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Short Film Competition 1

Pit-pool

Serbia, 2025, 17 minutes, Color, Serbian; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


Director:  Ana Vučićević

Screenplay: Ana Vučićević
Cinematography: Miloš Radovanović
Editing: Neda Živanović

Sound: Neşet Ufuk Özdemir
Producer: Taša Prosen, Mina Adamović, Jovana Maksimović

Jana spends her summer holiday at her grandparents’. One day, as she and her best friend Tea eat ice cream while watching cars, trucks and boys passing by, their boredom is shattered by charming and sun-tanned Miki, who invites them to the swimming pool.

The Flight of the Moth

Italy, 2026, 20 minutes, Color, Italian, English; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


Director:  Nikola Lorenzin

Screenplay: Nikola Lorenzin, Henry Albert
Cinematography: Marco De Pasquale
Editing: Gianvito Cofano

Sound: Eugenio Albert
Producer: Sarra Ben Hassen, Khaled Henchiri, Houcem Slouli
Cast: Henry Albert, Gianna Landucci, Giulio Mori, Lorenzo Ranzani, Francesco Chioni, Francesco Malacarne, Sheyla Micheletti

An engineer does not sleep for two nights, waiting for his partner to return home. Suspicion will lead him from the hills to the sea, from one dawn to another, in the darkness of a small city.

Little Story

Belgium, Netherlands, 2025, 14 minutes, Color, No dialogue; Turkish captioned


Director:  Mirjam Plettinx

Screenplay: Mirjam Plettinx
Producer: Stephen Vandingenen, Dries Phlypo

Ant is traveling in the rear of a city bus. She is holding a small red Egg. When the bus stops, Ant gets out with her Egg and walks to work. In an office building, Ant serves coffee and tea to employees and, in the evening, she works as a cleaner in a fast food restaurant. The fragile Egg is always close to her. As the days pass, the Egg grows and grows, becoming heavier to carry. When Ant realizes that Egg needs more care and attention than she can possibly give, she has to make the most difficult decision of her life.

From Siberia to Beijing

Russian Federation, 2025, 15 minutes, Color, Chinese; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


Director:  Anastasiia Savenko-Sadovski

Screenplay: Anastasiia Savenko-Sadovski
Producer: Anastasiia Savenko-Sadovski

One day in Beijing becomes a guiding thread between the past and the present, where in the silence of traditional streets, among memories and nostalgia. A young girl finds the voice of love, preserved on the back of old photographs, and which is a time capsule between her past and her future in a new city.

Summer Triangle

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2025, 9 minutes, Color, Persian; Turkish captioned, English subtitled


Director:  Maryam Esmaeili Ali Babai

Screenplay: Maryam Esmaeili, Ali Babai
Cinematography: Nikan RIyahi
Editing:  Ilia Lavafi, Ailin Avazzadeh

Music: Sohrab Karamrudi
Producer: Sepide Bernji
Cast: Kourosh Asharghi, Yas Farkhondeh 

A young girl goes to the rooftop to find her cat and discovers a boy who is attempting suicide. She forces the boy to search for her cat with her in the last moments of his life.