Short Film Selection On Tour

The European Film Academy’s short film tour brings the finest selection of short films nominated for the European Film Awards to a series of film festivals and cinemas across Europe and beyond. The tour starts in November 2025 and finishes by the end of 2026 and features shorts by John Smith, Sara Rajaei, Djiby Kebe, Theo Panagopoulos, and Miranda Pennell. (European Film Academy)

Being John Smith
John Smith, United Kingdom, 2024, 26 min. English

John Smith reflects on a lifetime of being mistaken for others who share his name. With dry humor and sharp self-awareness, the film explores identity, authorship, and the absurdities of bureaucratic existence.

City of Poets
Sara Rajaei, Netherlands, 2024, 21 min. English, Farsi with English subtitles

Through personal reflection and poetic observation, the film traces the experience of displacement and belonging across languages and cities. A meditation on exile, memory, and the politics of voice.

L’avance
Djiby Kebe, France, 2024, 18 min. French with English subtitles

Set against the rhythms of everyday life, L’avance observes moments of waiting, movement, and anticipation. The film subtly reflects on time, migration, and the quiet negotiations of progress.

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Theo Panagopoulos, United Kingdom, 2024, 17 min. English, Arabic with English subtitles

Using archival material and personal narration, the film confronts histories of colonial violence and erasure. It questions who bears witness and how images remember what institutions attempt to forget.

Man Number 4
Miranda Pennell, United Kingdom, 2024, 9 min. English

Through a forensic reading of archival footage, the film examines the presence of an unnamed figure within a violent historical event. A precise and unsettling reflection on visibility, power, and complicity.