International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Through its pixelated, dysfunctional archive, a broken cellphone reveals fragments of a romantic relationship, underscoring the fragility of love and technology.
Focus Mexico : Light Between the Shadows
By observing the mundane activities of a quiet street in Mexico City, and a bird's nest that overlooks them, this posthumous minimalist film pays tribute to kind parenting.
MALINTZIN 17
- Mara Polgovsky, Eugenio Polgovsky
- 2022
- Mexico, Switzerland
- s.t. French and English
- 64 min
Opening film
In a hybrid between activist documentary and science-fiction fable, an android from a future where humanity no longer exists takes an unconventional look at the present.
PREPARATIONS FOR A MIRACLE
- Tobias Nölle
- 2024
- Switzerland, Germany
- s.t. French and English
- 88 min
Under the oppressive hum of military antennas, young Sicilian Valentina dreams of fleeing her village’s arid landscape to blossom elsewhere.
VALENTINA AND THE MUOSTERS
- Francesca Scalisi
- 2024
- Switzerland, Italy
- s.t. French or English
- 81 min