S the Wolf
Sameh Alaa (Salt for Sugar Films)
France, 2025, 10’30”
A middle-aged man reflects back on his tumultuous adolescent phase while sitting in his childhood bedroom. Through intricate and deeply personal musings somehow all tied to his hair – hair growing or hair receding – we, over time, accumulate meaning into the larger journey of his life.
Silent Panorama
Nicolas Piret (Zorobabel)
Belgium, 2024, 5’09”
In this animated miniature a drawing gradually comes to life before our eyes, telling a story not only of a wild boar on the run, but also of the ways in which people occupy the places that used to belong to nature. Based on memories of a walk in the Belgian Ardennes.
La vie avec un idiot / Life with an Idiot
Theodore Ushev (Miyu Productions)
France, 2025, 18’06”
Accused by the authorities of not working hard enough, Vladimir's punishment is to live with an idiot. He chooses him from an insane asylum, and his name is Vova. This idiot can only pronounce one syllable: ouh.
A Taste of Beer
Xie Li (independent)
China, 2024, 5’30”
A son comes home and tells his father that he won the school football game, so his father wants his son’s glory to be seen by everyone.
Paradaïz
Matea Radić (National Film Board of Canada)
Canada, 2025, 9’24”
Welcome to a place filled with houseless slugs, bullet-ridden walls, never-ending cigarettes and exploding tomatoes. This must be Paradaïz.
Klonter / Clot
Levi Stoops (Lunanime)
Belgium, 2025, 14’20”
Frankie believes he is about to die with no one to say goodbye to. On his way to the stars, he accidentally turns into a planet and an explosion of life occurs on his body, including some creatures that look like him.
Existential Greg
Will Anderson (Wanderson)
UK, 2024, 9' 27”
A cat goes on a journey toward spiritual enlightenment.
A Round of Applause for Death
Stephen Irwin (small time inc.)
UK, 2024, 4’40”
Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.