Category Archives: Short Films Section

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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The Bird Trap (Natalia Kazakova) Russia

The Bird Trap
Natalia Kazakova
Russia. 2025. 23 min

13-year-old Tanya restores her hearing after an illness by listening to recordings of birdsong and caring for a red Book thrush. On her birthday, her father arrives, who has his own plans for the bird. Will the father be able to solve his problems and not lose his daughter’s trust?

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The Countess and The General (Gonzalo Escrig Molina) Spain

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.

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