The Girl With The Occupied Eyes / A Menina com os Olhos Ocupados, André Carrilho, Portugal 2024, 7’55’’
A girl wanders through different places, never taking her eyes off her phone. Along the way, she meets various characters who try to catch her attention, but she remains indifferent. After a series of adventures, including a brief space trip, she ends up in a circus and climbs a roller coaster. During the wild ride, her phone slips from her hands and shatters on the ground.
The drifting guitar, Sophie Roze, France 2024, 29’55’’
A weasel, whose absurd job is selling ties, roams the countryside. Considered a pest and constantly wandering, she decides to take a chance in the forest. Her fate is about to change, thanks to the unconditional help of a hedgehog.
The Night Boots / Les Bottes de la Nuit, Pierre-Luc Granjon, France 2024, 12’29’’
While his parents are welcoming friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night and enters the undergrowth, wearing rubber boots. There, a strange beast, curious and solitary, will lead him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal creatures that live there, and so as not to be alone again, will try to delay the child's departure as long as possible.
Toti, Maëlle Chevallier, Switzerland 2024, 6’03’'
Two small cells meet and grow up in harmony, until a forced separation turns them into beings so different that they cannot continue on their journey together.
Bobel's Kitchen, Fiona Rolland, Belgium 2024, 10’25’’
Bobel, a poisonous little mushroom, dreams of becoming a cook at his village market. But the prejudices of the villagers will make his task difficult.
