‘26. eco shorts competition
(DE)COMPRESSION
by multiple filmmakersThis shorts programme consists of the following films:
CHUURAA
eco shorts competition | Dutch premiere | 2026 | UK | 18’
by Evgenia Arbugaeva
Scientific fieldwork and Indigenous methodologies converge in this foreboding descent into the caves of the Siberian Arctic, the territory of the Sakha people, accompanied by the echoing drip of thawing permafrost.
FORCE TIMES DISPLACEMENT
eco shorts competition | Dutch premiere | 2025 | Taiwan | 12’
by Angel Wu
We work - but how does it work? Wu’s surreal animated provocation warps a physics formula into a critical examination of productivity.
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
eco shorts competition | Dutch premiere | 2025 | UK | 15’
by Elham Ehsas
Fearing that rising floodwaters will claim her father’s grave, Mira resolves to exhume h
PENINSULA
eco shorts competition | Dutch premiere | 2025 | Croatia | 19’
by David Gašo
A static, voyeuristic camera captures men and snails as they gather around a cruising spot in a small peninsular grove.
THE PERPETUAL TAPESTRY
eco shorts competition | Dutch premiere | 2025 | Norway | 10’by Simone Hooymans
Everything is connected in this craft-infused animated tapestry of humanity’s continual rise and fall, set to the hum of bees.
