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They were nearly 4500, now they are only 62! Here is the list of short film selected for the International Competition of the 22nd BSFF:

  • Acquario (Aquarium) - Lorenzo Puntoni - Italy
  • Agouro (Augur) - David Doutel & Vasco Sá - Portugal
  • All Inclusive - Corina Schwingruber Ilić - Switzerland
  • All These Creatures - Charles Williams - Australia
  • Avarya - Gökalp Gönen - Turkey
  • Beautiful Loser - Maxime Roy - France
  • Bolas Criollas (Creole Balls) - Vittorio Dugarte Barbarito - Venezuela
  • Brazil - Mathilde Elu - France
  • Brotherhood - Meryam Jobbeur - Canada/Tunisia
  • Cabin In the Watta - Sergio Pucci - Costa Rica
  • Cadoul de Craciun (The Christmas Gift) -  Bogdan Muresanu - Romania
  • Committed - Lee Gilat - Israel
  • Cradle me - David Tejer - Poland
  • Entre les lignes - Frédéric Farruci - France
  • Entre Sombras -  Alice Guimarães & Mónica Santos - Portugal
  • Eva menos Candela - Ruth Caudeli - Colombia
  • Excess Will Save Us - Morgane Dziurla-Petit - Sweden
  • F For Freaks - Sabine Ehrl - Germany
  • Fest - Nikita Diakur - Germany
  • Fucking Cola - Sophie van de Pol - Netherlands
  • Gardhi (Fence) - Lendita Zeqiraj - Kosovo
  • GGOBUGI (Squirtle) - Kim Hujung - South Korea
  • Je sors acheter des cigarettes - Osman Cerfon - France
  • Jeanne - Marie Carpentier & Eléonore Gurrey - France
  • Julieta de Bicicleta - Juliana Sanson - Brazil
  • Jupiter ! - Carlos Abascal Peiro - France
  • La herencia (The heritage) - Felipe Arnuncio Aizpún -  Spain
  • Le Nom du Fils - Louis Delva - France
  • Leoforos Patision (Patision Avenue) - Neofotistos Thanasis - Greece
  • Les îles de Brissogne - Juliette Riccaboni - Switzerland
  • Los Seis Grados de Libertad (The Six Degrees of Freedom) - Sergio H. Martin - Spain
  • Lovebox - Ivan Turkovic Krnjak - Croatia
  • Matriochkas - Bérangère Mc Neese - Belgium
  • Mesle Bache Adam (Like a good kid) - Arian Vazirdaftari - Iran
  • Mercury - Bruce Kyla Simone - United Kingdom
  • Mort aux codes - Léopold Legrand - France
  • No One Will Ever Believe You - Frédéric Chalté - Canada
  • Nomofobia - Ado Hasanovic - Italia
  • November 1st - Charlie Manton- United Kingdom
  • Nursery Rhymes - Tom Noakes - Australia
  • Nus dans les rues la nuit - Benoit Rambourg - France
  • O Órfão (The Orphan) - Carolina Markowicz - Brazil
  • Oturacaqlar (The Chairs) - Aghazada Orkhan - Azerbaijan
  • Pathetiek - Yahya Terryn - Belgium
  • Pauline asservie - Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet - France
  • Pinki - Kim Hyunsuk - South Korea
  • Riviera - Jonas Schloesing - France
  • Roberto le Canari - Nathalie Saugeon - France
  • Roughhouse - Jonathan Hodgson - United Kingdom
  • Selfies - Claudius Gentinetta - Switzerland
  • Shiny Happy People - Mathilde Petit - France
  • Sisters - Daphne Lucker - Netherlands
  • Skin - Guy Nattiv - United States
  • Super Comfort - Kirsikka Saari - Finland
  • Susota'zs  (Chuchotage) - Barnabás Tóth - Hungary
  • The Fisherman - Zoey Martinson - Ghana
  • Tigre - Delphine Deloget - France
  • To plant a flag - Bobbie Peers - Norway
  • Totul e foarte departe (Everything is far away) -  Emanuel Parvu - Romania
  • Umbra (Traiki) - Saeed Jafarian - Iran
  • Venerman (Little White Dude) - Swann Arlaud & Tatiana Vialle - France
  • Walter Treppiedi - Elena Bouryka - Italy


The films of the international competition compete for the following prizes:

Winners of the Grand Prix in the
International and National Competitions
are considered for pre-selection of the Oscars® in the category of Best Fiction/Animation Short Film provided
that the film complies with
the Academy’s rules.

The International 'Grand Prix'
€3500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Promotion de Bruxelles'.

The Jury Award
€1000 offered by the BSFF

The Best Actress
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department
of the City of Brussels

The Best Actor
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department
of the City of Brussels

The Audience Award
€1500 offered by the 'Chimay Beers'

CANAL + France Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by Canal + France
The films of the National Competition and Next Generation also compete for this prize.