ASFF 2023

6TH EDITION OF ATHENS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Expanding to three days, the Athens Short Film Festival 2023 features 35 independent Greek and international short films. Through 6 programmes that explore various themes, this year’s edition is dedicated to real-life events, personal dilemmas, feelings and self-exploration processes as well as current issues and cultures from around the world.

Films that will sink you deep into the urban landscape and others that will sweep you off to bizarre places and unknown realities. Our aim is to give voice to those eager to share their story, empower upcoming filmmakers and showcase the power of independent cinema.

FILMS A-Z

Browse through the detailed list of the screening films of the 6th Athens Short Film Festival edition and explore our diverse programme.

WINNERS

Discover the award-winning films of the 6th Athens Short Film Festival’s 9 competition categories and learn more about all the inspiring filmmakers we featured this year.

Jurors

Our jury line-up always consists of people of various backgrounds with a passion for cinema and expertise in filmmaking and the film industry. They are all individuals we admire and respect. Get to know them.

GALLERY

SCREENING PROGRAMME

ASFF 2023 PROGRAMME

STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Powerful stories of self-discovery, survival, and human curiosity unfold through some odd, sinister, eerie, or simply baffling encounters. From dystopian and otherworldly societies to simply random everyday events, ASFF23's first programme is full of controversies. What are the boundaries of reality?

THIS IS OUR STORY: FEMALE GAZE

Through the stories of women from around the world, this programme puts the patriarchal society under the microscope and examines the male gaze through the female perspective. This programme aims to serve as a platform where the female voice will be heard through real stories and personal struggles.

A WILD WORLD

A forest, a desert, and the remote slopes of Turkey's Black Sea region compose the scenery of the human stories, habits and cultures that unravel in this programme. In the existential crises, bittersweet echoes of lost loves and turbulent family relationships that unfold through these shorts, the landscape plays the main role taking you on a journey to distant places that sometimes feel closer than you think.

PARALLEL REALITIES

Alternative universes, opposite perspectives and absurd situations will make you escape the rural setting and take you on a journey that has in store various alternative universes. These parallel realities attempt to transfer you away from your own experiences, understandings and mindsets and leave you wondering.

EXPLORING IDENTITIES

A lonely man reflects upon himself on a remote island, a non-binary person unravels their family’s queerness while a man is forced to hide his own. Exploring sexuality, prejudices, decisions, wishes and mistakes, this programme inspires you to dive deep into these fictional characters and reconsider your true self through their stories.

SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME

Through these 8 comedy, drama and romantic films we are going back to first loves, missing lost ones, exploring unknown sexual experiences and relearning to like ourselves. With films to make you laugh, cry, and think of your own experiences, this programme puts emotions in the epicentre and presents stories of love, lust, sex and romance that will make your soul melt.