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Future Frames 2026

Cineuropa interviews the ten young filmmakers selected for European Film Promotion's Karlovy Vary showcase of short films

Future Frames 2026
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11 articles available in total starting from 09/06/2026. Last article published on 06/07/2026.

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Jozo Schmuch • Director of Shallow Ground

Interview: Jozo Schmuch • Director of Shallow Ground

“The tragedy of Vukovar should never be used to sow hatred, but should rather serve as a lesson so that nothing like it ever happens again"

Blending the dreamlike with realism, the Croatian director's work is a personal story of those who have disappeared, and will screen as part of EFP's Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

06/07 | Future Frames 2026

Marie Lukáčová • Director of Orla

Interview: Marie Lukáčová • Director of Orla

“I want my children to be able to watch a fairy tale that speaks their language”

Czech filmmaker Marie Lukáčová will make a triumphant homecoming as her film will screen at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

06/07 | Future Frames 2026

André Vaara • Director of Sister of Mine

Interview: André Vaara • Director of Sister of Mine

“I’m probably a big dreamer at heart, but I’m also a proper realist”

The Swedish director talks to us about his sensitive short film, which will soon screen in EFP’s Future Frames line-up in Karlovy Vary  

06/07 | Future Frames 2026

Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

Interview: Arnas Balčiūnas • Director of Past The Hill Of Napoleon's Hat

“You can’t escape your upbringing or your genes, no matter how you feel about them”

The Lithuanian director, fresh from unspooling a short at Cannes Critics' Week, talks about utilising the short form ahead of the screening of another of his works as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Hae-Sup Sin • Director of Half Moon

Interview: Hae-Sup Sin • Director of Half Moon

“It was not easy to take multiple roles on set, but I learned so much about directing in the process”

The Swiss-Korean director talks to us about his moving and thoughtful exploration of identity and loss before it screens at Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Teilo Quillard • Director of Zampano

Interview: Teilo Quillard • Director of Zampano

“Just like circus, cinema is all about creating an illusion”

As part of EFP’s Future Frames, the French director is ready to unspool his short circus drama about the fractured relationship between the title character and his father  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

Ollie Launspach • Director of kiss kiss bang bang

Interview: Ollie Launspach • Director of kiss kiss bang bang

“Everything in our relationship was potential material; that was an interesting but also an uncomfortable place to be”

The Dutch director makes his own life the subject of a documentary as this short charting his gender transition comes to EFP’s Future Frames  

03/07 | Future Frames 2026

David Champaigne • Director of Self-Sown

Interview: David Champaigne • Director of Self-Sown

“This film is strongly connected to my personal reality and is deeply rooted in the memories of my youth”

The Slovenian-US director is poised to see his short film, a sweat-drenched coming-of-age tale, premiere as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

02/07 | Future Frames 2026

Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

Interview: Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

“How far can a person go in maintaining a lie in order to protect someone they love?”

The director unpicks her short film about a woman who accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog, which is part of EFP’s Future Frames initiative  

02/07 | Future Frames 2026

Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

Interview: Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

“I wanted to convey an experience that would contain the magical and the mundane because that reflects how I see life”

After it saw success on the circuit – including a screening at Cannes as part of La Cinef in 2025 – the Finnish director takes her short film to Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

01/07 | Future Frames 2026

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