Official selection

After two decades behind bars, Denis walks back into a world that has moved on without him. Seeking a moment of solitude, he returns to his childhood home, but he quickly realises there is a parasite living in it - a young ballerina. What unfolds is a tense, disturbing and life-changing encounter between two terrified souls with contrasting paths of fate, but united by their desire to survive. Who is the real intruder and what happens when past and present collide?

On a remote Adriatic island, abandoned goats roamed freely for forty years, left behind after a failed agricultural project—until they were deemed a problem. Soon, a group of armed men appears, determined to restore the "natural balance." We bear witness to a chilling cull, revealing the unsettling ease with which we justify violence—and how quickly we convince ourselves it’s the only right thing to do.

Candela has a monotonous life in an inland town. During the town festival, she accidentally runs over her nephew's dog, but decides not to confess. Instead, she invents a legend about a dog pilgrimage to a sacred tree and invites him to join her in the search. Slowly, the lies begin to consume her.

The aging, freckled Zaka, living on the edge of a small village, is infamous and sought after for her near-poisonous herbal brews meant to help women push back against violent husbands. When the young Katia arrives at Zaka`s doorstep clutching her little boy, what begins as just another ordinary visit slowly turns into a tense and tender unfolding. As the three characters form an unlikely bond, their shared pain sparks a quiet but powerful and irreversible shift none of them expected.

A story about a girl who wanted to escape her own fear, but accidentally traps herself together with it in a small cabin in the woods. Locked inside four walls, with no way out, she has to deal with hunger, cold and the fear of something that once wanted to hurt her... but now lies dead beside her.

On a late night in a run-down office, a group of workers find themselves stuck to the ceiling by their hats. Blindly carrying out their tasks, they are oblivious to the absurdity of their situation. When an old telephone rings, they begin to disappear one by one. A worker named Hatker dares to confront the reality, ultimately turning the Kafkaesque world upside down.