We begin our journey through worlds, where the familiar becomes strange, and where memory, technology, nature and love collide. These films drift between the intimate and the surreal, finding tenderness, resistance and strange ways to stay afloat.

Flow of Being

Helen Unt / Bulgaria, Estonia / 2024 / 11 mins

A person is in the flow. They make a decision and keep flowing until all becomes one.

Not Satisfied, Redo

Shui Yuan（Water）/ China / 2025 / 5 mins

A desktop film blending animation and game aesthetics, presenting a “redo–verify” cycle through a game review. It reveals the absurdities of consumer and technological interactions, exploring the interplay of humans, computers, AI, and tools, while inviting reflection on mechanisms long taken for granted.

A Bear Remembers

Zhang + Knight / United Kingdom / 2025 / 20 mins

Local boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the village. When he shares his footage with an old woman it sparks memories of a bear that roamed the hills during her childhood.

Percebes

Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves/ Portugal / 2024 / 11 mins

With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES, goose barnacle.

Modern Masturbation Allegory

Xinyi LI / United Kingdom / 2025 / 23 mins

Convinced she's developed an addiction to masturbation, 22-year-old Xinyi finds herself caught between shame and compulsion. Unable to talk about it openly, she sets out alone to collect other people's stories of desire — searching for someone who feels the same way she does.

Shadows

Rand Beiruty / Jordan / 2024 / 12 mins

At a crowded airport, Ahlam, a 15-year old mother, is running away from Baghdad, the only place she's ever known. As she fights the shadows lurking around her, she reflects on her journey to reclaim her life.

Water Sports

Whammy Alcazaren / Philippines / 2024 / 19 mins

Jelson and Ipe, two students in love, train to survive a world devastated by climate change. As they face the trials of mind and body, they discover that perhaps the best way to survive the end of the world is simply to live, laugh and love.