Kenza, 15, and her little brother Madhi, 13, regularly humiliate one another on social media. On the bus, Kenza puts her naive and romantic little brother to the test: to profess his love for Jada, the girl that Madhi loves, even though she does not know him.
● Adrien Moyse Dullin
● 15’
● France
In a skate park teenage Charis tries desperately to convince his best friend to go talk to his crush, the hottest skater of the park. But Charis crosses the line an puts their friendship at risk.
● Ariadni Aggeliki Thifronitou Litou
● 8’
● Greece
Two siblings, one spell, wounded landscapes and an inevitable departure. "To Vancouver" is a short chronicle of a disappearing act in the times of the new Depression.
● Artemis Anastasiadou
● 24΄
● Greece
It is a warm morning in September. A storm is on its way. Anna, 15, skips school to go to the hospital. There, she will confront an experience that will bring about a sudden maturity. Αt the end of the school day, her mother is waiting outside the school gates.
● Sofia Georgovassili
● 14’
● Greece
Three different characters, caught in a frenetic everyday loop in pursuit of time. Never finding the right moment to eat, cross the street, or go to the toilet. Until time suddenly freezes. A short introspection inspired by pandemic lockdowns.
● Efi Pappa
● 6΄
● Greece
Elli spends a lonely summer, feeling detached from the rest of the world, while her parents are breaking up. Her only company is her cat, Molly. When the cat runs off, she starts looking for the only source of affection she still had.
● Stella Serefoglou
● 14’
● Greece
Two girls waiting to meet friends on Halloween night encounter a stalker only to discover there may be something scarier.
● Eddie Frente
● 6'
● U.S.A.
Two sisters, Anna and Melina spend the last days of the summer in their vacation house outside of Athens. Anna is having a party to celebrate her birthday and her passage to adulthood. Soon she will be off to college leaving her little sister behind. She has invited Maria, her crush, to spend the day with her by the pool and organise the party. Melina obsessively loves and admires her older sister and wants badly to be part of her world. She is not invited to the party. But she sets her mind to it, making this night for her sister a bloody night to remember.
● Maria Xatzakou
● 22’
● Greece
When a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature.
● Matthew Luhn, Hjalti Hjalmarsson
● 10’
● the Netherlands
A young Solomon Islands teenager encounters bullying at school and takes fate into her own hands when she is visited by a guardian spirit of her family. This ancient ‘Hiama’ teaches her how to know her power, and shake up her world.
● Matasila Freshwater
● 13’
● New Zealand/Solomon Islands
