Riga International Short Film Festival 2Annas 2026

Event Description:

The festival seeks out and introduces the audience to innovative modes of audio-visual communication from all over the world. The goal of the festival is to popularize European and World cinema among the Latvian audience and explore the evolution and trends of Baltic film art from a global perspective.

2026 Call for Entries

For the 2ANNAS festival, short and medium-length films of various genres are invited to be submitted to the International Short Film Competition, the Baltic Short Film Competition, the International Medium-Length Film Competition and the International Children and Youth Competition.

All films must be produced in the time period of the last two years (2024 - 2025).

A new addition to the festival is International Queer Short Film Competition featuring the latest works from Eastern and Central Europe.

Categories:

International Short Film Competition
Open to contributions by filmmakers of all age groups and nationalities, produced by professional individuals, international film schools, film studios, etc (under 30min). 2ANNAS ISFF is looking for films that break the technical and artistic boundaries of filmmaking, as well as talk about topical, provocative and often painful topics.
 

Baltic Short Film Competition
Presents the works by directors from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania only 

International Mid-Length Competition
30-60 minutes in length

International Children's Short Film Competition
Short films intended for a Children's Audience

Queer Short Film Competition:
 The competition is open to entries from the following countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Greece, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The winner will be awarded the "Queer Anna Award

• Festival Regulations and Submissions via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 1 November (regular), 1 December 2025 (extended)