Official selection

After a haunting vision of a distant land, Siljan sets out in search of his origins. A mysterious journey leads him from the quiet parks of the Netherlands to the rugged landscapes of Macedonia, where memories, dreams, and reality begin to blur. Guided by a cryptic Soothsayer, Siljan unravels a truth that reshapes his identity and his place in the world. As realities converge and a fear of losing everything, he must face the question: can we ever truly return home?

A lifetime is not enough to find your path. An exploration of loneliness and pain on the road to self-awareness.

A BOY (Black and White Drawing)is in love with A GIRL (Cardboard Cut Out Puppet), he is too shy and anxious, which makes him too incapable to express his feelings for her. THE GIRL tries to get closer to him, but after he doesn’t react to her approaches, she decides to stop trying. When she leaves, she drops a little cardboard spider, which THE BOY takes home. The Spider starts to absorb the BOY’s energy and feeds on his complex and insecurities, growing bigger and monstrous. The BOY’s reality starts to mix up with his dreams and nightmares, he gets obsessed with THE GIRL and starts waiting for the GIRL to come back, while the toxic spider continuous to spin its web over his overthinking head.

A perfectionist illustrator has to face her own mistakes when she accidentally makes an ink blot and creates Wolfie, a little wolf with an inky nose.

Adela was born in Spain in 1910. After years of washing clothes and living with strong ovary pain, Adela decided to emigrate to Cuba following her sister. Painful menstruation can be a heavy burden, but also be the driving force behind a life change.

Sixteen-year-old Michele works as a “cowboy” on a wild plateau in the Apennines. Together with his colleague, 21-year-old Alexandra, he offers horseback rides across the vast fields to tourists who love riding. But nothing has been the same since the events of last winter.