The finalists for the international Short Film Competition, held this year as part of the 14th Accessible Film Festival, have been announced.
The finalists for the competition, which received 182 entries from 34 countries, were selected by a jury consisting of film critics Hasan Nadir Derin, Kaan Denk, and Öykü Sofuoğlu. The finalists will be presented to the jury members and film enthusiasts during the festival, which will take place between April 24 and 30, 2026.
1. A Phoenix Feather (IRAN), Dir: Ronak Jafari
2. Day off (RUSSIA), Dir: Olesya Smolkova
3. Feridun (TÜRKİYE), Dir: Utku Ali Güler
4. From Siberia to Beijing (RUSSIA), Dir: Anastasiia Savenko-Sadovski
5. Little Story (BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS), Dir: Mirjam Plettinx
6. Pit-pool (SERBIA), Dir: Ana Vučićević
7. Pretension (IRAN), Dir: Mehdi Mirbagheri
8. Run, River! (RUSSIA), Dir: Anastasiia Ostapenko
9. Summer Triangle (IRAN), Dir: Maryam Esmaeili, Ali Babai
10. The Empty Panel (FRANCE), Dir: Thibault Chollet
11. The Flight of the Moth (ITALY), Dir: Nikola Lorenzin
12. The Mud Under My Window (BELGIUM), Dir: Violette Delvoye
13. To Each Other (TÜRKİYE), Dir: Sevgi Şanlı
14. What If They Bomb Here Tonight? (LEBANON), Dir: Samir Syriani
15. When The Tiger Roars (CHINA), Dir: Lam Can-zhao