6th edition
December 1st 2025 – January 31st 2026
Blow
Directed by
Neus Ballús
Synopsis
In order to listen to the world’s largest animal, one has to be silent.
Director’s bio
Neus Ballús is an award-winning director whose films screen at major international festivals.
Echoes Within
Directed by
Pranami Koch
Synopsis
In this self-reflexive film, Pranami seeks her tribal roots, led by dreams, memories, and women of a matrilineal hill village.
Director’s bio
Pranami Koch is a queer, indigenous multimedia artist exploring gender, memory, land, and identity through mixed media.
Going South
Directed by
Alan Sahin
Synopsis
Holiday-hungry travellers find their patience tested in an eventful traffic jam.
Director’s bio
Alan Sahin is a Swiss doc filmmaker inspired by quiet, often overlooked everyday moments.
Himmel wie Seide
Directed by
Betina Kuntzsch
Synopsis
Spring 1990: ex-GDR citizens fly to Mallorca, once known only from West relatives’ colorful postcards.
Director’s bio
Betina Kuntzsch (1963, Berlin) creates films, animations, installations; lives and works in Berlin.
Hold me close
Directed by
Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Synopsis
A chronicle of the relationship between two Queer Black women who experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together.
Director’s bio
Aurora Brachman is an Emmy winning filmmaker committed to collaborative and ethical storytelling.
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver is a screenwriter, director and producer from Oakland, CA.
Lanawaru
Directed by
Angello Faccini
Synopsis
When a local community member disappears, a boy faces an early memory, seeking comfort in the Indigenous traditions.
Director’s bio
Angello Faccini is a filmmaker and cinematographer, who balances narrative and documentary.
Shadows
Directed by
Rand Beiruty
Synopsis
At the airport,15-year-old motherAhlam flees Baghdad, determined to reclaim her life.
Director’s bio
Rand Beiruty is a writer, director and co-founder of Shaghab Films.
Shrooms
Directed by
Jorge Jácome
Synopsis
Shrooms follows Dan collecting magic mushrooms and distributing them to those in need of help using pigeons as carriers.
Director’s bio
Jorge Jácome (b. 1988) is a filmmaker and artist based in Lisbon.
Sunset and the Mockingbird
Directed by
Jyllian Gunther
Synopsis
As a jazz legend’s memory fades, his soulmate discovers their love lives on inthe music that once shaped their bond.
Director’s bio
Jyllian is an Emmy-award winning multimedia storyteller for film, television, and audio.
Tessitura
Directed by
Lydia Cornett, Brit Fryer
Synopsis
Blending character portraits with historical context, Tessitura explores how voice and gender arereformulated in opera.
Director’s bio
Lydia Cornett is a filmmaker, composer, and artist based between Budapest and New York.
Brit Fryer is an artist and filmmaker from Chicago’s South Side, currently based in Brooklyn, NY
The Car that came back from the sea
Directed by
Jadwiga Kowalska
Synopsis
Six friends road-trip to the Polish coast as their car—and country—fall apart. Memoriessurface along the way.
Director’s bio
Born in 1982, Jadwiga Kowalska is a Swiss-Polish animator awarded at Locarno and Oberhausen.
Their Eyes
Directed by
Nicolas Gourault
Synopsis
A screen-based investigation about the invisible workers who teach AI how to read the world.
Director’s bio
Nicolas Gourault is a Paris-based artist using new media and doc tools for critical investigations.
Wildflowers
Directed by
Carina Pierro Corso
Synopsis
A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from thevoid that unites them?
Director’s bio
Carina Pierro Corso is a Brazilian multimedia artist based in Portugal.