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• The Final Curtain Call by Alina Nastachenko. Short Film. An obsessed performer, so lost in the role she’s playing, finds herself unable to escape the clutches of the theatre. Trigger warning: flashing lights, kneedles, violence. Advisory age: 12+.
• Overcast by Job Jovanović. Film trailer. When a mysterious cloud appears above his home, and old man is confronted with his past – and future.
• 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+
• Rat Poison by Mina Kaya. Film trailer. Rat Poison is a short movie inspired by personal life events. It’s about being stuck after traumatic events, and the events that followed them but over time, healing. Trigger warnings: Child on Child Sexual Abuse, Self-Harm, Disordered Eating. Advisory age: 16+.
• 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+.
• Break Out by Diana Alexia Băcean. Short film. An artist who advances their career while sacrificing their passions is haunted in their sleep by ominous knocking. After achieving this coveted success, only to find it meaningless, they now must confront this daunting realization and attempt to break the vicious cycle during an epiphanic dream. Trigger warnings: film includes fictional body-horror (monsters), mental imprisonment, loud noises. Advisory age: 14+.
• Het Was Maar Een Vraag  by Inge Groeneveld. Short film. A young woman is interrogated about an alleged crime, but gradually it turns out that her biggest enemy is her own thoughts.
• Void Signal by Matthijs Abrahamse. Short film. A young girl is hunted by a mysterious creature of the woods. When her escape becomes impossible, she must face the truth the creature holds. Advisory age: 9+.
• The Visit by Nilsu Mengi. Short film about a daughter building up the courage to invite her dad back into her life.
• Not So Public Spaces by Rares Pepple Andronic. Short film. A group of misfits go on by their day, when an angry capitalist joins the pictures. He gets angry and destroys the subculture spaces out characters live in. Advisory age: 9+.
• Hanging There by Melissa Carvalho Lettieri. A hand-drawn, non-narrative short film that transforms personal memories and experiences into surreal animation. Inviting the viewer into an intimate space where trauma, humor, and resilience coexist. Advisory age: 14+.