FLINT (United Kingdom)
Director: Naqqash Khalid
Returning to his childhood home to heal, Flint slips back into familiar habits that slowly pull him toward violence.

Scraps
Director: Emily Norling
Three teenagers roam door to door during a Christmas begging ritual, but their hunger for belonging pushes the night beyond tradition and into chaos.

MEN (Bangladesh)
Director: Mahmuda Sultana Rima
When men mysteriously vanish from a rural village, suspicion falls on a reclusive woman accused of witchcraft — but the truth challenges fear and superstition.

A Beautiful Excuse For A Deadly Sin (Bahrain)
Director: Hashim Sharaf
A young man attempts to bring a horse into his apartment building, sparking conflict with neighbours in this surreal and darkly comic tale.

Bad Luck (Germany)
Directors: Jan Eilhardt, tanzbar_bremen
A diverse dance collective races to save their performance after an injury threatens the show, celebrating collaboration, inclusion, and artistic resilience.

Broken Dawn (South Korea)
Director: Hae-oh Park
An elderly woman drives through sleepless nights returning cars to their owners, searching for connection as loneliness follows her into the breaking dawn.

Out Of Office (United Kingdom)
Director: Kialy Tihngang
A silenced office worker uncovers corporate corruption and escapes to a seemingly perfect startup, only to discover exploitation hiding behind progressive branding.