Silhouettes Competition 2
01 Tako Tsubo
Director(s)
Eva PEDROZA
Fanny SORGO
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Austria, Germany
Production: Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo, Maria Trigo Teixeira
Length: 06' 00''
Category: First film
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Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed in order to be relieved of his complicated feelings. The doctor assures him that this is no longer a problem at all in this day and age. However, Ham keeps his heart for a while after the removal in order to perhaps understand it better after all.
02 Play of a Cell
Director(s)
Lili BÁRÁNY
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Hungary
Production: MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Length: 10' 12''
Category: Graduation film
Synopsis
A wacky, fantastic journey that presents the amazing inner world of the human body through symbols and subconscious associations, evoking the themes of growing up, self- authority, and transformation. The act of creating art parallels the symbolic activity of human cells within the body.
03 24 Hour Coin Laundry
Director(s)
Yutong ZHANG
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Canada
Production: Yutong Zhang
Length: 04' 06''
Category: First film
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It is a late summer night. An old lady walks into the laundromat, she fills the washing machine with a heavy load of belongings: clothes, blankets, shoes, magazines, items from her past and everyday life... and eventually, herself.
04 Ferenc Kenéz: Close up the house
Director(s)
Kristóf Szántai
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Romania
Production: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
Length: 04' 40''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
The film is an experimental adaptation of a poem by Transylvanian-born Ferenc Kenéz, exploring the desire to escape Socialist Romania and the hesitation of leaving a familiar life.
05 Erase the past and the future
Director(s)
ZHANG Siwén
HE Ziwén
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: China
Production: Nanjing Communication College
Length: 03' 50''
Category: Student film
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A musical piece about joy, happines and Midori's deepest desires: spending leisure time with family, riding bikes and building spaceships.
06 Flesh.exe
Director(s)
Hanna HORVÁTH, Alexandra TÓTH, Veszna BÉKÉSI, Sári BERTALAN
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Hungary
Production: MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Length: 01' 45''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
A password is lost, and common sense goes with it: a surreal journey to the depths of the brain.
07 Avant de Rentrer...
Director(s)
Arthur Bonneau
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: France
Production: Lycée René Descartes
Length: 15' 50''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
Lost along the road, someone enters the forest...
08 Chicken in the Flying Eggshell
Director(s)
Manuela Camichel
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Switzerland
Production: Studio Fogplant
Length: 02' 12''
Category: First film
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A poetic contemplation on Buddhist teachings featuring a chicken traveling through a dreamlike world, meeting friends and using the eggshell to fly.
09 Mamiko’s poop
Director(s)
Yasuteru OHNO
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Japan
Production: Tama Art University
Length: 02' 21''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
Mamiko's poop comes to life and takes revenge on Mamiko's boyfriend after discovering that he is cheating on her.
10 Foreign Bodies
Director(s)
Lysander WONG
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: United Kingdom
Production: Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Length: 03' 30''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface.
11 Vinegar Mother
Director(s)
Fiona LONGOBARDI
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Argentina
Production: IMAGE Campus
Length: 03' 40''
Category: Graduation film
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By going through her image in the mirror, Oscar finds out she's in another world and in another body, both completely unknown. While she's dealing with this transformation, with her new movements and limitations; she meets Zalebeth, a shapeshifter on the verge of death. Oscar wishes to save him but the situation exceeds her.
12 Underground Invaders
Director(s)
Shera COURTALHAC
Ines MOLINIER
Victor LESAFFRE
Maëlle METAIREAU
Dana GUYOT
Ines DOLIVET
Meggie BERNIER
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France
Production: Ecole Georges Méliès
Length: 08' 00''
Category: Graduation film
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Three obsessed young adults find themselves trapped in the depths of a sprawling underground subway that progressively transforms into a giant, nightmarish organic mass eager to assimilate them.
13 Arachnophobia
Director(s)
Melita SANDRIN
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Croatia
Production: University of Nova Gorica School of Arts
Length: 01' 49''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
A seemingly harmless prank turns into a delirious nightmare revolving around spiders.
14 FRIED!
Director(s)
Lizzie WATTS
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: United Kingdom
Production: NFTS National Film and TV School
Length: 09' 54''
Category: Graduation film
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As Dev drives home from a mysterious, ageing nuclear facility, he becomes stranded at an isolated emu farm run by old mystic lesbians. Suspicious of their intentions, Dev fears they will sacrifice him at the local stone circle.