Baggage
Arseniy Seroka
France. 2025. 17 min

Arthur, a young man at a crossroads, unexpectedly reconnects with an old friend, Jean, and reveals his lingering feelings for Sofia, an ex-lover he believes he still loves. Through candid conversations and a chance encounter with a mysterious woman named Anna, Arthur begins to confront his past and embrace the possibility of new paths, leading to an unexpected journey of self-discovery and hope.

The Buoy
Ilya Sovetov
Russia. 2025. 23 min

Sanya, a surly water taxi driver, takes a strange order to transport the eccentric Lyokha with a kettlebell and rope. A day spent together on a forced river trip will change the lives of both.

My Garage!
Vladimir Sukhov
Russia. 2025. 22 min

The film “My Garage!” is a mystical drama about an old man who refuses to leave his garage in an emergency area, hiding a mysterious light source in it. The resistance to demolition develops into an eschatological confrontation, where the fate of one garage becomes the fate of the whole world.

The Countess and The General
Gonzalo Escrig Molina
Spain. 2025. 22 min

The Countess and the General is a short film directed by Gonzalo Escrig that takes us in the year 1811 during the Napoleonic invasion of Valencia. The film focuses on the Countess of Faura, Doña Elena de Orbe, who is forced to house General Thérandier in her palace and against whom she will secretly conspire to support the Morvedre Urban Militia Battalions, led by Saguntine guerrilla and commander José Romeu.

Nadie viene
Sergio Rozas
Spain. 2025. 17 min

A woman lives alone on an uninhabited island, waiting for the return of her husband, a soldier sent to the front. Hopeful, every day she goes to a beach from where she can watch the war unfold in the distance . Sometimes war planes try to flee the battle but are destroyed by enemy fighters. Days, weeks, months go by and the woman feels more and more alone and abandoned. A photo is the only memory she keeps of her man. Routine takes over her life and with it, sadness. No one comes to her island. The only solution is to overcome the loss and keep on living. And perhaps making this hard decision will be what allows her to find someone new to share her life with. She hides her husband’s photo and goes back to the beach. The war is at its peak but a war plane manages to escape. A paratrooper manages to reach land and the woman meets him face to face. She offers him food. Someone has come.

Cosmic Connection
Su MingQing
China. 2025. 17 min

This film interweaves the tense emotional journey of the first performance of the Khoomei girl Brie and her experience of learning Khoomei, showcasing the inheritance dilemma of Khoomei as an intangible cultural heritage and the pure imagination of the Kazakh girl about the universe. The innocence of the little girl, like Khoomei, is a special gift to humanity, but few people can understand the significance of this gift from the universe.

A Little Bit of Glitter
Sid Menon
UK. 2024. 23 min

Vidya is a 62-year-old, recently widowed, Indian woman and everybody in her life has always taken decisions for her and has deemed things on her behalf. As she grapples with the solitude, she decides to sublet a room in her house to a gay and flamboyant 19-year-old Nick. As the friendship of this odd pair blossoms, Vidya starts to see herself in a new light and in the process, re-discovers her love for make-up. But when others start to question her decisions, she begins to falter and lose her newly found confidence.