What If They Bomb Here Tonight | Samir Syriani | LBN | 16’

A Lebanese couple spends a sleepless night, fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter their glass walls. With children nearby, they face the impossible choice to stay or flee their life.

Fin | Ward Kayyal | PSE | 5’

On a stormy night, a man walks through Haifa’s empty streets, trying to light his cigarette in the heavy rain. As the flame fails him again and again, he encounters the unexpected.

Dead Air | Andrej Haring | AUT | 15’

1991, war erupts in neighbouring Yugoslavia. Austrian soldiers prepare to secure the border. Tensions are rising. At the Austrian Public Radio Station, presenter Hannes Vlašić has to break the news to the public, but a phone call puts pressure on the radio news team to censor the statement.

Love and the Others | Berna Sitera Degirmen | TUR | 20’

Zeynep and Can are new lovers. One night, while cycling, they are stopped by the police. During the ID check, it turns out Zeynep has a record due to her participation in political protests. The officers disapprove of their relationship, leaving Can torn between love and the pressures of identity. What starts as a joyful night turns into an unsettling confrontation under the authoritarian gaze shaped by nationalist and patriarchal prejudices—revealing love’s fragile yet resilient nature.

Homecoming | Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk | UKR | 19’

A few years after fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion, a boy returns home via a robotic dog, his mechanical avatar, which he controls from his room in Poland. Through this remote presence, he relives memories and reconnects with his past — a connection that now depends on a fragile video stream that could be cut off at any moment.