Best Short Student Fiction

An ambitious graveyard manager prepares to bury her 1000th body, when her plans are ruined.

The secret relationship between a student and her coach sinks them into a place that blurs the line between love and abuse..

After learning that his best friend Ales is gay, Tomas tries to find out whether their friendship still makes sense.

The boundaries between friendship and desire blur in a male-dominated environment. The physical closeness of two friends is called into question by their first sexual impulses.

In this family you can only become a true member by getting your first scar. But 12-year-old Fabi is still woundless. On grandpa's farm, he has to finally prove himself as one of them. Fabi's father knows that the boy now has to go through with it - as they all had to. And Fabi really wants to belong. But in the end, how much will be left of him (and his skin)?

Maryam, fleeing her restrictive life in Tehran for Paris, finds courage and liberation in dance, challenging her past by publicly sharing her art despite the potential fallout.

The bond between two siblings threatened to break under the burden of domestic violence.

The fish, the scent, the killing, all witnessed by the ocean.

After an horse accident that left him injured, Turbo struggles to reconcile with his brother who might have the promising future he once hope would be his.

Bobby's tales of hunting game on the plains of Tanzania inspire a sinister side in her mollycoddled co-worker Lucas.

A day in a swimming hall, where the stories of three women of different generations coincide on the search for what being strong really means.

For an award ceremony successful actress Juliane makes her punky husband fit into her social expectations.

A retired rocker convinces his quirky chaos troupe to jump on the tour bus with him one more time to perform on a big stage.

Whim and the ensemble have to dance for their lives in the piece SYNCOPE.

Basia hides her grief. At an acting school audition, she cares for another candidate's baby. 

The new goalkeeper in the soccer team believes that one of his teammates could be a potential romantic interest. Their intimate bond conceals far darker.

Driven by the pressure to prove himself, Mike decides to fight back between screaming engines and the neon lights of a gas station.

Thirty years after Yugoslavia vanished in bloodshed, workers from all the successor states unite again.