Venice Unveils Line Up For The Orizzonti Short Films International Competition

by Natalia Albin Legorreta

As part of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition has announced the line-up of showcased films. Fourteen of the fifteen films, selected by the Jury of the Orizzonti, will compete for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. One film will premiere out of competition during the festival.

The line-up involves productions from 19 different countries.

In Competition

• COYOTES by Said Zagha (Palestine, France, Jordan, UK)
  with Maria Zreik, Ali Suliman, Yumna Marwan 

• SAINT SIMEON by Olubunmi Ogunsola (Nigeria)
  with Kanayo O. Kanayo, Ego Ihenacho, Victor Obioha

• NORHEIMSUND by Ana Alpizar (Cuba / USA)
  with Paula Massó Varela, Yaité Ruiz, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez

• MERRIMUNDI by Niles Atallah (Chile)
  Animation

• LA LIGNE DE VIE (THE LIFELINE) by Hugo Becker (France)
  with Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Goursaud, Damien Jouillerot, Gilles Cohen, David Talbot

• JE CROIS ENTENDRE ENCORE (I HEAR IT STILL) by Constance Bonnot (France)
  with Viki Assayas, Nathalie Richard

• MERRIMUNDI by Niles Atallah (Chile)
  Animation

• KUSHTA MAYN, LA MIA COSTANTINOPOLI (KUSHTA MAYN, MY CONSTANTINOPLE)  by Nicolò Folin (Italy) 
  with Roberto Citran, Leo Folin, Hlib Tovstoluh

• PRAYING MANTIS by Joe Hsieh, Yonfan (Taipei, Hong Kong)
  Animation

• YOU JIAN CHUI YAN (A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE) by Viv Li (Germany, Belgium, China)
  with Zezhi Long 

• EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO (THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD) by Jazmin Lopez (Argentina)
  with Leila Loforte

• THE CURFEW by Shehrezad Maher (USA)
  with Sathya Sridharan, Balinder Johal, Sara Haider, Rajesh Bose, Chris Thorn

• LION ROCK by Nick Mayow, Prisca Bouchet (New Zealand)
  with Anton Falstie-Jensen, Mia Blake, Jonno Roberts

• UTAN KELLY (WITHOUT KELLY) by Lovisa Sirén (Sweden)
  with Medea Strid, Truls Carlberg 

• NEDOSTUPNI  by Kyrylo Zemlyanyi (Ukraine, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands)
  with Vladyslav Makariuk, Ostap Orest Pasichnyk, Konstiantyn Shamin, Yurii Yevsiukov, Oksana Tsymbal, Serhii Hornyi, lllia Rassokhin
  

Out of Competition

• RUKELI by Alessandro Rak (Italy, Sweden)
  Animation

The Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera, will run from August 27 to September 6, 2025.