International Competition screenings present the most recent short films.
Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 87 min Age Limit: 16+
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Thu 5.3. -
18:00 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 1 -
12,50
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D020
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Fri 6.3.
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17:00
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Finnkino Cine Atlas 3
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12,50
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E054
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Kyzyl tufli
Red HeelsDirector: Alina BaitokovaCountry: Kyrgyzstan, AzerbaijanYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 14 minJamal is a five-year-old girl who lives with her grandmother in a village. One day, she notices the red heels of a woman entering their house. The woman greets Jamal, but the girl is too shy to approach her. Hearing the conversation between the woman and her grandmother, Jamal realises that this beautiful woman is her mother. Jamal gradually gets closer to the woman, opens up to her and spends time sleeping next to her mother. Morning comes. Jamal wakes up and realises that the woman is gone. She goes out into the corridor and sees that the red shoes have disappeared.
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Gaïa
Director: Gwenola HeckCountry: GermanyYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, AnimationDuration: 4 min
Gaïa is a planet whose body is inhabited by people. Once the body's resources start to diminish, they try to impregnate her egg cell in order to create a new habitat.
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Charlie Is Not a Boy
Director: Pol KuruczCountry: United States, France, HungaryYear: 2026Genre: FictionDuration: 14 minA hushed soul bound to a crumbling household in an allegorical America. With a perverted butcher for a father and a mother frozen in a quiet, catatonic spell, Charlie seeks solace in the whimsical world of his eccentric grandmother. As his safe haven unravels, Charlie navigates the hostile realms of home and the military, caught between his authentic self and the masks he must wear.
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Rule, Britannia
Director: Max FisherCountry: United KingdomYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 13 min
A pair of flag-waving Brits go to sea to stop the Refugee Small Boats. Their naval fantasy falls apart, and they are forced to beg for rescue from the very people they set out to stop.
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Ex-tract
Director: Marcel BarelliCountry: SwitzerlandYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, Animation, DocumentaryDuration: 3 min
“When I was a child, I didn't know I was living during a mass extinction.” -Marcel Barelli
Inspired by cine-tracts from the 1960s and animated with water, Ex-tract is a reflection on our memory and the ongoing extinction. -
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Glitter KissDirector: Augustė GerikaitėCountry: LithuaniaYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 19 min
After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen, Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and Klaudijus’ life hangs in the balance, Rolandas is forced to rethink his beliefs.
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Uragshaa harsan tsonh
A South Facing WindowDirector: Lkhagvadulam Purev-OchirCountry: France, MongoliaYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 20 minAzaa and Shagai, a couple in their late 20s, are living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with their 6-year-old daughter. On the verge of divorce, they search for happiness in empty, high-rise buildings. Stuck in their car in the infamous city traffic, they fight it out.
