Competiție scurtmetraj internațional 2

MAL DE MADRE

Irene Baqué

Spain, 2025 — 22 min

Cast: Ángela Moreno Ropero, Ascensión Corrochano Arroyo

Lita (16) has feared lizards since childhood. Every summer, she returns to Lagartera, where her family’s traditions run deep. During Corpus Christi celebration, as her grandmother dresses her, Lita uncovers the roots of her fear.

THESE VOICES ARE REAL

Baran Nikrah

Iran, 2026 — 11 min

Cast: Hoda Zeinolabedin, Dorin Afsharian

A woman faces an uncertain decision while her little daughter begins to observe and absorb the first signs of what will later be called femininity, through sound, silence, and imitation.

HYENA

Altay Ulan Yang

USA, China, 2025 — 21 min

Cast: Huo Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen 

In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, a storm strikes. Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.

THE COW

Pavo Marinković

Croatia, Montenegro, 2025 — 18 min

Cast: Stjepan Perić, Dubravka Drakić

In a wartorn village, an officer settles into an abandoned house under the silent gaze of a cow, the last trace of the home’s vanished owner.