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.
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?
Continue reading The Bird Trap (Natalia Kazakova) RussiaEva Díaz Iglesias is an outstanding DOP with a solid and extensive career in the audiovisual field since 1990. Her career covers film, television and documentaries, in projects of great artistic and industrial relevance, with some of the most recognized directors and directors of photography on the national and international scene.
Trained through solid technical experience, Eva Díaz has worked in 35 mm, Super 16, HD and digital, playing different roles – from assistant and camera assistant, to operator and director of photography – in productions directed by filmmakers such as Carlos Saura, Alejandro Amenábar, Vicente Aranda, Fernando Colomo…
Continue reading Eva Díaz Iglesias, Jury at ImagineindiaKetaki Narayan is an Indian actress and model. She appears in Malayalam, Marathi Cinema, Telugu and Hindi Cinema. She debuted with the Marathi film Youth. She has appeared in several short films and musical albums.
She hails from Akola, Maharashtra. She studied in Bharat Vidyalay, Akola. She completed her graduation in Computers from MIT, Pune. Ketaki worked as a Software Engineer in Cognizant before becoming full time model and actress, She won the Radio Mirchi Queen Bee Miss Talent – 2014. Ketaki appeared on the cover of various magazines including Femina, Vogue, FWD, Creme, Vanitha and New Woman.
Continue reading Ketaki Narayan incorporates to Imagineindia as Jury memberThe Last Summer
Renfei Shi
China. 2025. 90 min
Days before China’s life-defining College Entrance Exams, top student Li Zhizhi’s world fractures when she sees her father with a pregnant woman. In shock, she accidentally knocks an ashtray off the balcony, striking a five-year-old girl playing downstairs.
Caught between the victim’s grieving family and her parents’ crushing expectations, Zhizhi buries her guilt—along with her anger at what she believes is her father’s betrayal. But the truth cuts deeper.
Summer´s Camera
Divine Sung
South Korea. 2025. 83 min
After her father passed away, Summer stopped taking photos.
One day, she falls for Yeonwoo, the school’s soccer star, and takes her picture with her late father’s camera. When she develops the film, she finds mysterious photos of her father’s high school lover. In these photos, Summer uncovers a secret about her father. Will she be able to pursue her first love and uncover her father’s hidden truth?
María Jurado is a Spanish actress with an extensive international career in film, television, and theatre. She has worked with directors such as Abel Ferrara, Daniele Vicari, Gabriele Salvatores, and Michel Gondry, appearing in more than 20 films showcased at festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Rome, Sitges, Málaga, and Miami. On television, she has starred in 7 prime-time series in Spain and France, and on stage she has performed under the direction of Jack Garfein at the Actor’s Studio in Paris.
She trained at the Juan Carlos Corazza Studio, the ECAM, and later in Paris, Los Angeles, and New York —with teachers such as JC Corazza, Susan Batson, and Eric Morris— and speaks English, French, and Italian. She wrote, directed, and produced the short film Del Retiro a Sol, selected at the ImagineIndia Film Festival.
The Last Expedition
Eliza Kubarska
Poland. 2024. 85 min
Pioneering Polish mountain climber Wanda Rutkiewicz disappeared in the Himalayas in 1992.
What happened on that final climb? Filmmaker and mountaineer Eliza Kubarska traces Wanda’s footsteps on the world’s highest peaks in a journey into the mystery surrounding the fate of the first woman to summit K2. Could Wanda be still alive, in a monastery in Tibet? Weaving
together Wanda’s own, previously unseen diaries, audio and video archives from her Himalayan expeditions, interviews with legendary climbers, Sherpas, Buddhist nuns and monks, this is a riveting account of the emotional struggles and aspirations of a woman who rose above a world that often sought to limit her and charted her own path to freedom.
Far From Home
Kristi Tethong
Canada, India. 2025. 76 min
Far From Home is about the fight against the erasure of both the Tibetan nation and a father’s memories, collected against the ticking clock of Alzheimer’s. TC Tethong and his Canadian wife, Judy, helped carve a Tibetan settlement out of a South Indian jungle in the 1960s. Featuring a never-before-seen archive of a precarious era for Tibetans struggling to survive on borrowed soil, this intimate family story of love and courage reflects upon the nature of memory and intergenerational loss and resilience, while preserving a vulnerable oral history of the aging, last connection to a free Tibet.
Continue reading Far From Home (Kristi Tethong) Canada, IndiaBorn in Afghanistan and raised in Canada, Muska Stanakzai embodies the harmony between two worlds — one rooted in resilience and tradition, and the other in freedom and possibility. Growing up in Canada, Muska recognized her privilege early on and felt a deep sense of responsibility toward her Afghan roots. She has since dedicated her life to bridging cultures, amplifying Afghan voices, and creating understanding between communities.
Continue reading Muska Stanakzai, Jury at Imagineindia
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