International Short and Medium-Length Competition
An “official” narrative, coupled with images that gradually cast doubt on their veracity, forces us to reflect in this era of post-truth fuelled by AI.
09/05/1982
- Jorge Caballero, Camilo Restrepo
- 2025
- Mexico, Spain
- s.t. French or English
- 11 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Using a rich exploration with AI, the filmmaker immerses us in the experience of a retreat into darkness, prompting a reflection on perception and human existence.
BARDO
- Viera Cákanyová
- 2025
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- s.t. French or English
- 28 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Beneath Which Rivers Flow blends portraits and speculative narrative to explore the human and geographical impacts of climate change on the daily lives of an Iraqi family.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
This film uses the exploitation of coltan to reappropriate colonial archives, building an eloquent reflexive dialogue between the legacy of the past and the current reality.
COLTAN
- Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
- 2025
- Democratic Republic of Congo, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 37 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Nurtured by the mythology of Zora, the Slavic goddess of dawn, and inspired by the filmmaker's grandmothers, this short film pays tribute to women warriors throughout history.
DRAGICA, DANICA, DUšKA / OR / WHEN ZORA, THE GODDESS OF DAWN, OPENS THE GATES OF HEAVEN FOR SUN TO EMERGE
- Iva Radivojevic
- 2025
- United States, Kosovo
- s.t. English
- 10 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through a kaleidoscopic collection of images and memories, this personal and political visual essay reveals the effects of censorship on China's contemporary queer community.
ELEGY FOR THE LOST
- William Hong-xiao Wei
- 2025
- United Kingdom, France, Spain
- s.t. English
- 29 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
In this powerful and sensory short film, with the help of the inhabitants of Jerada, Morocco, Randa Maroufi reconstructs the hostile, threatening tunnels of an abandoned coal mine.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Freely exploring a fragmented reflection on identity, family, and belonging, this touching, playful film weaves together an intergenerational family memory.
LANDSCAPES OF LONGING
- Alisha Tejpal, Mireya Martinez, Anoushka Mirchandani
- 2025
- India, United States
- s.t. French or English
- 15 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Between dreams and memories, three lives have been searching for an anchor since they had to leave Cape Verde for the city. This film is a hybrid, poetic work in which exile sparks nostalgia.
THE LAST HARVEST
- Nuno Boaventura Miranda
- 2025
- Cape Verde, Portugal
- s.t. English
- 23 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Marratein, Marratein lingers between Beirut and Detroit, weaving memory and reflection into a meditation on belonging, heritage, and the echoes of diaspora.
MARRATEIN, MARRATEIN
- Julia Yezbick
- 2025
- United States, Lebanon
- s.t. Français et arabe
- 25 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through experiments bridging film and wood engraving, craftswoman Chen Meiqi's anecdotes tell the story of this Chinese art form.
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Rezmorah ends a night of excess with their usual ritual of returning to sobriety: a stroll through the Botanical Garden, where flora and queer existence meet.
REZBOTANIK
- Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro
- 2025
- Brazil, Portugal, Spain
- s.t. French or English
- 19 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Using a hybrid approach, archival footage, and a fictional character, this short film tells the stories of Brazilian Black mothers mourning their child’s death by the police.
RIO REMAINS BEAUTIFUL
- Felipe Casanova
- 2025
- Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil
- s.t. English
- 24 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
This film cleverly and surprisingly explores a philosophical link between vision loss of the filmmaker and the violence that struck Páramo de la Sarna to meditate on social darkness and fear.
WHERE DO BIRDS GO WHEN IT RAINS
- Juan Sebastian Sisa
- 2024
- Colombia
- s.t. French or English
- 18 min