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December 16, 2025
Vanlande
Directed by: Alexandra Elofsson
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2025, Sweden
Duration: 22 min
Synopsis: King Vanlande is tormented by a recurring dream of Huld, a mysterious woman who reminds him of a broken promise he made to Driva, the daughter of the king of Lapland many years in the past. With only one day to decide between returning to Driva or continuing his conquest, Vanlande dismisses all warnings and follow his council's advice by choosing his ambition above all. As the night unfolds, he is forced to confront the consequences of his decision, while Driva, in Lapland, faces the emotional fallout of their past and the curse that now shadows their lives.
LBO
Directed by: Gilles Laborde
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2024, France
Duration: 15 min
Synopsis: On the eve of a crucial commercial court hearing, Karim tries to save his company from bankruptcy.
He's always been used to fighting, but this time he's going to lose his footing. Without love, pride is meaningless.
CHAT ROOM
Directed by: Ekaterina Dorofeeva
Category: Short
Year & Country : 2025, Russian Federation
Duration: 25 min
Synopsis: The pandemic that frightened everyone suddenly becomes a gift of fate for four residents of one house. Thanks to unexpected meetings and support from each other, they overcome their fears, discover new opportunities and find love.
Insanely Perfect
Directed by: Lukas Vizner, Miriam Fulmekova
Category: Short, Student
Year & Country: 2023, Slovakia
Duration: 30 min
Synopsis: A story of an ordinary night in an extraordinary household. The Weiss's, a well-respected, high-ranking family, value their blood bond above all else. When an unexpected phone call during dinner triggers the mother's sudden announcement of her departure, a web of mysterious relationships begins to unravel. Are the Weiss's truly a picture-perfect family, or is it all just an illusion?
Umbral
Directed by: Miguel Andrade
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2024, Portugal
Duration: 15 min
Synopsis: Sigmund Freud famously said, "Unexpressed emotions never die. They are buried alive and return later in more terrible ways." "Umbral" vividly brings this idea to life by exploring the fragile nature of humanity when faced with trauma. The narrative delves deeply into the moral dilemma of whether trauma inevitably leads to criminal behavior, presenting this complex interplay in a compelling and visceral way.
Please, Don't Cry
Directed by: Edoardo Ricchiari
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2025, Italy, United Kingdom
Duration: 16 min
Synopsis: A professional mourner goes to what she believes is just another job, when she begins to suspect that the deceased might be connected to her in a past she chose to forget.
Reflection
Directed by: Mishel Devor
Category: Short, Student
Year & Country: 2024, Bulgaria
Duration: 30 min
Synopsis: In the city, Yasen leads a simple life as a janitor until he meets the unconventional artist Vesta. Together, they escape into nature, where the elements become their guide, leading them to each other and to a deeper understanding of themselves.
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Obolus
Directed by: Kim Fabienne Hertinger
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2023, Germany
Duration: 19 min
Synopsis: Aaron wakes up behind the wheel of a strange car. He doesn't know where he is, nor how he got there. The only two items in the car are the ignition key and a mysterious gold coin.
In search of his memory, Aaron meets a confused old man. An unusual road trip begins.
The Gospel According to Parajanov
Directed by: Vivyen Bastajyan
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2024, Armenia
Duration: 23 min
Synopsis: The hero, whose function is to travel around the world's museums and uncover what is still invisible to ordinary people.This time the hero finds himself in the Sergei Parajanov Museum. Inside the museum, there is the usual hustle and bustle, and in the yard, a film about Parajanov is being shot. Right at the entrance, he meets a kindred spirit, the young Sayat-Nova, who leads him to the resolution. Invisibly wandering through the museum halls and getting acquainted with many collages, the hero makes his mysterious discovery among the series of "Mona Lisa" collages, where he interprets the symbolic meaning of the feathers. One of the visitors notices the missing piece that the hero came for—the "Mystical Supper" collage, which is out of place. By finding and hanging the collage on the museum wall, he enables Parajanov's spirit to become whole and spread throughout the world through talismans, 100 years later.
La Première Image
Directed by: Olia Verriopoulou
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2025, Greece
Duration: 25 min
Synopsis: During the first days of the military dictatorship, Loukas is suffocating in his family's apartment, which he is not allowed to leave. He then invents a new game that connects him to the outside world: answering the telephone. But the house's phone line gets mixed up with that of the Studio cinema...
Washed Up
Directed by: Thomas Bayne
Category: Short, Student
Year & Country: 2024, United States
Duration: 24 min
Synopsis: Mike, an expectant father, has decided to leave behind his life of thievery. He is convinced by his best friend and partner in crime, Aaron, to join him on one last job, a simple robbery of a local car wash. When everything starts to go wrong, Mike is forced to make a choice between his old friend and his new life.
El Poder del Diálogo
Directed by: Miguel García Bernal
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2024, Spain
Duration: 16 min
Synopsis: A young couple finds their relationship faltering due to a lack of communication. However, an old man with a special, will try to help them open their eyes.
My Childhood Tune
Directed by: Brancu Alin
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2025, Romania
Duration: 22 min
Synopsis: The film portrays glimpses of the “ordinary,” real life of a family in a provincial Romanian town in 1985. The protagonist, a five-year-old girl, does not know what a totalitarian regime is and does not understand the absurdity of the world she lives in. Therefore, her world cannot be gray and rigid, nor dominated by fear. With a father who is a militia colonel and a grandfather who secretly listens to the banned radio station—Voice of America—the little girl’s innocent games put her family in danger.
BLANCA
Directed by: Carlos Graña
Category: Short
Year & Country: 2024, United States
Duration: 8 min
Synopsis: During a coup in 1948, Peru’s First Lady must drive her maid and wounded chauffeur to the hospital down a treacherous road in the Andes.
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