OFFICIAL COMPETITION PROGRAM 2025
SHORTS
ITALY

AMARENA
Sabrina Iannucci
Claudia and Paolo are about to get married, despite their very different characters they always find the right tune to love each other. During breakfast the seed of a crisis creeps between Claudia and Paolo. How much Can different opinions undermine love?
UK/SERBIA/RUSSIA

TEN DAYS
Anastasia Savinova
In late February 2022 Russia, the Ponomarev family continues their normal routine despite the outbreak of the war with Ukraine. However, Lena is deeply concerned and attempts to engage her family in discussions about the conflict.
UK

HOMEMAKER
Directed by: Ciara Kerr
Renee loses herself in a controlling relationship and the abuse she suffers gets worse until she is utterly trapped. Renee's only hope of escape is to understand that she deserves more than to be his property.
UK/USA

SISTER WIVES
Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Sister Wives is a multi-layered love story that tells the tale of young women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society in 2003 Utah, USA. Kaidence and Galilee find themselves bound to one another, under the same roof, in the same marriage, as they develop scary, new, exciting feelings for each other. ​
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CROATIA

OUR FIRST HIT
Sara Grgurić
Three best friends have a plan. It is their first attempt to achieve a long-awaited common goal and their last chance to preserve the friendship.
UK

CHIVALRY
Directed by: Charlotte Yang
How bad can one night get? After a mediocre date goes awry, a young woman’s night spirals out of control as she confronts ever increasing absurd situations.
HONG KONG

AFTERSCHOOL
Directed by: Ripa Lim
In a whirlwind of transience, a guarded schoolgirl finds an unexpected ally, forging a friendship that defies impermanence through their adventures.
SERBIA

SMELL OF FRESH PAINT
Directed by: Nadja Petrovic
When Emma's (19) parents sell the apartment where she grew up, revolt, she runs away from home with her younger sister. Obsessed with returning to her true home, she begins following the man who bought the apartment.​
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POLAND

FIRST LAST MONTH
Directed by: Elena Vatamanu
Doina, a 12-year-old girl, has her first period on the day her grandma has a stroke. Since then, their roles are inverted. When Doina’s dad considers taking grandma to a nursery home, the girl has to prove to him that she is mature enough to take care and keep her only mother figure close to her.
BELGIUM

OLGA'S EYES
Directed by: Sarah Carlot Jaber
Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? For her daughter Simone, she’s just being picky! Olga is placed in a care home where she can deal with those “who have one foot in the grave”...
UK

THE BIG PIGMY​
Directed by: Tom Chambers
After discovering that her manipulative ex-boyfriend Max (30) will be showing up to her photoshoot, foot-model Sally’s (23) big toe disappears. Sally struggles to escape the photoshoot.
USA

CELYNA
Directed by: Artisha Mann Cooper
Celyna, a first generation Asian teen, must decide between holding onto her mother's memory through dance or walking her own path of rock and roll.
SPAIN

A LITTLE DEATH
Directed by: Maria Pawlikowska
Eternal life is getting harder for the undead Tina, who subsists on the transfer of energies accessed during the male orgasm. When her partner-in-crime gives in to suicidal ennui, Tina is left alone to protect her species from extinction.
SERBIA

OVERFLOW
Directed by: Jana Otković
SAE INSTITUTE
RUSSIA

GIVE A WAY
Directed by: Maria Melenevskaya
On a narrow road, an intelligent woman cannot pass a car of a man who never backs up. She is used to yield, but not today.