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The Algerian festival’s second edition will bring fiction, documentary and animation into competition from 5–10 November, alongside training and industry discussions.
Timimoun International Short Film Festival has unveiled a 37-film competition for its second edition, taking place in Timimoun, Algeria, from 5–10 November 2026.
Festival commissioner Fayçal Sahbi presented the programme at a press conference in Algiers on 27 October. The competition comprises 16 fiction shorts, 13 documentaries and eight animated films, placing three distinct forms of short filmmaking within the event’s main selection.
Training and discussions alongside the films
The programme extends beyond screenings. Six training workshops are planned for young participants from six wilayas in southern Algeria, with acting, directing and camerawork among the areas covered.
A smartphone-film strand, named after filmmaker Yamina Chouikh, gives young people in Timimoun a place within the festival programme. Its films are limited to five minutes. This is a programme announcement, rather than a new call for entries.
Industry discussions are also scheduled at the Gourara Hotel from 6–9 November. Subjects include barriers faced by women filmmakers, filming the desert and perspectives from the Global South in cinema and literature.
A wider role for the young festival
For short-film practitioners, the combination of exhibition, practical training and professional discussion is the programme’s clearest point of interest. It gives the festival a role beyond presenting finished work, with local participation running alongside its international competition.
The previously announced Gourara Lab remains part of that wider development activity. Its project selections are separate from this newly unveiled competition programme.
Dates and what to check next
The festival runs from 5–10 November in Timimoun. Readers planning to attend should check the organisers’ final timetable and access arrangements before making travel plans. Ticket prices, booking requirements and individual screening times have not been independently verified for this report.
Coverage of the announcement contains a discrepancy in the overall programme total: reports give 63 films, while the English-language APS report gives 63 in its headline and 64 in its text. The competition total of 37 is consistent across the reports and is the figure used here.
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