The films selected for this year’s Authors Spotlight International Competition prove once again that reality is far too vast to be contained within the 30 films to be presented across five screening blocks.

Films from the Lodz Film School included in the international Authors Spotlight competition:

* Category: Best Short „Live Action”

HEADS IN THE CLOUDS dir. Mieszko Chomka
A SHORT FILM ABOUT WAR dir. Nadim Suleiman

* Category: Best Animated Film

SUMMER OF SMOOTH ASPHALT dir. Maria Daszkiewicz
FRANKIE THE RABBIT’S FINAL PREPARATIONS dir. Marianna Mrozek AXLES dir. Jakub Krzyszpin

Furthermore, the competition includes films by our doctoral student and our graduates!

Complete list of films in the Authors Spotlight Competition: kameraakcja.com.pl/edycja-2026/miedzynarodowy-konkurs-authors-spotlight

Fasten your seatbelts and let yourself be carried along by a wave of short films.

1 - graphic materials: Kamera Akcja Festival
2 – still from the film HEADS IN THE CLOUDS
3 – still from the film A SHORT FILM ABOUT WAR
4 – still from the film SUMMER OF SMOOTH ASPHALT
5 – still from the film FRANKIE THE RABBIT’S FINAL PREPARATIONS 6 – still from the film AXLES