OUT OF CHECKLIST, 26min., Czechia
Directed by Roman Němec
Twelve-year-old, hyper-rational David pays an unannounced visit to his father's Prague apartment. Following a coming out and a subsequent divorce, his father lives alone and already has weekend plans. In a pinch, he convinces the only pers...

GOSSAMER, 21min., UK
Directed by Hamish Sturgeon
Set between glamour and decay, Gossamer explores identity, memory, and transformation through a character caught between survival and self-expression. As past and present blur, a fragile alter ego emerges, revealing the delicate threads that hold a...

Entrelacés en Bleu, 18min., Canada
Directed by Tayler Gladue
3 strangers struggle to find where they fit in a world that demands too much from them. Little do they realize how impactful and connected their lives actually are.

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HOMEWORK, 96min., India
Directed by Achintta Shankar

https://www.instagram.com/achiintt_cut_it_ok/

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY, 18min., USA
Directed by Derek Frey
Divided over the fate of their rundown pool, the Osgood family is visited by a nocturnal stranger who convinces them to take one last plunge.

https://instagram.com/derek_frey_filmmaker/

Une Vie après, 27min., France
Directed by Catherine Séru
Mira, a curious and impish six-year-old girl, has a fundamental need in order to explore and understand the world: to feel loved by her mother.

證人, 24min., Taiwan
Directed by 餘華 錢
As the fires of international conflict ignite a global fertilizer shortage and send prices spiraling out of control—coupled with the relentless threat of extreme weather—humanity is fast approaching the absolute limits of our food and water resources.

ONE MAN'S LAND, 19min., USA
Directed by Christopher Vallone
A lone figure moves through the fog of No Man’s Land… unseen, unheard. One Man’s Land is a cinematic WWI short film inspired by legendary Indigenous snipers such as Francis Pegahmagabow.

https://www.instagram.com/valloneworks/

Gotham's Royale, 12min., USA
Directed by Joe James Clark
The man who killed Bruce Wayne's parents has gone missing from Arkham Asylum and it's up to him to get information out of the new owner, Lex Luthor. However the only way to get to him is to go to a poker table at the infamous Iceberg Lounge...

Born in the Caribbean, 3min., Puerto Rico
Directed by Jose Pagan
An intimate, vertical aerial perspective of the humpback whale migration off the coast of Puerto Rico. Captured with technical precision by an FAA-certified drone pilot, this micro-documentary offers a rare, non-invasive glimpse int...

Adventure Of Goop, 5min., USA
Directed by Nicholas Komarnitsky
A wacky little character goes on a unexpected adventure full of suprises.

https://www.instagram.com/kvasooh/

Through the Roots, 3min., Japan
Directed by George Kumuro
A short poetic film depicting a conversation between two trees, reflecting on the past, present, and uncertain future of the natural world.

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I'm Sure It's Nothing, 3min., USA
Directed by Kacy Boccumini, Don Gardener
Doors locked. Nobody has keys. Safe and sound. So those footsteps... in my hallway... could be anything. Right?

https://instagram.com/mybestguyfilms

Ciao Bello, 1min., France
Directed by Agnès Pétillot
A conservator-restorer may come to regret having accepted to restore a bust.

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BOILING POINT, 3min., Norway
Directed by Carl Georg Rødsten
A young woman's peaceful afternoon is interrupted by a call from her little sister, who's holiday has turned into a nightmare.

DON'T BE AFRAID, 1min., Germany
Directed by Brian J. Rassmann
A painter suffers from sleep paralysis.

https://www.instagram.com/brian_bass_dop/

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
This started as a small proof of concept for a bigger film I want to make, origi...

LEMON, 4min., Israel
Directed by Itay Semo
A small gesture by Jimmy, a pizza delivery driver, triggers a surprising chain of events in the city, revealing how a seemingly random act can lead to wide and meaningful impact.

My Proudest Moment, 5min., Australia
Directed by Imbi Männik
This independent micro-short documentary captures interviews with two trailblazers changing the narrative discourse in the area of disability in Australia, Tim Cahalan and Joanne Hatchard, through the sharing of their ‘proudest moment’....

The Infomercial, 3min., USA
Directed by Ethan Irwin
Set in a nostalgicaly retro universe, this film cleverly critiques the extreme lengths one might go to capture someone's heart, using a product that promises love at first sniff.

https://www.instagram.com/Iamking.kong

27 YEARS OLD, 1min., Belgium
Directed by Sandrine Lambert
A vivid memory of 2001, when I was 27, captured in just one minute (everything turned out fine :-)

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27 years – Sandrine Lambert

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Every morning I write down a memory. ...

Pills & Bots, 5min., USA
Directed by Robert Snyder, Sara Livingston
Pills & Bots is an experimental short in which the artists explore two compelling cultural trends: the marketing of drugs and the proliferation of android robots. Most of the images in this piece are taken from television commerc...

HAVE A BANANA with The Jive Aces, 4min., UK
Directed by Kevin Short
Have a Banana is a song that features in the award-winning film Bonnie & Clive, this is a swing version cover from the UK's top swing band The Jive Aces.

https://www.instagram.com/k4kfilms

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THE TURTLE UNMASKED, 3min., Italy
Directed by Igor Francescato
The story of the turtle forced by events to disguise itself, to wear a mask, a pair of gloves and to cover its feet. And to maintain the "safe distance" from others. The story of how the turtle left its dirty sea to return years later...

Odessa-Mama, 5min., USA
Directed by Georgiy Deliev, Yuri Volodarsky
A lively musical comedy set in 1988 Odessa, USSR, where a city fueled by wit, music, and mischief prepares to welcome the world to the Golden Duke International Film Festival.