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ANIMATION

A ROSE

A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people

STUDENT

A STUDY OF WITCHES IN WARTIME BRITAIN

An alternative universe where witches exist in ostracization is shown through WW2 propaganda and documentary

LGBT

APNEA

"Apnea" tells the story of Teo, a 25-year-old living in Milan who confides in an Artificial Intelligence as he struggles to come out

ANIMATION

BALLAD OF THE STARLINGS

Follows a young fox who goes against his mother's warnings and is then faced with a murmuration of dancing starlings who want to make him into their next meal.

STUDENT

BANDAGES

A man covered in bandages finds love while on a seaside holiday.

DOCUMENTARY

BETWEEN TWO WHEELS

A devastating motorcycle crash ends the career of Michael, a once-promising professional racer, leaving him paralysed and confined to a wheelchair. As the years pass and age begins to weigh on his body, the roar of engines and memories of the track refuse to fade.

DOCUMENTARY

CORDATI

In Barga, Italy, a palazzo overflowing with paintings becomes a living archive, as contemporary artists reflect on the life, work, and uncertain legacy of a reclusive 20th-century painter.

SHORT FEATURE

DE RODILLAS

A married woman realizes that changing her deteriorating marital situation depends on her, and she decides to take action by making a radical change.

STUDENT

DEAR SATAN

Satan is attempts to deliver presents to all the children who misspell Santa as Satan in order to show Santa who's boss.

FICTION

DEATH CLOSES THE EYES

Maryam, a 55-year-old painter, is forced to leave Iran after the harsh crackdown on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Years later, she returns to her childhood home and faces memories of her younger self and those difficult days.

FICTION

FACE-OFF

A freezing night wraps around a neighbourhood outdoor rink. Théo, 14, skates alone in circles, as if trying to outrun something that’s haunting him.

DOCUMENTARY

FIDÈLE

After the age of 60, Rita found a new passion: writing. The activity, which began as a therapy for grief, has become an incredible tool for self-discovery.

STUDENT

FLYING OBJECTS

An experimental animated short which documents a year in a small seaside town

FICTION

GARBAGE BOY

A routine late-night retrieval job takes a dark turn, forcing a young novice to confront the true nature of his work, and just how far he'll go to get the job done.

DOCUMENTARY

HEADLAND

A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. A sensitive look at life on a pebble beach reclaimed from the ocean, HEADLAND interweaves the age-old tradition of sea rescues with recent migrant crossings, as witnessed by the last of the Dungeness fishermen.

STUDENT

HOW TO MAKE A CHICKEN SANDWICH

"How to Make a Chicken Sandwich" is a rather dry examination of the mass production food industry.

STUDENT

JULIA

After the mysterious death of the beloved family dog, a mother and daughter’s relationship begins to unravel into chaos, uncovering old wounds and older secrets.

FICTION

L'ACQUARIO

Vincenzo is on his first date with Sara, he asks for help from an application based on AI, which suggests what to say. A love story is born and they organize a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use AI.

STUDENT

MANDALA

A renowned painter, stripped of his family and eyesight in a tragic accident, retreats to the darkness of his ancestral basement.

ANIMATION

OFF-BEATS!

A Cat and Mouse duo dream of musical stardom, but despite being mocked and bullied for their ambitions, they refuse to give up. With the help of some unlikely friends, they set out to put on the performance of a lifetime!

ANIMATION

ON HOLD

A young woman is stuck in the waiting line of a telephone hotline... a surreal episodic shortfilm about the absurdities of urban life and the feeling of paralysing stagnation.

DOCUMENTARY

PEST

The ways in which humans live alongside urban wildlife is explored through the eyes of those who work to save them and those whose job it is to eradicate them.

DOCUMENTARY

PLACENTA MENTIS

Adela, Ilya, Uriel, José, and Fernanda voluntarily participate in a playful ritual to fracture their rigid identities. Through a sensory journey where norms dissolve, the five delve into a collective delirium that functions as their only space of freedom. In this hall of mirrors, losing one's mind means shedding the labels that imprison us.

FICTION

PRODUCTS OF LONELINESS

A love triangle between a mother, her son and a microwave ends in bittersweet separation.

FICTION

QUARTER

At 25, Sara is too old to have potential.

ANIMATION

REROOTED

A bored warehouse worker's quest for an enduring legacy as an animator takes a darkly comedic turn when she signs up for an eco-friendly burial.

ANIMATION

RUMINATIONS

A guy in his late 20’s suffering through mundanity decides to quit his job on a whim and figure out what he wants to do with his life.

DOCUMENTARY

SUNDAY MORNINGS AT THE BEACH

When heading to the oceanside, one might expect to see surfers, joggers, and sunbathers—but not this. Each Sunday, a quiet yet powerful ritual unfolds as worshippers in Tijuana and San Diego gather on opposite sides of the border wall. Through song, prayer, and fellowship shared across rusty steel bars, an unexpected act of unity, faith, and resistance comes to life.

FICTION

THE CREATURE`S CODA

After losing his job, a grieving man must decide whether to play it safe or take a risk and reignite something from his past he abandoned.

LGBT

THE END OF A MAN

After a married man begins transitioning to live as a woman, his wife is thrown into shock and forced to confront the collapse of the life and identity she thought they shared.

FICTION

THE FRUSTRATION

Mr. Monzavi, a reclusive man, lives in an ice shop alongside a mysterious block of ice that never melts. Their quiet, intimate bond is threatened when a group of strangers arrives, searching for something hidden deep within the ice.

ANIMATION

THE GENTLE ARTIST: RECORDS OF EXPERIENCE

An animated phenomenological investigation into embodied experience as encountered in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Animation practice.

STUDENT

THE GROUND FLOOR

They planned a birthday party for Younes. But when a tragic accident befalls his friend during the celebration, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in Younes’ life

FICTION

THE SCREENWRITER

A screenwriter is grappling with a new story: a noir with echoes of John Huston. A priceless object, a killer, a dead man, and a femme fatale all play their part in a metacinematic homage.

ANIMATION

TIMOSHA

In the happy and peaceful world of the hedgehog Timosha, trouble suddenly comes. His life will never be the same again, and he will have to leave his cozy home. Will Timosha be able to understand and accept this? This story is about those who have been forced to leave their homes and start a new life.

FICTION

VIRUS

A man, a woman, an old man, and a girl sit around a table, each eating a different meal, gradually, tensions rise over the food, revealing their true selves.

STUDENT

WHEN IT RAINS INSIDE

When It Rains Inside tells the story of Edoardo, a young man whose life is governed by strict rules and obsessive routines that isolate him from the world

ANIMATION

WING SHOP

In a quiet corner of the insect world, a young moth named Pedro seeks new wings.

STUDENT

WINGMAN DOWN

Wingman Down follows the people behind Raptor Hallows, a wildlife rescue in Lexington Township, Ohio.

SHORT FEATURE

WOMAN IN THE SEA

A woman in her thirties heads to the seaside. Tired of work and disillusioned with her personal life, she wants to pour all her sorrows into its depths. Unexpectedly, she finds much more than she expected – she falls in love with the sea... and the feeling is mutual.

ANIMATION

YOU`RE NOT A FOOL GRANDPA

A little girl, now a woman, writes to her grandfather, wounded by a mental disorder. She watches him as he sees them inwardly, pondering the place of childhood in suffering.

LGBT

YR ALWAD (THE CALL)

Through a series of increasingly desperate phone calls, a mother's world unravels as her gay son is pursued and harassed by his former school bullies.

DOCUMENTARY

ZAPOCELTA

Max, a blind Zapotec accordion player, and Sam, a British violinist who speaks "poquito" Spanish, meet on the streets of Oaxaca City. There a friendship is born that transcends language, culture, music, and the senses.

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