Short Film News (SFN) - Short Matters! the European Film Academy's short film tour will bring the short films nominated for the European Film Awards 15 film festivals across Europe and beyond.

This year, world-wide short film distribution company Shorts International supports Short Matters! program as a new partner, and giving films an additional platform at 15 festivals.

The program brings the nominated short films to audiences in Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, and Sweden.

The 2009 tour will be kicked off by screenings at the Tampere Film Festival (4 March) and the Sofia International Film Festival (14 & 18/19 March).

Short Matters! 2009 schedule:

4 - 8 March 2009
Tampere Film Festival (Finland)

5 - 15 March 2009
Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria)

30 March - 3 April 2009
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival (Serbia)

31 March - 5 April 2009
Festival del Cinema Europeo, Lecce (Italy)

29 May - 4 June 2009
Krakow Film Festival (Poland)

1 - 5 July 2009
Tabor Film Festival (Croatia)

9 - 18 July 2009
Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel)

4 - 13 September 2009
Festroia International Film Festival, Setúbal (Portugal)

18 - 21 September 2009
Screenings organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Nicosia, Cyprus

19 - 25 October 2009
Uppsala Kortfilmfestival (Sweden)

24 - 31 October 2009
Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

7 - 15 November 2009
Alcine Festival de Cine (Spain)

13 -30 November 2009
Nordic Film Forum Scanorama, Vilnius and Kaunas (Lithuania)

13 - 22 November 2009
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden (Germany)

10 - 15 November 2009
filmfest Braunschweig (Germany)

To see the list of the films and more details visit: www.europeanfilmacademy.org/short-matters