Silhouette (Germany) by Friedrich Ludmann

The stop-motion animation commemorates the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on 11 September 2001 – 25 years ago. In this terrorist attack, two aeroplanes, which had been hijacked by Islamist

suicide bombers, crashed into the two skyscrapers, causing them to collapse. 3,000 people lost their lives.

Running time: 00:00:27

Manya (Portugal) by Faebitha Rahiman, Camila Amado Restrepo, Mariia Ivashchenko, Jean Jurado

Manya recalls the night when the Russian forces first attacked Kyiv. One of the initial missiles struck her building, her home. She gradually returns to her work as a foley artist. Manya reflects on the concept of "cool" kids from school who influenced her to try her first cigarette. She will go on to take up smoking. She smoke with her father for the first time while looking at the massive crater left by the Russian missiles in her building. Distracted and unable to focus on her work, Manya questions the audience on where she is supposed to go from here.

Running time: 00:07:04

To My Grandfather (Germany, Ukraine) by Sofia Samoylova

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman is left alone.

In the rooms they once shared, life is meant to go on – slowly, gently, wrapped in grief, pain, but also love and strength. The granddaughter is the author of the film. With this cinematic work, she creates a farewell letter full of love: from the 92-year-old woman to her husband, and from the granddaughter to her grandfather. About loss, love, and the way to live with death.

Running time: 00:10:15

A layup (Poland) by Olga Papacz

Can girlhood be both gentle and aggressive? Fifteen-year-old girls from across Poland meet at one of the selection camps of the basketball National Team. Each of them has the same goal: to show their best and get a call-up. In the film, the reality of sports competition is intertwined with teenage everyday life.

Running time: 00:15:45

Greetings from Seaside Heights (Germany) by Klara Schmickler

Between consumerism and quiet decay: A portrait of a place that is gambling away its future – and of people who are searching for meaning within it. Like a hurricane, a flood of tourists sweeps through the small vacation town Seaside Heights in New Jersey every summer. For the locals, this brings financial opportunities but at the same time great frustration. For these people, this place full of ambivalence is home - but at what price? And for how much longer?

Between pleasure and responsibility, a tension emerges that extends far beyond this place.

Running time: 00:14:30

Here (Germany) by Zehra Irem Yildiz

A poetic short film about the exploration of the emotion anger and its transformation into the emotion of resistance, from a perspective critical of racism and society within Germany.

Running time: 00:11:05

Táxismemoria (Germany) by Mariia Maiorova

Animated documentary based on archival audio recordings of women’s testimonies recounting their experiences of imprisonment in the Soviet forced labor camp system (GULAG).

Running time: 00:10:55

No Proof But Myself (Germany) by Mika Rusche

Ari was sexually abused as a child. Now, in Aris late twenties, Ari is filing a police report. This takes a great deal of strength, and also risks damaging Ari's relationships with family members. Throughout this difficult process, Ari is supported by Mika, both as director and as Ari’s partner.

Running time: 00:24:00