Short films

*No reservation is required for the non-stop screening (ART & AI films) on Thursday, October 23. Admission is free, and you are welcome to enter and leave freely during the screening hours.

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  My Organs Lying on the Ground

  "It" awakens in a cave and has the form of a human, but is empty and like a doll. As it comes into contact with all things in the universe, including insects, animals, grass, and grains, it is given a share of life, gradually comes to breathe, acquires an individual spirit, and comes to understand the cycle of life and death.

  Shinobu Soejima / 0:11:00 / Japan / Animation / 2024

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  Voices from the Abyss

  La Quebrada Cliff Divers earn their living by diving 100 feet into the sea from a dangerous cliff as part of a show at La Quebrada.　We explore the nature of their dives through slow-motion footage and personal testimonies.

  Irving Serrano & Victor Rejón / 0:23:11 / Mexico / Non-Fiction / 2025

  
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  Non-Fiction Competition Best Short Award

  Inside, The Valley Sings

  Trapped in the never-ending horror of prolonged solitary confinement, three prisoners seek comfort and escape in the boundless vistas of their own imaginations.

  Nathan Fagan / 0:14:59 / Ireland / Non-Fiction / 2024

  
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  Audience Award Live-action Competition International

  I See You

  In a world where having the perfect baby is becoming a choice, a young mother is struggling to love and accept her daughter for who she is.

  Briar March / 0:17:09 / New Zealand / Drama / 2024

  
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  Screentime

  A social commentary narrative illustrating the contrast between digital screens and the tactile world in childhood, demonstrating how boredom acts as a catalyst for imaginative play and engagement with one's environment.

  Alexandrena Parker / 0:06:49 / Australia / Drama / 2024

  
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  Portrait of a Disappearing Woman

  Worn out by everyday routine, fifty-nine-year-old fishmonger Sabine decides to leave her fish shop and ventures into the world outside of her countryside village. Her quickest escape, the village school bus, brings her to the museum of Royal Arts in Ghent, where a museum audio guide helps her find the elevation she unknowingly sought.

  Nelson Polfliet / 0:20:36 / Belgium, France / Drama / 2022

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  A Perfect Day: Seven Scenes and Others

  A certain case about a perfect day depicted with seven scenes at several locations in a suburb in the U.S.

  Takashi Yoneoka / 0:24:17 / Japan / Animation / 2024

  
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  Malanka

  Somewhere in the Ukrainian hills, near the Romanian border, Gigi celebrates Malanka, a pagan festival where bears are heroes.

  Paul-Louis Léger & Pascal Messaoudi / 0:13:00 / France / Non-Fiction / 2019

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  Tears of the Sky

  At the eternal moment before a meteor strike, civilizations confront their possible end, questioning whether it’s real or an illusion of destruction.

  Xi Wang & Yuan Xie / 0:02:45 / United States / Sci-Fi / 2024

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  Thiaroye 44

  This film retells the Thiaroye Massacre of 1944 when French Colonial troops opened fire on unarmed Senegalese soldiers returning from Europe during WWII. The Senegalese had fought for France against the Germans and had protested their living conditions and lack of pay upon returning.

  Hussein Dembel Sow / 0:03:49 / Senegal / Animation / 2024

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