BITCH

Nadia Parfan
Ukraine / Portugal

What do you prioritize when your country is being invaded: love, safety or your country's sovereign future?

BUS STATION

Vlad Petri
Romania

Fifteen minutes in the life of a bus station. A Roma woman is refused access to a bus and is assaulted by the driver while people go on with their daily lives.

CHAINED

Sara Klimoska

North Macedonia / Serbia

Eva is torn between caring for her sick, controlling mother and living her own life. An unexpected event prompts her to make a seemingly impossible decision.

DANCING PIGEONS

Christofer Nilsson
Sweden / France

During a crowded Grand Psychic Reading, the washed-up medium Fredrik invites a woman up on stage whose grief might be a little too raw.

HOLE

Danilo Stanimirović
Serbia

While coal is being aggressively excavated in a huge surface mine, a group of archaeologists are slowly discovering an ancient Roman town next to it.

JOY

Agata Wieczorek
Poland / France

Little Sarah observes how Joy grows in her Mother’s belly. But when the baby is born, Sarah realizes it does not bring the expected happiness.

NIGHT SHIFT

Ívar Erik Yeoman
Iceland / Portugal

Kwame, a male nurse at a psychiatric ward, plays a role in a young patient’s suicide attempt. This mistake might cost him his job, or worse, his spirit.

PUSH

Sven Spur
Belgium

In a techno-fueled night out, the close friendship between Alice and Oscar comes under pressure as Oscar meets someone new.

TEARS OF STARDUST

Vilma Razmutė
Lithuania

A woman, suppressing emotions after a bike fall, unlocks a multiverse intertwining her, a middle-aged engineer, and a trans man in healing journeys.

THE FIGURE’S FALL

Mathilde Supe
France

The journey of a young woman who tries to redefine herself by breaking away from the male gaze, through a surreal encounter with art and history.

THEY MADE YOU INTO A WEAPON AND TOLD YOU TO FIND PEACE

Roxana Stroe
United Kingdom / France / Romania

In an underground Aryan society lit by UV lamps, the world of Joshua is shaken when a newcomer disrupts the apparent order, challenging unspoken rules.

TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO

Stavros Markoulakis
Greece

A boy meets a boy, during the last days before adulthood. Sunbathing will burn their skin. Moon dreaming might heal their wound.