Shorts
Competition for Belgian Student Shorts
The Competition for Belgian Student Shorts is exclusively held for students from accredited film schools in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. The International Short Film Jury rewards the best entry with the Award for Best Belgian Student Short, a prize worth €5.000 - facilitated by Amplo, HR partner for the creative sector.
But you also get to pick a winner. You decide who wins the Audience Award (Powered by THE PACK) and gets to go home with a post-production budget of €6.500.
International Short Film Competition
Short films are more than a stepping stone to a feature film; they are a genre of their own, and one that is too often underexposed. Film Fest Gent wants to put international short film talent in the spotlight. The International Short Film Competition houses several selections with the best that short films have to offer. The Short Film Jury presents the Award for Best International Short worth €5.000.
International Short Film Jury
The jury that will select the winners in the International Short Film Competition and the Competition for Belgian Student Shorts consists of Douwe Dijkstra, Vytautas Katkus, Anne Verbeure.
Douwe Dijkstra
From short films and documentaries to video installations and theatre, the work of Dutch visual artist Douwe Dijkstra, who graduated from ArtEZ University of the Arts, is a playful mixture of video, animation, and VFX that can be described as both humorous and socially engaged. In 2022, Dijkstra won the International Short Film Competition at FFG with Neighbour Abdi.
Vytautas Katkus
With his delicate films, Lithuanian director Vytautas Katkus has been building a fascinating, visually distinctive body of work centered on family and connection. At FFG2019 he won the Award for Best International Short with Community Gardens; three years later his short Cherries received a Special Mention. His feature debut The Visitor, screening in Official Selection, continues the understated power of his short films.
Anne Verbeure
After getting her degree in Art History, Bruges born Anne Verbeure went on to study at the RITCS and KASK (Animation). Her graduation film Red Giant (2021) made a strong impression, winning the VAF Wildcard and screening at numerous international festivals. Verbeure’s first professional short, The Golden Donkey (2024), once again showcased how her distinctive drawing style lends itself to sensitive, imaginative animation.
