Among all the short films submitted by cinema, animation and media arts students from across the globe, we picked the best 30, now competing for the MAX3MIN 2022 NEXT GEN AWARD. The special jury from Lago Film Festival - Mirta Ursula Gariboldi, Morena Faverin, Alessandro Del Re - will award the winner with a technical prize (camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G80MEG-K).

Award ceremony: Tuesday, March 22 at 9 pm

NEXT GEN 2022: 

2 Years 2 Minutes (2 godine 2 minuta) by Aleksa Bartol and Lola Petrović, Serbia, 2021, 2’06”
60 Sundays (60 domingos) by Sofia Lopez Siller, Mexico, 2021, 2’33”
Baby Voice by Amanda Lono and Salome Rajanti, Finland, 2022, 1’25”
Banderilla by Anna Rzeczyca, Poland, 2021, 1’
Beautiful Bondage by Izzy Argent, United Kingdom, 2019, 2’24”
Bodies that Fight (Cuerpas que luchan) by Catalina Ibañez, Chile, 2020, 3’
The Dolorous Unbreaking of a Foal by Daniel Oliver Lee, United States of America, 2021, 1’50”
Dreams and Memory by Dongin Matthew Chun, Republic of Korea, 2021, 2’36”
A Girl and Her Shadow (Ein Mädchen und ihr Schatten) by Vanessa Heeger, Germany / Argentina, 2019, 2’
Good Resolution (Buoni propositi) by Sara Priorelli, Italy, 2021, 2’38”
Le Grand by Oliver Marsden, Australia, 2021, 2’19”
Heartquakes (Terremoti del cuore) by Niccolò Donatini, Italy, 2021, 2’55”
Here Right Now by Hannah Siden, Canada, 2020, 2’57’’
Honeybee by Emilio Vazquez Reyes, United States of America, 2021, 2’59”
Letter from Fukushima by Yiran Wang, United States of America, 2021, 1’30”
Lonely Souls by Finn Morgan-Roberts, United Kingdom, 2021, 2’07”
Mermaid (die Wasserfrau) by Hao Yu, Germany, 2019, 2’04”
Moment (Миг) by Gaukhar Akzhol, Kazakhstan, 2021, 2’59”
Nothing Glamorous (Niente di glamour) by Giovanni Conte, Italy, 2021, 1’30”
The Otter Popz - Workin’ on Myself by Julianna Romero, United States of America, 2021, 2’39”
Reflection (Reflexão) by Jonathan R. de Almeida, Brazil, 2021, 00’45”
Rising in a Spiral by Elmano Diogo and Débora Mendes, Portugal, 2021, 2’43”
Slice of Life by Matilde Senos, United Kingdom, 2021, 1’24”
Smoker’s Delight (Kadilka) by Ana Prebil, Slovenia, 2020, 1’33”
The Small Red, Big Blue (Germez Kochak, Abi Bozorg) by Hamed Nobari and Asghar Besharati, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2021, 1’
Tug of War by Junar Kim, Filipa Castro, and Benjamin Lau, United Kingdom, 2021, 1’05”
Uncertain Thresholds of Urban Spatialities (Umbrales inciertos de las espacialidades urbanas) by Alejandro Dotta, Antonella Jade Ferrari and Martina Gareis, Argentina, 2020, 2’29”
Vacay Japan by Kan Sasaki, United States of America, 2021, 1’ 
What Is Happening? (Hocchey ta ki?) by Om Singh, Sawanti Das, Monjima Mullick and Sneha Das, India, 2022, 2’50”
Your Child (Dein Kind) by Jueli Kanuma and Paula Meier, Germany, 2021, 2’25”