Drive More (United States) by Matthew Thompson

In DRIVE MORE, three friends with a shared love for vintage European sports cars set out on a journey far beyond the open road. With the iconic Round Headlamp Rally 1000—a 1,000-mile, two-day rally across Michigan—on the horizon, each friend has a personal goal for this year’s adventure. But as they prepare their quirky, character-filled classics for the challenge, they discover that the road ahead is about more than just miles

Running time: 00:32:25

Kicking Toward Tomorrow! (South Korea) by Yunbin AN

A recreational soccer team run by a small Christian church — David and Goliath FC. For the team’s star player, Dongchan, soccer isn’t just a hobby — it’s his entire life. Fueled by an unrelenting desire to win, Dongchan throws himself into rough challenges and risky tackles without hesitation. Each time he charges across the field, the referee’s whistle pierces the air again and again, and the opposing team rarely escapes without injuries. Unable to stand by any longer, team captain Jeonghwan decides it’s time to take action.

Running time: 00:30:00

Follow, If I Can (United States) by Julia Keesler, Cameron Strittmatter

When Sophia receives a visit from her cousin Kate, the two debate love, ambition, and the sacrifices the pair must make in a world that wasn't built for them. Faced with a fork in the road, both must choose between the comfort of convention and the uncertain promise of self-determination—knowing that any path forward demands a sacrifice neither is fully ready to make.

Running time: 00:09:12

Bad Batch (United States) by Alex Sagona, Nick Viglietta

After botching a routine grave robbery, the twins discover a baby abandoned on their doorstep. Though hesitant to embrace parenthood, they change their minds after the infant's supernatural powers thwart a good Samaritan’s attempt to rescue it from the twins’ questionable care.

Running time: 00:03:30

Bags (Canada) by Mitch Ray

Jamie Gascoigne's daily routine is disrupted one morning by his roommate Korey in their living room, still up from the night before with his musician friend Brody. Despite his displeasure with this development, his passive aggressive nature prevents him from confronting the issue in any meaningful way. What starts as a minor annoyance descends into a nightmarish daily reality as the events around him trigger things within him that he's tried to repress and unlock things within him that he never realized were there in the first place.

Running time: 00:28:49

The Man Who Built The Waldorf Astoria (Ireland) by Paul Cooke

Exiled to New York after the Irish Civil War, a Mayo man writes home, shaping a story of success that blurs the line between survival and myth

Running time: 00:19:59

Stuck (United States) by Josephine Harrison

A short film covering ideas around mental health on the campus of a competitive university. Inspired by real-life conversations around the campus of competitive US university.

Running time: 00:07:08

To Hazel (United States) by Chace Wei

When a couple faces the inevitability of parting ways, how will they navigate the bittersweet complexities of love and ambition as they approach a pivotal crossroads in their lives?

Running time: 00:16:57

The End in Slow Motion (United States) by Joshua Kaufman

A woman (Marcia DeBonis; "13 Going on 30," "Sometimes I Think About Dying") develops heightened awareness of the cruel world outside of an unnervingly calm house, as the threat of apocalypse stokes chaos.

Running time: 00:12:47

Home (Belgium) by Hanne Schillemans, Ralph Timmermans

Home is a short film about the fragility of life and the virtue of solitude. A faceless figure attempting not to resist the endless waves of pointlessness. Home explores the tension between presence and absence within the strange choreography of existing. The protagonist’s nudity, devoid of eroticism, emphasizes vulnerability and the human form as a part not nature, reinforcing the film’s existential themes.  The figure remains faceless, allowing her to become anyone — or everyone, shifting the focus away from personal identity and stressing instinct over intellect, being over persona. Home oscillates between the micro and the macro, between intimacy and vastness. Ants crawling with tireless precision, the sun rendered in cosmic proximity. In this interplay the human body becomes just another element: fragile, raw, exposed and dwarfed by the enormity of the natural world.  Home meditates on aloneness not as absence, but as condition. It invites the viewer to witness a body moving through a universe that does not look back. Accompanied by music that is as raw as it is emotional, the film does not conform to conventional cinematic structures but instead allows the audience to immerse themselves in the rhythm of isolation and the ebb and flow of meaning in an indifferent world.

Running time: 00:11:29

Release (Hungary) by Zoltan Gergely Szabo

A young man is in prison instead of his brother because he took the punishment on his behalf. A mysterious visitor arrives to persuade him to make a new confession. However, the tempter fails to achieve his goal.

Running time: 00:10:09

Stand Alone (United States) by Soyeon Kim

Stand Alone is a quiet, personal reflection on what it means to keep moving—alone—through life’s uncertainties. Following the meandering path of a snake, the film becomes a mirror for our own inner journeys, where direction is unclear, and every step is shaped by instinct, struggle, and small, hard-won wisdoms. In a world that often overwhelms with noise and disconnection, Stand Alone finds strength in solitude and beauty in persistence. 

Running time: 00:05:15

Modem: Image (Finland) by Ilona Lehtonen

Running time: 00:04:10