Trump Pinochet (United States) by Gerald Habarth

This short experimental animation reflects tensions and apprehensions around the growing autocratic tendencies in the US and the world at large. It references Donald Trump and Augusto Pinochet, authoritarians who successfully manipulated public perceptions and attitudes to centralize power and wealth while undermining the democratic and moral underpinnings of their respective nations. Its uncertain spaces, course textures, clumsy imagery and dissonant sounds resonate with the tenuousness of these developments and these times. 

Running time: 00:02:58

Hooked (United Kingdom) by Glen Fulthorpe

Journey with Glen, a resilient filmmaker, as he navigates the haunting past of heroin addiction in his family. Through intimate interactions with figures from his past and stark archival footage, Glen seeks understanding, healing, and redemption, not only for himself but to offer a beacon of hope to others entrapped in the harrowing world of substance abuse.

Running time: 00:28:12

Super V (France) by Franck Janin

In a rainy and desolate countryside, a man finds himself stuck behind the wheel of his broken-down car. Unable to restart it, he loses his patience. Fortunately, SUPER V is here!

Running time: 00:02:20

Sunny Side Up and Down (Hong Kong) by Gq Ng

Eggs come naturally when a hen matures, children, too, often arrive as the natural outcome of traditional marriage. Karen and her father are sometimes close, mostly distant. His love always comes across as nonchalant. Paralyzed by the rigid role society forced upon him, he finds himself lost in a forest that should feel home. As she grows up, Karen peers through the mist, hoping to glimpse the man behind the mask — a father struggling with his own regrets.

Running time: 00:16:45

It’s Just a Game Bro (Hong Kong) by Renita Tang FF

When high school grades and college acceptances become a matter of life and death, a femcel gamer girl aces through the grind in a bizarre video game world  

Running time: 00:02:19

To the woods (France) by Agnès Patron

Sister remembers that Brother had dark eyes, hair like her own, shoulders as fragile as a bird's wings, and that he knew the way to the river by heart. Sister has forgotten noting about Brother.

Running time: 00:15:00

The journey (United Kingdom) by Mel Steele

As a non driver journey's seem to flash by sometimes as unlike the driver who has to concentrate I get lost in the scenery as it flashes by me and feel I arrive at the destination without having taken notice of the scenery.. Just lines speeding by me

Running time: 00:02:30

When The Wind Blows (Hong Kong, United Kingdom) by Gigi Yang

After undergoing a routine laboratory procedure, amateur scientist Birdy wakes to find herself stranded and isolated in an unknown dimension that feels eerily familiar. Feeling disoriented and guided only by the rumbles of the wind, distant sounds and faint weeping, she crosses an unknown landscape and arrives at an abandoned house, where a rusty transmitter becomes her only sign of life. As the night falls, Birdy is abruptly transported into a rave like dimension, where a familiar but unnamed man and a familiar crowd in motion draw her into what feels like a final dance, pulling her deeper into a reality she cannot fully grasp. When the Wind Blows is a sci-fi experimental fashion film exploring the consequences of unprocessed grief and the ways it shapes one’s subconscious mind.

Running time: 00:08:43