A competition strand reserved for students of European universities. They are in the running for the Young Talent: Student Jury Award, presented jointly by the School of Arts (University of Nova Gorica), as well as the Academy of Fine Arts and Design and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (both University of Ljubljana).
Lenght: 66′
Cargo Voyage / Cargo Voyage
Dániel Diószeghy (Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design)Hungary, 2026, 12'26''
A young man working as a warehouse worker suffers from the monotony that rules his life. One day, a television host offers him a new purpose.
Kaj reči / What to Say
Tereza Burianová (UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague)Czech Republic, 2026, 5'35''
In a crowded room, a sudden touch and a shared breath pull me toward connection, but when the moment calls for words, I can only whisper, “I don’t know what to say.”
Insekticid / Insecticide
Paula Gallego (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia)Spain, 2026, 5'42''
In a dark and lonely chamber, Dasnein is born — a grotesque insect who tries to satisfy his most onanistic instincts through a hypnotic screen that displays the lustful and chaotic world of Panium.
Symbionts / Symbionts
Quirijn Dees (HSLU Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art)Switzerland, 2026, 9'27''
Symbionts traces an organic cycle of interaction within an unfamiliar ecosystem, revealing its radiant elegance as well as its unrelenting violence.
Mother's Child / Mother's Child
Naomi Noir (Utrecht School of the Arts)The Netherlands, 2026, 9'06''
Mary can't catch a break. Fusing motherhood with being a full-time carer for her disabled son has her up to her ears in red tape, barely keeping afloat. A surreal situation is looming.
Jedkanica v gibanju / Etching in Motion
Daisy Armitage (Kingston School of Art)United Kingdom, 2026, 2'37''
Etching in Motion celebrates the textures of print. The film is made from five etchings, each of which contains all the frames of a walk cycle from the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The sound is also a celebration of print, made fully from audio recorded in the print studio.
Neskončnost pred polnočjo / Still Time
Baptiste Ratajski (La Poudrière)France, 2026, 4'00''
A broken human-watch wakes up in a forest full of deranged creatures.
Quantum Jump / Quantum Jump
Šimon Mészáros (Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU))Czech Republic, 2026, 10'20''
In a lethargic mansion, where abundance is served, an obedient man sets the inevitable into motion and embarks on a symbolic odyssey as the world around him crumbles into fading echoes of meaning – revealing renewal within the ruins of the universal self.
Metulj / The Butterfly
Virginia Ambrosini (ISIA - Academy of Fine Arts of Urbino)Italy, 2026, 1'50''
So beautiful and intangible the wings of a butterfly, yet so raw and violent human hunger can be. Taken from a poem in which hunger reflects the times we are living in, in a world where evil seems to never
disappear.
Fructus Fliegus / Fructus Fliegus
Emilia Zieser (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf)Germany, 2026, 4'58''
When a fruit fly flies into her eye, she asks her roommate for help removing it. But the search for the tiny intruder quickly spirals into a nightmarish journey through her own brain.
Ball Face / Ball Face
Laurence Thérien (Royal College of Art)United Kingdom, 2026, 4'32''
Life throws curveballs, how you react decides if you make it through. Ball Face follows an elementary school girl terrified of sports who survives a chaotic ball game by bouncing a ball off her face. By the end of the game, she’s completely transformed.