Blinks of fear

Blinks of fear

 Counterclockwise, Zsófia Osztós, Hungary

To cope with his insomnia, a man returns to his childhood home, where he faces his past.

Quota, Cecil Duffy, United Kingdom

After a late night at the office, a salary woman sees something she shouldn't have, and dissolves into paranoia.

Ghost of the Dark Path, Fish Wang, Taiwan

During the White Terror era, Shi Shuifang, a woman who advocated ideas bravely in the underground political organization, seemed to be a light that illuminated the times. The agent of the surveillance organization was influenced by Shi Shuifang and thus fell in love with her. However, under all kinds of unfavorable circumstances, he could only watch her hopelessly suffer through various injuries.

Pelot of Hate, Anaïs LAPTES, Yoann LAUGIER, Raphaël POLO, Aimann IBRAHIM, France

In a gloomy toy factory, the distress of a worker aged just 8 reaches such a pitch that the stuffed toys themselves come to her help. The tyranny of the factory guards and the passivity of the other workers will finally come to an end, but at the cost of blood.

Mirage, Kira Narog, Aliya Rafei, United States, United States

In an abandoned western town, Koda must choose whether she will keep running from the shadows that haunt her or face them head-on.

The Lasting, Seo Hyun Kang, Soo-A Choi, Korea, Republic of

A grandmother with special magical powers who live with so many owls. Owls help her with her work, freeing nightmare people from nightmares. Then one night, a young owl deep in the forest doesn't return...

War Theater, Arthur Lecocq, Gabriel Delcroix, Arthur Delcroix, Romuald Gouriou, Julien Vanas, Clarence Delehaye, Noëmie Ivelou, France

During a theatrical performance featuring puppets glorifying war, a wounded soldier is taken backstage where he discovers the darker aspects of this spectacle.

P, Stelios Koupetoris, Greece

A brave mouse in a cinema packed with cats is trying to twist a seemingly repetitive film, where a cat is chasing another mouse in hamster wheels.

Little B, Lucas Borges, Brazil

In a distant neighborhood where honor and courage are fundamental, an exciting duel is scheduled for after school. On the one hand, an opponent who plays dirty and acts cowardly. On the other, Little B, accompanied by his loyal friends.

DAGON, Paolo Gaudio, Italy

DAGON is a stop motion animation short film freely inspired by the story of the same name by cult author H.P. Lovecraft. In 1919 San Francisco, a man is standing on the ledge of a building ready to jump. Desperate, he relives in his memories the absurd and shocking episode that led him to the brink of suicide: the encounter with the monstrous and mythological Great Old One, DAGON.

CANDICE, Swann Valenza, France

Candice, a young girl is bullied by the other children. One day she found a dead cat which ask her to fix it. She is then going to search for every dead animals possible to create some new friends.

Zombie Ship, Art Borowiec, Poland, Spain

A lone FISHERMAN faces the relentless pull of a monstrous, storm-tossed sea - drawn back toward a ravenous beast lurking in its depths. Desperate to live, he will sacrifice anything, even his own humanity, in a fatal struggle for survival. Yet there’s no escape from the cycle of darkness already set in motion. This is a tale of eternal predation, not salvation. In the horror of 'Zombie Ship,' chiaroscuro reveals only what can be torn from the abyss, while the unknown thrives, undisturbed, in the suffocating shadows. The film plunges into the harrowing moral dilemma: how far will one go to save their life, when survival demands the ultimate price?