Two Ends of a Bridge | Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz | Kadir Has University | 5' | TUR
A flag seller is having trouble with his sales, walking to and fro, trying to find buyers. All of a sudden he realizes he has sold all of his products. In the meantime, he notices a beggar on the street and, having money, decides to give him some. That is until he notices the beggar is blind. Having given a good amount of cash, he hesitates, torn between doing the right thing and getting some back.

 

Saudade | Cloe Peker | Middlesex University | 13' | GBR, PRT

Camden is a restless teen struggling to figure out where he fits in to his pleasant suburban family. But after passing away suddenly at just 17, he's left to linger in a cranky and bitter afterlife, watching his family move on without him and desperately trying to protect the fragments of the life he's left behind.

 

Gineceu | Tomás Maia Pinto | ESAP | 4' | PRT

The dress was torn... A girl and a boy are growing up.
Gynoecium is a metaphor for one of the most peculiar moments of our life.

 

Favourites | Martin Monk | Wien Film Akademie | 18' | AUT

After falling out with her mother, rebellious Sofia hitchhikes southwards in search of the father she never had.

 

Interstate 8 | Anne Thieme | Konrad Wolf | 15' | DEU

Nour meets Alice on the lakeshore in Switzerland, but Syria keeps haunting her. Can she forget? How can she go on living when the present keeps reminding her of the traumas of the past?

 

Sherbet | Nikola Stojanovic | Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade | 19' | SRB

Ena and Sale – both destructive and hungry for life – meet. As they are trying to interpret their feelings, the two are oppressed by the burdens of their past and haunted by their fears. Through acts of aggression on the outskirts of a dirty city, they test the limits of their love.

 

Ékdúō| Matilde Camacho | Politécnico de Portalegre | 2' | PRT

It is said that the best pleasures in life come from overcoming fears. But what do we have to do to rid ourselves of the most unreasonable ones?

 

In Sanity: Sadness & Joy | Francisco Dias | Olda University College | 18' | NOR

The love story of a girl, embodied by two clowns who struggle to maintain a healthy relationship when their masks start to vanish.

 

O Voo do Contrário | Stephanie Rodrigues | FBUP |  4' | PRT

A true story that's both real and imaginary, or: of real imagination.

 

Embers | Adriano Palha | ESSR | 4' | PRT

A father does everything he can to save his daughter's life. Even if it means he has to summon Nature's hidden divinities.