Little Nightmares: Best International Short Films

Screenings

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Films

Kill Ada

Local title
Tapke Ada
Original title
杀死艾达
Director
Kunyu Wang
Country
Year
2025

A housewife NPC decides she can no longer tolerate gamers vandalizing her house, and she faces the risk of being completely erased.

Director
Kunyu Wang
Producer
Hao Wang
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Tiny Coffin

Local title
Väike kirst
Director
Albin Glasell
Country
Year
2026

After losing his young daughter in a car accident, a desperate father tries to make things right, but finds himself in a dilemma when the line between life and death is blurred.

Director
Albin Glasell
Screenwriter
Agnes Gester
Cast
Jesper Gester, Lovis Änglykke, Ingeborg Engø
Producer
Emma Nordström
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Breathwork

Local title
Hingamisteraapia
Director
Erik Westerström
Country
Year
2025

During a breathwork session, a reluctant skeptic opens herself to "new energies" and lets in something far darker.

Director
Erik Westerström
Screenwriter
Theo Wanderydz
Cast
Hanna Ardéhn, Madeleine Ferraud, Victor Iván, Astrid Kakuli, Einar-Hugo Strömberg, Esther Andersson, Katja Ferm
Producer
Konrad Patocs
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God is Shy

Local title
Jumal on häbelik
Original title
Dieu est timide
Director
Jocelyn Charles
Country
Year
2025

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.

Director
Jocelyn Charles
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STRETCHER

Local title
Kanderaam
Original title
Brancard
Director
Thibault Fauconnet
Country
Year
2025

Lola wakes up in the hospital, her collarbone broken, a neck brace around her neck, lying on a stretcher. Two paramedics arrive and strap her onto it to move her. They leave the hospital and wheel her along the sidewalk – far, too far. She grows worried, protests, calls for help. Strapped to the stretcher, she has no way to free herself.

Director
Thibault Fauconnet
Screenwriter
Thibault Fauconnet
Cast
Orane Roncil, Ike Zacsongo-Joseph, Vincent Do Cruzeiro
Producer
Thibault Fauconnet, Marie Ferrer
Cinematographer
Valentin Guyard
Production Design
Anaïs Profit
Editing
Simon Tristant
Sound
Pierre Bécart
Music
Norman Tonnelier
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Like Father, Like Son?

Local title
Nagu isa, nõnda poeg?
Original title
Sådan Far, Sådan Son?
Director
Josef Embring, Philip Sterner
Country
Year
2025

Late one night, Simon picks up his drunken father once again. As they drive through the dark, their familiar bickering stirs up old wounds and long-buried guilt. Before the night is over, Simon will face a truth he can no longer escape.

Director
Josef Embring, Philip Sterner
Screenwriter
Josef Embring, Philip Sterner
Cast
Ludvig Deltin, Jimmy Lindström
Producer
Dennis Kullberg, Philip Sterner, Josef Embring
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JAILBIRDS

Local title
Vangid
Director
Thomas Villepoux
Country
Year
2025

Despite his hellish prison cell and the constant suffering, Felix the good giant always seeks the bright side of life. His bullet-proof serenity infuriates the vicious Chief-Warden who has sworn to uncover the inmate's secret and eradicate his happiness once and for all. A fantasy tale on the price of freedom.

Director
Thomas Villepoux
Screenwriter
Thomas Villepoux
Cast
Tómas Lemarquis, Victoria Abril, Barry Johnson, Elliot Delage
Producer
François Klein
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