From Ecuador With Love | Jonathan Brunner | DEU, ECU | 9’
A film about the discrepancy between productification and beauty, taking place on an Ecuadorian rose farm. Stepping into the shoes of roses and immersively living through the production process, the film takes on a morbid perspective on human‘s way to appropriate nature.

The dam | Giovanni Pierangeli | POL | 26’
The Czorsztyn Dam. Water. Nature. Mountains. Solitude. Cold. Not a soul in sight.
Before moving abroad with his partner Monika, Michał wants to close the case of his son's disappearance and legally declare him deceased. Ela, his former partner but now Michał's wife, is called as a witness in the case but opposes his decision, harboring hatred toward him.
On the day of the hearing, Michał's lawyer receives a call from someone claiming to know the whereabouts of Grzegorz. Convinced it's just another false lead, Michał decides not to report anything to the court. Meanwhile, Ela is asked by the judge to present her version of events from fifteen years ago. How will the case unfold?

Walud | Daood Alabdulaa & Louise Zenker | DEU, SYR | 26’

2014: Amuna and her husband Aziz, an ISIS fighter, live as shepards in the rural Syrian desert. When he takes a very young, European ISIS convert as his second wife, Amuna's everyday life is thrown into turmoil.

WALUD ولود is an Arabic adjective and describes the potential to create new life. In relation to humans, it refers to pregnancies and the possibility of bearing many children.

Instructional Video No. 360 | Jakob Lebech Krog | DNK | 20’
In Instructional Video No. 360, the Happy Home Nursing Facility is a shining beacon of efficiency and order – a place where no task is too small to be documented, no interaction too insignificant to be logged. The staff moves like clockwork, following procedures to the letter, obsessively ticking off boxes and filling out forms. But as efficiency and compliance rise, humanity fades leaving the real needs of the elderly residents behind. As isolation festers, even the smallest acts of kindness are categorized, quantified, and ultimately forgotten. Is this the future of care – or a descent into bureaucratic horror? The line between efficiency and madness has never been thinner.

Blood-Red | Capucine Pinaud | BEL | 20’
Alix, 24, cannot have biological children. When her roommate and friend Suzie becomes pregnant, Alix begins to experience hallucinations related to the world of pregnancy.

This is the Life | Andrea Tagliarini | GBR | 3’
A job seeker gets ready to attend a scheduled interview. On the subway, a man in a suit stares for a bit too long. Suddenly thrown into the office, the job seeker must now endure the bizarre events that await him.