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Malika chases a career in basketball but feels constrained by a lack of financial resources that leads to insecurity about her future.
● Reinout Hellenthal ● 29’ ● the Netherlands
Selena (14) plays football as the only girl on a boys' team. Her teammates see her as one of the boys. When a new girl joins the team, the dynamic in the group begins to change. Selena does everything she can to protect her position within the group.
● Catherina Iosifidis ● 12’ ● the Netherlands
A fragmented portrait of a moment, a person, and a place, seen through the subjective memories of a young Black girl, Imani, and a rookie police officer, David, who both have wildly different recollections of the same faithful moment in a corner store that will leave their lives altered forever.
● Robert-Jonathan Koeyers ● 15’ ● the Netherlands
Camouflage is about the impact of an unsafe home on fourteen-year-old Deniz. The film shows how it affects the relationship with his mother, the interaction with his friends and his behavior at school.
● Bregt Verhagen ● 16’ ● the Netherlands
Eleven-year-old Nejc witnesses peer violence. He befriends Timi, a victim of violence.
● Martin Turk ● 13’ ● Slovenia
Like a dream, we are transported through moments in the relationship of a girl and her teddy bear as she begins to run, play, and learn about the world. But as she grows older, the time comes to pack away childish things for good.
● Lou Rigoudy ● 3’ ● Canada

Fur

A girl pursues a connection with her sister, who is covered by a strange gray fur. It is soft and uncanny at the same time. It grows between them, and they drift further apart from each other.
● Madeleine Homan ● 5’ ● the Netherlands
Leyla urgently needs a new laptop for school. When she hears about a weightlifting competition up for grabs, she starts training at her family's farm with her own funds.
● Nursen Çetin Köreken ● 14’ ● Turkey
To be sisters is about sharing a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine..
● Anne-Sophie Gousset ● 8’ ● France
Chenghua, aged 9, is preparing a school project on space travel with her best friend. She cannot find enough time to do this as she is constantly asked to translate for her parents. They do not speak French and are dependent on their child; they do not realize that they are placing too heavy a weight on her young shoulders. Chenghua can take no more and tries to break free from her family. Her desire for space and natural enthusiasm will help her take those steps.
● Noémi Gruner, Séléna Picque ● 26' ● France
Wild Housemates is based on an African tale «The Goat and the Tiger» and offers in a fun way a touching lesson on friendship and coexistence.
● Armelle Mercat-Junot ● 15’ ● France
Paolo Piangino is a very happy man – because he can cry. He cries about stories with a sad ending and about stories with a happy ending. Paolo’s tears make other people happy, too: They can pick Paolo’s happiness like flowers. But they cannot hold on to it.
● Thorsten Droessler, Manuel Schroeder ● 14’ ● Germany, Switzerland, Czechia
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