The Loop (Poland) by Antoni Ferency

A young man takes a night bus to meet a girl. He falls asleep. He wakes up in the company of a strange man who turns out to be somewhat similar to him. The sequence of events makes the young man miss his stop and return to the same place from which he set out. He fails to meet the girl, but it's not clear if it's bad or good.

Running time: 00:14:30

Little Yellow Flower (Taiwan) by Chien-Ping Lin

Photo Retoucher A-nan returns to the old house that saddens him. The eerily beautiful yellow flowers on the loofah trellis attract a whole nest of ants. As a child, A-nan accidentally killed all these yellow flowers when spraying insecticide on them to kill the ants. In a rage, his father beat him lame. This caused a lifelong conflict between them. The elderly and paralyzed father, now wrapped in diapers and covered with ants, evokes the painful memories of A-nan’s youth. A-nan sprays and kills the ants again. But how will A-nan unravel this knotted relationship with his father, entangled for so many years? How will he restore the loving beauty of the yellow flowers that once bloomed in the courtyard?

Running time: 00:29:55

Smothered (Ireland) by Patrick O'Mahony

Smothered delves into the thoughts of a man in a relentless descent into psychosis. As he grapples with life-altering news, his reality fractures and he must fight back to stay sane.

Running time: 00:17:34

Higher Grounds (United States) by Joe Kramer

On the fateful day intelligent life arrives to destroy Earth, one slacker alien gets sidetracked when he’s smitten with a bitter barista. Suddenly, our survival depends on whether this space-schmuck can get her number, before his plucky partner blows us sky high.

Running time: 00:16:59

Six (United States) by Diana Cignoni

Mental Health. Depression. Grief.

Running time: 00:13:00

Maia (Luxembourg) by Fabienne Elaine Hollwege
A performative short film about a deeply impacting experience: childbirth.
Although women have been giving birth for millennia, this incomparable event rarely finds its way into the public eye, let alone being talked about in terms of the pain, the fears, the powerlessness. Every birth is different and can leave both beautiful and traumatic traces.

Running time: 00:07:34

Omens (Belgium) by Maya Wuytack

In a rough, deserted no man's land, seven bodies are washed ashore. The desolate landscape reveals glimpses of an unpredictable era. When they gain consciousness they find themselves between a visible and invisible world. The poetic journey unfolds between what seems to be a dream and their dreaming bodies. In their entangled destinies they seek shelter with each other and find refuge in the caves of the rocky coast. The rough landscape reflects their existential barrenness. Exposed to the forces of nature, surrender is their only defense. In the eye of the storm, their listening bodies breathe silence. Omens is a mystical quest for self-discovery, belonging and connection.

Running time: 00:05:58

Prison is Cool (United States) by Elya Randrianaivo

A white supremacist looks back on his time in prison, seeking to make amends.

Running time: 00:04:00

Tu Hua (China) by Yu Sheng

The family full of control under the feudal traditional education and the children who want to resist but are gradually assimilated, the two sides of human nature, oppression and being oppressed exist at the same time.

Running time: 00:03:42

The Consequences of Feeling Deeply (United States) by Hannah Grace Weinmaster, Thiago Dom Oliveira, Cadu Millet

A film about a conversation with a mind, through movement.  The Consequences of Feeling Deeply is about self reflection, what it means to think and feel deeply, and the consequences that come with it. 

Running time: 00:00:00