Professional Competition 5

1. With each passing day / A Cada Dia Que Passa 10:55 2024
   

   Directed:	Emanuel Nevado
   Screenplay:	Bruno Caetano, Pedro Vieira de Moura
   Production:	Bruno Caetano

   
   

   D. Piedade is an old mouse who lives in a small village in the mountainous interior of Portugal. Her existence is mainly composed of loneliness and memories, and a hardened routine, guided by the regular rhythm of the clock and the tea she drinks with her friends, two sisters, who live in the same village. The accumulation of this routine will awaken in D. Piedade the desire to break it. Using a strong memory that drives her to act, she returns to where she was happy, hoping to regain some kind of new happiness.

2. The Shadow / Sjena 07:00 Croatia 2025
   

   Directed:	Petra Balekić
   Screenplay:	Petra Balekić
   Production:	Jure Bušić
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   In this experimental animated film, a woman explores the layers of her own body and inner world. Through a symbolic depiction of separation and reconnection with herself, the film examines the dynamics of roughness and tenderness in self-perception. An intimate journey that delves into the complexity of self-acceptance and inner harmony.

3. Silent Cinema / Неми филмови 16:28 North Macedonia 2025
   

   Directed:	Krste Gospodinovski
   Screenplay:	Krste Gospodinovski, Zharko Ivanov, Dimitar Dimoski
   Production:	Dimitar Dimoski, Darko Popov
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   "Silent Cinema" is a coming-of-age story, set in a small theater at the end of the silent film era, where a former movie star clings to the past by screening only silent films. His son grows up in this world, unaware of the changes beyond its walls, until a strange discovery unsettles his beliefs, shuttering the fragile bond between them.

4. Treading on Earth - Photosynthesis 03:07 Portugal 2024
   

   Directed:	Luis Correia
   Production:	Paula Oliveira
   Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

   
   

   An alien who’s fallen from the sky and a witty octopus become unlikely friends who never cease to surprise us with their discoveries about Planet Earth. In this episode Bisk8 learns about Photosynthesis.

5. Three Seals / 三只海豹 08:24 Germany 2025
   

   Dialogue Language:

   English, Mandarin Chinese

   
   

   Faced with insomnia, hunger, and doubt, three seals set off on a quiet adventure in search of something more.

6. GAZE / ОКОвы 12:15 Russian Federation 2024
   

   Directed:	Aleksandra Domnina
   Screenplay:	Aleksandra Domnina
   Production:	Alexander Gerasimov
   Dialogue Language:	Russian

   
   

   A girl with sociaphobia shares her life with fear. Working as a costume designer in a theater, she dreams of being on stage, but fear prevents her from being herself. At one point, she has to face her greatest enemy head-on in order to overcome it and start living her own life.

7. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DEATH 05:00 United Kingdom 2024
   

   Directed:	Stephen Irwin
   Screenplay:	Albert Irwin
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.

8. Telar 03:44 2025
   

   Directed:	Andy Garnica
   Screenplay:	Andy Garnica
   Dialogue Language:	Spanish

   
   

   An ancestral being walks through a great loom, discovering the entire Bolivian culture along the way through its fabrics and vibrant colors.

9. Remarks 07:17 2025
   

   Directed:

   Maria Yakushina

   
   

   An animated documentary about accidental find.

10. Litera 06:34 2025
    

    Directed:	Vasilisa Tikunova
    Screenplay:	Vasilisa Tikunova
    Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

    
    

    Lazy monk tries to avoid his boring job. But his laziness leads to a great success.

11. Once upon a time there was a mountain 05:10 2025
    

    Directed:	Natalia Abramova
    Screenplay:	Natalia Abramova
    Production:	Boris Mashkovtsev

    
    

    The big mountain lived peacefully, but one day people came to it...

12. La Marelle // Hopscotch / La Marelle // Игра в классики 04:55 2025
    

    Directed:	Oksana Bronevitskaya
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    The film is dedicated to the French poet Gisèle Prassinos. I chose her early poem «Corvée», written in 1934 when she was only 14 years old. In an interview, she recalled that one hot summer day, after a hard chore around the house, she sat down at the typewriter and typed several poems without hesitation.. Her brother, the artist Mario Prassinos, showed these texts to his surrealist friends, and they were delighted to see real automatic writing in them. Considering «Corvée» as a surreal text, I listen to its rhythm, and this is more important than its meaning, so there is no translation in the film. It reminded me of a childhood hopscotch game. The heroine is in the space between sleep and awakening, everyday sounds transform into strange images, the game gives birth to a text and at the same time becomes a ritual of initiation into poetry. The film was created as part of the video poetry lab at Dom Radio, curated by Dasha Chernova. Thanks to the Historical Library of the City of Paris for permissionto use Gisèle Prassinos text “Corvée”.

13. Flatmate 07:48 2024
    

    Directed:	Alistair Kerr
    Screenplay:	Alistair Kerr
    Production:	Alistair Kerr
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A young man discovers a free gift in his breakfast cereal…will the gift come at a price?

14. Survival / نجاة 10:00 2025
    

    Directed:	Ahmed Ghassan Jaber, Ghaith Al Talli
    Screenplay:	Ghaith Al Talli
    Production:	Ahmed Ghassan Jaber
    Dialogue Language:	Arabic, English

    
    

    Set against the backdrop of a perilous sea escape, Najjat tells the emotionally charged story of a mother and her son Mahmoud as they flee their homeland in search of safety. Aboard an overcrowded inflatable boat, surrounded by strangers, waves, and fear, the child’s innocence and imagination create a striking contrast to the deadly reality. Through alphabet games, moments of bonding, and the symbol of a cherished seashell, Najjat explores the fragile hope, love, and humanity that persist even in the darkest situations. But as the storm rises, tragedy strikes. Based on true events

15. Asymptote 04:40 2025
    

    Directed:

    Aybuke Yilmazer

    
    

    The abstract journey of a man who confuses love with sex. There are many options around him, and he wants to have them all. Eventually, this distorted understanding of love drags him into loneliness.