1. Paradise on Earth to See (Zahrada ráje)
Matys is an outsider who moved from Ukraine to Czechia with his sister in search of a better life. It turns out the situation there is not ideal either. A glimpse of hope comes when Matys manages to get a job in a cottage located in the heart of a splendid forest.
2. Occurrences of Questionable Significance (Occurrences of Questionable Significance)
When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. codec.34 PAIN
Amidst cityscapes, an experimental short film unravels a woman's exploration of inner pain.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
4. A Week To Rosh Hashanah
During a period of self-reflection leading up to the New Year, David develops an unusual disorder and becomes determined to put an end to it.
5. Stairwell B
A college student's attempts at doing her laundry are quickly challenged by the harsh environment of a dorm laundry room and the other students in the building.
6. Black Trans Miracle
Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Lindani reconnect with himself enough to figure out how he really feels?
7. Fading Affection
A writer reminisces on the fallout between her and her best friend
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
8. Test (Test)
(Test)
It has an average vote of 7.207 on TMDB.
9. Divnolidi (Divnolidi)
(Divnolidi)
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
10. Golden Hour
A young man with trust issues goes on a date with a very supportive young woman.
11. Harmonica and Pearl Bracelet (口琴与手链)
On a night in Shanghai, there is an accidental encounter and separation of the broken-hearted Ajie and an amnesiac old lady…
12. Menarche (初潮)
A short film based on a combination of the director’s personal experience and social reality. It tells the story of Li Yun, a middle school girl who seems to be strong and has no weakness. When “menarche” comes, this secret becomes a huge test for her. Her good friend Chen Xue keeps this secret and helps Li Yun in her transition into adulthood.
13. The Turtle (团鱼)
Hui Chang, who is pregnant, believes in Buddhism. She supports her family by folding and selling paper ingots. In a pregnancy check-up, she finds out that the fetus has a chromosome defect. In order to keep the baby, Hui Chang’s husband Guoliang Zhao takes her to a sorceress for a cure. In the process, Hui Chang’s faith is questioned and she suffers anxiety and pain.
14. The Anderson Family Breakfast
While a seemingly picture-perfect suburban family enjoys breakfast together, an omniscient narrator reveals their repressed inner thoughts and secrets…all just moments before a nuclear bomb is dropped on the family.
15. The Painter
When an aspiring painter grapples with self-doubt in his artistic journey, his father must learn to love and accept him for who he is.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
16. Moving On
Forced to confront adulthood, a teenage girl detached from reality prepares to leave her childhood home.
17. Shoegazer
What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room, strip club, showdown, vomit, sunrise. Yeah.
18. Hymn
As a faithful child of God, Mary regularly repents for her sins. Over time, her faith drives her crazy as she pushes herself to the extremes.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. My Father’s Badger (Isän mäyrä)
After her father's funeral, Maarit plans to return to Thailand. On the day of the departure, she finds her mother Sylvi and her father’s taxidermy badger in a bar and Sylvi makes a revelation that may change Maarit’s departure plans.
20. The Night of the Agama (Noc s agamou)
(Noc s agamou)