Director, Writer, Producer// Choukri Rouha
Writer, Producer//Grégory Verdat
Producer//Marie-Laurence Attias
Country of origin // France
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Short Narrative, Best Actor (Karina Testa)
Synopsis // Sabira, a single mother of Algerian descent, receives devastating news at the hospital: her 11-year-old son has been hit by a car. The head of the department informs her that he will not survive. But the pain doesn’t come alone: she is asked if she would consent to having her child’s heart save the life of another boy, a patient in need of a transplant, who has been waiting for months in the same hospital.
Meanwhile, Anna, a 50-year-old Jewish mother, is infinitely grateful: her son has been given a second chance at life. Yet, a void remains within her. Driven by an overwhelming need to know the identity of the donor, she embarks on an illegal investigation to find the family and express her gratitude.
Her search takes her to the suburbs of Paris, where she befriends a broken woman trying to rebuild her life… unaware that this woman’s tragedy has given her son a new lease on life.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Short Narrative, Best Actor (Karina Testa)
UNSEEN LINE
Niklas von Klitzing
Director, Producer // Niklas von Klitzing
Director,Producer// Leo Stolz
Country of origin // Germany
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Short Documentary
Synopsis //Along the wild Namibian coastline, where the Atlantic crushes against ancient desert, a silent crisis unfolds. Thousands of “Cape fur seals” are fighting a deadly and ever-growing threat: marine debris. Ghost nets, fishing lines and plastic waste drift silently through the ocean, ensnaring thousands of animals each year. UNSEEN LINE follows the work of Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN), a small but fiercely dedicated NGO founded by Naude and Katja Dreyer. What began as a spontaneous rescue of a single seal has evolved into a full-time mission: a race against the increasing tide of ocean waste.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Short Documentary
Director, Writer // NGÔ THANH PHONG
Country of origin // Vietnam
Season Award #17 Nomination //Best First-Time Filmmaker, Best Art Direction
Synopsis //After spending the night in a cozy homestay, Quynh’s body grows weaker and weaker, to the point where she realizes she may no longer be able to leave this place.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best First-Time Filmmaker, Best Art Direction
Director, Writer, Producer// FRANCOIS RABES
Director,vWriter// FELICIE DUTERTRE
Country of Origin// France
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Director, Best Editing/Post-Production
Synopsis // If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Director, Best Editing/Post-Production
Directors, Writers // Afra AlMarar
Producer// Najat Abdulrahman
Country of origin // United Arab Emirates
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Cinematography, Best Acting Ensemble
Synopsis //May and Sultan struggle to live within a home consumed by silence after a devastating loss alters their relationship forever. While Sultan clings to hope and the possibility of moving forward, May endures relentless physical pain and carries a secret she cannot bring herself to reveal. As the distance between them grows, old suspicions resurface, and the burden she bears begins to fracture the fragile foundation of their marriage.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Cinematography, Best Acting Ensemble
Director, Writer, Producer//Pei-Zhen ZHUANG
Producers: Qian-Hua CHEN, Lu-Chu WANG, Yi-Han CHEN, Chien-Ning HUANG, Chung-Yuan WANG
Country of origin //Taiwan
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Animation
Synopsis //This work uses the World Tree as a symbol of a class-based society, contrasting the differences in resources and freedom between mining birds and fruit-picking birds. It depicts a lower-class mining bird who bravely enters a competition in an attempt to change its fate. Although it does not win the championship, it inspires its companions to pursue their dreams through its actions, bringing change and hope.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Animation
To-ma - Zaberu
Timur Skripnik
Director, Writer//Timur Skripnik
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Music Video
Synopsis //In a minimalistic space of the future, a visual creator brings a digital goddess — TOMA — to life through a holographic interface. By controlling her form, environment, and state, he places her into a series of abstract, carefully constructed worlds where she exists as an ideal projection and an object of admiration.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Music Video
Director, Writer, Producer // guy mazarguil
Country of Origin// France
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Feature Narrative
Synopsis //On her fiftieth birthday, Estelle turns her own surprise party into a battlefield. Convinced that one of her closest friends is having an affair with her partner, she sparks a spectacular scene that leaves everyone around her in shock.
As family and friends struggle to understand the reasons behind her outburst, conflicting versions of events emerge, misunderstandings multiply, and hypnosis sessions awaken long-forgotten memories. Gradually, beneath the resentment, jealousy, and increasingly absurd situations, a deeper truth begins to surface.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Feature Narrative
Director,Writer, Producer//Zimy Da Kid Zimmermann
Producer// Zimy Da Kid Zimmermann
Country of origin //Switzerland
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Feature Documentary
Synopsis //UNTAMED is a documentary that follows the journey of Swiss downhill skateboarder Fabio Minnig in his quest for freedom along some of Europe’s most spectacular roads. Over the course of three years, he and filmmaker Zimy Da Kid traveled across three countries to capture much more than a sport: a human adventure driven by passion, risk, doubt, and perseverance.
Produced largely through self-funding by Fabio Minnig and Zimy Da Kid, the film is the result of years of dedication, sacrifice, and determination to bring this vision to life.
Blending speed, breathtaking landscapes, and moments of introspection, UNTAMED explores what drives some people to pursue their dreams no matter the cost.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Feature Documentary
