Official Selection, short film competition:  programme 7+ years 

59min 

Original version with French subtitles, French Soundtrack, No dialogue

The Last Garden 

Eloise Jenninger 

Adventure | UK | 2024 | 8′

For Henry, the community garden is his escape from the city. However, the day has come for it to be demolished, Henry and his community can’t agree on how to save it

 

Murmuration

Janneke Swinkels, Tim Frijsinger

Drama | Netherlands, Belgium | 2025 | 12′

Piet, an elderly man in a nursing home, finds himself limited in his actions when he suddenly begins to transform into a bird. Although he is still accepted within the group, he feels that it’s time to join a new flock.

 

Children of the Black Sea

Mihaela Mîndru

Adventure | France | 2025 | 10′

As a child, Mihaela Mîndru spent three weeks every summer at a sanatorium in Serhiivka, Ukraine, on the shores of the Black Sea. Her memories of that time gradually blended together, forming a collection of strange moments. 

 

So long Belleville 

Adam Hegazy 

Dramea | France | 2024 | 13′

Sylla spends the Parisian summer with friends, soccer, and his bird. But when his mother can no longer pay the rent, he realises that these could be the last days in his familiar neighbourhood.

 

To the Woods

Agnès Patron

Drama, adventure | France | 2025 | 15′

A sister remembers her missing brother through changing, hand-drawn light and shadow effects.