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

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