TBA

Total time: 70 mins

Nepal 2026 | 13 mins | Language: Nepali | Subtitles: Finnish, English
Director: Shyam Bahadur Limbu
Script: Shyam Bahadur Limbu, Bikram Chaulagain, Sundar Bhamjan
Cinematography: Sharad Mahato
Editor: Sundar Bhomjan
Music: Nobel Freaks
Cast: Pabitra Bashnet, Samir Ghimire, Kumar Neupane, Bkiram Khanal, Renuka Karki, Ruku Bista
Production: Bikram Chaulagain, Yogesh Pradhan | Music Nepal
Distribution: Sushant Shrestha | Resonating Pictures, resonatingpicturesnepal@gmail.com

In Nepal, the social norms of the caste system threaten to sever the friendship between two young boys. Will the friends yield to the expectations and threats placed upon them, or will they choose friendship?

Greece 2024 | 15 mins | Language: Greek, Romani | Subtitles: Finnish, English
Original title: Hrysa vasta
Director: Fivos Kontogiannis
Script: Stefanos Koutsardakis – based on a true story
Cinematography: Manu Tilinski
Editor: Giorgios Georgopoulos
Music: Yiorgos Mangas
Cast: Sarantis Tabakas Karagiannis, Alexandros Mavropoulos, Giorgos Syrmas, Vivi Sabani, Giorgos Lourotos
Production: Grigoris Sarantis, Fivos Kontogiannis | Anarchy Films, anarchyfilms.gr grigoris@anarchyfilms.gr
Distribution: Grigoris Sarantis | Anarchy Films, anarchyfilms.gr grigoris@anarchyfilms.gr

Six-year-old Lalakis sits in math class at a small Greek village school, but he can’t even count on his fingers. As his classmates tease him, his understanding teacher asks the boy to play his flute. Now his fingers dance across the neck of the flute, enchanting everyone with his music. At home, his father breaks his son’s beloved instrument. Where would Lalakis find joy in his life?

Venezuela, Mexico 2024 | 12 mins | Language: Spanish | Subtitles: Finnish, English
Original title: Una Isla
Director, script: Ricardo Muñoz Senior
Animation: Erick López
Cinematography: César Briceño
Editors: Juan De Los Llanos, Dester Linares
Music: Luis Miguel Emmanuelli
Cast: Victoria Morales, Daniela Bueno, Ricardo Muñoz Senior
Production: Ricardo Muñoz Senior, Aldana Troncoso | MAÑA, Other Films, rmunozsenior@gmail.com
Distribution: Ricardo Muñoz Senior | rmunozsenior@gmail.com

Young Isa and her parents are immigrants, and they live in the middle of a beautiful island—at least in Isa’s imagination. When the family is forced to leave their home once again, the resourceful Isa escapes back into her imaginary world.

Czechia 2026 | 30 mins | Language: Czech | Subtitles: Finnish, English
Original title: Zvídavá Eva: Příběhy planety Země
Director: Klára Jůzová
Script: Pavel Gotthard
Animation: Jáchym Hrubý
Cinematography: Ondřej Nedvěd
Editor: Filip Veselý, Varvara Šatunova, Timotej Rajniš
Production: Martin Jůza, Anika Homolová | Krutart, martin.juza@krutart.cz
Distribution: Krutart Fulldome, www.krutartfulldome.com/ distribution@krutart.cz

When Eve and her friends are bullied by bigger, stronger wolves on the playground, Eve feels helpless. Her friend Elza is brave, and Alphie is a fast runner, but how could clumsy and timid Eve possibly stand up to the bullies? Eve’s mother comes to the rescue, telling stories from the early days of Earth: back then, even the weakest had a chance to succeed, as long as they first discovered their own strengths.