Duck Broth, Maria Dakszewicz, Poland 2024, 4’41’’
Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
Girls are made to make love / Les filles c’est fait pour faire l’amour, Jeanne Paturle, Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Drouet, France 2024, 15’49’’
“Girls are made to make love” follows a sociologist's investigation into sexuality in couples. She meets heterosexual women aged between 25 and 45. The interviews deal with experiences, desire and love, as well as norms in male/female relationships but also paths to emancipation.
When it comes (it will have your eyes) / Etorriko da (eta zure begiak izango ditu), Izibene Oñederra, Spain 2024, 12’46’’
A small community has entered a state of collapse due to an environmental crisis and is adapting as best it can to the new reality. The privileged residents live a hedonistic life based on carpe diem, while the others struggle to survive without any other alternative. What is yet to come? If there is nothing left, can anything save us?
Why Don't You Touch Me? / Proč se mě nedotýkáš?, Eliška Oz, Czech Republic 2025, 6’17’’
The protagonist struggles to find a balance between maternal instincts and her passion for creation, her world slowly crumbles, much like a clay sculpture gradually falling apart in her hands.
Martyr’s Guidebook, Maksymilian Rzontkowski, Poland 2023, 8’51’’
Tony always puts others first, even as a child sharing cake. He helps strangers and lives with a literal angel who influences his extreme kindness. When Tony's selflessness backfires, he must learn to balance altruism with self-care.
Supersilly, Veronica Martiradonna, France 2024, 9’30’’
After entering a tent, a little girl emerges frightened, grown up and strangely dressed in a rabbit costume. In this inner journey, this young woman will understand the original drama that causes the suffering she is enduring today.
Skroll, Marten Visser, Netherlands 2024, 6’29’’
Humans and some kind of gnomes have posted videos on social media platforms in their animated dimension. This film is a short compilation of these clips. An animated random flow of social media content that really ‘will surprise you’ and is worth to ‘watch till the end’. But number three will not shock you.
Wildcard movie I – an animation that made it to the Main Competition from playoff screenings
