Sucreña soul – I
In Sucre, Colombia — a region marked by armed conflict — art rises as a symbol of resistance, healing, and cultural pride. Alma Sucreña is a documentary journey that reveals how music, tradition, and collective memory help rebuild the soul of a people. Director Biography – Greg Mendez Lopez, Fabian Paternina Herazo Biografía del Director […]
Countdown to Midnight
After an encounter with a strange man, Nathan is cursed to vanish from everyone’s memory—his physical presence fading and his existence slipping away. With a literal timer counting down above his head, Nathan has until midnight to unravel the mystery of the curse, or risk being erased from reality forever. Director Biography – Saif Mir […]
Divine
Divine is an experimental, 2D animated film exploring the beauty and reclamation of femininity in an ethereal world. Using a painterly and illustrative style, this piece shows the experience of the trials of femininity as it evolves with age. My intention with this work was to create an immersive visual story that communicates the softness, […]
DEAD END
A spirited teen and her cynical older sister embark on a deceptively simple outing, only to confront lingering family wounds and rediscover the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Director Biography – Claire S. Cohen Meet Claire S. Cohen, the writer and director of DEAD END, and get to know about the woman behind the camera! Before […]
When The Sun Above Our Memories
A young man tells his childhood memories through his destroyed old house. We listen to the memories of the young man in the black and white images of this ruined adobe house. As the sun begins to set, the images become more colorful, and children accompany the silence and the image. We witness the feelings […]
Je ne suis pas elle, je suis l’autre.
A woman artist, struggling with a mental illness following her mother’s death, tries to overcome society’s judgment and the obstacles caused by her health condition, to regain custody of her daughter.
Voyeur
A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number sends her a photo of her, taken just before she enters the coffee shop. The unknown person sends the photo several times until… Director Biography – Maryam Hashempour Maryam Hashempour is a theater graduate from Soore University in Tehran and a […]
FAITH IN LOVE
Han Xuan, who had been cheating for a year, became increasingly anxious after a sudden car accident. Greedy, he tried to find a balance between his wife and lover.This film cleverly utilizes suspenseful reasoning techniques, combined with extremely stylized audio-visual expression, to boldly expose some hidden urban male and female emotions to the audience. The […]
Marsh Warbler – Migration’s endless song
Part of this year’s Visions du Réel Film Market official selection, this short film—set in the wetlands of Fornebu, just outside Oslo—blends documentary and experimental cinema to explore the mysterious and deeply felt connection between ornithologists and the birds they study. Filmmaker Maël Mubalegh follows his sister Naïd, herself an ornithologist, as she searches for […]
FLOW
Flow is a nightmare fuel 2D animation, stop motion, and live action short film, about a skincare company and the horrifying truth of what goes into their products, the lengths consumers will go to meet societal standards of beauty. The film has underlying themes of consumerism and industry manipulation. Director Biography – Laila Blue Laila […]