AMARELA
André Hayato Saito
Brazil, 2024 — 15 min
With: Melissa Uehara, Ricardo Oshiro, Carolina Hamanaka
On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese- Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.
ALMOST CERTAINLY FALSE
Cansu Baydar
Turkey, 2024 — 20 min
With: Rahaf Armanazi, İsa Karataş, Büşra Albayrak, Ferhat Akgün, Ubey Gül
Having fled the war in Syria, Hanna and her young brother Nader find themselves staying in a run-down neighbourhood of Istanbul. Hanna spends her days learning nail design in order to earn a living, while dreaming of finding a way to migrate to Europe. When she meets a Turkish guy, İbo, on a night out, she finds herself trying to balance her identity and desires with the needs of her young brother.
CURA SANA
Lucía G. Romero
Spain, 2024 — 18 min
With: Roser Rendon Ena, Rasvely Lissette Donaire Restituyo, Yaneys Cabrera Ramirez
JESSICA and ALMA, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a Spanish holiday.