A Year Apart (17 mins)
Directed by. Ocean Chin, Yasmin Wang
China
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Huilin faces loss, change, and a withering vine at life’s crossroads.

The Witness Tree (20 mins)
Directed by. Niranjan Raj Bhetwal
NATIONAL SHORTS
A mother struggles to reveal her son’s painful past while protecting him.

Every hesitation of yours can destroy the world (10 mins) ANIMATED
Directed by. Ma Zhiyuan
China
AI COMPETITION
A time-space administrator reunites with Nikola Tesla in modern Shanghai.

The Abyss (10 mins) ANIMATED
Directed by. Andres Aloi
Argentina
AI COMPETITION
A wheelchair-bound woman tests a device that blurs dreams and reality.

The dream, the fog and the rain
(5 mins) ANIMATED
Directed by. Carlos García Cornejo
Peru
AI COMPETITION
A lonely man braves a storm, seeking a lost love through music.

Mombomb part 1 (5 mins) ANIMATED
Directed by. Patricia Beckmann Wells United States
AI COMPETITION
A weaponized Girl Scout battles a killer troll in 1970s Toledo.

Godcasting (25 mins) ANIMATED
Directed by. Florent Agostini
France
AI COMPETITION
AI Velda creates an interactive short film to integrate new participants.