Baab (United Arab Emirates) by Nayla Al Khaja

‘Baab’ is a dark fantasy that unfolds through the fractured mind of a woman reeling from the sudden death of her twin sister. Plagued by the eerie hum of tinnitus in her left ear, she is drawn into a surreal world where grief takes on physical form. As she descends through three visceral stages, depression, anger, and bargaining, her reality begins to distort, blurring the line between the living and the dead. Set in an isolated Emirati landscape steeped in myth and memory, Baab explores the intimate violence of grief and the unspoken bond between twins. What begins as a psychological unraveling soon reveals something more otherworldly, a doorway ("Baab in Arabic) that may lead to closure... or something far more sinister.

Running time: 01:37:00

Duos (Mexico) by Frank Rodríguez

Marah has a special relationship with an older man; while trying to understand that relationship, she seeks a scholarship to study theater in New York.

Immram (Switzerland) by Jonathan Moratal, Arthur Deschamps

She took her own life. But what if we had the chance to understand why? Could we truly prevent it? We have three minutes to find out.

Running time: 00:11:58

The Undergrowth (United States) by Griffin Roessler

In the City of Light, cloaked angels were blamed for a wave of disappearances and banished to the woods.

Generations later, their hidden portal is known only as the Undergrowth. Enter the World Walker: a half-angel

student living a double life, navigating the human world by day while secretly shepherding lost souls by night. But as a strange affliction turns the townspeople into ghosts, the Walker's precarious balance shatters when an ancestral spirit breaches the realm with an ominous warning—forcing him to confront a past he's been running from.

Running time: 00:11:00

Stuck (United States) by Josephine Harrison

A short film covering ideas around mental health on the campus of a competitive university. Inspired by real-life conversations around the campus of competitive US university.

Running time: 00:07:08

Reel Selves (France) by Gabriel Chourrier

You always get the feeling that something is going to happen when you leave the cinema. The film was so powerful… What if it kept going? Two young people meet in front of the cinema and talk about the films they dream of. And slowly, their dialogue invades the film until it exists on screen.

A Short Chronicle of Murder (Germany) by Jochen Isensee

Germany, 1984. Late one evening, Walther Loose, a respected and wealthy citizen, opens his door to a stranger named Leonard. The man carries a single accusation: he claims Walther was once an SS guard responsible for unspeakable crimes in a concentration camp. Walther denies everything. He calls the allegation madness, a grotesque mistake. But Leonard does not leave. What begins as an uncomfortable visit quickly turns into a psychological siege. Leonard knows details he should not know. He speaks of faces, names, routines – fragments of a past Walther insists never existed. The house becomes a sealed arena where every question tightens the noose and every answer sounds like a confession. As the night deepens, fear replaces civility. Leonard’s calm masks something unpredictable; Walther’s composure begins to crack. Is this a survivor hunting his tormentor, or a dangerous impostor driven by obsession? The balance of power shifts minute by minute, turning the living room into an interrogation chamber and the two men into hunter and prey. With no witnesses and no escape, truth becomes a weapon. Guilt, memory, and identity collide in a merciless duel that pushes both men toward violence. By dawn, one of them will be exposed – and the other will pay the final price. A SHORT CHRONICLE OF MURDER is a tense, claustrophobic thriller about revenge, deception, and the inescapable return of the past. Directed by Jochen Isensee, starring Adnan G. Köse as Leonard (also screenwriter and producer) and Hannes Liebmann as Walther Loose.