The Europe in Shorts programme is an initiative of the European Coordination of Film Festivals with the support of the Media programme of the European Commission. Always linked to a particular theme, it allows short movies to be accessible to audiences at festivals adherent to the Coordination.

For the ninth Europe in Shorts program, which is dedicated to fantastic cinema, another network of film festivals, the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals, has joined the programme. This marks the first time that these two networks of European film festivals have worked together on a project, and the first time that the programme is being made available to festivals in both networks. The organisers responsible for selecting the films in the ninth Europe in Shorts: Fantastic programme didn't want to trace the history of fantastic short movies, but rather chose to present the works of young and talented directors capable of fascinating audiences with their diverse approach to the fantastic theme. This programme offers a number of people their first real opportunity to view the treatment of the fantastic genre in short movie form. And contrary to accepted opinion, the fantastic genre is not all about bloodthirsty monsters - indeed, in reality, they often don't make an appearance...