Catlands
Ana Čigon (Urgh!/Bonobostudio), Slovenia, Croatia, 2024, 9'44''
A satire that mirrors Europe's pressing political issues through the daily ups and downs of relationships among neighbouring cats.
Soleil Gris / Ashen Sun
Camille Monnier (Novanima Productions/Animal Tank), France, Belgium, 2024, 12'42''
Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored stiff and dreams of going to the seaside. But she's forced to stay in a dingy motel with her cousin Jess, who slouches in her deckchair. The two teenagers don't get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of an eminent researcher in collapsology predicts the imminent end of the world.
Individuality
Bára Holzknechtová (University of West Bohemia, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art), Czechia, 2023, 1'45''
This associative study, based on streams of seemingly unrelated photographs, was created during a guerrilla mapping semester project as my first experimentation with a camera. It's up to the viewer to detect and find similar elements and connections in two different worlds.
Un conte très tordu / A Very Twisted Tale
Catherine Buffat, Jean-Luc Gréco (Les Films à Carreaux), France, 2024, 13'30''
Every evening, Brindone, a teenager, goes to bed before the end of the TV programmes. Every evening, instead of going to bed discreetly, his big brother Musclor turns on the light in their shared bedroom to annoy him. Every evening the same routine. Brindone can't take it anymore.
A Rapariga de Olhos Grandes e o Rapaz de Pernas Compridas / The Wide Eyed Girl and the Long Legged Boy
Maria Hespanhol (Alibi Films), Portugal, 2023, 10'50''
This is a love story full of encounters and mismatches, in which resides a constant presence of an incessant search for the relationships of happiness and self-esteem between the two characters.
Un trou dans la poitrine / A Crab in the Pool
Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel (Sémaphore Films), Canada, 2023, 11'14''
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world.
Gigi
Cynthia Calvi (Xbo films), France, 2023, 13'55''
From the tormented little mermaid to the fulfilled woman she is today, Gigi tells us about her gender transition with humor and sensitivity.
Finding Play
Dan Castro (University of Edinburgh, College of Art), UK, 2024, 3'28''
Timothy Quiche has forgotten how to play. Or has he? Maybe he's just been looking in the wrong places.