The European streaming platform THIS IS SHORT was jointly launched by several film festivals in 2021 and has operated as a year-round and globally available streaming service since November 2023. The focus is on fascinating films, curated by fabulous festivals. The offer is aimed at the curious and cinephiles, at arthouse and festival audiences, at those who make films and those who want to discover talent. It’s all about great cinema, with due brevity.

The service is run by the EUROPEAN SHORT FILM NETWORK and co-financed by the EU audiovisual funding program MEDIA. The network currently includes six festivals: Vienna Shorts (AT), Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE), Go Short Festival (NL), IndieLisboa (PT), Uppsala Kortfilmfestival (SE) and 25 FPS (HR). The site is organized as a non-profit and aims to support European and international short films and filmmakers.

We deliberately focus on the short film format––after all it is and always has been the most important source of innovation for the art of film and filmmaking. The films presented are selected from the approximately 40,000 films submitted annually to all participating festivals, as well as from the festivals' archives. Submissions for THIS IS SHORT are not accepted. All films are shown without regional restriction, if possible, and in original version with subtitles.

The collaborative project THIS IS SHORT kicked off on April 1, 2021, and thrilled film lovers from over 50 countries for three months in the midst of the pandemic. Entering its second round in the spring of 2022, the “online festival” eventually inspired its year-round follow-up project which was launched on November 20, 2023.