6.11.2024, 15:30, Maxx 5
EN UT + Q&A
9.11.2024, 19:00, Maxx 6
EN UT + Q&A
The latest trends in international filmmaking: our competition programmes present recent short films from around the world. The best works will be honoured with prizes at the Award Ceremony on Sunday.

Memories of an Unborn Sun
Marcel Mrejen / Algeria/Netherlands/France 2024 / 22'10" / colour / Chinese / Doc/Exp
Every year, thousands of Chinese emigrants go to work on building sites in Algeria, living on isolated bases in the desert. Some die there and are never repatriated. Architectures of energy shape the Algerian territory, from its colonial history to the rise of Chinese extractivism.

Ella se queda
Marinthia Gutiérrez / Mexico 2024 / 10' / black & white / Spanish / Fic/Exp
During a night out in downtown Tijuana, Laura waits for her destiny to arrive.

Machine Boys
Karimah Ashadu / Nigeria 2024 / 8'50" / colour / Hausa / Doc
In Nigerian Pidgin, «okada» refers to the informal motorcycle taxi service in Lagos. Karimah Ashadu paints the explosive portrait of a gang of bikers revving up for business, despite the official ban.

The Exploding Girl
Caroline Poggi/Jonathan Vinel / France 2024 / 19'2" / colour / French / Fic/Ani

Spring 23
Zhiyi Wang / China 2024 / 13'13" / colour / Chinese / Fic
A young man who has just finished handling the funeral of his parents attempts to purchase some fireworks for the 2023 spring festival, where fireworks are prohibited.