ESFAA - European Short Film Audience Award

12/05/2026

🌍 And the winner of the European Short Film Audience Award is…

It was the Opening Ceremony of the European Short Film Audience Award at the Brussels Short Film Festival : a key moment of the season celebrating the winners of the 2025-2026 ESFAA tour 👉Congratulations to Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh, winners with Two People Exchanging Saliva !

A year after winning the National Audience Award in Clermont-Ferrand, Two People Exchanging Saliva went on to the Oscars, where it won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. And today, the film wins the European Short Film Audience Award 🏆

The ceremony was not only an opportunity to celebrate last year’s winners, but also to officially launch the new 2026-2027 ESFAA tour, dedicated to showcasing European short films across a network of partner festivals. Since 2019, ten iconic festivals across Europe have joined forces to award the Audience’s Favourite Short Film. After winning over their national audiences, ten short films now embark on a European tour, reaching more than 511 million viewers.

We wish the films of this new tour the very best of luck :

🔸 EL PRÍNCEP - Álex Sardá (Spain)
🔸 Deveta vas - Gregor Kocjančič - FeKK (Slovenia)
🔸 Porque Hoje é Sábado - Alice Eça Guimarães (Portugal)
🔸 Teken en zie de wereld - Safi Graauw (Netherlands)
🔸 Sous le radar - Frédérique De Montblanc (Belgium)
🔸 Комендантська година (Curfew) - Yelyzaveta Toptyhina (Ukraine)
🔸 Puolanka P***y Rally - Inka Achté & Einari Paakkanen (Finland)
🔸 Zatańcz ze mną, tato - Małgorzata Goździk (Poland)
🔸 I Am a Flower - Ariel Victor Arthanto (Germany)
🔸 Veuillez patienter - Solal Bouloudnine (France)

A heartfelt thank you to all the partner festivals making this adventure possible: .festival .

📸 Special thanks as well to the photographers : .eyes__ &

24/04/2026

🌍 European Short Film Audience Award | Official trailer 2026-2027 tour🏆

Since 2019, 10 iconic European festivals have come together to award the European Audience’s Favorite Short Film. After winning over their national audiences, 10 short films are now embarking on an ambitious European tour to reach the hearts of more than 511 million Europeans.

This year, the journey starts with the Brussels Short Film Festival, for the kick-off of the ESFAA 2026–2027 tour!

🎬 Join us on April 27 at 7 p.m. in Brussels (Flagey) to celebrate the kick-off of ESFAA:

✨ Discover the grand winner of the previous tour,
🎥 Watch the first five short films competing for the 2026–2027 tour:

🔸 EL PRÍNCEP (The Prince) – Álex Sardá – ALCINE Audience Award (Spain)
🔸 Deveta vas (The Ninth Village) – Gregor Kocjančič – FeKK Audience Award (Slovenia)
🔸 Porque Hoje é Sábado (Because Today is Saturday) – Alice Eça Guimarães – Curtas Audience Award (Portugal)
🔸 Teken en zie de wereld (Sign and See the World) – Safi Graauw – Go Short Audience Award (Netherlands)
🔸 Sous le radar (Under the Radar) – Frédérique De Montblanc – BSFF Audience Award (Belgium)

🎉 & Celebrate the official launch of this new European tour!

🎬 Join us on April 28 at 10 p.m. in Brussels (Flagey) for the second screening:

🔸 Комендантська година (CURFEW) – Yelyzaveta Toptyhina
🔸 Puolanka P***y Rally – Inka Achté & Einari Paakkanen
🔸 Zatańcz ze mną, tato (Dance with Me Dad) – Małgorzata Goździk
🔸 I Am a Flower – Ariel Victor Arthanto
🔸 Veuillez patienter (Please Hold) – Solal Bouloudnine

🎟️ Tickets will be available for purchase on site on the day of the event.

ℹ️ More information on : www.Bsff.be

💖 Many thanks to our partner festivals for being part of this adventure: .festival

11/04/2026

🎬 10 short films. One European journey.

The European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA) is back for its 8th edition!

After winning over audiences in their home countries, 10 award-winning European short films are hitting the road for the ESFAA 2026–2027 tour, ready to capture the hearts of 511 million Europeans 🌍

👀 Today, we’re unveiling the first 5 selected films :

🔸 EL PRÍNCEP (The Prince) - Álex Sardá - ALCINE Audience Award (Spain);

🔸 Deveta vas (The Ninth Village) - Gregor Kocjančič - FeKK Audience Award (Slovenia);

🔸 Porque Hoje é Sábado (Because Today is Saturday) - Alice Eça Guimarães - Curtas Audience Award (Portugal);

🔸 Teken en zie de wereld (Sign and See the World) - Safi Graauw - Go Short Audience Award (Netherlands);

🔸 Sous le radar (Under the radar) - Frédérique De Montblanc - BSFF Audience Award (Belgium)

🎥 Want to see them on the big screen? Join us on April 27 at 7PM in Brussels at the Brussels Short Film Festival (Flagey) for a special screening.

✨ Be among the first to watch these films and cast your vote!

📍 Flagey, Brussels
🗓 April 27, 19:00
👉 More info on www.bsff.be

Stay tuned… the next 5 films will be revealed soon!

BSFF

19/03/2026

🌍 Next stop: Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen ! 🏆
The European Short Film Audience Award continues its journey…

From April 7–12, the ESFAA 2025–2026 programme lands in the Netherlands for the 17th Go Short – Nijmegen International Short Film Festival 💙

🎬 During the festival, audiences will vote for their favorite film among 8 selected shorts.

The national audience award winner of the festival will join the ESFAA 2026–2027 tour and travel across Europe to win over new audiences!

Stay tuned to discover the big winner!

17/03/2026

A year after winning the National Audience Award in Clermont-Ferrand, « Two People Exchanging Saliva » went on to the Oscars — where it won the prize for Best Live Action Short Film! 🏆

But before its Academy Award, during the ESFAA Tour 2025–2026, we had the chance to speak with co-writer and director Natalie Musteata.

The film is an absurdist tragedy set in a world where a kiss can get you killed, and transactions are sealed with a slap. We follow Angine, a deeply unhappy woman drifting through a department store, until she becomes captivated by a salesgirl. As their connection intensifies, suspicion begins to grow around them.

Blending dark satire with emotional tension, the film draws inspiration from the rise of authoritarianism and the women’s movement in Iran, highlighting the unsettling absurdities shaping our reality.

Discover more about the short film in our exclusive interview, where Natalie Musteata discusses the origins of the film and its unique festival journey.

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12/03/2026

💙 Great news for the ESFAA Tour 2025–2026: the short film Two People Exchanging Saliva, written and directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh, has been nominated for the Oscars 2026 in the Live Action Short Film category.

🏆 After winning more than twenty awards worldwide — including the Grand Jury Prize at the American Film Institute Festival 2024 and the Audience Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025 — we are proud to present this remarkable film on our current ESFAA Tour and we wish good luck to the team. 💙

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11/03/2026

🌍 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 | 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟕 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 🏆.

Since 2019, 10 iconic European festivals have come together to award the European Audience’s Favorite Short Film.

After winning over their national audiences, 10 short films are now embarking on an ambitious European tour to reach the hearts of more than 511 million Europeans. 💜

This year, the journey starts with the , for the kick-off of ESFAA 2026-2027 tour !

🗓️ Join us on April 27 at 7 p.m un Brussels (Flagey) to :

🏆 Discover the grand winner of the previous tour;
🎬 Watch the films competing for the 2026-2027 tour;
🎉 Celebrate the official launch of this new European tour.

🎫 Tickets will be available for purchase on site on the day of the event.

👉 More information about the kick-off on : www.bsff.be

👀 Stay tuned: we will soon reveal the films to be discovered during this 8th edition!

💖 Many thanks to our partner festivals to be part of this adventure : Brussels Short Film Festival , Tampere Film Festival , Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival , Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen , WIZ-ART, Short Waves Festival , interfilm Berlin , FEKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival , ALCINE Festival Internacional de Cine

19/02/2026

23/09/2025

The winner of the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 (𝗘𝗦𝗙𝗔𝗔) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 is revealed!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹, Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin

Congratulations to the directors!

This short film won the audience award from 9 European short film festivals! The launch of the 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗦𝗙𝗔𝗔 just took place today in Brussels!

Find out more at 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗮.𝗲𝘂.

20/01/2025

We’re excited to share some insights into the 𝟵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 touring the 𝗘𝗦𝗙𝗔𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 showcase! We challenged the fantastic Nicolas Van Ruychevelt (SILENZIO) to interview the talented directors involved! ✨

During their interview, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲-𝗟𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 and 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻 shared insights into the filmmaking process behind their project, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙞𝙡. They elaborated on the film's extended shooting schedule, which spanned both during and after the Covid-19 lockdown. Additionally, they emphasized their deliberate approach to incorporating active listening to the natural environment, highlighting the picturesque scenery that plays a significant role in the film.

📺 Watch here: https://esfaa.eu/2025/01/17/listening-to-nature-terver-and-jousselin-discuss-the mysterious-adventures-of-claude-conseil/

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ℹ️ For more info: www.esfaa.eu