Human Nature / Natureza Humana
Mónica Lima, Portugalska, 2023, 26'
In an apartment in a city under curfew, a day expands from early Spring to late Summer. A couple’s longing to start a family is shaken by a pervasive feeling of uncertainty.
Storks Always Come Home / Лелеки завжди повертаються додому
Halyna Koziutynska, Ukrajina, 2023, 28'
Gala and Viktor search for their Heaven on Earth even during the war. That’s why they have bought an abandoned house in the Carpathian Mountains and started repairing it. It’s a place of peace where they can grow their food, be silent and defenceless, as well as drink coffee overlooking the mountains and a stork’s nest. But the winter is coming. The apple tree in the yard freezes and the war reaches Heaven.
Nun or Never!
Heta Jäälinoja, Finska, 2023, 11'
The nuns live in a monastery in contentment and harmony, fused together. While digging up potatoes, one of the nuns finds a man underground. She begins to dream of this man, goes mad, and loses the common rhythm with the others.
Edge / Skraj
Edmund Aleksander Krempiński, Jakub Dylewski, Poljska, 2023, 18'
A stigmatized character struggles with all aspects of his own frustration on his way to be transformed into a Pearl.
Skrivnostne pustolovščine Claude Conseil / The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil / Les Mystérieuses Aventures de Claude Conseil
Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin, Francija, 2023, 24'
Claude Conseil živi z možem v hiši sredi gozda in dneve preživlja s poslušanjem ptičjega petja. Nekega dne skrivnostni klic prekine gozdni mir.
Claude Conseil lives with her husband in a house in the middle of the woods, spending her time listening to birds. One day a mysterious phone call breaks the calm of the forest.