OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2025
A FERRIS WHEEL IN THE DESERT
SYNOPSIS
During a family dinner, a young woman recounts her experience as a member of an organization humanitarian aid in Iraq.
DIRECTED BY: Lénaïg Le Moigne
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 10:23
AFERRADO
SYNOPSIS
In the violent streets of Mexico City, Joel leads a double life fixing car engines by day and getting his hands dirty by night. Now, he must repair the toughest machine of all: his own shattered existence.
DIRECTED BY: Esteban Azuela
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Mexico
RUNTIME: 18:00
AU COEUR DU SON
SYNOPSIS
“Au cœur du son" is a journey of initiation, an artistic wandering, a kind of daydream that Marie and Lucas try to embody with visual codes, like in Murnau's Nosferatu, where without a word, the extreme attraction of the two protagonists is felt in the smallest of our cells, right up to the tragic fate that awaits them.
DIRECTED BY: Marie Larrive, Lucas Malbrun
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 4:00
BETWEEN THE GAPS
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.
DIRECTED BY: Martin Bonnin
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 4:07
Da Mor Ghag (The Voice Of Mother)
SYNOPSIS
A young delivery rider navigates a tough day in Lahore, away from home.
DIRECTED BY: Mian Ijlal Ahmad
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Pakistan
RUNTIME: 4:07
FLATASTIC
SYNOPSIS
Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth; it is the dawning of a new Flat era.
DIRECTED BY: Alice Saey
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 16:50
GAME NIGHT
SYNOPSIS
A guest is explained the rules of a new board game
DIRECTED BY: Christopher Rutledge
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: USA
RUNTIME: 0:52
god is shy
SYNOPSIS
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.
DIRECTED BY: Jocelyn Charles
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 15:00
Hurikán
SYNOPSIS
Hurikán rushes to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he crushes on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
DIRECTED BY: Jan Saska
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
RUNTIME: 13:07
Keep Frozen
SYNOPSIS
Troubadour-sur-Yvette mall, it's 8 a.m. and employees are finishing preparing the store for the opening. Just as the first customers are starting to shop, a man steps into the main aisle and removes all his clothes.
DIRECTED BY: Jeanne Tiessé
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 7:59
LA PERRA
SYNOPSIS
Being a daughter, being a mother, becoming a woman.
DIRECTED BY: Carla Melo Gampert
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Colombia, France
RUNTIME: 14:05
Les Vouèsins
SYNOPSIS
In this Missouri French folktale, Petit Jean is a farmer who also happens to be the devil’s neighbor. The two work their fields together, but the harmony of their relationship is threatened when it comes time to split the harvest.
DIRECTED BY: Brian Hawkins
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: USA
RUNTIME: 15:00
LONG DISTANCE
SYNOPSIS
A fly takes flight to meet a close friend.
DIRECTED BY: Michael Frei
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Switzerland
RUNTIME: 2:00
LUZ DIABLA
SYNOPSIS
Martín, a young urban raver, becomes entangled in a strange accident on the road while heading to a party in the middle of the Argentine Pampas. Finding refuge in a mysterious countryside tavern and taken in by two strangers, Martín's paranoia begins to take hold of him. As the hours pass, his perception starts to distort, unleashing unsettling visions that will lead him to confront the supernatural forces lurking in the night.
DIRECTED BY: Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Argentina, Canada
RUNTIME: 11:10
mont noir
SYNOPSIS
In Mont Noir, Marguerite has been experiencing three severe losses : her mother, her dog, then her nanny. She grew up alone, animals and nature as main fellows. She has been setting herself to become a writer
DIRECTED BY: Erika Haglund, Jean-Baptiste Peltier
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 14:55
mother’s child
SYNOPSIS
Loving mother and full-time carer, every day is a battle for Mary. Wading through the bureaucratic mess that comes with caregiving has her isolated, unsupported and sleep deprived. Simultaneously, she struggles to fully understand her disabled, non-verbal son Murphy’s needs. After being dealt another blow by an obtuse administrator, reality begins to blur. Finding the beauty in the everyday has never been more challenging. A surreal animation to pay tribute to society’s true heroes, giving a voice to those who dedicate their lives to others.
DIRECTED BY: Naomi Noir
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Netherlands
RUNTIME: 9:06
Off-time
SYNOPSIS
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.
DIRECTED BY: Nata Metlukh
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Japan, Ukraine, USA
RUNTIME: 10:45
ordinary life
SYNOPSIS
Ordinary life repeats itself every day. The succession of moments that we repeat over and over again is never the same, and everything changes and wavers. The moment we touch something, our consciousness can go to a place that does not exist anywhere in the past, nor in the future. In an uncertain and fluctuating world, only the feeling of the body touching something, which exists only in this present reality, can be recognized as “now”. That moment is lovely.
DIRECTED BY: Yoriko Mizushiri
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France. Japan
RUNTIME: 9:45
retirement plan
SYNOPSIS
At apathy with his life, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.
DIRECTED BY: John Kelly
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Ireland
RUNTIME: 7:17
Six Finger Satellite "Simian Fever" Music VIdeo
SYNOPSIS
There's trouble in the monkey house
DIRECTED BY: Christy Karacas, Luca Depardon
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: USA
RUNTIME: 4:00
spring
SYNOPSIS
In a farmhouse a woman tries to lure the resident house spirit – a mischievous Nisse – with offerings of food. Spring is just around the corner, but a winter's chill still lingers. During the night as ghosts move through the house, the Nisse slips into the woman's dream. As day breaks he melts away, but something has changed; spring has arrived.
DIRECTED BY: Pernille Kjaer
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Denmark
RUNTIME: 12:28
summer 96
SYNOPSIS
The eternal « August 15 picnic » on Callot Island. But this year, Paul, his family and their friends find themselves trapped by the tide. Paul, upset, stuck between the world of adults and that of children, becomes aware of his individuality.
DIRECTED BY: Mathilde Bédouet
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 12:13
the death of the fish
SYNOPSIS
A girl tries to prevent her mother from drowning in depression, after the death of a fish.
DIRECTED BY: Eva Lusbaronian
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 13:45
voiceless
SYNOPSIS
Dan is a young man who spends a lot of time in his flat. His routine is always accompanied by electronic music pumping through his headphones. But when he steps outside, he feels disconnected from the world around him and only finds solace in nightclubs. Techno music and drugs transport him to a world where he can be himself, where he feels free. One day, he catches the eye of a baby which will change his perception of the world around him.
DIRECTED BY: Samuel Patthey
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Switzerland
RUNTIME: 14:47
wormwood
SYNOPSIS
The day the radiation disappears, Simon rushes to the heart of the zone, taking his colleague Agathe with him, in the hope of rediscovering a lost past.
DIRECTED BY: Matthieu DUPILLE, Binlin XIE, Alexander VANDERPLANK, Ninon QUEMENER, Philémon MARTIN, Chenhe LIU
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: France
RUNTIME: 9:58
zima
SYNOPSIS
It grows slowly as an icicle, but one day it drops and crashes.
Anka loves cats. And Jesus. In a winter silence the lagoon freezes and the unspoken resurfaces like crack on ice.
Mosaic portrait of a small fisherman's village where human to human, human to animal, animal to animal interdepend on a delicate balance of warm tender care and cold emotional cruelty. An eerie story of loneliness and community narrated with magical realism.
DIRECTED BY: Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Poland
RUNTIME: 26:26