2020 / Denmark / 7 min 13 s

Ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her brother’s death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a darkness she might not escape.

Directed by Jennifer Alice Wright Screenwriter: Jennifer Alice Wright Producer: Michelle Ann Nardone Company: TAW

2020 / Germany / 1 min 9 s

A little something for worried souls.

Directed by Irina Rubina Screenwriter: Irina Rubina Producer: Irina Rubina Company: iraru.films

2020 / Poland / 11 min 49 s

Trapped in a flat with the decomposing corpse of their owner, some pet dogs struggle to survive. In this difficult situation, one of the dogs discovers that love for its owner is stronger than animal instinct.

Directed by Michalina Musialik Screenwriter: Michalina Musialik Producers: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak Company: Fumi Studio

2020 / Lithuania / 1 min 0 s

The curious routines of film set people killing time in quarantine.

Directed by Robertas Nevecka Screenwriter: Robertas Nevecka Producer: Robertas Nevecka Company: Akis Bado

2020 / Estonia / 5 min 2 s

A boy wakes in the night to find a feather on his pillow, and a hole in the pillow. So begins a dream in which he takes flight with the birds around him.

Directed by Maria Rakitina Screenwriter: Maria Rakitina Producer: Mari Kivi Company: Estonian Academy of Arts

2020 / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / 9 min 55 s

An aging grandmother loses her five senses one after the other before finally becoming a wooden chair. Throughout her transformation, she realizes that her African housekeeper is not the wild animal she once thought she was, but the caring and loyal family member she was sadly lacking. A poignant story about illness and growing old which employs imagination and metaphor to show the difficult and painful process of departing.

Directed by Nicolas Fattouh Screenwriter: Nicolas Fattouh Producers: Fabian Driehorst, Nermine Haddad Company: Fabian&Fred

2020 / Poland / 15 min 0 s

An elderly man is looking after his paralyzed wife. Despite his old age and health problems, he's doing his best to relieve her suffering, which is getting worse day by day. His daughter helps him, trying to balance care with her work in the hospital and family life. Everyone has a different view on how to properly care for the sick, which often causes arguments.

Directed by Julia Orlik Screenwriter: Julia Orlik Producer: Polish national film school in Lodz Company: Polish national film school in Lodz

2021 / Germany / 7 min 45 s

“Jeijay” begins where most romantic movies end. The film is about two people who try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, more and more of the happy facade of their love life comes crumbling down. The profound melancholia of the subject is captured in little everyday moments that are intertwined with dreamlike sequences.

Directed by Petra Stipetić, Maren Wiese Screenwriters: Petra Stipetić, Maren Wiese Producers: Petra Stipetić, Maren Wiese

2020 / Germany / 14 min 58 s

"Just a guy" is an animated documentary film about love. Three women share glimpses of their affection, attraction and relationship with Richard Ramirez: a serial killer and rapist they contacted after his conviction in the 80s. Through their perspective we revisit exchanged letters and emotions that are as obsessive as they are hauntingly familiar.

Directed by Shoko Hara Screenwriter: Simon Thummet Producer: Stefan Michel Company: Studio Seufz

2020 / Lithuania / 13 min 9 s

A girl wants to be the smartest person in the world. When all the things she’s learned can no longer fit in one head, her mother buys her a backup one. Two heads are better than one, but Matilda soon becomes confused about which head should she wear at what time, and soon loses the second head. It is uncertain what would happen if not for a ball that accidentally floats through her window, changing Matilda forever.

Directed by Ignas Meilūnas Screenwriter: Ignas Meilūnas Producer: Marija Razgutė Company: M-Films

2020 / Norway / 9 min 0 s

Three couples are facing different challenges: a hedgehog falls in love with a balloon but finds it difficult to maintain his grooming routine. A couple of arctic/antarctic lovers are experiencing a coldness between them, and two naive oysters are impatiently trying to get the same rhythm.

Directed by Margrethe Danielsen Screenwriter: Margrethe Danielsen Producer: Trygve Nielsen Company: Volda University College

2020 / Denmark / 7 min 4 s

After skipping out on Sunday church, Oskar, the priest’s son, runs into bullies that push his faith to the edge.

Directed by Joel Stenbäck Screenwriter: Joel Stenbäck Producer: Michelle Ann Nardone Company: TAW

2020 / Estonia / 11 min 54 s

Herbert arrives in a seaside town on a long working trip. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with a very strange and beautiful saleswoman in a flower shop. He suffers from insomnia, which he treats by watching billiards on TV. But now that doesn’t help any more. His obsessive passion keeps him awake…

Directed by Leonid Shmelkov Screenwriter: Leonid Shmelkov Producer: Mari Kivi Company: Estonian Academy of Arts

2020 / Denmark / 7 min 6 s

A boy, living a fast paced free roaming life with his friends on the streets of Dublin, doesn’t always have good choices to make.

Directed by Cora Mckenna Screenwriter: Cora Mckenna Producer: Michelle Ann Nardone Company: TAW

2020 / Denmark / 7 min 0 s

God is a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids. One day though, he finally gets a breakthrough.

Directed by Magnus Igland Møller, Mette Tange, Peter Smith Screenwriters: Magnus Igland Møller, Mette Tange, Peter Smith Producer: Peter Smith Company: Tumblehead

2020 / Germany / 5 min 0 s

In 19th-century Europe, a child climbs up a chimney as a bird sails down it to build a nest. It's an encounter with no way back.

A British chimney sweep describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to work. As we observe a child cleaning a chimney, the master's statement gets more personal with every sentence until we realise that he is speaking about his own past.

Directed by Frédéric Schuld Screenwriter: Frédéric Schuld Producer: Fabian Driehorst Company: Fabian&Fred

2019 / Poland / 3 min 8 s

When the zoo's director receives a notification that the zoo has finally been allocated an elephant, a great idea comes to him. And the ones to help him will be the zoo's staff...

Directed by Marta Gabiga Screenwriter: Marta Gabiga (based on story by Sławomir Mrożek) Producer: Marta Gabiga

2021 / Estonia / 9 min 34 s

The Poop and Spring is a wee story of mighty love.The movie spins a melodramatic tale of longing, friendship, and the birth and death of love. Love dies often. People often die for love and die with their beloved. Yet love is essential for the circle of life to keep turning! A stray dog gives birth to the main character, Poop, on a marvellous spring day. The young Poop befriends a sparrow, who educates him in the ways of life.

Directed by René Vilbre Screenwriter: René Vilbre Producer: Kristel Tõldsepp Company: A Film Estonia

2020 / Latvia / 14 min 34 s

Three swans land on a lake in the woods and turn into young women. A wood cutter spies them and takes the garments of the youngest. The elder two get dressed and fly away. The youngest falls for the wood cutter, follows him to his home, and becomes his wife and mother of their child. Will her love be strong enough to sustain all of them or will she be tempted to return to the air when she finds her wings again?

Directed by Kārlis Vītols Screenwriter: Kārlis Vītols Producer: Līga Gaisa Company: Air Productions

2020 / Germany / 2 min 41 s

My mother collects things. Now I understand, she is a memory collector. A hand-drawn animated short film, in which I explore my relationship with my mother and her belongings.

Directed by Magda Kreps Screenwriter: Magda Kreps Producer: Magda Kreps

2019 / Norway, Sweden, Denmark / 8 min 57 s

A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night. He sneaks into a small farm to steal a snack when he is caught by the Tomten who guards the farm.

Directed by Yaprak Morali, Are Austnes Screenwriters: Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Haukelidsæter, Mina Juni Stenebråten, Are Austnes Producers: Ove Heiborg, Thomas Gustafsson, Johan Palmberg   Company: Qvisten Animation, The Astrid Lindgren Company, Hydralab

2020 / Lithuania, UK / 4 min 1 s

Inter-generational conflict, with added horns. Or how the daughter learns to stop copying her father’s goat-like attitude and begins to think for herself

Directed by Milda Kargaudaitė Screenwriter: Milda Kargaudaitė Producer: Milda Kargaudaitė

2019 / Iceland / 8 min 35 s

One morning, an eclectic mixture of people face everyday battles such as work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, their relationships – and ultimately, their capacity to cope – are tested.

Directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson Screenwriter: Gísli Darri Halldórsson Producers: Arnar Gunnarsson, Gísli Darri Halldórsson Company: CAOZ & Hólamói

2020 / Estonia / 5 min 31 s

It's more than just feathers or a number of fingers... Mr. Notakiwi wants to join the community. Is society ready to accept the outsider and his song..?

Directed by Maria Saveleva Screenwriter: Maria Saveleva Producer: Mari Kivi Company: Estonian Academy of Arts