Storyline

• After the End by Alara Ilhan & Rosalie van Wetten. Film trailer. As the end of a chapter approaches, a young woman must choose between laid-out paths or risk being left behind by time. Advisory age: 9+.
• Straight Forward by Lucas Tepper. Film trailer where a straight man’s worst nightmare is a Dragdemon in flats.
• A Place Too Small for Longing by Janka Sára Balázs  & Diletta Rizzo. The harmony of a childhood memory is disrupted. In a parallel world, an ecosystem is dying. This short film explores the adult experience of revisiting a childhood memory where the death of a moth disrupts safety.  The visuals explore the intertwining of the adult self with childhood memories that shape her inner ecosystem.
• Refraction by Andrea de Barros Rivera. Moving storyboard about a shell character who goes on a quest to find the faraway house inside the machine at his opticians office
• Oma Gaat op Kamers by Bente Boekhoff. Short film. Separated by distance and life events, a granddaughter visits her grandmother, hoping to build a new connection, not based on who they were, but on who they’ve become.
• Rotten Dawn by Nati Lebedeva. Short film. His days have grown far too bright. Trapped in the echo of sleepless nights and a past that clings like a shadow, he longs to find an escape and fly away. Somewhere between waking and dreaming, he searches for the wings of a crow. Trigger warnings: mental distress. Advisory age: 14+
• “Sun” the weight of Memory by Ahlam khawam. Short film. The story follows a teenage girl on a surreal emotional journey as she seeks freedom within the bounds of social and parental restrictions. When she finally rebels, she faces a devastating betrayal by her father—an event that plunges her into a symbolic world where water echoes the weight of her emotions. Trigger warnings: parental abuse & violence. Advisory age: 12+.