International Competition screenings present the most recent short films.
Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 85 min Age Limit: 12+
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Thu 5.3. -
13:00 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 1 -
12,50
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D018
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Fri 6.3.
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18:15
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Finnkino Cine Atlas 1
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12,50
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E044
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K'uchu: Rincón de la infancia
K'uchu: A Childhood PlaceDirector: Alessio Del Pozo TemocheCountry: PeruYear: 2025Genre: AnimationDuration: 12 minÓscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend no longer wants to play after falling in love with a schoolmate. Caught between leaving childhood behind or continuing to play alone, terrorist violence erupts, forcing Óscar to grow up overnight and abandon his hometown. Forty years later, he remembers it all as he walks along the highway back to his hometown, searching for food and shelter amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Unanimated Strangers
Director: Róisín KellyCountry: IrelandYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, AnimationDuration: 5 min
Surrounded by strangers, a woman's memories of her past relationship unravel and mesh with the people around her.
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Inherited Silence
Director: Mariam KhatchvaniCountry: GeorgiaYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 15 min
When Nata tries to leave her violent husband, it’s the women around her – bound by tradition – who urge her into silence. In a village where endurance is virtue, her quiet resistance becomes defiance.
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Oi lykoi epistrefoun
The Wolves ReturnDirector: Stelios MoraitidisCountry: Greece, RomaniaYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 20 min
On a snowy rural road, a diverse group of people is confronted with a macabre finding. Two workers set out to lay dirt on an icy road, and end up scattering the remains of human bones along the path. Everyone seems to be well aware of the origin of the bones, but nobody wants to reveal the secret locals have been trying to forget.
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La raíz
The RootDirector: Isa Sáez PérezCountry: SpainYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, DocumentaryDuration: 8 min
Memory offers us a basis on which to recognise ourselves, but how can we remember something that nobody talks about? Through archive images provided by Tabakalera, Elias Querejeta Cinema School and the Basque film library, Isa Sáez talks to her grandmother about the taboos of their relationship.
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Souvenirs d'un ami
Memories of a FriendDirector: Olivier SmoldersCountry: BelgiumYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, DocumentaryDuration: 25 min
The film's author recounts his memories of a rebellious childhood friend.
