A Mother Goes To The Beach (Portugal) by Pedro Hasrouny

Teresa, a single mother spends a day at the beach with her six-year-old son, Benji and her sister Marga, who is back to Portugal for a summer vacation. The day becomes very stressful with her sister’s constant speech about her son’s achievements and her criticisms towards Benji.

Running time: 00:15:31

Stay Strong and Be Quiet (France) by Anne Loriot

Parents try to prepare their 6-year-old daughter for her future.

Running time: 00:02:18

Georgie (United States, United States) by Jennie Butler

An ex-mobster reflects on life, love, and loss after spending 32 years in prison.

Running time: 00:14:20

Jealousy (United States) by Kimberly Burleigh

Jealousy is an experimental 3D animation. It features an elemental digital construction of the plantation house meticulously described in the seminal 1957 novel La Jalousie by French writer Robbe-Grillet.  No characters are depicted in the animation – just as the novel emphasizes settings and objects over characters/dialogue.  The compulsively observed settings and objects reveal the obsessive mindset of the main character, a jealous husband who suspects his wife of having an affair.  The soundtrack features sounds described in the novel; nocturnal animal cries, insects whirring, etc.  The animation expands on the novel by making settings and objects dynamic; furniture self-constructs, objects move, and lights shift.

Running time: 00:07:18

Esterno Giorno (Italy) by Giulia Magno

Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, “Esterno giorno” is an experimental love letter to Italian cinema. Embarking on an intimate journey in the footsteps of the characters played by Monica Vitti, the filmmaker intertwines contemporary footage shot across Italy and the Jordanian desert with excerpts from Antonioni’s films, creating an illusion of continuity between past and present. From a metaphorical desert—the industrial area of Ravenna, where “Red Desert” was filmed in 1964—to a real one, the physical spaces explored by the camera transform into psychological landscapes. As the camera lingers on the architecture of La Cupola—the futuristic house in Sardinia designed by Dante Bini in the 1960s for Antonioni and Vitti, then real-life partners—the line between reality and fiction begins to blur.

Running time: 00:08:00

Cinqo Retratos (United Kingdom) by Billy Cowie, Gabriel Alcofra

Brazilian Artist is transformed into five different characters.

Running time: 00:22:12