IFL focuses on bright future with 2025 Student Short Showcase selection

• Nominees for sixth annual Indy Film Library Student Short Showcase announced
• Indy Film Library website to screen all six films free of charge for two weeks
• Films screened from 09:00 CET December 15th 2025 include stop-motion comedy Cel Maatjes,and subterranean drama Le Sous Sol

Indy Film Library (IFL) has announced its fifth annual Student Short Showcase – an online film festival demonstrating the fearsome talent among student filmmakers.

Starting from 09:00 CET on Monday 16th December 2025, the IFL will be streaming a selection of six student short films. Lasting for two weeks, the screenings will take place for free, via the IFL website.

IFL Chief Editor Jack Benjamin commented, “Since our last Student Short Showcase, IFL has continued to receive amazing student films from around the world. This year, the films are filled with stories of self-discovery, and personal growth – a fitting message to convey at the turn of the year. I hope this selection of our six finest student films gives IFL audiences a happy close to 2025 – as well as a hopeful glimpse into a brighter future, where these young artists will be thriving.”

Films have been selected on the basis of both their storytelling and the technical skills exhibited by their cast and crew, in a celebration of the often-under-appreciated world of student cinema. At the end of the showcase, awards for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film and Best Director will be announced. Meanwhile, viewers will also have the opportunity to select the winner of the Audience Choice Award.

The selection is as follows:

Knor (2025)
Director: Sterre Rutten
Institution: University of Amsterdam

Search for Khubady (2024)
Director: Lale Keyhani
Institution: HGK Basel

Do Not Disturb (2024)
Director: Matej Kováč
Institution: Academy of Performing Arts – Film & TV Faculty, Bratislava

Safe Travels (2025)
Director: Simon Krawczyk
Institution: University of Dundee

Cel Maatjes (2025)
Directors: Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit & Arjen van der Plas
Institution: Sint Joost School of Art & Design

Le Sous Sol (2025)
Director: Veerle Sara Anna Meijaard
Institution: LUCA School of Arts

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