The competitions are the beating heart of the festival. Besides the European Competition, there are Flemish competitions for fiction, animation and documentary. The perfect chance to find out which young directors will be making it big in the film scene. Meet the jury members here. On Sunday, November 26th, the highly sought after VAF Wildcards will be awarded at the festival!

Popular programmes like Shorts for children, Animation Nations and Virtual Reality return. Immerse yourself in the Labo programme or be amazed by short films from famous directors in Big Names, Short Films.

This year, special attention will go to climate change, space, Austria and the Artist in Focus: Tim Mielants. The Focus on Austria will be shown in two programmes, curated by Daniel Hadenius-Ebner from the Vienna Shorts festival.

Series with acclaimed or hailed short films that are a must-see for every film fan: Oscar Shorts, European Film Awards, Peer Awards and the winners of this edition.

During the guest screenings, local partners of the festival show their favourites: VRT CANVAS, Humo, Kortfilm.be and Sabam. In addition, you can go to a filmconcert, see Rinus Van de Velde's new short film and attend several professional activities. In addition, the official opening and closing nights are not to be missed.