After careful selection from over 1,100 submissions, the following films have been selected for screening.
Best International Feature Film Award
Screening, judging, and awards will be held at Shikaoi Town Hall from Saturday, March 28th to Sunday, March 29th, 2026.
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| No. | Title | Director | Country | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How To Build A Secret Base | Tomoya Itabashi | Japan | 109 |
| 2 | Die Before You Die | Dan Pringle | UK | 104 |
| 3 | The Aegean | Jacob Richardson | Australia | 103 |
| 4 | Yokai | Naotoshi Kitada | Japan | 80 |
| 5 | The Heart cleaner | Kyungrok KIM | South Korea | 62 |
| 6 | L’Anima in Pace – Your Soul in Peace | Ciro Formisano | Italy | 83 |
Best International Medium-length Film Award
Screening, judging, and awards will be held at Kutchan Town Cultural Welfare Center in Niseko from Friday, February 13th to Sunday, February 15th, 2026.
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| No. | Title | Director | Country | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost Children | Takaho Iwamoto | Japan | 42 |
| 2 | Chair | Kensuke Tsutsumi | Japan | 44 |
| 3 | The Man Up North | Emilia Kovanen | Finland | 38 |
| 4 | MALENKIJ | István János Pekár | Hungary | 37 |
| 5 | The Split Program | Ves Yee | Malaysia | 37 |
| 6 | Town : Nokbeon-dong | Kim phile su | South Korea | 35 |
| 7 | Pick up DionySOS | Dongho Ahn, Jihwan Yoo | South Korea | 38 |
| 8 | ChaariKaandha (The Four Shoulders) | Biswanath Rath | India | 37 |
Best International Short Film Award
Screening, judging, and awards will be held at the Okhotsk Cultural Exchange Center in Abashiri from Friday, February 27th to Sunday, March 1st, 2026.
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| No. | Title | Director | Country | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night Routine | Kazuki Watanabe | Japan | 11 |
| 2 | The Reach | Luca Caserta | Italy | 28 |
| 3 | Door to Tommorow | Junghwi Souk | South Korea | 4 |
| 4 | Witness of Harm | Cheong Ye Lee | South Korea | 16 |
| 5 | The Call | Asem Kuanyshbayeva | Kazakhstan | 27 |
| 6 | Goldiocks zone project | Jung-soo Kim | South Korea | 18 |
| 7 | Awakening | Sonya Dukhon | Israel | 6 |
| 8 | Measurements | Marta Capossela | Italy | 20 |
| 9 | Ramen Rider | Hugh Nettelbeck | Japan | 13 |
| 10 | Coding si PAPA | Michael Pogoy | Philippines | 19 |
| 11 | Nyingma.. Through her eyes. | Liton Paul | India | 20 |
| 12 | Kaka’s Winter Break Diary | Joe Shi | China | 14 |
| 13 | Paradise Lost | Goushi Suzuki | Japan | 16 |
| 14 | The Quirky Residents | Natsuko Aratama | Japan | 23 |
| 15 | TAMAGO | Orso, Peter ＆ Ben Miyakawa | Italy | 18 |
| 16 | Here/There | Hiroshi horiuchi | Japan | 30 |
| 17 | To. You | Young min Kim | South Korea | 21 |
| 18 | I AM GOD | Rui Wang | China | 25 |
| 19 | Swimming Lesson | Lianghong Deng | China | 20 |
| 20 | Santa Catalina | Alexander Alexandrov | USA | 18 |
| 21 | Silili and Tree | Eric Lee | Hong Kong | 15 |
| 22 | Children of the Bird | Julia Tudisco | Hungary | 12 |
| 23 | DUNDUN | BIN WANG | China | 15 |
| 24 | Tiny Little Journey | Jinwoo Lee | South Korea | 24 |
| 25 | CELESTE | FERNANDO M. MACEDO | Brazil | 30 |
| 26 | In Half | Jorge Morais Valle | Spain | 24 |
HIFF Selection (Non-Competitive)
Screening dates and venues will be announced at a later date.
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| No. | Title | Director | Country | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Missing Post Office | Clement Lefer | France | 9 |
| 2 | BUSHIDO. The choice. | Marcin Tomaszewski | Poland | 29 |
| 3 | HIBAKUSHA – WANDERING SOUL | Joel Yamaji | Brazil | 20 |
| 4 | The world I met with you | Pilju Jung | South Korea | 21 |
| 5 | GRANDMALEVIT | Hiroki Yamaguchi | Japan | 14 |
| 6 | August 32nd | Yunbin AN | South Korea | 15 |
| 7 | GoGo! Yubari | Kyungrok KIM | South Korea | 30 |
| 8 | DEAD OR ZOMBIE | Tomoya Sato | Japan | 128 |
| 9 | Midnight Tea Party | Chisa Hasegawa | Japan | 24 |