Do Not Dance (Germany) by Julian Quentin, Marie Heleen Samrotzki

High performer Mila loves her company. She just started her career and is highly motivated to give everything she has to prove herself. Only slowly, she realizes what she never wanted to see.

Running time: 00:07:05

Frogs (Turkey) by Vehbi Bozdağ

*** Amsterdam Independent Film Festival

One morning, a girl, who lives with her mother in a small-town, notices that the rubble is being removed from the field outside her window. This realization prompts her to reassess her life and the environment she lives in, as she spends most of her time in her room.

Running time: 00:13:26

Living in a Miracle (United States) by Dorian Tocker

Members of an unnamed suburbia prepare for an apocalyptic storm, in a lyrical vision of America in decay. Blending fact and fiction, 'Living in a Miracle' is an existential tone poem that finds the hidden beauty within the impending catastrophe.

Running time: 00:02:13

First Night (United States) by Haneol Lee

*** Palm Springs International Shortfest, BFI Future Film Festival, 

A newly immigrated Korean father goes into a deli trying to order food for his family– only with the help of a dictionary.

Running time: 00:11:43

Stick with You - Scarlett O'Hanna (Belgium) by Victoria Verseau

What do you do when someone you care about, or someone you love, is more committed to their insecurities than to listening? Where do you stop accommodating their feelings or needs and start standing up for yours?

Running time: 00:03:02

Violet (Germany) by Laura Engelhardt

*** Filmfest Dresden

After an argument with his mother, 12-year-old Dan seeks love and intimacy from Anna. When his mother leaves for the night shift, Dan and Anna cross established boundaries.

Running time: 00:21:00

Spell (Brazil) by Khalil Charif

*** 33rd Festival Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brussels Independent Film Festival 

A spell is cast on the dance floors, and it transforms the atmosphere. Sensory stimuli and traces of a documentary past are captured and thrown into an imaginary present, a fabulation beyond the fascination of the night, towards a re-enchantment with life, with being together, interweaving conviviality and liberation.

Running time: 00:03:00

The dream of Joseph (France) by François Hébert

*** Rhode Island Film Festival

One summer, Maud, 26, meets a boy on the beach and collapses in front of a picture. A few months later, she returns with a camera to try to understand.

Running time: 00:23:15