Polis Nea

by Pierluigi Ferrandini, Italia, 2017, 16’ - 2037, Polignano a Mare, a southern Italian gem. Most of its population now is foreign. On a warm spring day, the life of a British family is shaken by the arrival of an elderly apulian man, seriously affected by Alzheimer, followed by his grandson.

Framed

by Marco Jemolo, Italy, 2017, 7’ — Framed explores the subject of alienation of the individual in society. In an anonymous police station, F.K., a plasticine puppet made to entertain children in animated movies, asks the Law for help in the attempt to report the abuses he has been through: his birth, his formation, his forced work.

Once upon a dream

by Anthony Nion, Belgio, 2016, 13’25’’ - When Valentin meets Ludivine, he is convinced she's the girl he has been dreaming of for the past weeks. Literally, the girl of his dreams! Scenario will take a nightmarish turn.

Piove - It's rain

by Ciro D’Emilio, Italy, 2017, 7’25’’ — Four african girls and a bright rainy day.

Decorosa

by Enrique Buleo, Spain, 2016, 12’50’’ — Decorosa keeps a skeleton costume in her bedroom closet, between the nightgowns. That’s what love is about.

Snowball

by Amaury Campion, France, 2016, 2’ — The snow is falling, it’s cold. A gruff lumberjack goes to cut wood for the winter. But living in this environment is not without consequences.

The Blender

by Haolu Wang, UK, 2017, 3’49’’ - Teenage girl Chloe wants to be heard by her parents, but the blender is in the way.

Tavsan Kani - Rabbit Blood

by Yagmur Altan, Turkey, 2016, 4’36’’ — Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where the residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea.

El atraco - The robbery

by Alfonso Díaz, Spain, 2017, 9’53’’ — What is going happen when these tough times get worse and there are more robbers than bars?

Eclipse

by Artem Makarevich, Russia, 2016, 5’48’’ — What if there’s a language that everyone in the Universe understands? This short story is about a young woman who can speak that language and knows how to overcome her fear. This is a story about something that we all can – be a little kinder to each other.

Murs - Walls

by Stephan Bookas, France, 2017, 6’48’’ — A revelation has shaken Irène’s world to the core. She is devastated, but then she hears something on the other side of the wall – it’s her own voice from the past. Irène now has to find a way to communicate with herself in order to break down the walls within her.

TRUTH – A short story about perception

by Jakub Wiśniewski, Poland, 2017, 4’15’’’ — A story about the inner journey each of us makes. A struggle with inner demons becomes an act of discovering truth and cleansing one’s vision.

The legend

by Luca Arseni e Giuseppe Brigante, Italy, 2017, 15’08’’ —When Valerio is racing the show is guaranteed. He has speed in his bones, and everybody knows him as The Legend. But he still races miniature motorbikes. The last race of the championship is a chance to show what he’s worth and an opportunity for his career to blossom.

Not one of Us

by Bill Jarcho, USA, 2017, 9’ — Sparked by the racist rhetoric and narcissism of Trump, Not One of Us is an ominous warning about the perils of building walls in the name of greed, hegemony, and xenophobia. The film’s sly humor and children’s fable visuals belies the urgent call to action at the heart of this dark allegory.

BioBuddy

by Jan Chramosta and Janek Cingroš, Czech Republic, 2016, 7’21’’ — A man who comes to the cafeteria manages to turn someone else’s world upside down.

The boy by the sea

by Vasily Chuprina, Olanda, 2016, 6’56’’ - The story of an unlikely friendship. A young boy sitting by the sea, watching the stones he throws disappear beneath the surface. An old lighthouse keeper. A different truth beyond the water.

Tropical Prevla

by Manu Sobral e Fernando Calabron, German, 9'14'' - On her 12th birthday, Chloé will discovery the complexities of love in a boat tour over Prevla river.

The wedding speech

by Joe McStravick, United Kingdom, 2017, 8’ — As the best man, Ed doesn’t realise that his speech will be the most important that he will ever make.

by Nico Bonomolo, Italy, 2016, 11’ — Sicily, fascist period. A shadow show performer is confined to an island with a lighthouse because during one of his shows he uses his art to make fun of Mussolini. A fortuitous event will redeem him from loneliness and captivity through his art.