INT 1
INT is Minimalen's international competition for short films from across the globe, excluding the Nordic countries. 36 of the world's best new short films have been selected and will be presented across six programs.
The directors will be introduced immediately after the screening, giving the audience an opportunity to ask questions.
The awards ceremony takes place on Saturday evening.
Jury

SVEN SCHWARZ
The Managing Director of Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg since 2010, where he also curates special programmes. Board member of the international Short Film Conference and part of the Hamburg-based collective A Wall Is a Screen, which presents short films in public spaces worldwide.

ANNA LIAN
Screenwriter based in Trondheim, primarily working with feature-length and short fiction. She teaches idea and script development at NTNU and has written short films that have won numerous awards nationally and internationally. Her short film Baby Blues had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2025.

KORNÉL SZILÁGYI
Avant-garde filmmaker working primarily with analogue techniques, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Nándor Hevesi under the names Igor & Ivan Buharov - shown at major international exhibitions and biennials. Szilágyi also directs sound works and documentaries, and is a member of the Berlinale Shorts Selection Committee.
Awards
Awards given by the Int jury
Other awards
Programme
Programme

OFF-TIME
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time — but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and the breakfast is always burnt.

EL GUERO
A man working for a U.S. company arrives in a coastal town in Mexico to supervise the construction of the first hotel in the area. He starts feeling uncomfortable as the townspeople express their frustration over the invasion of their beaches, until one night the confrontation reaches a breaking point.
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DARIA’S NIGHT FLOWERS
Daria has written her first manuscript, about falling in love with a mysterious girl called ‘abi’ (blue). The night flowers in her garden hide the secrets of a country that has turned love stories into routine crime scenes.

THESE VOICES ARE REAL
In a sterile laboratory, a woman anxiously awaits her test results with her young daughter by her side. Sensing the tension in the air, the girl watches her mother closely, trying to unravel the secret behind her unease.

GENEALOGY OF VIOLENCE
A young man sits in the car with his girlfriend. An unmarked police car pull up to command a routine identity check, under the dismayed eyes of his girlfriend.
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NOTES FROM PLANET THREE
A boy shares the science of our solar system with his two year-old sister, as documentary scenes of the night sky collide with social media conspiracies.
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