This year, the European Shorts section of the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival boasts 13 films hailing from 10 European countries.

The section unites filmmakers from France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Kosovo*, divided into three thematic sections, yet all sharing that which the European Shorts section is proud to stand for: a vision that seeks to expand the cinematic language, coupled with the courage to explore difficult truths on how we function both within ourselves, and as daytime actors in society's theatre of survival.

Films in the European Shorts section compete alongside the regional Competition Shorts for an EFA (European Film Academy) candidacy and, as of this year, also stand a chance to qualify for an Academy Award (Oscar) nomination.

European Shorts 1: LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR

Acid Rain
Poland, 2019, 26 min.
Director: Tomasz Popakuł

Community Gardens / Kolektyviniai sodai
Lithuania, 2019, 15 min.
Director: Vytautas Katkus

Routine/ Rütine
Kosovo, 2018, 14 min.
Director: Bekim Guri

Weightlifter/ Shtangist
Ukraine, 2018, 30 min.
Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

European Shorts 2: A DOLL'S HOUSE

Eve/ Ève
France, 2018, 7 min.
Director: Agathe Riedigner

Je Te Tiens
Spain, 2019, 21 min.
Director: Sergio Caballero

Mitsu
Czech Republic, 2018, 15 min.
Director: Mark Ther

Playhouse
United Kingdom, 2019, 26 min.
Director: Adda Elling

European Shorts 3: FREE TIME IN TIMES OF CHOLERA

Excess Will Save Us
France / Sweden, 2018, 14 min.
Director: Morgane Dziurla-Petit

Free Time
Germany, 2019, 16 min.
Director: Ulu Braun

Protocorba
Russia, 2019, 7 min.
Director: Kirill Khachaturov

Today Is 11th June 1993
Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 13 min.
Director: Clarissa Thieme

Tourneur
Germany, 2018, 14 min.
Director: Yalda Afsah