FILMS IN COMPETITION
2026
The complete Official Selection of films and Palmarès.
IN COMPETITION
WINNING FILMS
GRAND PRIZE: Best Feature Film - Vis. Viață (Ruxandra Gubernat)
GRAND PRIZE: Best Short Film - The Professional Parent (Erik Jasaň)
JURY PRIZE: Young Filmmaker - Too Dark For Light (Luca Pereș-Bota)
Best Director - Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil (Crushed Time)
Best Screenwriter (Ex-Aequo) - Aleksander Emé (The Final Cut); Luka Padiurashvili (Grandmother's Last Wish)
Best Actress - Rania Noura Bance (Jahia's Summer)
Best Actor - Lander Merckx (Too Dark For Light)
Best Technical Artist - Lenny Sommers (for the Cinematography in Too Dark For Light)
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
Jahia's Summer by Olivier Meys (National Premiere)
Vis. Viață by Ruxandra Gubernat
Crushed Time by Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil (European Premiere)
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Too Dark For Light by Luca Pereș-Bota (World Premiere)
The Professional Parent by Erik Jasaň (Local Premiere)
Détaché by Olivier Poisson, Julien Lilti (National Premiere)
The Final Cut by Aleksander Emé (International Premiere)
3 Generations by Alberta Sinani (World Premiere)
Grandmother’s Last Wish by Luka Padiurashvili (European Premiere)
Aici a fost un parc by Flavia Matei, Mirela Raicu, Aniela Ariton, Lavinia Petrache, Vadim Ciocazan, Adina Constantin, Marta Crețu, Simina Băcila, Miriam Arvunescu, Ana-Maria Gărdescu, Bogdan Crivoi, Adela Holdon, Iris Rotărescu, Andrei Pasca, Maria Bălășoiu, Răzvan Petre, Ștefania Bodescu (Local Premiere)
Gaza’s Patient Heart by Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain (National Premiere)
Sinonime Antonime by Daniela Panico (World Premiere)
Too Much – a testimony of identity under threat by Azomali Obisakin (World Premiere)
Beacon of Light by Jayshree Verma, Sneh Jaiswal, Sanket Deepak Nikam, Mayuresh Ravindra More, Anindita Naskar, Roshni Tigga (International Premiere)
OUT OF COMPETITION
A curated selection of independent short films made in Timișoara, student films and other hidden gems.
Documentar: Un pic mai mult și un pic diferit by Lucas Neagu (Festival Warm-Up Opening Film)
Părfect by Răzvan Marinescu
From: Nora by Paula Benu
Lidérc by Ruben Bereczki
Când e frig mă gândesc la ea by Lucas Neagu
Secondhand by Laurențiu Pistol
Ass by Lucas Neagu
The Pen by Rolland Moldovan
Self-portrait: fragments of me by Sara Maria Bărbat
The Seeker by Rolland Moldovan






