For the 16th time now, the International Short Film Festival Leuven (ISFFL) offers a stage for short films and a platform for new film talent. The festival will take place from December 4th – 11th in Leuven, Belgium.The programme of the ISFFL is an illustration of the abundant variety amongst the audiovisual arts: about 250 films,  live-action short, animated shorts, music videos and documentaries adorn the festival’s programme. These mass of films is neathly ordered into 10 categories, each divided into a several short film compilations. Central to the programme are the Flemish and European Competition, two categories of brand new films, from which the Jury and the audience cho! ose their favourites. Furthermore, the festival presents a few special programmes. This year it focuses on the Dutch short film industry, presents the best Comedy Shorts, international animated shorts (Animation Nations), Short Films for Kids and non-narrative film and video (The Labo).

All information about the festival program, films, professional activities and other news can be found on the festival’s website!

VISITING LEUVEN

The Short Film Festival takes place in Leuven, Belgium. Thinking about visiting the festival? Here’s some information about the lovely town: Leuven is a relatively small city (100.000 inhabitants), 20 kilometers near Brussels. Leuven is widely known for two things: it harbours one of the largest and oldest universities in Europe. The K.U.Leuven was founded in 1425 and has more than 25.000 students today. Leuven is also the hometown of INBEV, the largest brewery in the world, famous for it’s beer Stella Artois (since 1366), one of the best known beers.

Check out the Visiting Leuven website!