Category Archives: Short Films Section

Ever Rooted (Yang Yuzhuo) China

Ever Rooted
Yang Yuzhuo
China. 2025. 27 min

When an estranged father falls ill his son returns home with his own daughter revealing a lifetime of shame and a fathers desperate plea for belonging Through rediscovered diaries riverbank rituals and a lone tree three generations find that roots arent forged in names on pages but in the quiet soil of forgiveness and home.

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Descent (Ashkan Saedpanah) Iran

Descent
Ashkan Saedpanah
Iran. 2025. 15 min

Youssef, a religious man, along with his son Mostafa, accidentally commit the murder of a young girl during an incident at their workplace. They decide to secretly carry out the religious ceremonies of shrouding and burying the girl’s body. But Youssef and Mostafa undergo a transformation as a result of this decision.

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Fuck Them All (Polina Biliaieva) Poland

Fuck Them All
Polina Biliaieva
Poland. 2025. 15 min

Kira, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, flees to Poland at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, after losing her husband. Her thoughts remain with her war-torn home, but here a new challenge awaits her: Kira finds out that she is pregnant. Already traumatized, she doesn’t want to bring a new life into this world, but it is impossible for her to terminate the pregnancy in Poland. Kira decides to return to Ukraine, which is still in the middle of war, to have an abortion.

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Neverlandex (Agata Kapuscinska) Poland

Neverlandex
Agata Kapuscinska
Poland. 2025. 23 min

Thirty-five-year-old Peter is convinced that everything in the outside world will sooner or later kill him due to his allergies. He is fed terrifying stories by his overprotective father, who still treats him like a child. The only thing that gives him hope are the postcards from his mother, who travels the world treating the same allergies. One day, Peter discovers an old crossword puzzle, sparking a journey to explore real life. Where is his mother? Is everything his father has told him true?

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Baggage (Arseniy Seroka) France

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.

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Syncopation (Maria Rival) Russia

Syncopation
Maria Rival
Russia. 2025. 20 min

After eight years at ballet school, she has it all: the dream role, a chance at a career, a future.
But the more pressure builds, the louder her inner protest grows.
A stubborn spirit and fear of living someone else’s dream push her to the edge.
The choice she makes may be a first step — or a point of no return.

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My Garage! (Vladimir Sukhov) Russia

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.

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