First Summer | Heo Gayoung | KOR | 30’

Haksu, Yeongsun’s longtime dance partner and lover, suddenly stops contacting her. As she waits endlessly for him, Haksu’s son delivers the news of his passing. The next morning, Yeongsun learns that Haksu’s 49th-day memorial service is scheduled—but it coincides with her granddaughter Seokyun’s wedding. Faced with Haksu’s death, Yeongsun begins to slowly reflect on her own life.

Vitamors | Hugo Dantas | PRT | 10’

A wandering being searches for meaning and belonging in a world that rejects him. Between empty spaces and repetitive gestures, in this constant attempt to exist, he loses himself and sinks into exhaustion.

Espelhos não guardam tudo | Ana de Assis | PRT | 19’

In the stillness of time, the fragmented memories of Lola and Aurora reveal the closeness and unspoken feelings that bound them in their youth. Among recollections that return like echoes and fade away, and emotions that waver, emerges a story about the fragility of memory.

I Don't Know You | Josefa Rozas & Sofía Vargas | CHL | 11’

As she starts seventh grade, Amelia (12) faces new insecurities about her body and social norms. She realizes that many of her features are not what they "should be." Desperate to fit in, she begins tearing off parts of her body and hiding them in a drawer, between smudges and cutouts—until she can no longer ignore them, as they transform into a creature, a reflection of everything she let go of herself.

Under the Igloo’s Shadow | Rodrigo Gonçalves Carapinha | PRT | 4’

On a vast glacier, where ice cubes live trapped in a cycle, one of them begins to question its existence and decides to rebel against the monster that controls them.

Blond hair, black eye | Duc Huy Luu | DEU | 9’

Following a racist attack, Mu'tasem and his girlfriend have to reconsider the name they had chosen for their future child.