Go Outside and Hug a Tree
dir. by Irina Alexiu Ι 14' Ι Romania
When a rising musician loses her inspiration in a hyper-competitive hipster scene, she embarks on a whimsical, magical-realist quest that leads her to a bizarre dilemma: reclaim her creativity by performing a sacrifice.
Still Spirits
dir. by Julien Lecat 30’ France
A lakeside campground weighed down by a heatwave and threatened by summer wildfires. Max, a solitary and anxious teenager, narrowly escapes drowning. While recovering, he meets Gabin, a strange boy whose spontaneity and warmth instantly enchant him. As Gabin begins to reveal his story to Max, their relationship gradually takes on an uncanny aura…
Between Day and Dawn
dir. by Lore Loyens Ι 15’ Ι Belgium, Netherlands
Summer feels endless as Marthe travels through the Ardennes with her friends in the late nineties. While they laugh, drink and drift through long days, her thoughts stay with her sick sister at home. The further they drive, the heavier the silence grows.
You Tryna Say You Love Me?
dir. by Ty Molbak 12’ United States
A late-night study break turns into something deeper when a grief-stricken college athlete confides in his philosophy class crush—and unpacks a feeling he’s never dared name. What follows is a charged, chicken-or-the-egg debate about the origins of language and feeling: Do we inherently know what we feel, and seek language to articulate it? Or can the addition—or absence—of vocabulary shape feelings we’ve lost, forgotten, or have yet to discover?
Nausea
dir. by Elliott Louis McKee 11’ Germany
In the remote lands of New Zealand's South Island, the desolation of land and spirit forges an unexpected connection between two isolated strangers who, unbeknownst to them, are each other's only path to salvation.
Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me
dir. by Alice dos Reis 7’ Portugal Ι Experimental
A soul waits to be reincarnated while reflecting back on her past life as a nun, who worked at the Vatican Astronomical Observatory in early-20th century. There, she took part in the “Carte du Ciel” — an ambitious international project to map the night sky, earning the early title of “computer” as a result of processing repetitive calculations. Disillusioned with her previous existence, she considers becoming a coder in her next life, amidst the wave of economic optimism awaiting her reincarnation in 1990s Portugal. Shot in 16mm film and smartphone, "Oh Be a Fine Girl Kiss Me" blends historical fiction and autobiography in a meditation on life’s choices and constraints, as well as on the systems and categories that shaped modernity.