Fuck Them All
Directed by: Polina Biliaieva
15:00 min | Ukraine / Poland | Student Film

After losing her husband, thirty-year-old Ukrainian Kira flees to Poland at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. Her thoughts remain with her war-torn homeland, but another challenge awaits her in her new surroundings: she discovers she is pregnant. Traumatised, she does not want to bring a child into the world, but is unable to access an abortion in Poland. She decides to return to Ukraine, where the war continues to rage.

Maria Henriqueta Was Here
Directed by: Nuno Pimentel
14:00 min | Portugal | Documentary Short

Portugal, 1872. Brazilian Emperor Pedro II arrives in Porto and stays at the Grand Hotel du Louvre, owned by Maria Henriqueta de Mello Lemos e Alvelos. In the present day, an attempt to make a film about this visit becomes an evocation of her presence. Memories, sounds and sensory impressions gradually form an emotional map of an unseen protagonist.

Samia
Directed by: Selma Alaoui and Bruno Tracq
20:00 min | Belgium | Fiction Short

Samia meets Farhan as he smokes outside his building. She follows him into his apartment, where he hosts Moroccan music concerts. The joyful atmosphere allows her to forget for a moment that her father, whom she never knew, is being buried far away that very day. After leaving, she realises she has forgotten her wallet and returns. But a neighbour tells her that no one has lived in the apartment for decades.

All About Our Friendship
Directed by: Andras Gal
5:00 min | Hungary | Super Short Film

Panna and Atus seem to live outside time as the grass around them slowly withers. But can this last at least until the end of allergy season?

Shawano
Directed by: Felix Bartke
13:24 min | Germany | Documentary Short

A cemetery worker retreats to a replica Western ranch to escape his daily routine and become the hero of a cinematic story, if only for a day. Through the imagery, gestures and rituals of the Western, the film explores notions of masculinity and a longing for freedom and a life modelled on screen heroes.

ELECTRICKS
Directed by: Kryštof Kindl
13:39 min | Czechia | Student Film

An electrician in urgent need of money after months of unpaid invoices accepts a job replacing electrical sockets. At a young mother's apartment, however, he discovers an illegal electricity connection left by her parents. For her, it means the threat of a huge debt; for him, it makes completing the job impossible. Should he leave and find paid work elsewhere, or help her through unofficial means? A drama about survival within a system that pushes them both to bend the rules.

BOND
Directed by: Erika Imbriani
5:43 min | Hungary | Student Film

A lonely young man lives on a remote rock, dreaming of an intimacy he has never known. In a fantastical world where the boundaries between dreams and reality blur, he searches for a bond that continues to elude him. A minimalist, poetic story of isolation, longing and the need for human connection.

Soidade
Directed by: Max Bédrune
15:00 min | Belgium | Student Film

Nola, an older Galician woman with a habit of meddling in other people's lives, has been at odds with her young neighbour Emil ever since his grandfather moved into a care home. When she receives a modern speaker she has no idea how to use, her quiet daily routine is turned upside down. Can she bring herself to ask for help from the very person who irritates her so much?

Slow Village – Kileng a Ház
Directed by: Salvatore Giuliano
4:29 min | Hungary | Music Video

A dreamlike carousel takes us through the rap group's neighbourhood, where life is constantly in motion and people try to escape the boxes they find themselves in. Created in 2.5D, it is, according to its makers, among the first three-dimensional music videos that can be viewed without special glasses.