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EuroAsia Shorts 2025

Film Festival|"Beyond Limits"

  • Goethe-Institut Washington, Washington, DC

  • English
  • Free of charge
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Several people descending airplane stairs © DOK Leipzig

A part of a cactus in the front with an outdoor pool and pool guests in the background © Betina Kuntzsch

EuroAsia Shorts (EAS) returns with in-person screenings, discussions, and reception events featuring international short films at Washington, D.C. embassies and cultural centers, all free to the public, from June 6 - 13!

Join an international cinematic dialogue that is uniquely Washingtonian as we celebrate 19 years of EAS in 2025. This year, five EAS screening events take place. The first four evenings are dedicated to Partner Nights blending short films from two or three countries designed as a conversation on this year's central theme, Beyond Limits. They will be followed by the traditional Closing Night on Friday, June 13. RSVP to this event, held at the Austrian Cultural Forum, here. RSVP to the Closing Night, held at the Austrian Cultural Forum, via the Austrian Cultural Forum website. 

Several events include post-film discussions and complimentary receptions.

We are looking forward to our partner night, with the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman on June 12th, 2025 at 7pm at the Goethe-Institut Washington, where will screen the short films The Green Box (2024) and Himmel wie Seide. Voller Orangen (2024).

You will find detailed information about the festival and films at euroasiashortsdc.com.

ABOUT EUROASIA SHORTS 2025

The theme for EuroAsia Shorts 2025 is Beyond Limits. Like joy, growth, and change, obstacles are a natural and universal part of life. But it is how we face them—or overcome them—that reveals our true character, values, and shared humanity. Hardships, both great and small, demand we respond with perseverance, courage, and resilience. Other challenges call for profound resistance and strength when we are pushed beyond our limits or into conflict. The many trials we face in life—as individuals, nations, and humanity as a whole—ultimately require us to look beyond the moment to preserve hope and seek justice, even in the face of insurmountable odds. What would we be were it not for the struggles that fortify and define us? Explore with us the great variety of international shorts and the directors’ varying approaches to this subject matter.