Documentary, by Emunah La-Paz, United States, 2026.
Pata Seca (1828) was a man whose back bore the marks of his masters’ whips, whose eyes held the haunting memory of being forced to father over 200 enslaved children to sustain his owner’s plantation. Broken yet unyielding men, transformed from l...

Short film by Yang Zimik, USA, 2026.
A 10-year-old Kashmiri boy, struggling with his supernatural powers of telekinesis, discovers that his father, a migrant worker, is leaving to work picking apples in war-torn Kashmir. Fearing for his father's life, he must now use his powers to keep his family...

Short film by Frank Zanella, USA, 2025.

When a lost and tired female soldier steps on a landmine, her only wish is to return home to her son.

Director's Biography - Frank Zanella
Frank Zanella was born on January 14, 1997, in Brescia, Italy. He graduated with a degree in film analysis from the ...

Short film, by Irakli Gogritchiani, Georgia, 2025.
A man asks a friend for help, he receives it but in exchange he will have to pass a difficult exam.

LANGUAGE: Georgian
SUBTITLES: English

Short film, action, by Payam Shadnia, Iran, 2025.
A captive girl emerges onto the beach from the sea. A horse enters the water, and the girl climbs onto it before losing consciousness. Some people, who are playing games and gambling along the shoreline, notice the girl and begin to chase her. A m...

Documentary, by Zainab Entezar, Afghanistan, 2025.
This is a story about two sisters who have decided to fight against the unfortunate fate that has befallen them in Afghanistan. They protest against the loss of their basic rights, including the right to education, work, clothing, and even the ri...

Short film, by Massimiliano Buzzanca, Stefano Scaramuzzino, Italy, 2025.
In a timeless retirement home, two elderly men — one convinced he is Batman, the other sure he is the Joker — engage in a surreal confrontation that oscillates between lost memory, lucid madness, and heroic nostalgia. One we...

Documentary by Donald D’Haene, Canada, 2025.
Selected by 169 festivals, ERIK—inspired by the director’s bestselling book No One Wants To Read That You’re Happy—blends laughter and tears within a truly unique family. The director tells the story of his brother Erik with emotion yet detachment, wit...

In Their Own Time is the journey of three women – Srija, Tuhnu and Jhumur – who reflect on love, loss, childhood, friendship and a sense of belonging over the course of three years; we never see their faces, as the evolution of their experiences unfolds through an intrinsically dynamic and increa...

Drama, Mystery, by Samantha Casella, Italy, 2025.
“Katabasis” is a journey into the underworld. Nora experienced that dark realm as a child, when she suffered abuse. This marked her, shaping her into an ambiguous and manipulative woman, dangerous in her inscrutability, constantly seeking disturbi...

Documentary, by Hosein Fatahi, Iran, 2025.
An elderly shepherd lives with his wife in the Alborz Mountains (northern Iran) during the summer. He takes care of his sheep and observes the surrounding nature. In his free time, he paints on rocks. His paintings are inspired by the natural environment...

Short film, by Alex Bodega, Czech Republic, 2025.
In an apartment wrapped in routine, a child seeks refuge among crayons and silence. A drawing brings the impossible to life: a tall, smiling pizza maker who appears at the door, unmoving and uninvited. As reality shatters and space bends, the fami...

Short film, dark comedy, by Emma Jefferson, United Kingdom, 2025
Leila and Claudia are friendly and fun young managers at a London pub. One evening, a creepy client goes too far, prompting the girls to retaliate. Now a handsome detective is on their trail, and while searching for clues, he finds ...

Documentary by Michelangelo Gregori, Italy, 2025.
An artist is asked by a fraudulent entertainment agent and a self-proclaimed historian to write a "performance" to commemorate Giovanni Battista Casti, three hundred years after his birth. A situation and a tribute that, just like the author in qu...

Documentary, by Antoine Schirer, Palestine, 2025.
This is the story of two gazan hip-hop dance teachers, who kept dancing all the way, until their dance school was bombed. We met Ahmed Alghariz as he just escaped Gaza.

LANGUAGE: English
SUBTITLES: Spanish, Frabch, German, Portuguese

Documentary, by Maria Averina, Bulgaria, 2025.
Paintings, performances, experiments, electronic music sounding in the spaces of two old houses in a small Italian town, heated conversations about contemporary art, touching meetings with the closest people and places in Bulgaria after 50 years of s...

Short film, animation, by Alessio Del Pozo Temoche, Perù, 2025.
Óscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend, Jesús, no longer wants to play after falling in love with Betsa, a classmate. Torn between abandoning his childhood and continuing to play alone, terror...

Drama, short film, by Cihan Abdal, Türkiye, 2025.
A woman and a child living in ancient times, separated from their tribe, are looking for water. After the woman faints, the boy begins to search alone. The boy eventually finds water, but when he returns he will encounter a bad situation.

The pur...

Thriller, Short Film, by Firdaus F. Bilimoria, Canada, 2025.
They brutalized his brother, who committed suicide. Now he's back to take revenge and settle old scores.

Director Biography - Firdaus F. Bilimoria
Firdaus F. Bilimoria is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Originally from Bomb...

Short film, drama, dy Payam Shadnia, Iran, 2025.
The sitting cat symbolizes Iran's geographical map, which holds significant importance for Iranians. The short film "Cat" follows the story of people forced to leave Iran due to economic and political challenges. They board a ship to reach their in...