Vilnius Short Film Festival at Clermont-Ferrand 2026
Filmmakers and industry representatives from around the world will once again meet at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Short Film Market, widely recognised as the largest dedicated short film festival and market in the world, taking place this week. The Vilnius Short Film Festival team is present at the market to promote the upcoming 20th edition, meet the filmmakers, champion great short films and the talents behind them.
The 41st Short Film Market – welcoming more than 4000 delegates from across the world – will host the Baltic Stand, in which representatives from numerous Baltic film institutions will be on hand to promote shorts from the area. These will include Vilnius Short Film Festival, Lithuanian Shorts, Riga International Film Festival, PÖFF Shorts (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), 2ANNAS Riga International Short Film Festival, Latvian Short Film Agency and Estonian Film Institute.
Vilnius Short Film Festival is represented by the head of the festival Rimantė Daugėlaitė, managing director Gabrielė Cegialytė and programmer Mantė Valiūnaitė. The team will be present at the Baltic Shorts stand, as well as attending Meet the Festivals on 3 February and Short Film Conference events.
Lithuanian Short Film Industry Highlights
The winning project at the last edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum, Lithuanian filmmakers Tauras Čeledinas and Lukas Naraškevičius alongside producer Justė Michailinaitė, will attend to pitch the animation BOBO as part of the European Short Film Co-production Forum “Euro Connection”. Another project coming from Lithuania to Euro Connection – XR project Folding Dreams, directed by the creative duo Ged Sia and Jonas Tertelis, alongside producer Sergej Grigorjev.
On Wednesday, 4th February (16:00, Cochon), the Baltic Shorts market screening will highlight brand new works from the region for accredited industry. This will give attendees the first opportunity to see a number of films, the majority of which are still looking for their World Premiere. The program “Baltic Shorts 2025-2026” will present 2 Lithuanian shorts films: LIVING IN A WATER BUBBLE (dir. Kornelijus Stučkus, Lithuania), and FAMILY ALBUM (dir. Emilija Juzeliūnaitė, Lithuania). The screening will be followed at 18:00 at the Baltic Stand in the Market where the Baltic Meet and Greet will be held, giving all accredited professionals the chance to say hello in a more informal atmosphere.
This year, the poster of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival was created by Lithuanian illustrator Karolis Strautniekas. He attended the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival during its 47th edition in 2025 to draw inspiration from the architecture and the atmosphere of the event. So this year’s festival poster embodies the spirit of the festival: a collective movement towards elsewhere, an invitation to set sail for new territories of imagination.
Baltic Talents will also be on hand to participate in various programs held under the framework of the Clermont Market. Lithuanian producer Marija Lenkutytė-Bartoševič together with Latvian producer Līva Vernere will be taking part in the CEE Animation Lab Clermont-Ferrand while director Ieva Šakalytė (Lithuania) will be at T-Port Talents Connexion. In addition Lithuanian film student Lukas Naudžius, from the National Film School KIMO, will be part of the international student jury of the festival.
More information: https://balticshorts.eu/clermont-ferrand-2026/