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The children of Moynaq know the sea only from their grandparents' songs. They play among abandoned shipwrecks that have long since become rusting witnesses to a lost world. The Aral Sea has almost completely vanished, but the hope that it will return, as bitter as it is futile, persists.

After surviving a near-fatal assault, an Indigenous, transgender teen escaped Mexico 30 years ago, eventually becoming a trans healthcare provider in California. When her mother’s health starts to decline back in Mexico, she risks it all by petitioning for asylum as her only chance of seeing each other again before it’s too late.

Acta de primavera enters a public school in Madrid through the people who make it their daily world: students, teachers, and staff. Their perspectives form a collective portrait of school life, inviting us to listen closely to the experience of belonging to—and shaping—a shared institution.

An omnipotent man takes control of an unexpecting civillian.

In a stark warehouse office, Justice is weighed down by mounting deadlines and an endless to-do list. But every day, he finds escape in a one-hour ritual that reignites his spirit.

Filmed in 16mm, this poetic journey reconnects gender transitions with the Earth's movements and the lava flowing around its core.

Using archival clips of the band who defined the filmmaker's teenage years, this film is a meditation on the loss of youthful ambition and the unsettling feeling of becoming someone you never imagined you would be.

A film about a spoon.

Two men face each other across a poker table in a secret underground game where every losing hand means pulling the trigger. As the rounds unfold, a young newcomer and a seasoned veteran confront fear, chance, and the thin line between courage and recklessness, while a silent dealer oversees the game. With each turn, the stakes rise and survival becomes a matter of nerve as much as luck. Shot on 16mm film, Poker Roulette is a silent short film about risk, fate, and the choices we make when there is no turning back.

Film by Mina Akbari

A toxic man struggles to balance life and relationships.

In a small city shop, Maia practices the locksmith’s trade in a unique way: aided by an ancient power and a magical door, she can repair keys that hold extraordinary secrets. Accustomed to solving any puzzle with ease, she finds her skills challenged when a mysterious elderly woman hands her a broken key that defies every known technique. Just as she is about to give up, Maia discovers that the object does not respond to conventional methods and that the only way to repair it is to cross into the dimension hidden behind its own door.

EMPTY SPACES EVOKE SENSATIONS.

A struggling tenant wants to escape his Pay-As-You-Go Life Tariff, but must first confront a relentlessly cheerful Customer Support officer conducting a routine “Life Utility Check-Up”. A Kafka-esque comedy set in a world where everything is chargeable.

After receiving a strange phone call late at night, a young man is visited by a mysterious stranger who claims to know something that he has forgotten.