AZYL Shorts – International Short Film Festival
Bratislava, Slovakia
AZYL SHORTS is a unique event in Slovakia as well as in Central Europe. We create a space for presenting the authors of short films and music videos. Our main goal is not only to carefully prepare the competition itself, but to create a platform which will ensure the promotion of the artists to the professional and general public alike.
We would be delighted to invite you to our four days event in Banská Bystrica in October 2026.
We have 3 competitive categories:
- 1 Minute Films
- 5 Minute Films
- Music videos
The programme includes the screenings of not only the competitive sections, but also the best shorts from Oscars, Cannes, Berlinale... and other prestigious festivals. Also curatorially compiled selections of our jurors from V4 countries at the Cinema of Museum SNP (Museum Of Slovak National Uprising). We will bring many more short films sections that are either geographically specified or theme focused such as Ukrainian selection of old school animated shorts, etc.
In our programme you can also find great side events – masterclasses, discussion, film workshop for young filmmakers and of course evening off-program as concerts, parties and film quizzes.
The best films from the festival will be presented not only in Slovakia, but also in different parts of the world, such as Hungary, Poland or Czech Republic, where the viewers will be able to see the best-ranked movies of the current year – The Best of AZYL 2026.