Date: 11-09-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker and creator who is obsessed with making tech more accessible and less intimidating for creatives and mid-career professionals. We caught up with her in advance of our online information session on Sept 16, to...
Date: 09-09-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
From their first encounter with a camera at age 12, to their film screening at Berlinale, Jan Eilhardt (they/them) has been sharing their perspective of the world through film for a while. We chatted to the self-described “activist filmmaker” about...
Date: 02-09-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
French filmmaker Marion Desmaret (she/her) has spent her career based between Berlin and East Africa. Following an international career in TV production and reportage on Pan-African music and arts, her experimental documentary FORGET THE DIRECTOR, THIS IS EMMY’S CUT! explores...
Date: 01-09-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
This session moves beyond the hype to give filmmakers practical, hands-on experience with AI tools for every stage of the filmmaking process.
Date: 27-08-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Kevin Koch (he/him) grew up in the German countryside with an outdoorsy existence, that led to his love of filmmaking.
Date: 21-08-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Sami Arpa is the CEO and co-founder of Largo, a startup which uses AI to help filmmakers utilise data to make their projects as successful as possible.
Date: 11-08-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
NEOZOON are a German artist duo who have been working together since 2009, making films together since 2010.
Date: 06-08-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Finnish filmmaker Helmi Donner (she/they) is the director of THE LIGHTNING ROD (MATALAPAINE), which appears on T-Port courtesy of our partners at European Film Promotion.
Date: 24-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Swiss-Korean filmmaker Hae-Sup Sin’s (he/him) short film BAN DAL (HALF-MOON) explores international adoption, drawing upon his experiences growing up as part of a Korean family in Switzerland.
Date: 23-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Following our recent online T-Port TalentBridge workshop on Script Development and strategic Networking, guest tutor Massimiliano Nardulli stopped to chat with us for the T-Blog about his career in the film industry and to share his wisdom for filmmakers coming...
Date: 06-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Anne Gaschütz is no stranger to short films, as one of the founders of Talking Shorts, plus the director of Filmfest Dresden and a short film curator at Locarno Film Festival. We spoke to her about her journey into curation,...
Date: 29-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Welsh/American Ben Thompson (he/him) grew up in the UK before heading to New York City where he began working as a screener for Tribeca Film Festival. Upon realising his love of curation, he worked his way up to becoming VP...
Date: 11-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
It is our pleasure to announce the two guest curators for the 2026/2027 T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Ben Thompson (Tribeca Film Festival) and Anne Gaschütz (Filmfest Dresden, Filmfest Locarno). These two experts will now have the task of selecting a...
Date: 10-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
UP! is a new intensive five-day training program designed for emerging Baltic film producers working with short films. The program aims to strengthen producers’ professional skills and introduce participants to the international short film ecosystem, principles of co-production, self-presentation, communication,...
Date: 01-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
German-Australian filmmaker Ella Knorz grew up in Heidelberg and experimented with filmmaking from a young age. The creativity has paid off because her short film NINE DAYS IN AUGUST has made its way to film festivals including Drama International Film...
Date: 28-05-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Emma Huet (he/him) and Tina Muffler (they/them) are two-thirds of the Kollektiv Schwestern, who met during a theatre programme and have directed several performances for the stage. Their first short film BLEIFREI 95, premiered at Locarno Film Festival, and recently...
Date: 28-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Idan Levy has been a filmmaker and visual artist for over 20 years, and his latest film – JAMILA’S LOOP is a labour of love that has taken many years to complete. The film appears on T-Port courtesy of our...
Date: 23-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Date: 15-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to share this interview with Jamie Bialkower with you. Jamie Bialkower is an Australian producer and distributor. After starting his career with the Village Roadshow Group, he launched Jump Street Films in 2004 as a boutique distribution...
Date: 01-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Fresh from our inaugural TalentBridge online filmmaker workshop, producer and 1st AD Atilla Salih Yücer stuck around to answer our questions about his journey into the film industry and his advice for upcoming industry types.
Date: 30-03-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Fresh from running a fun and fantastic class on pitching at our inaugural T-Port TalentBridge online workshop, Marjorie Bendeck shares some more of her industry expertise in our Professional Interview.
Date: 17-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Paula Milena Weise and Finn Ole Weigt insist that they became filmmakers by accident, which matches the spontaneity inherent in their filmmaking style. But there’s no accident in their intuitive storytelling style – which bought them a Goldener Reiter prize...
Date: 09-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Natan Castay, a filmmaker from Brussels, shares insights into his debut film HUMAN, NOT HUMAN (En Attendant les Robots). In this candid interview, the filmmaker, who is affiliated with the Centre de l’audiovisuel a Bruxelles – which is represented on...
Date: 01-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Kasia Karwan, guest curator for the 2024/5 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, is the founder of Moonshot and a curator for the Cannes Film Festival’s short film committee. In this interview she shares her journey from cultural anthropology to the world of...
Date: 18-09-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
What makes a good film unforgettable? Jukka-Pekka Laakso, one of the guest curators for the 2024/5 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, as well as the long-standing festival director of the Tampere Film Festival, reveals what he looks for in standout short...
Date: 12-09-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce the two guest curators for this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Kasia Kaarwan and Jukka-Pekka Laakso. Find out more about them below. If you’re a filmmaker, you have until November 30 to submit your short...
Date: 13-09-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As we ramp up to the closing date of September 15th, for filmmakers to submit their shorts to be eligible for the 2023 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, we wanted to share a bit more about our esteemed curators – as well...
Date: 22-08-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As we ramp up to the closing date of September 15th, for filmmakers to submit their shorts to be eligible for the 2023 T-Port Lighthouse Selections, we wanted to share a bit more about our esteemed curators – as well...
Date: 10-08-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce the two guest curators for this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Laurence Boyce and Maike Mia Höhne. These industry veterans will select a group of their favourite short films from T-Port’s extensive catalogue to make...
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the Danish director whose film appears on T-Port courtesy of Premium Films, about hope, passion, and his Oscar-nominated short IVALU. Tell us about yourself I am 45-years-old, from Denmark. I live in Copenhagen and am currently...
Date: 01-03-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Eirik Tveiten is no stranger to the short film format, having directed 14 shorts in his career so far. His most recent, NIGHT RIDE, follows protagonist Ebba on an unexpected journey, and garnered him an Oscar nod. We caught up...
Date: 24-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Rina can’t look at her son Dean, who’s under house arrest at her home. She has until tomorrow to decide if she can stand by his side. So begins Yotam Knispel’s award-winning short LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,...
Date: 09-02-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
In order to make his documentary I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME DANCING, filmmaker Hillel Rate carried his camera with him on first dates for six months. What ensues is a musing on what a person loses when they gain...
Date: 26-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Sam van Zoest made his 2022 Lighthouse Selected film ALL THAT COULD BE, partially improvised, with a group of close friends, and it shows in the joy that comes through in the watching experience. Lighthouse curator Olha Raiter had...
Date: 20-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Nicholas Lachapelle’s documentary film ZUG ISLAND, presented on T-Port via our partners at Les Films du 3 Mars, focusses on a mysterious hum heard around an area of Michigan. What the filmmakers found was an abandoned neighbourhood devastated by...
Date: 19-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Hannah Stragholz and Simon Steinhorst are Studio Corallo, an animation studio from Cologne, Germany whose film DOOM CRUISE arrived on T-Port through our partners at AG Kurzfilm, and was picked by Enrico Vannucci for our 2022 Lighthouse Selections. We caught...
Date: 17-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Happy new year to all of our followers, colleagues, filmmakers, and friends. Thank you so much for supporting T-Port. We are glad to share with you some of our highlights from the year. T-Port’s Lighthouse Selections In November of this...
Date: 16-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis takes place from the 23rd to 29th January 2023 in Saarbrücken, Germany. T-Port are partnering with MOP, we will be hosting a selection of their short films from Jan 30, straight after the event. We...
Date: 12-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Director Laurenz Otto’s coming-of-age short made it to T-Port by being selected as part of German Films Next Generation Short Tiger, and was selected by our 2022 Lighthouse Selections curator Olha Raiter who described the film as “daring and imaginative.”...
Date: 04-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Roni Bahat lives in Tel Aviv, where she was born and raised. Works at the New Fund for Cinema and TV (NFCT) as head of the Narrative Film Department and Producer of the WomanFilms Narrative Hub. She is a filmmaker...
Date: 04-01-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
As the head of short and feature film programmer at Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinema (FNC), Émilie Poirier knows a thing or two about how to pick the films that will help move the culture forward. We caught up with...
Date: 16-12-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Over the course of its 75-year history, the Locarno Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in the world. We were lucky enough to catch up with Locarno’s short film expert – Eddie Bertozzi, Head of...
Date: 15-12-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are proud to present the official 2022 T-Port Lighthouse Selections – a highly curated list of some of the best short films by emerging filmmakers T-Port has to offer. Thoughtfully curated by short film experts Olha Raiter (Lviv International...
Date: 10-11-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The sixth annual Script Pool Competition takes place from Nov 22 – 24 during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The Script Pool competition is part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event’s film market activities and the Discovery Campus educational programme....
Date: 02-11-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
From 6-10 November, our partners at Sapir College will be holding the Cinema South Festival. The Short Film Competition will feature 12 new short films from Israel and around the world. One contender is recent graduate Ari Gilad – who...
Date: 28-10-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Filmmaker Eugen Merher is finally ready to graduate from Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg and make his mark on the world. And he’s off to a great start – having gained a nomination from the Student Academy Awards for his film “The...
Date: 06-10-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The 10th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum is being held from 5-8 October in Vilnius, Lithuania. – To celebrate the event, which advertises itself as a unique platform for networking and bringing the latest short film projects from the...
Date: 07-09-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (USC) has two films in the running, Olivia Peace’s AGAINST REALITY and Josh Green’s WAVES APART. The latter is available to watch on T-Port. Columbia University has Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon’s...
Date: 01-09-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
30-year-old screenwriter and director Romi Menachem went through a lot with the cast and crew of her short film “Out of Play”. The film follows Bar (12), a longtime member of the boys’ clique and the class’s soccer team, who...
Date: 31-08-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to announce this year’s T-Port Lighthouse Selections guest curators, these two industry experts have been specially selected because of their dedication to short film curation and advancing the art form of short films. Olha Raiter Olha Raiter...
Date: 25-08-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Henryk Dyb Zwart’s film “Everything at Once” premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 9 (courtesy of our partners at Festival Formula.) We caught up with the 34-year-old director to find out about his sources of inspiration from poetry...
Date: 21-07-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Audrey Karras shot her short film “One Last Breath” in just 4 and a half days. We spoke to the French director about the challenges she encountered through the creative process, and how it was for her to work with...
Date: 29-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Ahead of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week we caught up with director Alica Bednáriková whose film “Liquid Bread / Chlieb Náš Každodenný” will be screened at the festival, presented by European Film Promotion’s Future Frames programme. The programme...
Date: 16-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Jacob Perlmutter made his film “A Wall” during lockdown. The narrative sees a repressed woman falling passionately in love with a wall in her house. We spoke to the filmmaker about the minimalist shoot and why he finds reality...
Date: 14-06-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Director Pedro M. Afonso’s short film “To Examine One’s Self” is currently available on T-Port via our partners Festival Formula. The film, which was inspired by practices described by his partner who was studying medicine, proved to be...
Date: 18-05-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Fantastic news! 7 films by T-Port partners have been selected for Cannes – find out more below: Scale for: La Semaine de la Critique Joseph Pierce 13min I Animation I 2022 Salaud Morisset Driving along the motorway, Will loses his...
Date: 18-05-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
26-year-old Orin Kadoori is a third-year student at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. Her film “Sheherut (Kinship)” made the selection for La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We found out more about how it...
Date: 18-05-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
It’s going to be a busy fortnight for director Olga Klyszewicz – whose short film “We Are Not There Tomorrow” premieres as part of the Selection La Cinef at Cannes 2022. We caught up with her to find out how...
Date: 10-05-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We caught up with the animators, and students of hFMA,to talk about their film “Jeijay,” a short about everyday life, dating apps, and weird dates. “Jeijay” is available to watch to subscribers on T-Port as part of the hFMA catalogue. ...
Date: 09-05-2022
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The Cannes film festival will be happening from May 17 – 28 2022 and we are proud to announce that several short films from our partners have made the final selection. Two films in the competition are from our partners...
Date: 04-04-2022
Posted by: Ben Tofach
This is a special edition of T-Port Filmmaker Spotlight – this time we got a chance to talk to three emerging filmmakers who collaborated to create one of T-Port’s most enchanting titles, the German hybrid short, “Oliver’s Pixie...
Date: 04-04-2022
Posted by: Ben Tofach
Luis Schuber’s latest short film may be the most “Meta” project on T-Port. Titled “Blind Spots”, the film’s orginal use of the “film within a film” trope, makes it a deeply gut-punching viewing experience – with a compact runtime of...
Date: 08-03-2022
Posted by: Info T-Port
I was born in Kharkiv. For half of my life, I had lived there before I left. I remember the streets I walked and people because it was my childhood. My family left. We left because we had enough and...
Date: 08-03-2022
Posted by: niv fux
For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...
Date: 07-03-2022
Posted by: Ben Tofach
For the 2021 edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections – our curated program of short films by emerging talent, we discussed with the filmmakers about their artistic journey, their challenges in the filmmaking process as well as their sources of inspiration. ...
Date: 18-01-2022
Posted by: Info T-Port
Fantastic news! 5 films on T-Port have been selected for the 94th Academy Award shortlist in the categories “Live Action Short Film” and “Animated Short Film”! Censor of Dreams for: Live Action Short Film Léo Berne, Raphaël Rodriguez...
Date: 18-01-2022
Posted by: Ben Tofach
Serhat Karaaslan is a Turkey-born emerging filmmaker, working on both short and feature-length projects. His latest short film, “The Criminals”, is a Turkish-language crime-drama which follows a young couple trying to find a hotel room to spend the night in...
Date: 15-11-2021
Posted by: Info T-Port
We are very happy to introduce the curators of this year’s edition of T-Port Lighthouse Selections. Lighthouse Selections is T-Port’s in-house curated section that receives increased exposure to our network of industry professionals, selected by leading industry programmers. Céline Roustan...
Date: 11-11-2021
Posted by: Ben Tofach
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo’s short film, “Joy’s Garden”, was just recently released, and is already gaining festival success, including an award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, and 5 nominations in Kenya’s film awards. The film is a personal drama following Edwin, who...
Date: 23-04-2021
Posted by: Info T-Port
Our International Manager, Amos Geva, had a chance to talk about T-Port and about the ways we can help to promote emerging talent in the global film industry in a panel organized together with MEDIA. Watch the full...
Date: 10-02-2021
Posted by: niv fux
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday (Tuesday) the shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards. 4 of the films in the short film category are presented on T-Port. We are extremely proud of T-Port...
Date: 22-09-2020
Posted by: Ben Tofach
Hilke Rönnfeldt’s independent short film, “Silence of the Fish“, was submitted to T-Port Lighthouse a few months ago, making her eligible for the 2020 European Short Pitch project as a T-Port Talent in the frame of our collaboration with ESP....
Date: 07-09-2020
Posted by: Ben Tofach
Lizete Upite’s animated short film, “Riga’s Lilac”, is one of the most intriguing shorts selected to the 2020 T-Port Lighthouse Selection by curator Wim Vanacker. The film has been selected to many film festivals, including the Palm Springs Shortfest. We...
Date: 26-08-2020
Posted by: Yael Nudelman
Excited to share that three of the films that made it to the final list and will compete for the grand prize are currently available for professional viewing on our platform through various partners: Da Yie \\ Anthony Nti The...
Date: 09-06-2020
Posted by: Yael Nudelman
A project will be selected for the Talent Village among the projects who applied through T-Port.
Date: 02-04-2020
Posted by: Yael Nudelman
It was a huge pleasure and privilege to take part in the 2020 Berlinale and to spread the word about our platform, our creators and our films.
Date: 13-01-2020
Posted by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
T-Port Selection Filmmaker, Dana Lerer is the winner of the T-Port Talent Village Award at Les Arcs Film Festival with her first feature project, ‘Double Happiness’.
Date: 10-01-2020
Posted by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
Little Hands, The short film by Rémi Allier, represented by our partners, Salaud Morisset, has been announced for the Oscars shortlist.
Date: 02-12-2019
Posted by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
The market was held between November 21-23 in Italy and presented 25 of T-Port films in the market’s video library.
Date: 18-10-2019
Posted by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
Our partners - Salaud Morisset, University of Southern California and The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Lodz received students academy awards for their films. Click to read and see winning films!
Date: 26-09-2019
Posted by: Ayelet Michaeli Walk
We are honoured and proud to share that our online platform that began less than 3 years ago in the Tel Aviv International Student Film Fest, with a simple yet ambitious goal of helping young filmmakers and the industry connect,...
