F-Lush by Jing Zhao | CHN | 15’

In the emotional desert of the city, Mo drifts numbly through her days, often crossing paths with plumbers as the water keeps running out. After a brief date with a match from a social app, she brings home an abandoned giant tropical plant, only to realize it has no place in her small apartment.

Blackout by Ahmed ElZogbhy | EGY | 15’

It’s the Eid holiday. We’re in an apartment building that is owned and lived in by three generations of a very conservative family. When the elderly grandfather gets sick, his daughters believe that his illness is because of bad luck brought on by a young woman who rents an apartment in the building. Mohamed, the grandson of the sick man, has a crush on this young woman. But when the young woman comes home in the middle of the night, bringing a man who she’s taking up to her apartment, Mohamed and the women decide to punish her for her “impure” and “scandalous” ways.

Smooth Summer by Amanda Sandberg Fætten | NOR | 13’

Hanna is getting ready for a day at the beach with her ten-year-old niece, Erle. When Hanna steps out of the room for a few minutes and returns, she finds Erle shaving her legs. Erle insists that hair is gross and that she wants to look like Hanna, with smooth, hairless legs. Torn between setting boundaries and preserving their trust, Hanna reluctantly decides to help her with the shaving.

bracelet by Arina Chernova | DEU | 21’
Ekaterina waits for her son to visit. He remains aloof. At work, she observes a young man stealing a bracelet. She chases him outside into a park. They have sex, then they separate. Ekaterina goes home. Her son has not appeared. She is so tired.

MAMITA by Chiara Boiani | ARG | 7’

Vanesa (26) is about to have her baby in a somber hospital, where she and her roommates are victims of obstetric violence. In her loneliness, Vanesa gives birth to her baby but starts to fear that it will be taken from her.

The modern woman by Madeline Watkins | ESP | 4’

Sometime in a fictional 1960s Miss Plain Jane tries to improve her life by committing to follow an outrageous and ill-advised crash diet. In this exercise in discipline Jane tries to keep up appearances as much as possible but quickly loses her composure. The Modern Woman is a short humorous look at the beauty standards and self-improvement culture that affects young women everywhere.