This year, DOCU/SHORT will present 13 films from 13 countries around the world
The jury members for the national feature films are Olha Zhurba is a film director, screenwriter, and editor, a member of the European Film Academy; Rohan Berry Crickmar is a development producer, documentary producer, festival and industry events producer, and S&D specialist based in Ireland; Anna Łazar is a Polish director of the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, curator, writer, and translator.
MAIN PRIZE
Pedro Tomás Explains the World / Kornelijus Stučkus / Spain / 2025 / 5'29''
In this beautifully conceived moment of pure cinema, a world is presented to us afresh, as if for the first time. In a Gran Canaria that has been profoundly reshaped by a volcanic eruption, we are introduced to an elderly man with a beautifully poetic relationship to the surrounding landscape.
By simply naming elements close to him, the endearing figure of Pedro Tomas makes us see so much deeper into his small but infinitely fascinating world.
This year’s DocuShorts Main Award goes to Kornelijus Stučkus,Pedro Tomás Explains the World.
SPECIAL MENTION
The DOCU/SHORT short film competition includes:
A Happy Place, dir. Siddhant Sari (India, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary);
Like a Spiral, dir. Lamia Chraibi (Canada, France, Morocco);
Images from Tuvalu, dir. Dylan Werkman (The Netherlands);
Freshman, dir. Michał Edelman, Tomasz Pawlik (Poland);
Bloodline, dir. Wojciech Węglarz (Poland);
Our Birthdays, dir. Angeline Teh (Belgium);
The Ferry Flows, dir. Zhora Papoian (Ukraine);
A Normal Life, dir. Mykola Nosok (Ukraine);
Sequela, dir. Alla Mitiukova (Ukraine);
Pedro Tomás explains the world, dir. Kornelijus Stučkus (Spain);
Air Horse One, dir. Lasse Linder (Switzerland, Belgium);
Actually, I didn't want to stay long, dir. Andreas Grützner (Germany);
Talking to humans about the end of the world, dir. Millefiore Clarkes (Canada);
