
TOTO
Klaudia Bochniak, 2023, PL, 6 minutes
Toto the tiger escapes from the local circus. While a person wanders the streets pondering the tiger's whereabouts, the creature terrorises a small town. Its presence is spreading fear far beyond the town’s borders. But is the tiger truly just an animal?
National Filmschool in Łódź

ICE RINK | 溜冰场
Ziyin Wang, 2024, CN, 10 minutes Late at night, a person sits alone under a tree near the ice rink, where a chance encounter sparks stories of security and loneliness. Meanwhile, the "Chemistry Class Representative” is on the run and elephants seem to be appearing everywhere.
Tsinghua University

CANNOT SLEEP! | 眠れないわ!
Yingjie Zhou, 2024, JP, 2 minutes
When night descends upon the world, a time for rest and quiet is meant to follow. Yet, in the looming calm, a rupture unfolds—vibrations, frenzy, ceaseless motion. For some, the night is marked by sleeplessness, a realm of unease and shapeshifters.
Kobe Design University

CHAIR CEMETERY | TOUTES PORTES OUVERTES
Alicia Lévy, 2024, FR, 4 minutes
After a rupture, confusion takes hold of the house: interior and exterior views blur—of both the house and its inhabitant. Shapes merge and dissolve into one another. How does one rediscover the self in a once-familiar space? How can it be made a home again?
DnMade Lycéé René Descartes

LIGHTS, HAZE | გაბნეული შუქები
Tata Managadze, 2024, BE, FI, GE, and PT, 8 minutes
Utopian, symbolic playgrounds from childhood memories intertwine with sharp, flickering lights. Light becomes a central element, illuminating the ambivalence of these memories rooted in the outskirts of Tbilisi—a tool for reflection and a measure of time's passage.
Re:anima Erasmus Mundus

IN THE END | BEIGU BEIGAS
Linda Stūre, 2023, LV, 5 minutes In rural Latvia, relatives and neighbors—both near and distant—gather to honour the final significant ritual of life. Headscarves, crocheted blankets, cowboy boots. Through a series of moments and details, a portrait emerges where two distinct eras intertwine.
Art Academy of Latvia

MY ORGANS LYING ON THE GROUND | 私の横たわる内臓
Shinobu Soejima, 2024, JP, 11 minutes
In a cave, it awakens—a puppet with a human form but no life. Through contact with insects, animals, and nature, it absorbs vitality and gradually comes alive. As boundaries blur, it begins to experience and understand the eternal cycle of life and death.
Tokyo University of the Arts

BREED | 咘哩嘚
Yiyang Sun, 2024, CN and EE, 9 minutes
At the edge of the world, a solitary maple tree stands, bearing thousands of seeds that transform into butterflies. Amid sterile tools and static glass plates, the microscope reveals glimpses of a vibrant, colourful world and a boundless love story.
Estonia Academy of Arts

THE POINT OF PERMANENCE | 永久点
Nana Kawabata, 2024, JP, 10 minutes
Rhythmic loops, constant flow, a continuous cycle. Living beings merge and unite to become something new at the same time. The view inside the human body expands and ultimately becomes an external perspective: humanity being trapped in the point of permanence.
Tokyio University of the Arts

REBORN WITH YOU
Inju Park, 2023, KR, 6 minutes
Beyond the TV screen, the speaker watches women in a distant land struggle for survival. It was the day she realised that this death might be hers. And so she vows to be reborn in a free land - free from the contamination of the gaze of others and their dictate.