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International Short Competition: The international short films competing at the 2025 RIFF Awards have been announced.

This year too, RIFF is proud to present its selection of international short films.

The works come from Turkey, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ireland, Germany, Greece, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Shattered memories, trauma, prison escapes, father-son relationships, the frenzy and burdens of work, easy but dirty money, dark secrets, falsified TV reports, and the dynamics within the world of theater. There’s no shortage of poetic gazes, however, whether directed at the sun or odes to femininity: this confirms the wide variety of visions offered by the authors competing in the international short film section.

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