From thought-provoking dramas, documentaries, and shorts, to outstanding avant-garde works, every year since 2019, our multicultural event celebrates the works of new and innovative filmmaking talent from around the world.

A deranged woman has lost track of the difference between reality and her world of dreams. Her subconscious has hijacked her ability to live in this world. This film tries to see her world through her dreams and memories, exactly how she lives it.

Director - Angela Mondal

Country of Origin: India

Language: Bengali, English

Runtime: 20 minutes

A mother and a daughter, who, deeply trapped in the outrageous customs of patriarchal society, for the sake of prestige and position, secretly perform a ritual in the hope that the potion can bring a baby boy, but finally poison their own minds and bodies.

Director - Angela Mondal

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Runtime: 5 minutes

On an uneventful afternoon, an old lady is on her deathbed. In the last five minutes of her life, two daughters come to see her for one last time. During this period, these two have a fierce quarrel.

Director - HaiQuan Wang

Country of Origin: China

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 5 minutes

Vezir is an old man in his 60s who is burning with a love of literature. He works as a janitor at a high school. He enters a classroom minutes before the start of school.

He sees Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı's ‘’Age Thirty-five’’ poetry book on the classroom table. He takes the book in his hand and starts reading the poem with great excitement. As he feels as if he is fulfilling his dream of being a teacher, the bell begins to ring halfway through the poem. Vezir starts to get upset when the bell rings. He goes to the table and takes his blue apron from the table. He leaves the classroom by sweeping the classroom with the broom.

Director - Emir Alkılıç

Country of Origin: Turkey

Language: English, Turkish

Runtime: 2 minutes

Louisa, a pregnant woman, visits her mother after having been away for a while. Through this interaction, a difficult secret from the past emerges again, explaining why this mother and daughter have been separate for so long.

Director - Samuel James Thomson

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Runtime: 11 minutes

"FEED THE DOG" is a portrait narrative about 12-year-old Clara, who tries to take care of her father in a post-apocalyptic world where she can't trust anyone.

Director - Lasse Gottlieb

Country of Origin: Denmark

Language: Danish

Runtime: 12 minutes 30 seconds

In a world where vitality is gradually decreasing due to environmental pollution, the fisherman who cannot find food establishes a bond with the fish he caught in the lake as a result of his long efforts. He is torn between hunger and conscience.

Director - Ebubekir Sefa Akbulut

Country of Origin: Turkey

Language: Turkish

Runtime: 10 minutes

Hana is a young nurse in a Prague hospice. She is used to taking care of the dying and supporting them in their last days. Her devotion changes after one of her patients is visited by a priest.

Director - Maja Górczak

Country of Origin: Czech Republic

Country of Filming: Czech Republic

Runtime: 11 minutes

Franklin, a lovable pig in a sweater vest, can’t stop looking at his phone. When the unimaginable happens, he uncovers connections with old hobbies and new friends.

Director - Maddy Stevens

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 40 seconds

The work tells the story of me, my father, and three dogs, each named Huzi. Each Huzi is closely related to my father. As I reminisce about it all, I recall the story of each Huzi, and reflect on my relationship with my father.

Director - Meiyu Song

Country of Origin: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 5 minutes 30 seconds

Plastic Ecosystem follows the journey of “new marine life” in the oceans and their behaviors. Millions of tons of plastics litter the oceans, and we study their behaviors. The film follows different characters of the oceans, the journey of a school of plastic spoons, the behavior of plastic bottles, and the moods of plastic knives. This mockumentary also captures a few surprising behaviors of plastic bags and forks that mimic natural wildlife. Split up into three different lighting settings. This film is not your conventional narrative but a vignette of the rich variety of life in this plastic ecosystem. This film encourages viewers to be more conscious of plastic consumption and also think about the consequences and their effects on the planet.

Director - Stefie Gan

Country of Origin: United States

Genres: Climate Change, Stopmotion, Animated Objects

Runtime: 1 minute 30 seconds

In the unconscious space, seeds grow, form trees, and bear apples.

Director - Jaehyeon Kim

Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of

Genres: experimental, abstract, inner mind

Runtime: 3 minutes 40 seconds

A hand-illustrated film through pen ink- 10 years after the death of their bunny-suited co-star, a former child actor picks apart their feelings of falling behind in their age group and dissociation in the aftermath of their show's cancellation. He recounts missed milestones, such as riding a bike, and his struggle to connect with his peers and himself due to the feeling of always performing.

Director - Daniel Oliver Lee

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes

A fairy-tale rhyme about two cruel rulers who, in their attempts to share power, decomposed their peasants to bones for easier counting.

Director - Anastasia Rykova

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 30 seconds