STUDENT FILM COMPETITION II

PLAYGROUNDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026

A dazzling bunch of graduation films have made their way thorough our open call. 12 amazing short films have made their way into Playgrounds International Film Festivalโ€™s competition for Best Student Film.

We mean, of course, the short films that are not afraid of technical challenges and aim for the stars in terms of crafts and production, even though their creators are not yet established professionals but still students. This selection highlights amazing student films created by artists enrolled at Dutch universities, and, in the same time, works that challenge and innovate in terms of audio-visual storytelling. One of them will take home an encouraging prize of โ‚ฌ 1000,-ย  and the title of Best Student Film.

The prize will be awarded by ourย Student Film Competition judges: Narjes Mohammadi, Monique van Kessel and Michael Hauwert.

The 12 shorts have been divided into two blocks of screenings. Check out the entries for Block II:

๐ŸŒŸ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข, directed by Eleni Aerts
๐ŸŒŸ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™„๐™™๐™š๐™–, directed by Alexander Wolfgang Smadja
๐ŸŒŸ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™–๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š, directed by Lara Verschuren
๐ŸŒŸ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ž๐™™ โ€˜๐™”๐™š๐™จโ€™ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™Š๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ, directed by Nina Broers
๐ŸŒŸ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™, directed by Lucas Tepper