Storyline

• Home Is a Rhythm by Wanisha Balak. Short film. Torn between the musical life she is building and the future that awaits her, Varshita searches for a place to belong in Rotterdam. Facing the possibility of being pushed out of the city she is beginning to call home.
• Paniek! by Timon Drost. Short film. Paniek!’ is an immersive documentary about the experiences of people who suffered from panic attacks. Trigger warning: Contains photosensitive content (stroboscopic effects). Advisory age: 12+
• How To Sue A Climate Criminal by Lena Grøtting. Short film. Lawyers and scholars analyze the current landscape of climate litigation, exposing the grave injustices in who contributes most to and is most affected by climate change, and the role law can play in pursuing justice. Trigger warning: Contains photosensitive content (flashing lights). 9+
• La Séptima by Alejandra Sánchez Ibañez. Short film. Through fotocine—street photographs taken in mid-century Colombia—this filmic letter addressed to the director’s grandmother, traces a sense of belonging from a distance. Grounded in personal reflection on family, resemblance, and the life that might have been. 
• A Sign Of Life by Houwert Veerkamp. Short film. When Borre gets completely fed up with Rotterdam’s impossible housing market, he decides to stop waiting and takes matters into his own hands by constructing a controversial and risky house in the public of the city
• Becoming the Warden by Tijmen Snoep. Short film. Joeri (53), a timid IT-consultant from Delft turned amateur actor, tries to become a screaming prison warden in a prison break experience.