The film follows Emily, a homeless ballet dancer undertaking a potentially life-changing audition. In the audition room, identified by the auditioners as the girl wearing the number twenty, Emily is graceful and poised. However, in the real world, she struggles to find somewhere to sleep, let alone focus on her artistry.

15-year-old Maya only sees the flaws of her body, especially when it’s squeezed into a bikini. But then a coincidental encounter at the pool forces her to challenge her insecurities and ultimately question the relationship to her body.

During Ahmed’s desperate attempt to reach Italy from Macedonia, hidden in the refrigerated compartment of a truck, we will relive with him the highlights of his life. But not everything is as it seems…

As Mia battles the effects of both her broken home and her toxic relationship, her loneliness grows, however she might realise that she is stronger than what she thinks is.

The short film is set in 1968. It tells the encounter between a patient and the director of a female mental institution. The encounter happens in the director’s office. We learn the reasons of her hospitalization: not a clinical one.

Inspired by a true story. Anna, a singer disillusioned by her career, moves to the countryside with her manipulative boyfriend Pietro. While working in a riding school, she trains a dangerous horse, learning to defend her space and reclaim her voice. Through her bond with the animal, she rediscovers serenity and finds the strength to break free from her toxic relationship with Pietro.

A little girl tries her best to protect her beloved sand sea turtles from the busy summer beach.

The young Ali, unable to tolerate his parents’ arguments over financial matters, decides to help them by buying what they need at the town market. Even though he is just a child and has no money, how will Ali manage to return from the market with a bag full of objects?

A young girl suddenly finds herself in a beautiful imaginary world. As she explores this enchanting place, the long ribbon of her dress gets caught, holding her back. As she pulls on the ribbon to break free, a completely unexpected journey begins.

Choices & Changes is made of 5 short 2D frame by frame animated films, telling brief but great stories about the issues we are facing in the time of environmental global crisis we are living in.

A thief who is burglarizing gets surprised by the host and commits a brutal murder. He runs away but realizes that something is following him.

Celeste, 70 and widowed, dreams of dancing at the town festival. Before the event, her estranged sister Teresa visits, asking for her van for a doctor’s appointment. Worried, Celeste joins her, and the journey becomes a chance to reconnect and face hidden secrets.

An immigrant illegally disembarks at the port of Ancona. With some difficulties and a bit of help, he’ll have to find his way through the streets of the city and reach the address written on his crumpled piece of paper.

In a mysterious, dense and deserted forest, a young man wakes up confused without remembering the causes that brought him there. Searching for explanations, he is attracted by an object and a familiar voice. Thus begins a chase after the call that promises to accompany him towards a way out. As time passes, he will become aware of where he is and the gravity of the situation. Only in the end will the boy meet his destiny with a feeling of bitter acceptance.

Francesco is a young songwriter who, after failing to make it in Milan, had to return to his hometown in the Abruzzo countryside. Here, he has to confront the pressure of meeting everyone’s expectations, which only amplifies his feelings of inadequacy.

Franca is a country woman, hardened by time in solitude and by working the land. One day he receives an unexpected phone call from his daughter, who lives in a northern city hit hard by the Covid-19 epidemic. The latter is unable to manage little Agnese alone, Franca’s granddaughter whom the woman barely knows. The grandmother is thus forced to host the little girl.

Simone is an introverted boy who struggles to let go. A hot afternoon of August he invites friends to his splendid villa with swimming pool: it is his moment of glory. While he is looking for the courage to approach Francesca, who is having fun with the other more casual friends, the unexpected happens and the situation worsens… will the young protagonist be able to make the right decision? –

Two teenagers get to an isolated beach to forget the world around them and spend time together. A story about friendship, perhaps about love but most importantly about life challenges and courage. A dive into an uncertain future.

During the World Conference on Science and Women Scientists, broadcasted live on television, an announcement is made about an incredible discovery that could change the course of humanity.

What would you do if one day a faceless person blackmailed you and became your worst nightmare? Camilla, a 17-year-old musician, initially reacts to being a victim of sextortion by feeling ashamed, hiding, and giving up on her passions and performances. Will she find the strength to fight back and reclaim what has been taken from her?

In 1894, Annie Londonderry became the first woman to cycle around the world, defying societal norms. A mother of three, she left the U.S. at 24 wearing pants. Her story still resonates as a symbol of women’s ongoing struggle for equality—an inspiring tale, fit to be told with humor.

Vincenzo is on his first date with Sara, he asks for help from an application based on AI, which suggests what to say. A love story is born and they organize a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use AI.

A secret love blooms in early 1900s Gallipoli between a humble fisherman and the daughter of a local baron. Meeting in secret at Purità beach, their love is discovered, and she is imprisoned. However, their bond overcomes all obstacles through the power of music and “light.”

20 November 1945, Villarbasse (Italy). Jocu narrates the real events that lead four young people to transform from petty thieves into murderers.

The gang of Pigs has captured Livandro; the old man is tied up next to his friend Morando in the middle of their boules court. Giancane, the local boss, tortures them to unveil what they are hiding. The elders are involved in the traffic of psychotropic drugs, that’s grown so much to annoy the local criminals.

In Uberlandia, Brazil, Chico earns his living fixing ovens, in which he easily fits into thanks to his small size. Marginalized by a system that values him as a misfit, he begins to start resisting it.

After months of a long-distance relationship via a dating site, Thomas asks Marie, who lives on the other side of the country, to finally meet in person. But before that, she will make a shocking revelation for the young man.

A deaf boy falls in love with a blind girl. Now he must find a way to communicate as he discovers the world that surrounds her.

A woman receives a startling phone call from her son, while waiting for him and his girlfriend over for lunch.

RUDI tells the story of retired loner Rudi, who falls in love with a perfect illusion of a beautiful woman, in fact his new neighbor Kim. In doing so, he leaves his long-established, conservative comfort zone unnoticed until he finally collides with reality.

A man and a woman separated by a wall. However, their love doesn’t accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. They are a couple of street artists: freedom runs in their veins. Borders don’t exist. The man can’t tolerate the “death strip” that separates him from her. And day after day, with tenacity, imagination, love, he tries to return to her arms.

On Christmas Eve, Bianca (Cibele Gonçalves) decides to fulfill her grandmother’s last wish: to find a candy that she ate when she was a child. Bianca searches in different places, but does not find any similar to what her grandmother described. Almost giving up, she decides to have faith and believe in the magic of Christmas to keep moving forward.

A lonely and curious 9-year-old girl discovers that her father, a truck driver who travels the country transporting fruit, is carrying more than just goods.

A young home nurse struggles between taking care of a disabled elderly patient and her dying grandfather. Although she doesn’t have much time, she tries to fulfill her grandfather’s final wish, which is to learn to play his favourite song on harmonica before he closes his eyes forever.

Marta´s cancer makes a strong comeback. Tired of her luck, she decides to give up. That´s when three stories, filled with the most unexpected humor, will come to help her rewrite her destiny.

In the near future, the AI “Max” governs society through brain implants, ensuring people remain content and in their place. John, an office worker, feels trapped, haunted by the constant presence of the assistant. His growing unease leads him to the brink of a breakdown, but Max is always there to help.

An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.

Buying, selling, and flipping properties have always been the core values of Hong Kong. Fat Boy, tasked with evicting an elderly man from an old building for redevelopment, encounters a series of paranormal events. As he pushes forward to claim his commission, he unravels the hidden story behind the old man’s refusal to leave.

To test his masculinity, a man proposes a challenge to a child in the middle of the night.

A cab driver is left overnight by his wife. His daughter blames him for her departure. Unable to leave her alone at home, he takes her on his night shifts. During one night, in contact with the passengers, they have no choice but to confront each other. This will be the occasion for them to renew their bond and to overcome together the abandonment.

A young woman, torn between fear and curiosity, chases a mysterious stranger through the enchanted streets of Rome. As marble sculptures come to life, she faces a choice: trust the stranger or kill him.

Ivalu has disappeared. Her little sister desperately tries to find her while Greenland’s vast nature holds secrets. Where is Ivalu?

This film explores the dangerous clash between religious fanaticism and life-threatening situations. Inspired by real events during natural disasters in Iran, it portrays the perilous dilemma of individuals bound by rigid religious beliefs. The story challenges viewers to question whether unwavering faith should outweigh the instinct for survival.

One day, while watching television, Mariana receives the news that her father has been found dead, and she and her mother must identify the body.

A journey through a surreal airport where nature and untranslatable words unexpectedly reveal on the way.

The story of a young child’s reaction to news of violence and war around the world.

There is a critical situation all over the world especially in some critical areas. What we ask ourselves in the short is “where is the Christmas spirit nowadays?”

Imaginative Lycke, 8 years old, sees her grandad, Fafa, fall ill after stepping into an elf ring (a ring of mushrooms). She believes she can keep Fafa away from the hospital by finding a magical cure from the dark and scary Finnish forest.

Jonas embarks on a journey to reach a beauty salon. Patty, the owner, will be the one cutting his hair. A haircut that will mark the lives of both.

A frustrated man caring for his chronically ill mother vents his feelings by dressing up as a dead colonel to spook the local townspeople.

A young shipwreck is located on a garbage island in the middle of the Ocean. There is an older shipwreck that inhabits the island for countless years. They become friends, and the older shipwreck explains that everything the world considers useless ends up there. They begin a cohabitation where the oldest teaches the youngest how to adapt by exploiting a form of thought close to magic.

Valya is the eldest daughter of a family of professional pilot, who finds herself in flight school, while her true calling is photography. Valya struggle between following family traditions and pursing her dreams until she meets a talented cadet, the best pilot in the school, who helps her find her way.

At the end of the 19th century, Rosa, a peasant from the Bergamo valleys, is gravely ill. Berto, her childhood sweetheart, refuses to accept her fate and carries her to a mysterious cave at the mountain’s peak. Local legends may hold their last hope for saving her.

Pollution has gotten out of hand for humanity to the point of replacing it. Everything is covered with garbage, which like a sea floods and engulfs every corner of the planet, from the streets to the countryside, making it impossible to live outside. Two young lovers, divided by this catastrophe, exiled to their respective homes, separated by an unbridgeable distance but united by a red thread, will find a way to meet again.

Dodo, a 50-year-old man suffering from a form of partial paralysis that limits his motor skills, finds himself alone for the first time having to defend the family workshop.

A Kurdish little girl tries to bring a smile back to her grandmother’s face after her television, her only window on the world, was deactivated by the Turkish army.

Carmen lives with her daughter Sharon in a modest house in Forcella, a working-class district in the centre of Naples. After losing yet another competition due to her mother’s exuberance, Sharon must immediately prepare for the new international event ‘Miss Posture’. This time Carmen will have to face a strange law of counterpoise

Artyom and Natasha, hospital clowns, run a video blog about their volunteering. They worry about Varya, a girl who’s been in the hospital for a long time, because they can’t seem to help her. One day, Artyom learns that Varya’s mother has stopped visiting and realizes only she can make a difference.

Anna has just turned seven. Stefano and Margherita plan to surprise her, but unexpected events unfold. Their quirky family ritual pulls a father and a young receptionist into a peculiar night, searching for a ‘magical’ way to communicate without words.

A stray puppy gets rescued by a sweet, little girl, finally finding a family he can live with. But Destiny has something else in store for the dog, who ends up on the street once again.

Luca has been speaking out of sync for many years. One day, he invites a girl to lunch and doesn’t know how to behave to hide his absurd handicap.