The Czech Short Films 2026 collection promotes Czech short films and young talented filmmakers to international film industry professionals. It also offers industry players a shortcut to the best content from the country, helping them find suitable films efficiently. This year's selection boasts fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental shorts among the chosen titles.

The selection has been carefully curated by our expert film industry jurors: Lenka Tyrpáková (Pragueshorts), Kamila Boháčková (ČT art), Pavel Horáček (Anifilm), Alexandra Gabrižová (Midpoint Institute) and Vítězslav Chovanec & Eliška Děcká (Czech Film Center). The collection has been initiated and produced by the Czech Film Center since 2010.

The latest collection of Czech Short Films includes 14 films, several of which were successful at foreign festivals last year and have since been part of the collection. These include Berlinale-premiered Stone of Destiny by Julie Černá, What If We Run Out of Stones? by Nora Štrbová, which premiered at Visions du Réel, and Visiting Heaven Gate by Trang Quỳnh Nghiêm.

The new films in the collection include Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! by Andrea Szelesová, which will see its world premiere at the Berlinale in the prestigious Generation Kplus program, Orla by Marie Lukáčová, which is set to premiere at IFF Rotterdam in the Tiger Short Competition, a duo of Annecy-premiered animated shorts 9 Million Colors by Bára Anna and Better Man by Eliška Jirásková, Dog and Wolf by Terézia Halamová, premiered at Karlovy Vary IFF as part of the Future Frames program, The Tale of a Tail by Oliver Beaujard and Nino Beaujard Zardalishvili, premiered at Cinekid, Animalies by Kateřina Karhánková and Marek Náprstek, and experimental film Bardo by Viera Čákanyová, first introduced at FIDMarseille, and a cohort of student films from FAMU: The Tower by Marie-Magdalena Kochová, Second Spring by Olexi Chubun, and animated documentary Polio by Klára Kubenková.

All the films are available to watch upon confirmed registration and are intended for film professionals only. Registration is possible through the "Film Preview" button in the profile of each film on the webpage of Czech Short Films 2026. The collection is not open to the public, cannot be used directly for public screening or streaming, and is not available for private research. Please, use your professional work email address to request permission to watch the films. The confirmation process lasts up to 24 hours and is granted only to a proven target group of film professionals.

In case of any questions or requests, please get in touch with Eliška Děcká at eliska@filmcenter.cz.

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