Festivals
There are thousands of short film festivals out there. Talking Shorts is lucky to be supported by several of the most relevant ones. Read more about them below.
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2026 Reading List
Poetics of Empathy
The House is Black by Forugh Farrokhzad
Atsushi Wada: The Quiet Master
On The Japanese Artist’s Singular Work
On The Japanese Artist’s Singular Work
Memory in Orbit
Forgotten Spaceman by Elham Ehsas
A Young Man Under the Influence
Interview with Gala Hernández López
Interview with Gala Hernández López
The Video Essay Finds Its Place at Film Festivals
No Way Out of the Dark Forest
Veneta Androva on Spray and Pray
Veneta Androva on Spray and Pray
The Sense of an Ending
Interview with Zuza Banasińska
Interview with Zuza Banasińska
Sparking Curiosity
Mo Harawe on Life on the Horn and Will My Parents Come to See Me
Mo Harawe on Life on the Horn and Will My Parents Come to See Me
Utopia, Lost
City of Poets by Sara Rajaei
Hearing Images Lie
The Girl Chewing Gum by John Smith
Toothache, Heartache
Orthodontics by Mohammadreza Mayghani
The Online Fascinations of NEOZOON
I’ve Found Myself: I Am Another
The Nostalgia Found In Archival Footage
The Nostalgia Found In Archival Footage
We Live in an Autofictional Society
Examining Docufictional Works
Examining Docufictional Works
A Day of Magical Thinking
Guil Sela on Montsouris Park
Guil Sela on Montsouris Park
Lost Generations
Fractured Identities of Post-War Former-Yugoslavia in Short Films
Fractured Identities of Post-War Former-Yugoslavia in Short Films
Loosely Based On…
The Malleable Boundaries of Adaptation
The Malleable Boundaries of Adaptation
Digital Witnesses
Man Number 4 by Miranda Pennell
