Fiction
The 2026 Fiction strand provides audiences with the chance to discover the next generation of fiction filmmakers. Through gripping love stories, clever narratives, and experimentation with film form, our Fiction strand challenges the very notion of the student fiction film.









Film | Director | Country | Film School/University |
|---|---|---|---|
Bridal Car | Parsa Ansari, Ali Asadi | Iran, Islamic Republic of | Iran University of Art |
Chop Chop! | Ievgen Koshyn | United Kingdom | Edinburgh Napier University / Kino Eyes — The European Film Masters |
Closed Eyes | Victoria Koberstein | Germany | Kunsthochschule Kassel |
Come Sit With Us | Elis Rumma | Estonia | Tallinn University |
Home | Sifan Alison Wu | United States | University of Southern California |
Portrait | Daniel Tan Wen Long | Singapore | LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore |
Thea | Adrian Zacke | Germany | Hochschule Offenburg |

