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Mother Lidia / Mamita Lidia
18’, 2025
Chile
Documentary
Synopsis
A portrait of Lidia Fuentes, a Chilean healer with a divine gift for breaking curses. In her home, she receives patients seeking to be cured of devastating ailments with dark origins. Between exorcisms and moments of daily life, a universe is revealed in which the magical and the earthly coexist.
Credits
Directed by: Joaquín Nercasseau, Juan Bautista Tagle | Screenplay: Juan Bautista Tagle, Joaquín Nercasseau | Cinematography: Joaquín Nercasseau, Juan Bautista Tagle | Editing: Juan Bautista Tagle, Joaquín Nercasseau | Music: Nicolás Alvarado | Sound Design: Joaquín Nercasseau, Juan Bautista Tagle | Cast: Lidia Fuentes, Ricardo Sánchez, Patricio Rojas | Producers: Ismael Morales, Mao Osorio | Production Company: ALTIBAJO CINE
Director's Bio
Juan Bautista Tagle (1999) and Joaquín Nercasseau (1998) are film directors who graduated from the Catholic University of Chile. Together, they have explored documentary filmmaking through the subjective perspectives of their characters. Currently, they are working on their first feature film.
Filmography
2025 Mother Lidia / Mamita Lidia
Awards
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Best Short Film, Chiloé International Film Festival (FICH), Chile, 2026.
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Best National Short Film, Vitafest, Chile, 2025.
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Best Documentary Short Film, Rosario Latin American Film Festival, Argentina, 2026.
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Best Visual and Sound Design, Chilean Film Festival (FECICH), Chile, 2026.
Sirens
23’, 2025
Cyprus
Fiction, Experimental
Synopsis
A man protects two women from the deadly sound of the sirens, but they insist on hearing them, even if it means risking their lives.
Credits
Directed by: Argyro Nicolaou | Screenplay: Argyro Nicolaou | Cinematography: Minos Papas | Editing: Smaro Papaevangelou | Art Direction: Alex Petsetakis | Sound Design: John Moros | Cast: Belinda Papavasiliou, Giorgos Anagiotos, Styliana Ioannou | Producer: Minos Papas | Production Company: Polyorama Pictures
Director's Bio
Argyro Nicolaou is a Cypriot filmmaker based in New York. Her short films have screened at Tallinn Black Nights, FEST New Directors/New Films, and the Museum of the Moving Image. She is currently developing her debut feature, Excavators.
Filmography
2025 Sirens
2024 Screen Recording 2020-11-20 at 1.59.44 PM
2023 Athalassa
2020 I, TONY
2016 In Half
Tongue
15’, 2025
South Korea
Fiction
Synopsis
After enduring her husband's incessant chatter, a wife finally decides to cut out his tongue.
Credits
Directed by: Lim Da Seul | Screenplay: Lim Da seul | Cinematography: Kim Bi-o | Editing: Ham Hyeon-gyeong | Music: Choi Tae-hyun | Sound Design: Choi Ji-young | Cast: Hwang Hyun-bin, Oh Dong-min | Producers: Kim Kwang-seok, Lim Da Seul | Production Company: Jjaeksoon Film
Director's Bio
Born in 1991 in Incheon, Lim Da Seul works across various creative mediums, including film, television, performance, and novels. As a filmmaker, she has directed the independent feature film Home Sweet Home and short films such as Blinky, Partner, and Mari. Her works have been showcased at various film festivals.
Filmography
2025 Tongue
2022 Blinky
2016 Home Sweet Home
Awards
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Jury Award, Midnight Short Competition, SXSW2026, USA, 2026.
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Best Korean Short Film, 29th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea, 2025.
Bifurcation: Like Thunder Strike
20’, 2026
Cyprus
Fiction
Synopsis
Irena (10) meets Avarea, a mysterious young girl with a tantalising secret that when revealed, causes an international incident.
Credits
Directed by: Andreas Lyras | Screenplay: Andreas Lyras | Cinematography: Antonis Anthimiades | Editing: Emilios Avraam | Production Design: Mikaella Sokratous | Art Direction & Costume Design: Mikaella Sokratous | Music: Andreas Kampanellas | Sound Design: Christos Kyriakoulis | Cast: Maria Petrova, Anastasia Philippou, Marina Makri, Takis Lyras | Producer: Andreas Lyras
Director's Bio
Andreas Lyras was born in 1993 in Cyprus. He is passionate about filmmaking, a videophile, an audiophile, and carries a profound curiosity targeted at the more obscure parts of our structural reality-elements that were instilled (at least partly) in his first film.
Filmography
2026 Bifurcation: Like Thunder Strike
Family Feast / Festa in Famiglia
19’, 2025
Italy
Fiction
Synopsis
On holiday, the peaceful atmosphere of a Moroccan family is suddenly shattered by a shocking event: Hassan molests his 12-year-old cousin in secret.
Credits
Directed by: Nadir Taji | Screenplay: Nadir Taji | Cinematography: Lorenzo Lamberti | Editing: Davide Demasi | Production Design: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia | Music: Enrico Truffi | Sound Design: Alessandro Alampi | Cast: Jamila Mzali, Karim Karmouche, Jawad Moraqib | Producer: CSC Film School Rome Italy
Director's Bio
Born in Cremona in 2000, Nadir Taji is an Italian-Moroccan director and screenwriter. After living in Mantua, he moved to Rome, where he studied film directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Filmography
2025 Family Feast / Festa in Famiglia
2024 Prova contraria
2021 Nulla Più'
2021 Alla Speranza Che Tu Possa Demolirmi
Awards
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Best Director Award, SIC@SIC – Venice International Film Critics’ Week, Italy, 2025.
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Cinemax Award for Best Short Film, Festa do Cinema Italiano, Portugal, 2026.
If You Don't Like It, Look Away
Au Bain Des Dames
29’, 2025
France
Documentary
Synopsis
Every day, Joëlle meets her retired friends on the beach of Bain des Dames in Marseille. Like in an open-air theatre, they laugh, talk about love, sex, ageing bodies, and remake the world with the freedom of those who have nothing left to prove.
Credits
Directed by: Margaux Fournier | Screenplay: Margaux Fournier | Cinematography: Théo Vincent Suzzoni | Editing: Youri Tchao–Debats | Music: Sebastien Calendini, Don Pierre Maestracci | Sound Design: Raphaël Prat | Producers: Laureen Bolton, Audrey Smadja Iritz | Production Companies: Caviar Paris, Les Films de Nout
Director's Bio
Originally from Marseille, Margaux Fournier draws on her Mediterranean roots to shape her creative vision. After studying at Sciences Po Lille and La Fémis, she set out to make her first short, If You Don’t Like It, Look Away. Shot in her hometown, the film offers an intimate dive into the world of a group of seventy-year-olds from Marseille.
Filmography
2025 If You Don't Like It, Look Away / Au Bain Des Dames
Selected Awards
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César for Best Documentary Short Film, César Awards, France, 2026.
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Audience Award, Premiers Plans Angers Film Festival, France, 2026.
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France Télévisions Award & Discovery Jury Award for Best Medium-Length Film, Champs-Élysées Film Festival, France, 2025.