The Sugar Cube | Le cube de sucre

Director: Jean-Philippe Nadeau Marcoux

Country: Canada

Category: Fiction

Length: 22’1″

Synopsis:

During a firing squad, Winston Gottinham, as an officer, must face the disobedience of his soldiers. Gottinham has two choices: either punish their insubordination or understand it. After his decision, his tea will never taste the same.

Thirty Seconds | Tridzat’ sekund

Director: Ivan Sosnin

Country: Russia

Category: Fiction

Length: 19’14”

Synopsis:

One day, the hospital clown Artyom finds out that the sick girl’s mother doesn’t visit her anymore and understands that only mother can help the girl.

Vegan Mayo

Director: Luca Tóth

Country: Hungary

Category: Animation

Length: 2’30”

Synopsis:

She is all that: A super empath, a justice warrior and your favourite confidence queen… but then again maybe just a sausage.

3MWh 

Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová

Country: Czech Republic

Category: Experimental

Length: 12’0″

Synopsis:

A nuclear power plant worker obsessed with counting has set a maximum limit on how much electricity he wants to consume. But the energy that should have lasted him for the rest of his life is slowly running out.

The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil |  Les mystérieuses aventures de Claude Conseil

Director: Marie-Lola Terver, Paul Jousselin

Country: France

Category: Fiction

Length: 24’5″

Synopsis:

Claude Conseil lives with her husband in a house in the middle of the woods. She spends her time listening to birds. One day, mysterious phone calls break the calm of the forest.