11th edition / Trieste / 14-20 June 2027

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Still from The Year We Walked
Still from Fog Notes
Still from Quiet Weather

Now showing The Year We Walked dir. Paula Treml, Austria

Short film festival / Trieste / 14-20 June 2027

Sprocket

Seven days of films under forty minutes, in four rooms by the sea.

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The festival

Sprocket is a week for the short film. No red carpet, no premieres that matter more than others. Every film runs under forty minutes, every screening ends with the people who made it, and every room is full by the second night.

Competition

Twelve films. Six of them below.

All competition films
A family around a dinner table under a warm lamp
A film by Ines Barcala

Low Tide at Noon

01Spain / 2026 / 18 min / Competition
A small red kiosk lit up on a square at night
A film by Tomas Wierzba

Kiosk

02Poland / 2027 / 12 min / Competition
A dark mountain under low cloud
A film by Saule Amanova

What the Mountain Kept

03Kazakhstan / 2026 / 32 min / Documentary
A woman in a long dress in a tunnel full of blue smoke
A film by Dario Anyanwu

Night Shift Psalm

04United Kingdom / 2027 / 21 min / Competition
A red desert of stones under a dark sky
A film by Lior Bensaid

Red Planet, Small Town

05France / 2026 / 15 min / Documentary
A woman looking into the camera in soft evening light
A film by Mirela Dancu

A Face for Radio

06Romania / 2027 / 9 min / Competition

Programme

Every screening, day by day.

Times are local. Doors open fifteen minutes before. Each block ends with a Q&A. Programme 2027

Sections

Five ways into the week.

01 / 12 films

Competition

Twelve films chosen from 2,400 submissions, judged by a jury of four and by the room.

02 / 14 films

Documentary

Real people, real places, made patiently. Most were filmed by crews of two.

03 / 16 films

Animation

Drawn, cut, sculpted and moved one frame at a time, from nine countries.

04 / 10 films

Late Night

The strange, loud and unfinished ones, after the last tram.

05 / 12 films

Open Air

A screen on the piazza by the water. Free, bring a jacket.

Jury 2027

Four people, one prize.

Portrait of Liesl Brandt
Liesl BrandtCinematographer
Portrait of Ravi Seshadri
Ravi SeshadriFilm editor
Portrait of Maren Kostova
Maren KostovaFestival programmer
Portrait of Hugo Arrieta
Hugo ArrietaDirector

Venues

Four rooms, five minutes apart.

Cinema Molo

01 / 412 seats

Cinema Molo

Our main room. A 1950s single-screen cinema with a balcony and a 35 mm projector we still use.

Via del Molo 12, Trieste

Sala Nettuno

02 / 140 seats

Sala Nettuno

A small room with steep rows for documentaries, animation and the late shows.

Piazza Nettuno 3, Trieste

Piazza screen

03 / Open air

Piazza screen

Twelve metres of screen by the water, free every night at dusk.

Piazza del Faro, Trieste

Passes

Come for one film or for the week.

Passes are sold by our box office. Students and under 26 pay half.

01 / Single screening

€9

per block

  • One screening block
  • Q&A included
  • Seat of your choice
Book a seat

02 / Festival pass

€68

all week

  • Every screening, every room
  • Reserved row at Cinema Molo
  • Closing night party
Get the pass

03 / Industry

€120

accreditation

  • Festival pass
  • Video library and meetings
  • Talks and masterclasses
Apply by email

Call for films

Submissions for 2028 open on 1 November.

Fiction, documentary and animation under forty minutes, finished after January 2026. We watch every film to the end.

Submit a film

Journal

News from the booth.

Programme / 2 May 2027

Thirty-one premieres in the 2027 programme

People / 18 April 2027

A night with our head projectionist

Open call / 3 April 2027

We are looking for forty volunteers