Highlighters(2025)

Painted Gaze(en)

After a young girl discovers a fascinating art museum, she becomes attached to the artwork she comes across. Although over time, there is a strange shift in energy the more time she spends with the artwork.

Evolutio(it)

Birth growing and gathering of a family which is not even an average one

Il sonno degli esclusi(it)

Short aired during the Pippo Chennedy Show

Kino Kopf(en)

Born from steel and glass Kino Kopf is created by two inventors. They are assembled by their mother, a nurturing artist, and their Father a greedy entrepreneur. Kino Kopf is the first of its kind a sentient humanoid VHS camera. They are given a life by their mother but presented to the world by their father. Kino Kopf is the next big sensation and spurs a technological revolution. They are soon forgotten and alone as new models surpass them. Kino Kopf is left alone to contemplate if they ever had a soul, as visions of an electric cowboy dance through their dreams.

Praeoccupatio(it)

A man and a woman make guesses about the future while a child is still unborn

Psicosi multipla(it)

A psychoanalyst helps a patient to achieve his ambitions.

Amelia 2.0(en)

After his wife Amelia suffers an aneurysm that leaves her bedridden and slowly dying, police officer Carter Summerland searches for a way to revive her. He's approached by Wesley Enterprises pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human’s relationship with technology and her right to exist.

First Steps(en)

After years away from each other, a mother tries to reconnect with her daughter.

What Makes the Ride Worthwhile(en)

A short film shot on 16mm about memory, grieving, and siblinghood.

Fogos em mim(pt)

Experimental university short film inspired by grief, the passage of time and the filmmaking process

The Rest Room(en)

Seven strangers trapped overnight in a mall restroom, where hidden agendas collide and a suspicious death forces everyone to confront their darkest secrets, and their own capacity for redemption.

Strawman(en)

After being exiled from his home by his mother, 11-year old Angel discovers a dilapidated scarecrow, and the pair develop an unusual relationship.

154(it)

The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?

Sadness and Anger(ja)

Experimental short movie mostly made of still photos, following a strange woman looking for the truth behind a high school girl's death.

TSUGUNAI(ja)

Experimental short movie mostly made of still photos. An old assassin lives on a yacht, in a port city. One day, the sister of a woman he killed appears.

LUNULAR(pt)

Open Mic(en)

A conversation Harper has with herself in her own head, interjected with the moments in which she is recalling. Some sort of event sent her into an existential state of mind, where she can't help but think about who she is, and how much control she really has over her life.

He soñado con olas(es)

A teenager's obsession with recovering his stolen phone forces him to confront the ghosts of a recent toxic relationship.

Polsish(en)

As a woman attempts to outrun her intrusive thoughts, her evening begins to unravel alongside her mind.