An immersive insight into the last hours of 13-year-old Sasha’s life in a boarding school for children deprived of parental care. He is one of the luckiest – an American family finally adopted him. Today he will move to another country forever but there’s something that doesn’t let him go.
● Olha Zhurba
● 19’
● Ukraine
Summer 2031, 104°. Saadia, 16, is oriented in mechanical school although the car industry is in crisis and there are only a few electric cars in circulation. Her friends, Charly and Titi, throw a joke to cheer her up: what if the car of the future was a horse? Against all odds, Saadia trades her scooter for a massive workhorse which she brings back to the heart of her housing project...
● Juliette Gilot
● 17΄
● France
Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis.
● Tajo Hurrle
● 17’
● Germany
Margot, a pre-teen who struggles to find acceptance at school is challenged by the arrival of her intellectually disabled sister in the after-school program.
● Christine Doyon
● 17’
● Canada
Due to global warming a young polar bear has to leave her home and moves to Zurich. Together with other animals she tries to make a living with casual jobs until she suddenly has an idea, that will change the world for ever.
● Noah Erni
● 3'
● Switzerland
Marcos is a teenager who plays basketball. A dramatic event will jeopardize his passion.
● Marcos Gualda
● 9’
● Spain
Over the course of a spontaneous afternoon, two unlikely friends connect through skateboarding and continue to develop a meaningful bond rooted in mentorship.
● Rachel Vinberg
● 6’
● USA
A young boy travels to the depths of an entire city with only one ticket. Will he make it?
● Kevork Aslanyan
● 11’
● Bulgaria
An aeta boy chases his dream of going to school in order to learn how to read the legal documents given to their community, and to understand why they are being forced to give up their ancestral lands.
● Zig Dulay
● 20΄
● Philippines
10-year old Marja is sent to fetch milk for her baby brother. On the way there are things even more dangerous than the thin ice.
● Teppo Airaksinen
● 15’
● Finland
An anxious seven-year-old is convinced the Devil lives in a hole in his back yard.
● Noah Glenn
● 10’
● USA