CRADLE 
dir. Filip Jembrih, 2021

time: 13 min. 51 s.
country: Slovenia

A young girl transitioning into adulthood ponders about her village, her parents and her brothers, which she will soon be leaving behind.

KIEDY OBRÓCI SIĘ DOM / WHEN THE HOUSE TURNS 
reż. Maria Ornaf, 2022

time: 28 min.
country: Poland

Thirteen-year-old Eve lives in emotional twine between two families: biological and adoptive. To bring closure to her first home, she must erase the past and wipe out traumatic memories. Clearing her memory gives space for a new beginning.

MÓJ BRAT RYBAK / MY BROTHER A FISHERMAN
reż. Alicja Sokół, 2021

time: 19 min. 9 s.
country: Poland

Somewhere at the world’s end, in a small fishing village, live two brothers who couldn’t be more different. Every day, while the older brother works hard, the younger one turns on the radio to participate in a competition in hope that winning will change his life. A sudden disappearance of their father forces both men to take on his mantle in the port and brings them closer together.

NIE MA SPOKOJU / THERE IS NO PEACE  OF MIND 
dir. Karol Ulman, 2022

time: 13 min. 24 s.
country: Poland

Jacek is a middle-aged client of a company that turns people into trees. Doctor Beech and Melissa, a therapist, supervise the procedure and ensure that he’s fully aware of the consequences and makes an informed decision. The film contemplates the fate of an individual who takes a radical step to plunge into the world of nature devoid of thoughts and obligations – the world of pure being.

THEN CAME DARK 
reż. Marie-Rose Osta, 2021

time:: 15 min.
country: Leabon

A mist emerges, a howling wind kicks in and the forest turns dark. Two men pull out a tree and drag it like a dead body. In a forest in the mountains of Lebanon, where the unspoken pact of balance between the villagers and the forces of nature breaks, legend has it that revenge is bound to happen.