ÉCLOSIONS

FUCK THE CISTEM
Tajo Hurrle
Germany – 20 min – fiction (2025) – ov : German – st : English
Noa lives in a constant state of tension, suppressing their feelings so as not to collapse under the weight of a world that seems to deny them. By day, they navigate a precarious balance between their queer bubble and the outside world. But at night…
selected for a dozen international festivals

APNEA
Fabio Patrassi
Italy – 13 min – fiction (2024) – ov : Italian – st : English
Teo, 25, is stressed about coming out to his father. At this crucial moment, his only confidant is an artificial intelligence in which he places blind and total trust. Ironic and hilariously timely.

MDB
Mila Aquilia
Argentina – 19 min – fiction (2025) – ov : Spanish – st : French, English
Pilar and Camila, both 14, fall in love while spending the summer with their families at a beach resort. Gradually, judgment, rejection, and shame begin to disrupt their romance. A poignant and exquisitely subtle portrayal of troubled first loves.
best short film in Buenos Aires and São Paulo – selected for some twenty international festivals

AT TWILIGHT OF THE DAWN
Tomy Cadic
France – 7 min – fiction (2025) – ov : French – st : English
Night falls on Paris, where Mai, rejected by her family, finds shelter in a refuge. There, sheltered from the outside world, an unexpected bond forms. A momentary respite in a heart-wrenching story rarely brought to the screen.

KILORAN BAY
Michael Bruce
United Kingdom – 13 min – fiction (2026) – ov : English – st : English
After spending decades away from his homeland, Torquil returns to Scotland with his partner and finds himself confronted with traumatic memories. A deeply moving autobiographical film, starring a radiant Alan Cumming.
selected for Tribeca, Frameline, and BFI Flare London

DARE TO BE FABULOUS
João Buosi, Yangjia Chen, Adam Méziane Philipps, Carla Sampaio Da Silva, Xinxin Qin, and Zhen Zhou
France – 6 min – fiction (2024) – ov : English – st : French
To impress his mafia father, Alessandro decides to rob a bar. Along the way, a particularly unexpected encounter leaves him speechless. A flamboyant and tenderly surprising short film.