Skander Kourgli completed his graduation film, DEAD AIR, as part of his studies at Filmakademie Wien, not knowing where the film would end up. After adventures in shooting on film and creating a period piece in a soon-to-be demolished radio...

Polish filmmaker Andrzej Danis made his documentary DEBTORS (Zadłużeni) as his graduation film from the Polish National Film and Television School in Lodz, based on his own family history. His short caught the eye of our guest curator Kasia Karwan,...

Austrian filmmaker Nicolás Pindeus is behind THE LAST PEOPLE (DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN), his graduation film from Filmakademie Wien, a thought-provoking short drama exploring the dwindling population of a rural village, which was picked by Guest Curator Kasia Karwan for the...

Belgian-Italian filmmaker Mathieu Volpe has always stood at the intersection of cultures—and genres. Known for his documentary work, Volpe takes a bold step into fiction with ELDORADO, a quiet and emotional story of grief and migration set in the snowy...

German filmmaker and artist Geeske Janßen discusses her short film MONIKA, part of a three-year research project on sex dolls that took her from Las Vegas factories to brothels in Dortmund. We chatted to the filmmaker, a long-term resident of...

Luzie Kurth is the creative force behind the short film PÊCHE, which was picked by guest curator Jukka-Pekka Laakso as part of our 2015 Lighthouse Selection.  In this interview, we chatted to the filmmaker about cinema, food, and the beauty...

Slovenian-born filmmaker Jan Krevatin chats to us about his tender short GREEK APRICOTS, a quiet story of two strangers meeting under neon lights at a gas station.  Krevatin, who now lives in Zagreb, is a participant in the European Film...

Slovenian director Simon Intihar made the cut for our 2025 T-Port Lighthouse Selections with his short film CONTAINER (picked by our guest curator Jukka-Pekka Laakso) a visceral and textured portrait of three characters reclaiming their space in a community facing...

For Offenbach-based filmmaker Mara Weinert, filmmaking is a natural extension of how she navigates the world. Through an evolving interest in documentation and animation, her recent short NÄCHSTER HALT: WIESBADEN OST, which appears on T-Port via our partners at HfMA, ...