FROM ONLINE TO COTTBUS: MIOB IN SHORTS GOES ON TOUR | MIOB In Shorts Award 2026
Press releases 21-09-2026The MIOB In Shorts Award, part of the MIOB (Moving Images – Open Borders) network’s programme, celebrates outstanding European short films through a distinctive audience-driven format: the winner is chosen entirely by public vote.
Each MIOB member festival nominates two European short films for the competition. This year’s twelve selected titles are available to watch online from September 1 to October 15, 2026, giving viewers the opportunity to discover the films and vote for their favourite.
The twelve films can be streamed on the This Is Short platform throughout the voting period The programme will then travel to FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany in November, where all twelve titles will be screened and the winner of the 2026 MIOB In Shorts Award will be announced at the festival’s closing ceremony.
Spanning fiction, documentary and experimental cinema, this year’s selection brings together distinctive voices from across Europe, moving between intimate personal stories and wider questions of identity, memory, displacement and belonging. Together, the twelve films offer a snapshot of contemporary European short filmmaking in all its formal and thematic diversity.
Audiences can watch the full selection and cast their votes by registering on the European streaming platform This Is Short. The platform offers a free 14-day trial without a credit card, followed by a subscription of €0.99 per month. Each film has a dedicated “Vote” button, making the voting process quick and straightforward. All twelve films are available with English subtitles, with streaming and voting open until October 15, 2026.
Who will win? The audience decides.
Discover the full selection and cast your vote on:
https://thisisshort.filmchief.com/hub/section/189?back=browse
Find out more about the MIOB In Shorts Award:
https://miob.info/miob-in-shorts-award
MIOB IN SHORTS AWARD 2026 – OFFICIAL SELECTION
FOUND&LOST – Reza Rasouli (Austria, 2025, 17’)
INDEX – Radu Muntean (Romania, 2025, 29’)
TEM FÉ – Helen Esther Aschauer, Leonor Patrocinio (Portugal, 2025, 8’)
FROM SOMETHING TO NOTHING – Michael Heindl (Austria, 2025, 7’)
PVRGATORIVM – Máté Gergely Kiss (Hungary, 2025, 24’)
LIME KILN WORKERS – Nevena Micić, Katarina Micić, Filip Marojević (Serbia, 2025, 10’)
BEYOND SILENCE – Marnie Blok (Netherlands, 2025, 17’)
KJÆLEDYRUTRYDDELSE – Mikkel Storm Glomstein (Norway, 2025, 14’)
THOSE WHO MOVE – Stephanie Ricci (Portugal, 2025, 20’)
PRA/RASTI PASAULIAI – Aušra Lukošiūnienė (Lithuania, 2025, 20’)
MARELLE – Kristjan Poom (Estonia, 2025, 19’)
DEAD BUT NOT GONE – Hêvî Çinar (Turkey/Germany, 2025, 22’)
SPLIT: Japanese film Chihiro by Satoshi Natori won the Grand Prix in the Feature Film Competition of the 31st Split Film Festival. The Short Film Competition was won by the Croatian film Leave This Room Buried directed by Iva Kraljević.
PODGORICA: The documentary To Hold a Mountain / Planina directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić has been selected as Montenegro’s official candidate for the 99th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The film is a coproduction between Montenegro, Serbia, France, Belgium, Slovenia, and Croatia.
BELGRADE: The arthouse drama Wanderlust / Izlet directed by Nenad Pavlović has been selected as Serbia’s official candidate for the 99th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The film is a Serbian/British coproduction.
RIGA: A delegation of Latvian entrepreneurs is taking part in a trade mission across the United States from 20 to 28 September 2026, aimed at consolidating commercial partnerships.
Just Film International Youth Competition Features Only World and International Premieres
Festivals 22-09-2026Just Film, the youth and children’s film festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), has unveiled its 2026 International Youth and Children’s Competition programmes.
Press conference reminder: the full programme of the 19th edition of CinEast – the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg – will be unveiled on Thursday 24 September 2026 at 11:00 at Cercle Cité (3 Rue Genistre, L-1623 Luxembourg).
Dutch Reality TV series De Bevers and Feature Film De Bevers: All For the Fans Shoot in Malta
Malta 20-09-2026VALLETTA: Malta is once again providing the backdrop for international television and film productions, welcoming popular Dutch personalities John and Kees de Bever, together with a host of well-known Dutch celebrities, to the island.
COTTBUS: The lineup of the 28th edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) has been chosen from a record of submissions and is dominated in 63 percent by female directors. coco will be held 4 - 6 November 2026 during FilmFestival Cottbus.
The following grants have been announced by the Slovenian Film Centre on 17 September 2026.
