Kid by Pierre Edouard Dumora (France)
- Smells by Alba Esquinas (Spain)
- DING by Malte Stein (Germany)
- Will my parents come to see me by Mo Harawe (Somalia/Austria/Germany)
- Kelasi by Fransix Tenda Lomba (Belgium/Republic of the Congo)
- Little Smasher by Gilles Cuvelier (France)
- Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics by Terril Calder (Canada)
- SCALE by Joseph Pierce (UK/France/Czech Republic/Belgium)
- Epicenter by Heeyoon Hahm (South Korea)
- Salvation Has No Name by Joseph Wallace (UK)
- Oh, Butterfly! by Sylvia Schedelbauer (Germany/Japan)
- Shells by Marie Magdalena Kochová (Czech Republic)
- Moune Ô by Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Belgium/France)
- Backflip by Nikita Diakur (Germany/France)
- Snow White by Lana Barić (Croatia)
- The Fruit Tree by Isabelle Tollenaere (Belgium)
- How I Like It by Nida Mehboob (Pakistan)
- Honey by Tanmay Chowdhary and Tanvi Chowdhary (India)
- Goodbye Jérôme! by Adam Sillard; Chloé Farr; Gabrielle Selnet (France)
- A free run by Lauriane Lagarde (France)
- Sasha by Serghei Chiviriga (Romania)
- Christopher at Sea by Tom CJ Brown (France/USA/UK)
- Balls by Gorana Jovanović (Serbia/Slovenia)
- Bird in the Peninsula by Atsushi Wada (France/Japan)
- Melancholy of my Mother’s Lullabies by Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal)
- Amazon Woman by Anna Vasof (Austria)
- Cherries by Vytautas Katkus (Lithuania)
- Hardly Working by Total Refusal (Austria/Germany)
- Connection by Serafima Orlova (Germany)
- My heart is an ocean by Tanvi Jadwani (India)
- Al Fundug by Mohamed Elmur (Sudan)
- Haulout by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev (UK)
- Aralkum by Mila Zhluktenko; Daniel Asadi Faezi (Uzbekistan)
- Crocodile Pond by Yanrusi Wang (China)
The jury of the International Competition is made up of Assistant Professor for Production Cultures in Audiovisual Media Industries at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam, Germany Skadi Loist, Programme Director at Encounters Film Festival Ren Kateni, and Rwandan filmmaker Inès Girihirw.
NATIONAL COMPETITION
- SPIT by Hannah Reinikainen
- Act of Love by Joel Viksten Abrahamsson
- Just because you didn’t film me while I was crying it doesn’t mean you’re not a filmmaker. by Astrid Askberger
- Above the Mine by Lova Karlsson and Théo Audoire
- The Spyglass by Malin Erixon
- We were kids by Alexander Abdallah and Mustafa Al-Mashhadani
- The Last Marriage by Gustav Egerstedt and Johan Tappert
- Circle of Trust by Viktor Nyåker
- I wanted a family by Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez
- Vanus Labor by Salad Hilowle
- Well Wishes My Love, Your Love by Gabriel Gabriel Garble
- The Diamond by Vedran Rupic
- Weathering Heights by Hannah Wiker Wikström
- Recurrence by Ruben Levi
- SAMSES by Emil Olofsson and Troy Davis
- Berry Pickers by Agnes Skonare Karlsson
- My Pockets are Flooding with Memories by Ida Björkbäck
- Little to big by Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin
- Lizard Brain by Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall
- The Longest Wait by Lisa Meyer
- Borderland by Magnus Rutberg
- Family Entertainment by Johanna Ställberg
- Tortoise in Time by Nicklas Dahlström
- Josef by Aman Niel
- Catcave Hysteria by Angelika Abramovitch
- 2gether by Kim Ekberg
- Dance My Doll by Jasmijn Kooijman
- Bromance by SaraKlara Hellström
- Nadir by Amin Zouiten
- Baby by André Vaara
- The Authentic Self by Simon Folger, Fred Bendz, Olof Bendz and Peter Malmgren
- Toilet Talk by Mona Abbasnejad
The jury of the National Competition is made up of Artistic Director and Festival Manager of the Concorto Film Festival Simone Bardoni, Director of Acquisitions, Shorts International Ltd Simon Young, and Director of Filmfest Dresden and member of the selection committee for shorts at the Locarno Film Festival Anne Gaschütz
The full film and industry program can be found on the festival website: https://shortfilmfestival.com/en/
