HONOLULU
2022 USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Maya Tanaka
Flaming lobsters and menstruation woes plague 12-year-old Yuki’s doomed Hawai’ian beach vacation. As tensions boil over, she, her aloof father and elegant grandmother battle bright red sunburns and the seemingly mundane family scuffles that manage to leave behind the deepest scars.
THE SKATES (LES PATINS)
2023 Canada 13 MIN
DIRECTOR Halima Ouardiri
Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day is derailed when something happens to her skates.
DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS (LA HERIDA LUMINOSA)
2022 Spain 23 MIN
DIRECTOR Christian Avilés
Sun-starved teenagers take a dreamy trip to the Balearic Islands in the pursuit of light and warmth. They must absorb it and be a vessel in order to transport it back to their heavy clouded kingdom.
BASRI & SALMA IN A NEVER-ENDING COMEDY
2023 Indonesia 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Khozy Rizal
A husband and wife own an Odong-Odong at the carnival together, spending their days entertaining and taking care of other people’s children without any of their own. Between meddling relatives, self-doubt and an explosive confrontation, they uncover why they have not been blessed with a child.
BEYOND THE SEA
2023 Belgium 25 MIN
DIRECTOR Hippolyte Leibovici
Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time, interrupts the festivities.
SKIN
2023 USA 7 MIN
DIRECTOR Leo Behrens
SKIN is a poetic exploration of self-discovery, using symbolism to depict a woman’s transformation into a man. Aided by her inner manifestation, she sheds her old skin and embraces her true identity.
