Riot Doll | Daria Skripka, Poornima Subramaniam, Mrunal Khairnar, Lwazi Msipha, Hassan Yola | FRA | 7'

In Moscow, a young delivery girl is witness to the hatred and divide invading her society. Overwhelmed, she discovers a curious loophole to deal with war supporters. However, the reality she is trying to escape soon catches up...

The voice of others | Fatima Kaci | FRA | 30'

Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women, whose voices raise questions about her own history.

Alibaba | Vlad Popa | MALE | ROM | 18'

A grandmother, a mother and her daughter meet to negotiate the transfer of the child to a better school, only to discover that the options available are lacking in morality.

Eighth Day | Petr Pylypčuk | CZE | 20'

Teenagers Anna and Josef have grown up in a strict religious sect. When the whole group gathers by a forest lake to perform a baptism, Anna and Josef decide to run away. They disappear into the forest, but soon find out that they are totally unprepared for life outside the borders of their community.

Peeper | Chang-lok Han | KOR | 17'

A self-proclaimed fan shows up in front of a movie director who makes uncomfortable films. The fan offers to provide the director with inspiration, unraveling a story about a little girl and a stable.

The Birth of a Bitch | Nick Verkroost | NLD | 12'

54-year-old Liesbeth is pushed to a new extreme when the men crossing her path don't seem to take her seriously.

The Passengers | Canan Çengel | DEU | 15'

The Passengers is a short film that touches upon the concepts of longing, belonging and exile. Painting a psychogeographical portrait of a village in the periphery of Constantinople/Istanbul, the film reflects on the notion of diaspora while hinting at a way to reconnect history and space with collective memory. The director created the screenplay from the poetry and prose of Katina Veikou-Serameti, who had to leave her homeland forever as a child due to the population exchange and who wrote about her lost homeland throughout her life. One century apart and in different countries, poet and director share the same village as their homeland. As a meditative journey, The Passengers aims to transcend borders of national remembrance and invites the viewer to embrace the places we can call home within a world of migration.