Enzo Cillo
Italy
2014 / 0:13:00

Winter is long-lasting, as night is. From the window, some shadows are glimpsed among the trees. An old print of Friedrich’s painting “Der Abend” (The evening) on the wall, in the entrance. Outside, darkness surrounds the home, downline of an awe-inspiring mountain. Winter is long-lasting, as night is. From the window, some shadows are glimpsed among the trees. At morning, fog comes from the wood and hides everything.

Antolín Prieto
Peru, Spain
2014 / 0:08:00

Three young guys wander deserts and towns after the end of the world. One of them decides to face the desolation of this event.

Stefan Malesevic
Serbia
2014 / 0:25:15

Sima, a man from Serbia in his thirties, is a war veteran from the 90s Kosovo war. After returning from the battles he suffers from PTSD and is having a hard time fitting back to his life. He's changed, sees things differently and even his closest ones label him as a damaged person, which makes the return to 'normal' even harder. Sima and his wife, Mara, take a vacation to a beautiful lake resort in Ohrid, Macedonia in an attempt to rediscover their love, but it seems they are so different that no real love was possible even before his war experience. Since Sima has shown signs of psychical instability his erratic behavior worries everybody. None of them, however, worry about him and his feelings, just about the consequences of his actions on their lives. The only person he is able to have a normal conversation with is a young girl on the beach, who doesn't notice his strangeness and doesn't label. He tries to transfer his experience to her in the form of children's stories filled with metaphors, hoping that it might help her choose her life path more wisely.

Ziheng Lu
Taiwan
2014 | 0:05:40

I wanted to flee away; however, as soon as I turned back, I found they were still following me closely. The crackage expanded gradually until reality finally intervened. This is a dream of mine, also yours.

Nick Jordan
Great Britain
2014 | 0:17:00

The Rising is a short film which depicts an invasive alien species, Giant Hogweed, as it rapidly colonizes a lowland riverbank in northern England. Part natural history, part sci-fi, The Rising features an atmospheric soundtrack score by Lord Mongo, and presents the alien interloper as both a dangerous, toxic menace and impressive, natural wonder.