A Different Kind of Day
Dir. Maria Doyle Kennedy - Dublin, Ireland
Amiable young couple overcomes sudden confrontation.
Pliashka (Bottle)
Dir. Yegor Bondarenko - Kyiv, Ukraine
Bottle's journey to fulfilling higher purpose.
3 Rounds
Dir. Inder Kochar - Mumbai, India
Young worker receives wisdom from boss.
The Typewriter
Dir. Evelyne du Bois - Dinxperlo, The Netherlands
Bored typist dreams of ballet dancing.
Cowboy Joe
Dir. Jingjing Tian - New York City, USA
Father, son conflict regarding career choice.
Silence is not Golden
Dir. Wong Pei Si - Singapore
Exploration of challenge of selective mutism.
Dua2litet
Dir. Rafael Montezuma - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Charlie's struggle to define his identity.
The Survival of the Sexiest
Dir. Anna Melnikova, Marina Cortón, Shirel Lebovich - Russia, Spain, Peru
Bird engages in peculiar mating ritual.
Bažinou (Through the Marsh)
Dir. Kryštof Ulbert - Zlin, Czech Republic
Strange creature hinders school girl's journey.
Another Sunny Day
Dir. Tim Huebschle - Windhoek, Namibia
Paulus endures life with overbearing sunshine.
A Good Heart
Dir. Evgeniya Jirkova - Moscow, Russia
Primitive family adjusts to new guests.
Scraps
Dir. Katherine Mooney - Brooklyn, USA
Orphan creates tribute to absent family.
Light Blue
Dir. Mohammad al Younes - Damascus, Syria
Woman learns to let son go.
Pinchpot
Dir. Greg Holfeld - Adelaide, Australia
Clay pot bonds father and son.
Dandelion in the Wind
Dir. Do Thi Ngan Giang - Singapore
Surreal trip to recover missing dog.
Void
Dir. Jimmy Olsson - Stockholm, Sweden
Woman stumbles upon conflict in tunnel.
Outono (Fall)
Dir. Bruno Carnide - Leiria, Portugal
Old letters echo a previous betrayal.
Not Today
Dir. Marine Jacob - Brussels, Belgium
Lonely old woman subverts death's plans.
Macaco Albino: Pimenta (Albino Monkey: Pepper)
Dir. Beto Uechi - São Paulo, Brazil
Monkey's obsession with peppering his food.
Sklep z rybami (Fish Shop)
Dir. Maria Kulpa - Poznan, Poland
Fish shop's hidden dangers are unleashed.
Maelstrøm
Dir. Carlos Gómez-Trigo - Madrid, Spain
Background noises stir up irritable man.
Pétanque 51
Dir. Théo Guyot - Brussels, Belgium
Veterans versus newcomers in ruthless competition.
Specter
Dir. Joaquín Ojeda Ferrero - Terrassa, Spain
Pursuer and pursued reveal hidden motives.
Chai
Dir. Petre Tomadze - Tbilisi, Georgia
Mother makes special tea for husband.
Faust
Dir. Amadej Petan, Liudmila Kuzmina - Krško, Slovenia
Homeless man recounts troubling past, future.
Recóndito
Dir. Fadi El Samra, Sergio Gonzalez, Yohan Orewa, Camilo Bossano - Lebanon, Colombia, Nigeria, Ecuador
Man confronts his biggest fear, himself.
Reviver
Dir. Shalev Ben Elya, Renen Adar - Jerusalem, Israel
Rat revives rusty old music machine.
Hounds
Dir. Ido Shapira, Amit Cohen - Jerusalem, Israel
Dog trained as human considers rebellion.
Green World
Dir. Cenk Özakinci - Mugla, Turkey
Green planet would prefer human relocation.
Sand Wanderer
Dir. Eric Giessmann - Dormagen, Germany
Ever shifting sands obstruct desert dweller.
For Lorn
Dir. Hoo Yan Han, Im Eun Sue - Singapore
Stranded astronaut's reality merges with memories.
Timbre
Dir. Gareth Peevers - Edinburgh, Scotland
Man struggles as world becomes silent.
Gosc (Guest)
Dir. Aleksander Jozefczyk - Krakow, Poland
Painter accosted by subject of painting.
Perforato
Dir. Andrea Giovanni Sidoti, Hannes Oehen - Bern/Zürich, Switzerland
Office worker breaks down under stress.
Wijnwijven (Wine Wenches)
Dir. Esther Heerikhuisen - Katwijk, The Netherlands
Three women have outrageous drunken escapades.
Stuck in the Middle
Dir. Denis Fleurion, Etienne Bonafini, Romain Marchetti, Cécile Minaud, Julien Adoum, Léo Nezot - Valenciennes, France
Four criminals, one strange desert hitchhiker.