Programme

The 38th Minimalen Short Film Festival proudly presents more than 250 unique world class films from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 of January 2026 at Nova Cinema and Cinemateket Trondheim.

Vær blant de første til å se de toneangivende filmene, og feire talentfulle filmskapere fra hele verden.

Be among the first to watch the seminal films, and celebrate talented filmmakers from all over the world. Welcome to this year's film fest!

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Award Ceremony

January 17th
Saturday
20:00
Nova 4
events

Award Winner Screening

January 18th
Sunday
16:00
Nova 4
January 17th
Saturday
21:00
Nova 4
events

Canon: Vigo & Resnais

January 15th
Thursday
20:00
Cinemateket
focus

David Lynch 1: Early Shorts

January 14th
Wednesday
19:00
Studentersamfundet
January 18th
Sunday
14:00
Nova 4
focus

David Lynch 2: Dynamic: 01

January 16th
Friday
18:00
Cinemateket
January 18th
Sunday
19:00
Cinemateket
focus

Festival club

January 15th
Thursday
20:30
Petra's Matbar
January 14th
Wednesday
20:30
Petra's Matbar
January 18th
Sunday
20:00
Petra's Matbar
January 17th
Saturday
21:00
Petra's Matbar
January 16th
Friday
20:00
Petra's Matbar
January 13th
Tuesday
20:00
Petra's Matbar
events

Horror: Ramaskrik Presents

January 16th
Friday
22:00
Cinemateket
focus
INT

INT 1

January 14th
Wednesday
21:00
Nova 4
int
INT

INT 2

January 15th
Thursday
17:00
Nova 4
int
INT

INT 3

January 15th
Thursday
21:00
Nova 4
int
INT

INT 4

January 16th
Friday
19:00
Nova 4
int
INT

INT 5

January 16th
Friday
21:00
Nova 4
int
INT

INT 6

January 17th
Saturday
16:00
Nova 4
int

Kids 1 (6-9 years)

January 14th
Wednesday
10:00
Nova 1
kids-youth

Kids 2 (10-11 years)

January 14th
Wednesday
12:00
Nova 1
kids-youth

Kids 3 (12 years)

January 15th
Thursday
10:00
Nova 1
January 15th
Thursday
12:00
Nova 1
kids-youth

Kids Shorts from Trøndelag

January 18th
Sunday
12:00
Nye Hjorten
kids-youth

Kotzamani: What Mary Didn't Know

January 17th
Saturday
18:00
Nova 4
focus

Masterclass: Suzannah Mirghani

January 15th
Thursday
14:30
Nova 1
industry

Meet the Filmmakers (NOR)

January 14th
Wednesday
21:00
Petra's Matbar
January 15th
Thursday
21:00
Petra's Matbar
January 16th
Friday
19:00
Petra's Matbar
events

Mid Nordic Panorama

January 16th
Friday
14:00
Cinemateket
industry

Mockumentary

January 16th
Friday
20:00
Cinemateket
January 17th
Saturday
19:00
Cinemateket
focus
Multiplié

Multiplié Dansefilm 1: International

January 17th
Saturday
12:00
Nova 4
multiplie
Multiplié

Multiplié Dansefilm 2: Nordic

January 17th
Saturday
14:00
Nova 4
multiplie
NOR

NOR 1

January 14th
Wednesday
17:00
Nova 4
January 17th
Saturday
13:00
Cinemateket
nor
NOR

NOR 2

January 14th
Wednesday
19:00
Nova 4
January 17th
Saturday
15:00
Cinemateket
nor
NOR

NOR 3

January 15th
Thursday
15:00
Nova 4
January 17th
Saturday
17:00
Cinemateket
nor
NOR

NOR 4

January 15th
Thursday
19:00
Nova 4
January 18th
Sunday
13:00
Cinemateket
nor
NOR

NOR 5

January 16th
Friday
15:00
Nova 4
January 18th
Sunday
15:00
Cinemateket
nor
NOR

NOR 6

January 16th
Friday
17:00
Nova 4
January 18th
Sunday
17:00
Cinemateket
nor

Nordic Shorts Expo 1

January 15th
Thursday
09:00
Cinemateket
January 14th
Wednesday
09:00
Cinemateket
industry

Nordic Shorts Expo 2

January 14th
Wednesday
10:10
Cinemateket
January 16th
Friday
09:00
Cinemateket
industry

Norwegian Film Art: Marianne Heske

January 18th
Sunday
12:00
Nova 4
focus
EM/EMU

One-minute-films

January 16th
Friday
12:00
Nova 1
ettminuttsfilm

Opening Party

January 13th
Tuesday
20:00
Petra's Matbar
events

Opening Screening

January 13th
Tuesday
18:00
Nova 1
events
Student

Regional Student Competition

January 16th
Friday
15:00
Nova 5
student

Short Docs

January 18th
Sunday
18:00
Nova 4
January 14th
Wednesday
15:00
Nova 4
focus

Short Film Convention

January 14th
Wednesday
11:00
Nova 9
January 15th
Thursday
09:00
Nova 9
January 14th
Wednesday
14:00
Nova 1
industry

Short Film Studies Symposium

January 15th
Thursday
18:00
Cinemateket
industry

Suzannah Mirghani 1: Short film

January 15th
Thursday
16:30
Cinemateket
January 14th
Wednesday
19:00
Cinemateket
focus

Suzannah Mirghani 2: Cotton Queen

January 14th
Wednesday
21:00
Cinemateket
January 18th
Sunday
20:00
Nova 4
focus

Youth (16-19 years)

January 16th
Friday
10:00
Nova 1
kids-youth

Filmkatalog

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