2025 / Denmark / 4 min 40 s

Surrounded by the roots of a withering tree, the soul of an old woman departs from her former body. Unsure of where to go next, she finds guidance in a mythological snake who patiently leads her towards the afterlife.

Directed by Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen Screenwriters: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emma Nørholm Hansen
Producer: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen

2025 / Denmark / 8 min 37 s

Mina, a Korean-Danish woman, runs an exclusive spa on the Danish west coast. Every summer, white guests flock to the place to find peace, indulge themselves, and be attended to by the hotel's staff – mystical, unknown creatures that seem to float between reality and fantasy. But when one of the guests makes an awkward, discriminating gesture, it takes her by surprise and her dark hair begins to grow.

Directed by Lin Jo Skytte Screenwriter: Lin Jo Skytte Producers: Rosa Flindt Riis-Hansen, Maja Foss Hagerup Company: The National Film School of Denmark

2024 / Norway, Canada / 16 min 43 s

In the ’70s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same.

Directed by Torill Kove Screenwriter: Torill Kove Producers: Lise Fearnley, Maral Mohammadian, Tonje Skar Reiersen Company: Mikrofilm, National Film Board of Canada

2025 / Poland / 7 min 20 s

A lonely sailor finds a mysterious envelope on the deck of the ship. A letter full of sorrow and reproach brings back memories of a overprotective mother, who, at all costs, doesn't want to let go of her beloved son. The man must confront his own desires with a deeply hidden sense of guilt.

Directed by Jakub Bożydar Dolny Screenwriter: Jakub Bożydar Dolny Illustrator: Julia Dworakowska Producer: Jakub Bożydar Dolny Company: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz

2024 / Czech Republic, Latvia / 10 min 11 s

Franz and Milena – between them a distance, her husband and loads of letters – it is love that fills Kafka’s life with light and hope and at the same time illuminates the fears and darkness in him. Inspired by Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena Jesenská, “Kafka. In Love” explores the multidimensional experience of falling in love.

Directed by Zane Oborenko Producers: Sabīne Andersone, Edmunds Jansons, Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová Company: Atom Art, Maur Film

2025 / Sweden / 13 min 35 s

Siri is a bicycle on the run from her sadistic owner. She dreams of reaching the city of bikes (Copenhagen) but to get there, she must face her greatest fear: the highway.

Directed by Andreas Sven Granér Screenwriter: Andreas Sven Granér Producer: Andreas Sven Granér Company: Animationsakademien

2024 / Finland / 12 min 29 s

Two friends navigating a world of fantasy and hanging out. The stakes are low and moral is high.

Directed by Juho Maurinen Screenwriters: Juho Maurinen, Santeri Laasanen Producer: Juho Maurinen

2025 / Poland, France / 14 min 59 s

A grandfather dies and tries to leave his home. Unfortunately, his family don't want to believe that he's gone for good. Every time he tries to run away, they take him back to them.

Directed by Nawojka Wierzbowska Screenwriter: Nawojka Wierzbowska Producers: Aneta Zagorska, Robert Sowa, Delphine Schmit

2024 / Germany / 6 min 6 s

Giggling as she hops between hills of fluffy pink cotton wool, Bunny tries to charm and seduce us. The relationship, at first so intimate and lustful, suddenly breaks down and turns to a furious escalation of accusations and violence.

Directed by Felicia Anna Aurora Bergström Screenwriter: Felicia Anna Aurora Bergström Producer: Felicia Anna Aurora Bergström Company: Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

2024 / Germany / 13 min 15 s

At a fancy flower spa, Sam—a queer artist and proud flower-person—prepares for their blooming and bodily transformation. Their mother, however, isn’t quite ready to let go. On their final day together, between petal pampering, quiet conversations, and echoes of childhood, tension and fear rise, but something tender begins to take root.

Directed by Ariel Victor Arthanto Screenwriter: Ariel Victor Arthanto Producer: Maritza Grass Company: Carousel Film

2024 / Latvia / 10 min 12 s

The white tranquility of mountains is disturbed by colorful winter sports enthusiasts who enjoy downhill skiing. The short film is an audiovisual experience, an abstract dance of freedom that reflects the joy and fragility of being.

Directed by Edmunds Jansons Screenwriter: Edmunds Jansons Producer: Edmunds Jansons

2025 / Norway / 4 min 18 s

Concrete poetry and frustrated typography in dramatic choreography. The words may be foreign, but their temper is universal. Adapted from «The Goddammit-poem» (1969) by treasured Norewegian poet Jan Erik Vold.

Directed by Kristian Pedersen Based on a poem by Jan Erik Vold Producers: Lise Fearnley, Tonje Skar Reiersen Company: Mikrofilm

2025 / Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom / 12 min 32 s

A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.

Directed by Ida Melum Screenwriter: Laura Jayne Tunbridge Producers: Michelle Brøndum, Johan Edström

2024 / Estonia / 8 min 45 s

Julia works as a dog food tester. However, after a breakup, dog food will never taste the same.

Directed by Martinus Klemet Screenwriter: Martinus Klemet Producer: Aurelia Aasa