Young Directors Competition 3
01 Between the Gaps



Director(s)

Martin BONNIN
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France
Production: La Poudrière
Length: 04' 07''
Category: Graduation film
Synopsis
Clément receives a telephone call from Tessa. It's been a long time since they last spoke. As nightfall approaches, he gets lost in the city.
02 The Knots of Destiny



Director(s)

Déborah CHANG
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France
Production: ISCID, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Length: 07' 31''
Category: Graduation film
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My name is Déborah Chang and I was born in the Paris region on 29 March 2000. At that time, China’s one-child policy was still in force. Through my mother's testimony, I start finding out more about this law.
03 Paper Dream



Director(s)

Laura BORÁROS
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Czech Republic
Production: FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts
Length: 04' 25''
Category: Student film
Synopsis
Man can not sleep because of his noisy neighbours, so he decides to take a look on their night lives.
04 Urosh



Director(s)

Mato ULJAREVIĆ
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Montenegro
Production: DOK produkcija, Protos film
Length: 07' 31''
Category: First film
Synopsis
Done in expressive, hand-made charcoal animation, surreal fragments from the life of an unusual artist are shown. While burying his drawings, he recalls his wartime childhood and faces his fear of death.
05 Bloody Mess



Director(s)

Megan WENNBERG
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Canada
Production: Megan Wennberg
Length: 09' 20''
Category: First film
Synopsis
When my period went nuts, I thought my Uterus was out to get me because I haven't given it a baby. It turns out I had fibroids. "Bloody Mess" is a short, personal, animated documentary about my journey through the medical system to try and stop the bleeding.
06 Being and Nothingness



Director(s)

sieun kim
Jiwoo KIM
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Korea, South
Production: Kookmin University
Length: 06' 34''
Category: Graduation film
Synopsis
A poetic animation tracing one person's journey through diverse landscapes and fragments of life, expanding to reveal a poetic meditation on existence, cycles, and the interconnectedness of all beings across the globe.
07 Narcissus and Echo



Director(s)

Franciska GORETITY
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Hungary
Production: METU - Budapest Metropolitan University
Length: 06' 36''
Category: Graduation film
Synopsis
At first glance, Narcissus, the painter, and his model, Echo, seem happy. Even though she believes she is ugly, she appears beautiful in the painting. In return, Narcissus becomes a better artist. However, he begins to treat her with increasing cruelty.
08 Duck Broth



Director(s)

Maria DAKSZEWICZ
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Poland
Production: Łódź Film School
Length: 04' 41''
Category: Student film
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Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
09 Fish-thinking



Director(s)

Tobias RUD
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Denmark
Production: Tobias Rud
Length: 01' 25''
Category: First film
Synopsis
A man overthinks at sea.
10 Szilva and Baga



Director(s)

Dominika Demeter
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Country of production: Hungary
Production: MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Length: 10' 28''
Category: Graduation film
Synopsis
After the death of Szilva's mother, she escapes into her dreams, until the day she meets an old witch named Baga. The witch takes the gir, tasking her with guarding the life-giving fire at night. Together, they explore the witch's dreams during the day, and in the end, both find acceptance: the girl matures into adulthood, while the witch embraces her mortality.
11 Sphere Supreme



Director(s)

Hasan PASTACI
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Belgium
Production: KASK Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent
Length: 05' 02''
Category: Graduation film
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Follow Arama, guided by a mystical pomegranate tree, meeting a mysterious man. Along the way, Arama faces parts of himself, slowly putting together the puzzle of his identity. But before he is able to put everything together, will he manage to keep himself in one piece?
12 God is Shy



Director(s)

Jocelyn CHARLES
Film info
Year of production: 2025
Production: REMEMBERS
Length: 15' 00''
Category: First film
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During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.