SeaShorts Film Festival 2026: After Image
SeaShorts Film Festival celebrates its 10th edition with AFTER, taking place from 12–15 November 2026 at GSC LaLaport BBCC.
Presented in collaboration with The Japan Foundation and Golden Screen Cinemas Malaysia, the festival brings Southeast Asia’s filmmakers, audiences and film communities together for four days of screenings, conversations and creative exchange.
Returning Festival Favourites
Heatseekers
Meet the next generation of filmmakers through SeaShorts’ student film platform, featuring emerging voices and film schools ready to share their first stories.
Shorts+
A women-led programme exploring representation, authorship and films made by or centred on women.
Beyond Indian Shores
Stories of Indian and South Asian diasporic life, explored through migration, language, family and cultural memory.
New in 2026
Filmmaking in Timor-Leste
A timely showcase of Timor-Leste’s emerging film industry and its growing connection with the wider Southeast Asian film community.
The Filipino-Chinese Experience
Films exploring Filipino-Chinese identities through language, migration, heritage and intergenerational memory.
Mid-Length Films
A new space for films that exist between conventional short and feature-length formats.
Nusantara Focus
A programme engaging with Indigenous and community perspectives, cultural memory and questions of representation across Southeast Asia.
Acting and Directing Workshop
Indonesian filmmakers and jury members Paul Agusta and Mian Tiara will lead an Acting and Directing Workshop examining actor-director communication, rehearsal, character interpretation and scene development.
Whether you are a filmmaker, performer, film student or simply curious about how performances are shaped for the screen, the session offers a practical look at the creative relationship between actors and directors.
Join Us at SeaShorts
Choose a One Day Explorer Pass or experience the complete festival with a Festival Pass.
The full film line-up, programme schedule and further festival details will be announced progressively.
Join us for four days of Southeast Asian cinema, discovery, conversation and community—and celebrate ten years of SeaShorts on the big screen.
