Spain has been selected as the country focus in this year's international Hamburg Short Film Festival, Hamburg/Germany (2-9 June 2001) The fest is a showcase of short films with a running time of no more than 20 minutes (the children's film sidebar allows films of up to 45 minutes in length).

Meanwhile, "Neighbours" is the subject for the "Flotter Dreier" competition of films not exceeding three minutes playing time.