Director: Riccardo Minari

Synopsis: UNICO UNO. The freedom of not wanting to be unique.

Filmed in a week, in a sticky August in Naples. Here everything is declared, everything is out in the open, nothing is hidden.

Director: Amanda Valle

Synopsis: Some weeks feel like years. In the eyes of a little girl, the days repeat like a silent echo, building a universe of routines and waiting.
In that motionless universe, two scenes become unforgettable: a constant phone call, and a father who promises to arrive every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
Through these memories, the short film reconstructs a childhood shaped by waiting, imagination, and the eternal search for a presence that never come.

Director: Felicia Manning

Synopsis: This short documentary explores the creative process of Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana. Her work is vibrant and emotional, with each piece telling a story through the blending of thread and monochrome photos. Victoria’s careful selection of colors, geometric shapes, and forms brings her vision to life. We delve into her sources of inspiration, the power of working with her hands, and her unique approach to art.

Director: Bianca Poletti

Synopsis: A teenage girl becomes obsessed with AI face-tuning, leading her to taking things too far with her self-image in pursuit of online perfection.

Director: BONAMAZE

Synopsis: After capturing the pulse of skate culture with Tony Hawk and the heartbeat of New York City, Emmy-winning director duo BONAMAZE set their sights on a new frontier: the Playa. Drawn back to Burning Man, where they first experienced its raw, unfiltered energy in 2017, they returned with one mission—to translate the soul of the desert into sound.

Armed with mics, cameras, and creative fire, they recorded over 1,500 sounds born from the dust, the art, the people, and the wind. The result? A two-minute visual symphony that distills the essence of Burning Man into a visceral audiovisual journey. The Sound of Burning Man isn’t just a film—it’s what Burning Man feels like.

Director: Leone

Synopsis: This story takes place at Villaggio Cirulli, deep in the hills of Abruzzo, where we had the chance to meet, listen to, and spend time with the young people who live there. Behind each face, we discovered a voice, a history, a dream. And above all, a name.

Their stories reminded us that no one is ever just a number. Each person we met carries a world within, rich with hope, fear, memory, and imagination. This modern fairy tale was told to us by one of them. We dedicate it to all the number ones. To those who lead with heart, who believe in magic, and who never stop looking for home.

Director: Genís Baró

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Valeria, a young model caught between her father’s illness and the pressures of the modeling industry. As the film unfolds, it undresses her story, gradually shifting towards something more raw and intimate.

Director: Andrea Crisci

Synopsis: Heart Shaped Bed seeks to create a bridge between sexual desire and emotional abyss. Echoing the androgynous vocals, the main character fluidly shifts gender identities across four acts – from coping through intimacy to escapism in the form of euphoria, it reflects on one’s ego and its coping with breakdown and heartbreak. It is an homage to a cliffhang, a heartfelt funeral of the tortured self, and the disappearance of the other.

Director: Claudia Lee

Synopsis: An experimental poem short exploring the protagonist’s struggle with body image & dysmorphia, and the transformative experience of healing from it by rejecting societal expectations.

Director: Quinsin Nachoff and Gita Blak

Synopsis: Music, film, and physics converge in” Patterns from Nature,” unfolding through dynamics of flow and fracture. Conceived and directed by composer Quinsin Nachoff, it was developed with physicist Stephen Morris and four filmmakers—Tina de Groot, Lee Hutzulak, Gita Blak, and Udo Prinsen. Inspired by Morris’s insights into emergent patterns, the creative process unfolded with sound and image evolving together. Each movement—Branches, Flow, Cracks, and Ripples—translates a different shaping force through distinct visual languages and compositional logics. The score features soloists pianist Matt Mitchell, the Molinari String Quartet, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, bassist Carlo De Rosa, clarinetist François Houle, saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, and trombonist Ryan Keberle. The film reveals intertwining forms and leaves us with the quiet weight of an unanswered question.