Professional Competition 6

1. The Synthetic Age 07:39 Greece 2025
   

   Directed:	Dimitris Armenakis
   Screenplay:	Dimitris Armenakis
   Production:	Alexis Anastasiadis
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   In a city where people consume cartoons, a dog reconciles with its old friends, and together, they try to escape from humans.

2. Paradise Buffet / BUFFET PARAÍSO 08:00 Spain 2024
   

   Directed:	Santi Amézqueta, Héctor Zafra
   Screenplay:	Júlia Frncino, Elena Gobernado
   Production:	Álex Cervantes, Roger Torras, Fabrice Otaño, Álvaro García
   Dialogue Language:	Catalan

   
   

   In a buffet restaurant, a diverse group of characters access a wide variety of exquisite delicacies without being aware of the serious sin that gluttony represents.

3. Rubén's shortfilm / EL CORTO DE RUBÉN 20:00 2025
   

   Directed:	José María Fernández de Vega
   Screenplay:	Mary Cruz Leo Pérez
   Production:	José María Fernández de Vega
   Dialogue Language:	Spanish

   
   

   Javier is a film lover and finally decides to make his short film, but during the process, he meets colorful characters within the industry that will change his project to something else that has nothing to do with his short film.

4. Nadya / Надя 15:34 Russian Federation 2024
   

   Directed:	Sergey Seregin, Ekaterina Seregina
   Screenplay:	Andrey Zhitkov
   Production:	Alexander Gerasimov
   Dialogue Language:	Russian

   
   

   Nadya is a character from a short story written by the Screenwriter. He writes it for the drawer, just for himself. Nadya is in her early 30s, she works as a ticket inspector at the movie theater. She is single, but being occasionaly visited by a man she likes. When he's around, she's happy with his presence, and when he's absent - with the anticipation of his presence. But the Screenwriter feels the story is getting dull, so he decides to ruin her life and make her desperate for the proper plot and character development.

5. A Winter Night’s Dream 16:14 2025
   

   Directed:	Svyatoslav Ushakov
   Screenplay:	Svyatoslav Ushakov
   Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

   
   

   An incident that happened on a winter evening in a European city looks mysterious and unreal. A wind-up bear escapes from a toy store. Why and where is he running? Maybe someone in this city is just lonely, lacking friendly hugs and warmth?

6. Stupid dog 03:03 2025
   

   Directed:	Daria Ishcheykina
   Screenplay:	Daria Ishcheykina
   Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

   
   

   The silly antics of the dog have long been getting on the owner’s nerves. But is there a hidden meaning behind them?

7. Tawny Owl 08:00 2025
   

   Directed:	Anastasiia Zhakulina
   Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

   
   

   Life in the forest hides a lot of dangers and not only little birds hard to live there, but also great hunters.

8. Yasuke the African Samurai 06:37 United States 2024
   

   Directed:

   Scott Palazzo

   
   

   ​​Yasuke The African Samurai tells the story of history's first foreign samurai, who lived and fought in 16th Century Japan. Uprooted from his home of Africa, Yasuke rose through the ranks of feudal Japan to become an elite soldier, and dear friend of a warlord. Using tactile and traditional animation, Yasuke uncovers a forgotten story. This film interprets one version of documented history in the 1500s, others exist that both contradict or support this depiction.

9. Mytikah Explores - Charles Darwin 03:23 2024
   

   Directed:	Hygor Amorim, Recy Cazarotto
   Screenplay:	Diego M. Doimo
   Production:	Recy Doimo
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Let's go with Manga and Leco to meet the English naturalist Charles Darwin. Aboard a boat, they will explore the Galápagos Islands to understand the evolution of species.

10. Mytikah Explores - Maria Sibylla Merian 03:15 2024
    

    Directed:	Hygor Amorim, Recy Cazarotto
    Screenplay:	Radhi Meron
    Production:	Recy Cazarotto, Amanda Castro
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    Manga e Leco lern about the story of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717), an adventurous German illustrator and naturalist who used her art to study the fantastic world of the insects.

11. Letters To Myself | AI Short Film (2025) 03:00 2025
    

    Directed:	LyricalSoundscape
    Screenplay:	LyricalSoundscape
    Production:	LyricalSoundscape

    
    

    "Dear me… be brave." ???? A man rediscovers the letters he wrote to himself as a child — small words of courage penned when he had no one else. Watching his childhood notes float away as tiny paper boats, he reconnects with memories of innocence, reflection, and quiet hope. Letters to Myself is a 3-minute anime short about memory, resilience, and finding strength in the smallest gestures. ????✨

12. A Paper Coffee Cup Story / История одного бумажного стаканчика кофе 03:47 Russian Federation 2025
    

    Directed:	Igor Gusev
    Screenplay:	Igor Gusev
    Dialogue Language:	Russian

    
    

    This is a story about creative and sensitive people. Their feelings get hurt (unrequited love, misunderstanding and loneliness) and they all end up in a metaphorical place (hospital ward) where they meet each other, talk and recover. The boy finds the girl he once felt in love with, the poet is now understood and admired and the girl is not lonely anymore. There is also a fourth character, he is a smoking silhouette, he has no feelings and he can only feel physical pain, it seems like he's living in a completely different world, he has no spirituality in him.

13. MOTHER Ltd. / MATKA s.r.o. 08:46 Czechia 2025
    

    Directed:	Vendula Velísková
    Screenplay:	Vendula Velísková
    Production:	Petr Babinec, Libor Nemeskal
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    An original pixilation short about a woman whose entire household gradually rebels against her during one sleepless night. Drawing from her own experience, the author presents a tale full of absurd situations that feel almost unbelievably familiar to anyone who has ever tried to juggle household duties, work, and children all at once. This film is dedicated to all mothers who work while on maternity or parental leave.

14. Noggin 07:10 Italy 2024
    

    Directed:	Case Jernigan
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    No sugarcoatin’ it, you’ve got brain damage from multiple sclerosis. Your memories are fading so gather everything left in that noggin, like paper and ink and photos and love of course. Start with the foundation and don’t give up! Soon you’ll have a palace.