International Competition

Vomiting on an Open Wound

directed by Alireza Sharifi (1999)
written by Farshad Rezaei & Alireza Sharifi

IR · 2023 · 25 min

Festival 2023

recommended for ages 16 and up

A group of five young people travel to the north and rent a shack from a strange motorcyclist. But the biker has a secret …
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A Whim To Kill

written & directed by Tiange Xiang (2000)

CN · 2022 · 5 min

Festival 2023

In a meat factory the new employed daughter can't stand her controlling mother. But suddenly there is a chance to get rid of her …

recommended for ages 14 and up

Acid Base

directed by Shirin Ekhlasi (1998)
written by Farshad Rezaei

IR · 2022 · 15 min

Festival 2023

Full of pent up hatred Hamid decides to splash acid on his girlfriend's face. Hamid decides to buy the strongest acid from an underground Organisation, called "The Acid Base" in the heart of Teheran ...

recommended for ages 14 and up

As you are

written & directed by Daisy Friedman (2003)

US · 2023 · 14 min

Festival 2023

When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must confront, what it means truly to love another person.

Blind Cinema (盲人影院)

directed by Xirui 王 (2002)
written by 济明 冯

CN · 2023 · 5 min

Festival 2023

A daughter and her blind father try to watch movies together. An experiment.

Cataract (Katarakt)

written & directed by Jonatan Egholm Keis (1998)

DK · 2023 · 24 min

Festival 2023

A desperate woman robs a gas station with her nearly-blind younger brother and catapults herself into deep water in order to pay for his cataract surgery.

recommended for ages 14 and up

Cinder

directed by Carmen Maria (1999) & Stijn van der Plas (2001)
written by Zeynep Dülger & Emma Nagelmaker

NL · 2023 · 4 min

Festival 2023

In a dark village ruled by a clock of death, Dante’s son (8) has been selected to be sacrificed. Dante refuses to accept this faith and desperately fights the clock …

Dajeong 2.0 (다정 씨 2.0)

written & directed by Yoonbeom Kim (1996)

KR · 2023 · 15 min

Festival 2023

Returning from a long business trip, Jun-ho finds out that his mother is planning on inheriting a fortune to her elderly-care android 'DAJEONG'.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Dissonance

written & directed by Hugo Max (2001)

GB · 2023 · 11 min

Festival 2023

Dissonance' observes the intimate drama of a string quartet in rehearsal.

Documents of Life

directed by Sophia (Sumin) Mok (2001)

CA · 2023 · 2 min

Festival 2023

In an unattended kitchen, objects levitate and arrange by themselves. They reveal details about the kitchen owner.

Dog Days

directed by George Hampshire (1997)
written by Milo Cremer Eindhoven & George Hampshire

NL · 2022 · 2 min

Festival 2023

A young man clings to the last remaining piece of his relationship: his ex girlfriend’s beloved sausage dog.

Drowning (Buscando el Retorno)

written & directed by Julieta Bernal (2002)

MX · 2023 · 6 min

Festival 2023

Auras usual life is interrupted one night due to an unexpected and unfamiliar leak. While trying to survive, Aura discovers that in the water exists a comforting escape from her mundane life, but at the same time, it condemns her.

Fracture (Пукнатина)

written & directed by Dimana Pastrakova (1999)

BG · 2023 · 30 min

Festival 2023

When his father dies in an accident, this catastrophic event unlocks strong obsessions and fears inside of Alexander, who's obsessiv compulsiv disorder seemed to be overcome.

God Forbid

directed by Yvan King Mukunzi (1998)
written by Kelvin Kibui Mwangi & Steven Ng'ang'a Gitau

KE · 2023 · 17 min

Festival 2023

Rural Kenya around 1978: When a class discussion on Christianity's role in building the future of a nation arises, the rebellious Jebediah challenges his teacher's entrenched position.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Hadis

written & directed by Nazrin Aghamaliyeva (1999)

AZ · 2023 · 9 min

Festival 2023

In a world ruled by crows and discrimination, a young girl decides to fight for justice.

Hey Teacher

directed by Stanislaw Maciejewski (2001)

PL · 2022 · 3 min

Festival 2023

A surreal collage-style animation created to express hatred and frustration related to the author's own experiences with the schooling system.

How to conquer Everest

directed by Margarita Tokareva (1995)
written by Lidiya Yartseva

RU · 2023 · 18 min

Festival 2023

A 60-year-old resident of a Siberian village has been telling his neighbors a legend for 25 years, how in 1996 he conquered Everest. When doubts arise about his story, he wants to prove it to everyone ...

In Death is Life

directed by Swantje Furtok (1999) & Frankie Turk (1996)

NL · 2023 · 12 min

Festival 2023

Peatlands are the largest terrestrial carbon store on Earth. "In Death is Life" tells an intimate tale of a community and their connection to this ancient ecosystem in rural Ireland.

Is That So? - It's Okapi

written & directed by Seung Jae Lee (2001)

KR · 2022 · 21 min

Festival 2023

Seung-soo visits Min-ji's funeral home, his younger sister's friend. A drama about sorrow, desparation and guilt unfolds.

recommended for ages 14 and up

La Prima Volta - istruzioni per l'uso

written & directed by Lorenzo Trane (1995)

IT · 2023 · 5 min

Festival 2023

Jacopo is in the process of losing his virginity and to avoid making a fool of himself, he has learned orgasm delaying techniques.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Lyuba, tomorrow (Lyuba, Mañana)

written & directed by Baetriz de Silva (1997)

ES · 2023 · 24 min

Festival 2023

Lyuba is a 16-year-old Ukrainian girl. After fleeing the war, she arrives in Warsaw where a van of Spanish volunteers picks her up to take her to a safe place. Lyuba wonders: What will happen tomorrow?

May 2000

written & directed by Kirill Sultanov (1997)

RU · 2023 · 17 min

Festival 2023

In May 2000 17-year-old Roma sells DVDs near the railway station, plays guitar by the campfire and dreams of Rita, the girl he recently met. But Roma’s lighthearted life gets troubled when his father returns from the Chechen Campaign.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Metamorphosis

directed by Bryn Wright (2011)

US · 2023 · 2 min

Festival 2023

Metamorphosis is a metaphor for the challenges everyone experiences during adolescence.

Mischievous Lucita and Her Guide on How to Go to Hell (Para lo que me queda en el convento)

written & directed by Angel Qel (1997)

ES · 2023 · 13 min

Festival 2023

Lucita, a 65-year-old woman, one night saw the "Santa Compaña" (Holy Company) - and thinks she has to die in exactly one year, as the legend says. Now, a year later, Lucita is preparing to die …

Mortal Exam (Examen Mortal)

directed by Erik Sellarés (2009) & Biel Sullá (2009)
written by Izel Dominguez

ES · 2023 · 1 min

Festival 2023

Young people don't respect anything.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Mother (Mama)

written & directed by Mariia Felenko (1997)

UA · 2023 · 8 min

Festival 2023

With the beginning of the war, Katya decided to leave her hometown and take her mother. But mother is getting her nails done.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Nexus (Nexo)

directed by Alejandro Espinar (1997)

ES · 2022 · 10 min

Festival 2023

Sandra is bored at a party. But suddenly she feels a weird connection - and realizes, that her life is going to change completely for something new.

Pep Talk

written & directed by Lucia Haag (1999)

SE · 2022 · 3 min

Festival 2023

A short glimpse on an unusual woman.

Photographers in Focus - Abdo Magdy

directed by Mohamed Jad (1998)

TR · 2023 · 4 min

Festival 2023

Always in conflict with his calm and his energetic side, the Egyptian photographer Abdo Magdy shows, how this conflict affects his art.

Pitcher of You

written & directed by Coireall Kent (2000)

IE · 2023 · 9 min

Festival 2023

Urban-hermit Mag, whose soon-to-close family pub is attacked by a vengeful familial Ghost, must reckon with both imminent supernatural possession and an informal pact, she made with her late father.

Pitoune Bum Bébé

directed by Jeanne Cantin (2010)

CA · 2022 · 3 min

Festival 2023

Catherine heads to a store when she unexpectedly encounters a man carrying an infant. As the man begins to flirt with her in a clumsy way, she wonders: Why is a man with a baby hitting on other women?

Quandary (İKİLEM)

written & directed by Ebubekir Sefa Akbulut (2000)

TR · 2022 · 10 min

Festival 2023

In a world where vitality is gradually decreasing due to environmental pollution, the fisherman who cannot find food establishes a bond with the fish he caught in the lake as a result of long efforts.

Sary Omir

written & directed by Rustem Dastanuly (1997)

KZ · 2022 · 20 min

Festival 2023

"Sary Omir" is the story about 11 year old Ayan. A summer visit to his home village reveals dark secrets of his family, that he must face now.

recommended for ages 16 and up

Splatt

directed by Neil Law (2001)

GB · 2023 · 2 min

Festival 2023

A man nonchalantly kills a spider, but suddenly he finds himself in the same situation as the spider.

recommended for ages 12 and up

Tear Off

directed by Clément Del Negro & Charlotte Fargier & Héloïse Neveu & Camille Souchard & Nalini Bhasin & Mikko Petremand & Matthias Bourgeuil (1993-1998)
written by Clément Del Negro

FR · 2022 · 6 min

Festival 2023

A young bee must overcome her condition if she is to survive the DESTRUCTIVE HORNET that has invaded her hive.

The Bowl

written & directed by Si Yi Lee (2002)

US · 2023 · 2 min

Festival 2023

An elderly woman drown in her memories.

The Dream Study

written & directed by Isabelle Massaro (2006)

US · 2023 · 2 min

Festival 2023

After volunteering to participate in a dream study, Sophia is transported into a dream that rapidly escalates into a never-ending nightmare.

The Harbourmaster (Havnesjefen)

directed by Mia Ludvigsen Henriksen (1998) & Konrad Hjelmi (1998)

NO · 2022 · 7 min

Festival 2023

"The Harbourmaster" tells the story of its titular swan, and of how he went from a beloved small town icon to a wanted criminal.

Ubudology

directed by Ha Wing Yin & Yip Pui Ting

HK · 2023 · 3 min

Festival 2023

An abstract collage animation film inspired by Noriko Okaku, which draws viewers into a surrealistic world that explores the disparity between rich and poor.

Vomiting on an Open Wound

directed by Alireza Sharifi (1999)
written by Farshad Rezaei & Alireza Sharifi

IR · 2023 · 25 min

Festival 2023

A group of five young people travel to the north and rent a shack from a strange motorcyclist. But the biker has a secret …

recommended for ages 16 and up

Water Lullaby

written & directed by Piotr Kazmierczak (2006)

PL · 2022 · 3 min

Festival 2023

A musical poem written in sand.

What's Up With Numbats?

directed by Elis Rumma (1997)
written by Paula Üleoja & Elis Rumma

EE · 2023 · 13 min

Festival 2023

Eve and Leida are colleagues and opposites at a small town library. Leida´s factually wrong answer about Numbats habitat upsets Eve. An absurd adventure to prove her co-worker wrong takes unusual turns until the very end.

Will You Look At Me (Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou)

written & directed by Shuli Huang (1997)

CN · 2022 · 20 min

Festival 2023

As a young Chinese filmmaker returns home in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.

Xiaohui and his cows

written & directed by Xinying Lao (1997)

CN · 2023 · 15 min

Festival 2023

The village where Xiaohui lives with two cows has nothing to offer. The nine-year-old sorely misses his parents who work in the city. When grandpa has to sell a calf, the grandson tries everything to prevent the separation of mother and child.