Short Film Competition 1

Sandro goes back to her native Ossetia for the funeral of her father and is immediately immersed in the chaos of the ceremony. When she sets foot on the fatherland again, she feels more alienation than a sense of homecoming. She and her brother Geor can feel the crushing weight of an unvoiced truth: Sandro wants to leave forever.

Could life be worse than going to hell? Enn is waiting nervously at a busstop, until his loneliness was suddenly interrupted by an uncanny, young woman with the name Baal. During the course of the conversation, the woman turns out to be a demon, who wants to persuade him to go to hell voluntarily- To cleanse his soul from his sins.

Four close friends cram into a car in the middle of the night and drive deep into the forest. They arrive at the spot where their lost friend Annie died, under the same tree. Camille, Flora, Lucie and Marion hold a ritual to ensure that Annie's spirit appears to them.

The factory shuts down and the grandfather suffers a cerebral infarction. His grandson tries to take him to the city to enjoy his retirement, but he refuses. The grandson eventually understands that it is not the present factory that his grandfather is unwilling to leave, but the factory that remains in his memory as well as his own youth.

The film portrays Negar, a nursing student, as she gains respect and importance in society through her actions rather than her physical appearance. On the very day of her marriage proposal ceremony, she loses something that will cause her trouble. While Negar lacks the rebellious courage of the next generation, she finds herself caught between the expectations imposed upon her and her desire for personal agency.