The International Competition presents a diverse range of short films from various locations and genres. This category embodies our festival's desire to explore new and innovative approaches to filmmaking.
🎤 Films are screened in their original language, with Ukrainian and English subtitles.
💬 Screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the film crews.
❗ These films may contain potentially triggering or disturbing elements, such as,
🔞 Recommended Age:16+
Other screening of the program: September 9, 19:40, ZHOVTEN | ANSHLAG
WHAT IF THEY BOMB HERE TONIGHT
Director: Samir Syriani
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 16
A Lebanese couple spends a sleepless night, fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter their glass walls. With children nearby, they face the impossible choice to stay or flee their life.
WISH YOU WERE EAR
Director: Mirjana Balogh
Country: Hungary
Duration: 10
In a world where, after each break-up, ex-partners must exchange a chosen body part, Wish You Were Ear explores the lasting impact of relationships. People not only lose a literal piece of themselves with each split, but also carry visible reminders of every past love.
The protagonist, feeling fragmented and deformed, yearns for their original, whole form. Yet, when they unexpectedly see their former ear on someone else, it sparks a journey of self-acceptance, revealing that these parts are what truly shape their identity.
ALI
Director: Adnan Al Rajeev
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 15
In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing.
A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.
RAGE
Director: Fran Moreno Blanco, Santi Pujol Amat
Country: Spain
Duration: 19
Eric lives in a juvenile center. He tries to rebuild his relationship with his mother hoping he can live with her again when he turns 18. When she doesn’t show up to visit him, he runs away to her house. There, he discovers she has a new family and has moved on with her life without him.
ALIKE
Director: Adas Burksaitis
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 15
Vaidotas (60) hires a young actress to recreate his first date from many years ago. The actress's uncanny physical resemblance to the woman from that date gives Vaidotas the chance to relive the experience.