Long Distance, dir. Iulia Voitova, France 2025, 8’16’’
An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they are.
Hello, Headquarters/ Halo, Centrala, dir. Zuzanna Zofia Heller, Poland 2025, 4’55’’
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"Hello, Headquarters," a voice from the phone calls out to Mirek. But Mirek already feels lost - he just wants to report the disappearance of his wife, the Great Orange. At every step, he crashes into the brutality of office bureaucracy, and to make matters worse, rain is pouring outside.
To the woods/ Une Fugue, dir. Agnès Patron, France 2025, 15’05’’
Sister remembers that Brother had dark eyes, hair like her own, shoulders as fragile as a bird's wings, and that he knew the way to the river by heart. Sister has forgotten nothing about Brother.
Challenges of a solitary mind, dir. Astrid Rothaug, Austria 2025, 3’
It's hard to be an introvert; especially when you're pushed to be more, or be different, or be something else entirely. This is the story of an introvert facing challenges when constantly being pushed to be more outgoing.
Cold Home/ Zimny Dom, dir. Alicja Liss, Poland 2025, 8’22’’
A mother and daughter live in a gray, icy house. They barely speak to each other. Everything here is drowned in coldness and routine—including emotions, hidden in silence and repetitive gestures. Until one day, a ray of sunlight streams through the window, melting the ice and bringing warmth and hope for change.
Free the Chickens, dir. Matúš Vizár, Slovakia 2024, 15’
A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the wilderness to experience a series of borderline situations and ethical dilemmas that lead to new insights, such as that nature is not a safe place for animals.
A Play-off film
