This year, Go Short has selected 46 highly reviewed films by a selection committee. These films will have a chance to win a Go Short Award in three different categories: fiction, documentary and animation. The winners are put on the Academy Awards’ Shortlist, which means they will compete for a prestigious Oscar Award.
In alphabetical order:
Fiction
1. Alice’s One Day | Nikita Grushin | 21’ | Russia | 2022 | world premiere
2. Bachelorette Party | Lola Cambourieu, Yann Berlier | 30’ | France | international premiere
3. Becoming Male in the Middle Ages | Pedro Neves Marques | 22’ | Portugal | 2022
4. Eva | Rossella Inglese | 26’ | Italy | 2021 | international premiere
5. Exalted Mars | Jean-Sébastian Chauvin | 18’ | France | 2022
6. Helzear | Mikel Gurrea | 18’ | Spain | 2021
7. His Name Was Cargo | Marco Signoretti | 17’ | Italy | 2021
8. Isn’t It a Beautiful World | Joseph Wilson | 13’ | United Kingdom | 2021
9. Leopolis Night | Nikon Romanchenko | 28’ | Ukraine | 2021
10. North Pole | Marija Apcevska | 15’ | North Macedonia, Serbia | 2021
11. On Solid Ground | Jela Hasler | 12’ | Switzerland | 2021
12. Oysters | Maïa Descamps | 24’ | Belgium | 2022 | world premiere
13. Stiletto “A Pink Family Tragedy” | Can Merdan Dogan | 18’ | Turkey, Germany | 2021
14. The Key | Elshad Aliyev | 18’ | Azerbaijan | 2021
15. The Parents’ Room | Diego Marcon | 10’ | Italy, United Kingdom | 2021
16. To Vancouver | Artemis Anastasiadou | 24’ | Greece | 2021
17. Trumpets in the Sky | Rakan Mayasi | 15’ | Belgium, France, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory | 2021
18. Unicorn | Irati Gorostidi | 18’ | Spain | 2021
Documentary
1. A Defense | Aylin Kuryel | 16’ | Turkey, The Netherlands | 2021
2. A Nature Documentary | Joel Karppanen | 11’ | Finland | 2021 | international premiere
3. Agrilogistics | Gerard Ortín Castellví | 21’ | Spain, United Kingdom | 2022
4. Bancal | Rafael Montezuma | 29’ | Spain | 2021
5. Besucher Einer Mir Vertrauten Vergangenheit | Gabriel Tempea | 6’ | Austria | 2021 | international premiere
6. Dirndlschuld | Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg | 15’ | Austria | 2021
7. Drafted | Louise Martin Papsian | 11’ | Armenia, France | 2021
8. Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings | Elina Oikari | 14’ | Finland | 2021
9. Handbook | Pavel Mozhar | 26’ | Germany | 2021
10. In Flow of Words | Eliane Esther Bots | 22’ | The Netherlands | 2021
11. Listen to the Beat of Our Images | Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste | French Guiana, France | 2021
12. Misty Picture | Matthias Müller, Christoph Giradet | 17’ | Germany | 2021
13. Moune Ô | Maxime Jean-Baptiste | 17’ | France, Belgium, French Guiana
14. Safari(Browser)_The_Nature_ofmy_Computer.mov | Megan Dieudonné, Andrea Rüthel | 17’ | Germany | 2021 | world premiere
15. Silence in August | Paul de Ruijter | 18’ | The Netherlands | 2022 | world premiere
Animation
1. Doom Cruise | Hannah Stragholz, Simon Steinhorst | 17’ | Germany | 2021
2. Impossible Figures and Other Stories I | Marta Pajek | Poland, Canada | 2021
3. Zoon | Jonathan Schwenk | 5’ | Germany | 2022
4. Steakhouse | Špela Čadež | 10’ | Slovenia, Germany, France | 2021
5. Noir-Soleil | Marie Larrivé | 20’ | France | 2021
6. ML CRSH | Anton Ginzburg | 4’ | Germany, United States | 2021 | international premiere
7. YUGO | Carlos Gomez Salamanca | 10’ | France, Colombia | 2021
8. I Gotta Look Good For The Apocalypse | Ayce Kartal | 6’ | Turkey, France | 2021
9. Sugar Show | Liana Makaryan | 8’ | Russia | 2021
10. Miracasas | A film directed by Raphaëlle Stolz, in collaboration with Augusto Zanovello | 14’ | Switzerland, France | 2021 | world premiere
11. Granny’s Sexual Life | Urška Djukić, Emilie Pigeard | 14’ | Slovenia, France | 2021
12. Sierra | Sander Joon | 16’ | Estonia | 2022
13. Guard of Honour | Edmunds Jansons | 6’ | Latvia | 2021