Professional Competition 3

1. The Encounter / Találkozás 07:20 Hungary 2025
   

   Directed:	Eszter Szoboszlay
   Screenplay:	Krisztina Rita Molnar, Eszter Szoboszlay
   Production:	Ferenc Mikulas
   Dialogue Language:	Hungarian

   
   

   What happens in a formerly friendly apartment complex, now on the verge of collapse, when the terrified, isolated residents receive a half-blurred message from an unknown sender? Of course, each of them misinterprets it according to their own desires.

2. TO ERR IS HUMAN 09:41 2024
   

   Directed:

   Tristan BOUILLON-PERRON

   
   

   Two computers exchange data all day long, until one of them has a quirky idea: it sends a joke! Is it a short circuit, a software bug? This anomaly gradually transforms their wired connection into a spiritual connection, creating a spark of humanity between the two robots, sweet and heady, which could potentially destroy their programming.

3. Kokokatepetl 06:35 Montenegro 2025
   

   Directed:	Aleksandra Ivanović Prodanović, Milo Bešović, Miloš Prodanović
   Screenplay:	Aleksandra Ivanović Prodanović, Milo Bešović
   Production:	Milena Charan
   Dialogue Language:	Montenegrin

   
   

   A satirical animated short about judgment that humorously reflects on the human tendency to gossip. This film blends caricature, local cultural flavor, and visual humor to deliver a deeper commentary on social behavior and herd mentality. Film supported by: Film Centre of Montenegro, Secretary for Culture - Podgorica, and PAM CG.

4. Go up to go down / Monter pour redescendre 03:17 France 2025
   

   Directed:	Naomi Giolito
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   Jo wants to prove to everyone she is capable of climbing up a moutain, but inevitably, she has to learn how to face the loneliness of this experience.

5. NO RUSH / PAS PRESSÉE 02:21 2024
   

   Directed:	Pauline Vassal, Ophélie Raymond
   Screenplay:	Ophélie Raymond
   Production:	Ophélie Raymond, Pauline Vassal
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   I’ve never been in love. Never.

6. Sweeter is the night / Plus douce est la nuit 18:25 2024
   

   Directed:	Fabienne WAGENAAR
   Screenplay:	Fabienne WAGENAAR
   Production:	Jean-François BIGOT, Camille RAULO
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   In the early 1960s, at a time of independence in West Africa, a young French officer is commissioned by the metropolis to find a missing missionary priest. An investigation amid mistrust and indifference, silence and prejudice, that takes the young officer far from the light of the shores, where day and night merge.

7. The 300th Head / La 300ème tête 08:46 2025
   

   Directed:	Olivier JEAN, Thierry CATTANT
   Screenplay:	Olivier JEAN, Laurent BOGHOSSIAN
   Production:	Jean-François BIGOT, Camille RAULO, Olivier JEAN, Romane JEAN
   Dialogue Language:	French

   
   

   1939. As he prepares to take the metro to cut off his 300th head, Anatole Deibler, the famous executioner, collapses, the victim of an embolism. During this final second of agony, he is offered a unique mission: to execute the greatest French assassin who has ever lived: himself.

8. Our Earths 10:17 2025
   

   Directed:	Sebastian Pichelhofer
   Screenplay:	Sebastian Pichelhofer, Johann Steinegger
   Production:	Sebastian Postl
   Dialogue Language:	English, German

   
   

   Our Earths takes the audience on a journey into a future where humanity has solved all the big challenges we are facing today. Climate crisis, islands of plastic trash in the oceans, exponentially growing resource exploitation, ever increasing rate of species extinction and loss of biodiversity, pandemics, an economic system based on infinite growth. Are we heading for collapse? Looking back in a few hundred years, how will humanity have solved today's problems? How will we have prevented the collapse? This project creates a science-based utopia - the success story of mankind. Also available as VR (Virtual Reality) Experience in addition to Stereo 3D and 2D film. English and German language versions available. 11 minute Behind the Sc(i)ence video available showing how the film was made.

9. This is not your Garden / Este no es tu jardín 12:53 Colombia 2025
   

   Directed:	Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo
   Production:	EXPERIMENTA
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Rooted in wetlands, páramos and centennial forests at the verge of disappearing, memories and a speculated future collide. 500 years of exploitation, exile and resilience are nourished by a collective pain and a desire to crack through it all.

10. Tibby's Big Little Discovery 02:00 2025
    

    Screenplay:

    DR. VERTNA WEST

    
    

    Join Tibby, the cheerful little felt bug, on his very first adventure! In this episode, Tibby’s Big Little Discovery, a simple moment in the garden turns into something magical. From curious exploring to a surprising find, Tibby learns that even the tiniest things can bring the biggest joy. Perfect for young children and families, Tibby’s Tiny Adventures is a warm and whimsical series about nature, discovery, and the beauty of small wonders.

11. Animetro / Аниметро 07:50 2025
    

    Directed:	Natalia Grofpel
    Screenplay:	Masha Parfenova Parfenova, Oleg Kozyrev
    Production:	Alexander Gerasimov, Valery Ryabin
    Dialogue Language:	Russian

    
    

    Lady Leopard is ready to give up her search for a soulmate when suddenly the wild rhythm of the underground interferes with her destiny.

12. Smiling Musk / 微笑面具 02:40 2025
    

    Directed:	qiyun li
    Screenplay:	jiaqi xu
    Production:	qiyun li
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    In daily life, we often have to use a "smiling mask" to suppress our true emotions and thoughts, so as to cater to those in positions of power in interpersonal relationships. Yet when we find ourselves in a superior position within a relationship, we in turn pass this pressure on to the vulnerable party. However, in the fluid dynamics of human relationships, there is no permanent superior, nor is there a permanent inferior. Thus, this kind of repression gets passed around in society, forming an absurd cycle.

13. Leeb0rn – Bond 03:04 Czechia 2024
    

    Directed:	Dominika Srostlíková
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    Animated music video for Leeb0rn's single called "Bond". The video is based on minimalistic drawings made by Markéta Dlouhá and animated by Vítězslav Ureš. This song is a part of Leeb0rn's debut album called "Hauau" (2024). The album is about self-acceptance, sincerity, dreams and pain. Leeb0rn recorded it themselves, mostly in their rehearsal room. This music video won an award for "Best Art Music Video" at Parai International Musical Awards.

14. Ballad for Raposo Tenório / Balada para Raposo Tenório 19:33 Brazil 2024
    

    Directed:	Samuel Peregrino de Lima
    Screenplay:	Samuel Peregrino de Lima
    Production:	Animatriz Studio
    Dialogue Language:	Gujarati

    
    

    Captaincy of Goyaz, 1850. The arrival of a stranger in the abandoned village of Bom Jesus do Pontal puts Raposo Tenório's darkest fears to the test.