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The Death of Don Quixote
London, 1968. Alphonse, a young and ambitious filmmaker, attempts to complete his greatest cinematic work yet, "The Death of Don Quixote". But with his ageing star, Patrick Quincey, falling ill, it's unclear what will die first: his vision, Patrick or Don Quixote.
Tuesday 13 October
Ellie
This is a story of survival and overcoming ones circumstances. It is told through the eyes of Ellie a young girl experiencing abuse along with her mother and their struggle to overcome it.
THE QUIET ZONE
A late night commuter is stalked by a sinister passenger she disturbed on a train carriage.
The Behind
Salsabella, a little curious girl who found herself to be drawn towards the forbidden forest and suddenly got sucked into it. Scared, she not only finds out she is in very sticky situation, she tries to find a way out between two worlds. She finally understands what is more than meets the eye. Fear, shock, and speechless in one go.
Sunflowers on the Sun
In the ruins of time, there is a strange man who has been searching for the most precious things of mankind and keeping them for himself. He's got a heart that beats forever and a clock that can turn back time, but he's forgotten why he's looking for these things. Until one day, a dying old man asked him to help deliver a letter, and the strange man entered the old man's memory and began a special journey.
Gage
In 1848, Phineas Gage suffers an unspeakable brain injury when a tamping rod plunges through his skull, causing dramatic shifts in his personality. His physician Dr Harlow watches over his recovery and must choose whether or not to fight for this outcasts place in the local community.
Confetti
Some parties don't end as you expect.
Where The Shadows Fall
After being caught kidnapping a woman, a murdering psychopath hunts down the photographer to silence the loose end.
Reckoning
A man keeps waking up as sudden noises prevent him from having a peaceful night's sleep in his bedroom..
Bird Seed
Never has the saying been more true; you will reap what you sow...
Close Your Eyes
When a young woman meets a quiet new friend, she ventures into her world of beliefs to show them the truth of their reality.
Dung that’s all
One night, two friends rob valuable jewels and rejoice as they imagine their wealthy future. Nevertheless, ambition and distrust end up spoiling their plans. The intact jewels emanate the shine of an infinity which is unattainable by man.
You're not a Fool, Grandpa
A little girl, now a woman, writes to her grandfather, wounded by a mental disorder. She watches him as he seethes inwardly, pondering the place of childhood in suffering.
The Thoughts She Left Behind
The Thoughts She Left Behind explores the delicate interplay of imagination and reality in the lives of two individuals, Emily and Joseph. Set against the tranquil backdrop of a park, Joseph recalls a poignant encounter with Emily, an artist who sketches her innermost thoughts. A forgotten sketchbook and a peacock feather become the threads weaving their stories together, as Joseph reflects on her courage, creativity, and the lasting impression she leaves behind. Through a blend of vivid imagination and heartfelt reality, the film captures the beauty of fleeting moments and the power of unspoken connections.
When the snow will fall
A young guy, just abandoned by a girl and plunging into apathy, meets his neighbor from the house opposite, grandfather, who really wants to make friends with him.
F'Arts Sake
F'Arts Sake is the slapstick comedic tale of Colin, a man with a singular obsession - a painting, that’s due to exhibit at the art gallery next to his office. Through the barriers of sold out signs and a love tussle with his sleazy boss for a date with co-worker Claudia, Colin devises a master plan to see the picture he worships, with the woman he loves…
The Piss Artist
A comedy about a Greek artist living in Eastbourne
The Victim
Matt Walker, a very smart and intelligent young man, he is very sensitive and sometime makes impulsive decisions due to his ADHD. Matt uses a fake ID to gain access to a inner city club. Matt's evening out turns into nightmare when he becomes a victim of an attackAfter 12 months he cannot live with the emotional pain which has been trapped inside, We are invited into the emotional journey as he re lives the tragic night allover again as he gives his statement
Kitchen Sink Drama
The best worst marriage proposal ever
Niagara's 13 Ghosts
Prepare for a terrifying journey through the darkest corners of Niagara. In this film, Dr. Peter Sacco explores 13 chilling ghost stories from one of the most haunted regions in Canada. Sacco explores these historical, scary places based on his bestselling book Niagara's Most Haunted, seen at comic cons and paracons. From bloody battles and tragic deaths to restless spirits that still walk the streets today — these are the real hauntings of Niagara.
Little Darling
William Darling, a courtroom artist is tasked with sketching a difficult music copyright case when he begins to suffer strange flashbacks. Unsure of what's triggering the reactions, he finds himself recreating his memories through his sketches- bringing back to life a forgotten past trauma. William's reality begins to mesh with his past as he uncovers horrific truths from his early days and tries to overcome the trauma.
PORFYRI LEMONIA
Lemonia wants to escape from a traumatic force of violence against her, that violates her right to life, as well as the right to enjoy life without discrimination. She demands an end to a situation that tests and undermines democracy and culture.
Legend Of The Cleaner
A Comedy-Western... Featuring Cleaners! Robert Broom Jr. learns how to be a cleaner whilst plotting to avenge his father
The Harvest
Žofa's seemingly perfect life shatters in an instant—one secret changes everything. Rumors spread, loyalties break, and feelings she never expected begin to surface. The line between truth and lies blurs in a story of desire, betrayal, and the search for one's true self.
Gender Twister
Gender Twister is a satirical commentary on society's rigid gender rules.
Shroud of Mist
Out in the wilderness sometime in the 1800s, a lone rider on horseback makes his way through the forest. He encounters a stranger who is searching for his missing friend, Gunnar. The stranger asks if the rider would be kind enough to help him in the search. The rider agrees, seeing it as the morally right thing to do. Together, they leave the horse behind and venture deeper into the forest to find Gunnar. As they progress into increasingly challenging terrain without finding any trace of Gunnar, the rider begins to doubt the stranger’s intentions. This leads the rider to question whether the friend might even exist at all. Should the rider continue helping him, or should he return to his own journey?
Park Life
'Life Finds A Way' Birthday girl Amy and her boyfriend, Olly, are in the midst of another argument. This is the last straw for Amy who is fed up with Olly’s lazy attempts at ‘romantic’ birthday gifts. But is it worth really falling out over? After all… life is too short, right? Because once you enter 'The Winter Gardens' there is no going back. Will Amy have time to make her peace before the party of a life time?
Book vs An Antiquarian
A curiosity shop owner finds a strange book that does not belong...
Pictures for Piano (1)
An abstract interpretation of Chopin's Etude Opus 10 no. 12. The film was made without any planning by improvising on the pinscreen.
Sunday Worship
A lonely septuagenarian struggles to conceal his failing mental health from his doting wife. Finding solace watching a local grassroots football team, his levels of fandom start to border on obsession.
Sinfonía incompleta de artesanías de Fonce
Using audiovisual tourism, the camera reveals inaccessible places and shows us wonderful machines and crafts that are not known to the public. These secrets that are kept there are ancestral works of these lands that are used for the processing and transportation of coffee. The fique fiber gives a special bouquet to this drink, but unfortunately these are traditions that are being lost but not the tenacity of the people's work.
Man vs AI
A weary man battles his hyper-rational home automation system, whose relentless enforcement of household rules and "personal improvement" protocols traps him in a comically absurd fight for control over his own home.
FEAW
In an epic journey that span thousands of years and millions of miles, we are witness to some of the greatest human achievements born out of the most intrinsic elements.
The Chamber
A young man lives in a dark, strange chamber, unsuitable for a decent life, trying to cope with constant disturbances from outside. One day, strange people bring him something that will change his life and lead him on a journey of contradictions, troubles and uncertainties.
Look
Human activity does not always have a positive effect on our planet. The short animated film Look explores natural cycles of exchange between humans and animals. Dare to look and change the world.
Urination Complication
A girl on the road just needs to pee...but if only she could find a spot
The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Elite soldier William Alexander is ready to leave the battlefield behind. After years of service, he embarks on his final mission. But as William and his team move through the mountainous landscape, strange occurrences begin to unfold. As the mission unravels into chaos, William is forced to confront a terrifying truth: he may not be destined to make it home. Sometimes, for some, fate has other plans.
Lux et Tenebrae
Award-winning short experimental documentary showing the light and darkness of interstellar space as captured by the Hubble, Keppler and Voyager. This film has been accepted into the official archives of the European Space Agency.
Jellyfish
A man's encounter with a mysterious woman leads to a whirlwind romance across Amsterdam and Jakarta, where their fragile connection mirrors the delicate yet unpredictable nature of Jellyfish.
Noah's Wish
This short drama will take you on Noah's journey to recreate a happy family memory in order to get his mourning father to acknowledge him again.
strange alloy
An otherworldly poetic reflection on the sources of the collapse of humanity.
Lock & Key
An experimental short about inanimate objects and the perceived notions some people give them.
Beer Pressure
Bottled up tensions are finally released in the aftermath of Uncle Sam's funeral.
The Chicken
Through the eyes of a silent witness, an innocent chicken flees for its life through a world of casual betrayal.
Edesia
The premise of the story whilst being non-verbal is using Edesia the Roman Goddess of food and banquet to evoke a young girls understanding or lack of a food disorder, as seen through her eyes.
French Movie
An animated short set to a Poem by David Lehman.
Melodia: a short film in rondo form
A rendezvous in Taiwan’s capital city. A musician gives voice to the day as contrasting lives intersect.
A.M. Curse
A woman is in rush as she believes she is late for work, on top of that. everything that can go wrong... HAS!
Aimless Monologue Before The Credits
A young man reflects on the past years of his life just before everything changes forever.
Narciso Convexo
This short film is a free adaptation of the myth of Narcissus. It explores themes of identity, obsession, and self-perception through a modern and personal lens, reimagining the ancient story in a contemporary setting. "The sound of the wind transforms into the sound of train tracks; a boy continues his journey through convex mirrors and infinite reflections multiplied into infinity.
Since 1967
In conversation with her daughter, Carleen reflects on life, memories, and the value of keepsakes.
Cava Grande - Crashing
Cava Grande - Crashing is an animated short film created by Tan Tunçağ for his music project, Cava Grande. Set in a vast, barren landscape where water is the only element of fluidity, the film presents an environment dominated by towering monoliths and fragmented statues of women. These statues remain still, yet their fractured pieces drift weightlessly, as if suspended in a gravity-defying space. The muted, blue-toned palette enhances the sense of isolation and timelessness.
Time
Time is relative when grief is real. A grieving husband finds a way to revisit the moment he and his wife first met.
Like Glass
A young woman, Kira, wakes in an abandoned wasteland, severely injured, with absolutely no recollection of how she got there. As she struggles to stay alive, strange events begin to unfold that lead her to confront a terrifying possibility.
Dior Dreams
“Dior Dreams”, second music video of ‘We the North’, album made by Divine Ruls that will be released in March. The album is set in the Pyrenees and this one in particular is filmed in the ice rink of Jaca with the support of the ice hockey club and professional figure skaters. In addition, the video includes scenes from a live match of the top ice hockey competition in Spain between CH Jaca and Milenio Panthers.
Megaville - After Hours
On a restless night in the cyberpunk city "Megaville" a disillusioned ranger encounters a washed up chef called Jack. They reach an agreement and a culinary duel to the death follows. A lethal supper that only one of them will survive.
Desolation Follows
Designated as areas of outstanding natural beauty, the English moorlands elicit in us a sense of the wild and untamed. A pristine wilderness, untouched by the advances of civilisation. Yet all is not as it seems.
The Messenger
With his current dole money frozen and an impending threat of having all his benefits taken from him, Frank is desperate for a get-rich-quick scheme. Opportunity comes in the most unusual of places when an awkward schoolboy enlists the help of Frank to help him break up with his girlfriend. Written and directed by Hansel Rodrigues (19 at time of filming) Producer: Syd Heather Executive Producer: Danny Eycott Director of Photography: Arran Green
In The Death Valley
A little boy is exploring the horizons of the death valley in the Armenian mountains, where he discovers a time machine. Stepping inside, he is thrust into a brutality of his future shaped by fear and despair. But as he faces the darkness within, he is given a chance to return. Upon his return, the valley has transformed, blooming with life.
Chronos
Retired chef and timed cooking contests' champion Karol Chronowski lives stuck in the past. One day, a sudden phonecall breaks him out of his bubble – his long-lost son announces he's coming to visit. Karol once again takes up the race against time, attempting to prepare an adequate meal before the guest's arrival. He doesn't yet realise just how meaningful the forthcoming hours will turn out to be.
Flow
The journey of water, from rainforest to ocean.
Home
In every act of compassion, a foreign place becomes home.
naqlah (transformation)
During an ongoing devastating war, a young orphan, who lives with his mother, tries to put an end to the pain he suffers because of his disability. Paranormal activity happens to the world he lives in.
Export Mine
A mind that continually sends its attention outward finds itself stuck, until the knowledge of mindfulness is the only way to recover.
Dark Dreamer
Markus wakes up in the middle of the night and gets a visit from a strange creature with unnatural powers. The creature calls himself a "Nighthob" and opens up about the fact that Markus doesn't know what life he has lived so far.
The World in Words
Several smart and funny short stories
Watch Over Me
In the quiet shelter of a suburban neighbourhood, an unsuspecting child becomes burdened with keeping a secret that will condemn her to a life of adversity.
"За Дверью..." / "Behind the door..."
A silent room. A discarded dress. A closed bedroom door. When a husband returns home to find a dress on the floor, what will he discover behind the door...
Beautiful Smile
Amid the chaos of a dark cattle car, a fragile bond forms between Viktor, an Estonian boy, and the German girl Magda. In the midst of hunger, fear, and despair, Magda’s smile offers Viktor a fleeting moment of hope — but the brutal reality soon catches up with them.
Spark
The story follows a young girl who finds the motivation to push beyond her limits and pursue her goal of winning a high jump competition, exploring determination and emotion through character-driven animation.
Innerglow - So Long
A short film. Music. Directed by Nikolay Draganov. 2019.
Tick Tock
Time is only a measurement
Rebel Hearts Love Story
How following your heart, opening up your heart and connecting your heart inspires us all, especially the universe.
Ian and Sam
Ian and Sam go on a backpacking adventure through the wilderness. Unfortunately things don't go as planned as the responsible Ian hurts himself. Will Sam be there for Ian?
The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch (Album Doku)
Alone in a dusty rehearsal room, Nils Wittrock writes the most personal album of The Hirsch Effekt—caught between parenthood, post-pandemic pressure and self-doubt, he searches for air, meaning, and a way back to the band.
Bubbles
An exploration into visual trickery without using CGI in our latest visual experiment using vegetable oil and powder paint.
Tubgate: Cunningham's Scrap
Welcome to the fictional Scottish town of Tubgate: where the competent flee to the cities each day, the fraud investigators are exhausted and the peculiar underworld grabs people in its path.
Milpa - Cumbia del Obrero
MILPA (Music. Inspiration. Life. Poetry. Art) is a genre-defying collective of multi-instrumentalists hailing from the Inland Empire, Southern California. With a passion for cultural exchange, MILPA fuses traditional and modern music, crafting a unique sound that spans continents and transcends boundaries. This video celebrates the passing of family traditions through vibrant colors, dance, food, song, and inspiring the youth with art. Shot in San Bernardino.
Materre
Award-winning short documentary about the beauty of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station.
Rocketship
In the heart of Mumbai, six-year-old Ahana grapples with the loss of her beloved father, believing he now lives among the stars, as her imagination takes flight, from bubble-powered missions to secret plans involving balloons and ladders. She sets her sights on building a rocketship to reach him. But as Ahana’s dream soars, it’s her grounded bond with her mother, Aditi, that gently transforms grief into a tender journey of connection, wonder, and healing. “Rocketship” is a heartfelt tale of childhood resilience, magical realism, and the luminous power of love that transcends worlds.
The Abduction of Persephone
Interpretation of the famous Greek myth "The Abduction of Persephone". The young goddess Persephone was forcibly taken to the underworld by Hades. The girl becomes a hostage of circumstances and subsequently accepts her fate.
The lift
Trapped in a lift, Karan hears a mysterious voice that knows everything about him. What begins as a malfunction becomes a journey of reflection, faith, and facing his deepest fears.
The Party's Over
When we leave our childhood homes and slowly turn into young adults, we all slowly start to realise the party of youth must someday end. For Makayla, Jake and Noah its today, and they must face the future without each other.
Ubi sunt or Where are those who were before us?
The main theme of my work, as the title suggests, is memory and death. The invention and democratization of the medium of film/video has profundly changed the perception of family continuity but humanity's as well. "Ubi Sunt" is comprised by material taken from the Internet Archive in order to create an ecumenical family death album. It's part of the "Ars Moriendi" triptych.
The cherry brothers
Les Frères Cerise follows the adventures of two attached cherry brothers who have completely different personalities. The wild and bold cherry-brother is determined to attack the ant-eating creature who holds desperate helpless tiny ants under his captivity. However the other one would prefer to stay out of trouble
Ups And Downs
A man, while going to work every day, passes through a pedestrian underpass and notices that the escalator going up is not working, but the one going down is working. That is, going up is difficult, but going down is easy. In order to go up comfortably, he interferes with the escalator’s control panel. This time, both sides of the escalator start moving upward. After he goes up using the escalator, he remembers that his bag is left downstairs, but since the escalator is moving only upward, he cannot go down.
There, as we lay on the shore
Maria and Anna are best friends in a small village in Lower Austria in the early 1970s. They love each other and express this love and attraction physically. On a sultry day in July, the two women have to make a momentous decision about whether they want to live in harmony with their outside world or their inner self.
Wild Hive
In a paean to an imperiled pollinator, Wild Hive honors the wild bee as it faces decline from the ravages of climate change, pesticides, changing land use policies and competition from managed hives. Dropped into a darkened vortex, an intricate geometry emerges as the dancer unspools against extravagant patterning. Watch the invisible become visible when Arianna Hartanov enters a mysterious world of nectar and cultivation.
FRAMED
A short film shot entirly on an IPhone 5
The Buggyman
"On a first date, an ice breaking question releases a man's inner bogeyman. Can he escape his fears? "
Lieutenant at Arms
A young blind girl in Cold War England befriends a Royal Air Force Pilot who unwittingly indulges her paranoia about the communist threat. Reykjavík International Film Festival 2019 - GOLDEN EGG NOMINEE Manchester International Film Festival 2018 - BEST STUDENT FILM Southampton International Film Festival 2018 - BEST STUDENT FILM
I love you so much
In life, we love and unlove. In life, everything begins, everything ends, and everything continues.
Hearts Want
Two former lovers who reunite for a play face the consequences of a secret that threatens to tear them apart forever.
5.5
What starts as a normal date slowly unravels as one woman’s desperate pursuit of love reveals just how far she’s willing to go.
Heaven & Hell
In this film, I’ve sought to create a multi-sensory audit of a world in collapse, bridging the widening chasm between political hypocrisy and our fractured social reality. By centering the film on the recurring motif of a fraying flag, I wanted to expose the terrifying fragility of democracy as it buckles under the weight of human greed. I chose to set this human turmoil against the indifferent majesty of nature—where falling snow and rising oceans serve as a silent witness to our choices. Complemented by Veryan’s haunting soundscape and Liz Helman’s narration, the work stands as a cinematic elegy for the marginalized. Ultimately, it is a poetic reminder that while the powerful debate our future, the heaviest burden is always borne by those least responsible for the crisis.
Made With Peace And Love
If you were a coffee bean in a glass jar with other coffee beans, how would you process the everpresent, looming feeling of impending doom?
The Teacup
A teacup triggers MeiLi's childhood memories and her bittersweet relationship with her father, who was both a victim of and an abuser within the cycle of family violence. How MeiLi confronts her past deeply influences her perspective on her past, present, and future.
THE FINAL FROLIC
Set in 1940 England, three young men, the night before they have to go and fight the Nazis, decide to have one last big night out and find them selves waking up in unfamiliar land and realise that this 'Final Frolic' has gone a little too far.
PLANET X
A Farmer and an Alien have a climate change "conversation" after the alien crash-lands in his field.
The Bull
Heavily pregnant on an isolated farm, a young woman faces the strange magic that burdens her reality. This is a fairytale about creatures with bonds more powerful than their shapes and lovers who share the same space but not always the same form.
Comic
A group of friends has a den in the woods. They have been friends for as long as they can remember. They never fight, but they do sometimes argue, and then they have a timeout. Their simple rules keep the peace and all is well until, one day, Tom buys a Comic that everyone wants to read. Tensions grow, the group splits, reforms using a timeout, but splits again, and this time things get really out of hand.
Long Live
A man reflects on his life and the passage of time as he moves through a forest.
Soar
A precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine. Now she must race against time to return him home, before her new friend becomes stranded on Earth forever.
The Soul
After the Soul successfully builds a friendship with a guy whom the Soul wants to have a relationship with, the Soul notices the guy gives a girl a similar bracelet as the love token. The jealous feeling makes the Soul decide to take over the guy’s love from the girl.
myTune
A music driven short film about finding yourself in the melody of others
Once in the evening
A young guy comes home after work in the evening to relax and watch TV. He turns it on and watches. But suddenly, the electricity is cut in the apartment, and the main character finds a way to get it back.
Red or Green ?
Two dudes try to defuse a bomb.
Hot Monkey
A bedtime story takes a turn for the weird when a woke storybook builds into something wildly inappropriate.
The Basket
A teenage refugee is hiding in a wrecked trailer and is using a basket to beg for food from passers-by. The presence of a man, who happens to pass by the basket, will bring about a turning point in his life.
MANGIA! (EAT!)
Music video of the song "MANGIA!" by Italian songwriter Alessandro Fiori
To the Moon and Back
A romantic rendezvous between the Ocean and the Moon who meet every night to dance together under the stars. Their time together is never enough as they must part ways again when morning comes.
Rendez-vous
In a manor out of time, a man begins to paint a canvas.
Vendetta
Vendetta (revenge) rɪˈvɛn(d)ʒ/ noun noun: revenge 1. The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.
The Widows of BirdLuck
After her beloved lucky bird goes missing, a woman descends into a psychological battle with her suspicious neighbor, convinced she is the thief.
New Beginning
A short film. Animation. Directed by Sunyoung Du. 2018.
Textual Relationship
Digital love blossoms when Uniquetalent_33 and DarkDemon92 meet each other online. However, when the time comes to actually meet it becomes painfully clear that their physical connection doesn't quite live up to their online one...
Silver Lining
A story of a young boy from a small Indian city who started cycling and travelling places in pursuit of finding his silver lining.
"Brainstorm" (Video)
The song is called Brainstorm because like a written essay, I am pulling various aspects of my life and explaining how I use those aspects as motivation!
Heart Full of Feelings
"Heart Full of Feelings" tells the story of a girl named Mai, who has a major flaw despite seeming cute and having friends. When she sees a boy she is interested in, her jealousy rises quickly when other students get in the way of her interacting with him. When she does something unflattering in front of the boy she likes, she is shamed and runs away, but is later met with sympathy by another girl.
Forestscape
Jane walks through the forest, tranquil and full of colour. As if caught in an ideal dreamscape.
Taste of Night
A brilliant handsome man meets a young girl at the ball and tries to seduce her. How will this end, if one of them is an extraordinary creature?
based on a fake story
A man returns after years away, he doesn't recognise himself, and feels like a stranger in his hometown.
Harvest
On an unknown planet, a worker drone comes under attack.
Black Sky, Blue Soul
Two pilots go on an unusual journey, when their plane enters another dimension.
Ouroboros
A story about a struggling stage director named Choi who's trying to adapt Susan Or's web fiction.
Space cat hob
A tiny and mysterious cat-like creature awakes in the remains of his smouldering spaceship and finds himself on a journey through a beautiful and dangerous world, in a quest for answers
What’s Wrong with Raymond
'What’s Wrong with Raymond' is a deaf man’s journey from isolation to inspiration. We learn about Raymond Antrobus’ emotional journey growing up deaf and how his love of language and poetry led him to help young people avoid the challenges he faced. Following Raymond’s negative experience of the education system in his East London neighbourhood he now works in schools, helping deaf children accept their condition and unlock their potential. We see how much Raymond values the power of communication and the importance of inclusion rather than feeling like an outsider. He treasures the spoken word and the effect of reading his poetry to an audience. We see the power of language to connect people, break down barriers and provide a source of inspiration. A Red Earth Studio Production.
Memories of the Future
"Memories of the Future" is a cinematic reflection on the growing crisis of space debris, blending science, metaphor, and artistic abstraction. The film is presented from the perspective of a child—a future Earthling—who looks back at humanity’s actions with both wonder and concern. This perspective shapes the visual style: everything is slightly exaggerated, much like a child’s drawing, but rendered in a futuristic way. The satellites appear oversized, the debris fields impossibly dense, and the vastness of space feels surreal. It is a new era of storytelling, where scientific reality meets the boundless imagination of a child. At the heart of the film is a seemingly insignificant object—a single bolt. It drifts through space, small and unassuming against the backdrop of immense orbital structures. But its presence is deceptive. The bolt represents overlooked dangers, a silent consequence of human negligence. As it moves through the cosmos, it ultimately cracks a camera lens, distorting the view—a metaphorical warning that ignoring a problem does not make it disappear. Like a tiny mistake that spirals into disaster, the bolt embodies the unintended consequences of human actions. The film’s aesthetic is deeply influenced by classical opera and ballet, using Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, 2nd Movement to transform the slow-motion collision of debris into a haunting "space ballet." The choice of music elevates the visuals, creating a dreamlike yet unsettling atmosphere where beauty and destruction coexist. By incorporating real audio recordings—Sputnik 1’s signal, abstract radio transmissions, and Earth's magnetic field sounds—the film merges fiction with reality, grounding its imaginative visuals in scientific authenticity. The child’s voice, generated artificially, adds an emotional layer, as if the future is speaking directly to the past.
Luca's Resilience
Luca's Resilience is a coming-of-age drama that focuses on Luca, a 12-year-old boy who finds himself in a new family with his mother after the divorce of his parents. After a difficult period in which he has to get used to his new situation, Luca needs his father's presence more than ever. Unfortunately, his father fails to do so, and the disappointment and pain this causes Luca drives him further and further into emotional isolation.
First Date
An American and a supposed Azorean meet for the first time on the island of Pico... what now, Cupid? -- Santiago and Melissa flirt on a dating app. She loves Romana Petri, the author of books set on the island of Pico. He desperately wants to meet her. “What if our first date was there? It's my home!” The young American accepts the offer. Now, the Lisbonite, who posed as an Azorean, has quite a dilemma to solve... --- Uma americana e um suposto açoriano encontram-se pela primeira vez na ilha do Pico... e agora, Cupido?... Santiago e Melissa namoriscam numa rede social. Ela adora Romana Petri, autora de livros passados na ilha do Pico. Ele quer desesperadamente conhecê-la. “E se o nosso encontro fosse lá? É a minha terra!”. A jovem americana aceita o desafio. Agora, o lisboeta, que se fez passar por açoriano, tem um belo dilema para resolver...
Treasure
As his older brothers and sisters have already abandoned their childhood’s pirate world it’s time for the youngest one to do so as well but the dream of finding the desired treasure does not leave him. Will he be able to deceive the time?
INFECTED
A body decays. A forest regrows. A virus mutates. In silence and shadow, nature remembers what humanity tries to forget. Spanning generations of hidden experiments and unraveling global systems, this fictional record draws a chilling line from buried weapons labs to present-day collapse. The infection spreads—not just through blood, but through behavior, memory, and belief. When control slips from our grasp, what remains of choice, of humanity, of survival?
When Darkness Falls
After becoming paraplegic (paralyzed) in a car accident, the 18-year-old OCD musical genius, Annie, is left alone to rebuild her life to try and keep her promising future from slipping through her fingers.
Take the rubbish out
[ENG] A boy dresses his friend up as trash and throws him away on the street like a common garbage bag. During their journey, the reasons for this extreme gesture will come out, and the certainties about their victim-perpetrator relationship will become increasingly thin. [ITA] Un ragazzo veste da immondizia il suo amico, andandolo a buttare per strada come un comune sacco della spazzatura. Durante il loro percorso verranno fuori i motivi di questo gesto così estremo, e le certezze riguardo il loro rapporto di vittima e carnefice diverranno sempre più sottili.
Apoptosis
The trauma surgeon realizes that Sisyphus was happy, that he accepted the constant cycle of birth and death, within and outside our bodies with Hospital as witness.
Kim? / Who?
Every journey begins with a question: Who are you? “Who?” is an experimental film designed with an overhead projector and shadow puppets.
THE LEGEND OF HYDN BRÛK
Four young tourists pick up a hitchhiker on their way. Ben, the driver decides againt the hitchhiker's advice to take a stony track which crosses a forest reputed to be cursed. The hitchhiker will tell them about a legend: The legend of Hydn Brük.
Secret world of squirrels ultrashort
Enter the Secret world of wildlife and meet Midnight the cat, Freddie the fox and many, many cheeky squirrels.
Love Hate Date
Some say love is blind, others maintain that it’s all around us. On occasion, it can be a very cruel mistress indeed. Meet Becky and James: a happy couple, a perfect day in central London, a late lunch…a bolt from the blue. James is moving on and Becky’s taken aback, reeling from the revelation that she’s ‘too nice’. But she gets an opportunity to move on quick smart via a chance meeting with the host of a speed dating event. With a difference.
1976
A short film. Music. Directed by Daniel Shapiro.
Molina
A man and a woman sit in a quiet pub. The mood is tense. As the story unfolds we discover how their lives have become entwined in a foreboding tale of recreational technology run amok.
Love in Times of whatever right now is called
In a classical art museum where the paintings come to life at night, a frustrated Black painter who works as a janitor must decide whether she will intervene when a new acquisition portrays the rape of a female slave.
Teardrops From A Clown
Against the backdrop of a 16 year-old autistic boy’s birthday party, a soon to retire clown’s entertainment goes wrong leading to him to worry about his legacy.
Celebrate Bairrada With Vasco d'Avillez
Vasco d’Avillez takes a journey through the secrets of wine created in the Bairrada region in Portugal. Set out to discover what makes it special, from the terroir to the glass, including the climate, the grape varieties, and the love with which the producers treat their vineyards. Thus sharing secrets of generations that deserve the recognition of everyone who tastes the 4 wonders of the Mealhada table.
Hamish - Bedtime Interlude
Music promo exploring the struggle to fight against society's stereotypes
Room 20
Beginning in a world of darkness, we follow our protagonist, a man who finds himself reaching for a mystical door in hopes of freedom to unknowingly be transported through different realms, each realm encompassing reflective emotions that lead him through a journey of self discovery. What lies behind the door?
All That Was Tender
A young man gifts a hairpin—a tender story the Jianghu adores. That night, as fire blazed across the sky, was he truly just leading the pursuers away? Ten years later, when a sword-wielding wanderer in green finds that ruined figure, consumed by forbidden arts, the world marvels at a love so deep he traded his life for hers. Yet when the Sishui sword meets the Wuhuo blade and the truth of the secret manual unravels under moonlight, Twelve must ask: in those ten years of solitude, was he waiting for her, or waiting for the chance to surpass her?
Never Give Up
'The only way to succeed is to never give up,' believes Marissa, who is commencing the first step in her journey to become a world-famous dancer, a goal she has no idea how to achieve or where to start.
Fish and Chips
Music Video for Fish and Chips.
Bloom
Bloom is a story of resilience and hope—one that can be interpreted in many ways. It could be about finding where we truly belong, waiting for a loved one, or never giving up despite life's hardships. We all face struggles that push us to the brink of despair. Some people will walk past, some will help, and others may stand in our way. But no matter what, we must keep moving forward. It's okay to fall. It's okay to cry. But we are not alone—we never were. And together, we'll rise. For we are all just a seed, blooming into a beautiful flower.