Dir: Nina Moog and Elisabeth Wilke
20 min
Germany

Each Spring, the Schrobenhausen Asparagus Association in Bavaria elects an Asparagus Queen, whose primary role is to promote the significance of asparagus locally and internationally. Asparagus Dead, Cherries Red is a vibrant tribute to this celebrated vegetable. The film thoughtfully explores the traditions of harvesting, cultivation, and consumption, highlighting the enduring appeal of white asparagus.

Dir: David Dominguez
11 min
United States

Formerly incarcerated individuals build lifechanging bonds over pizza as they reintegrate back into life in Philadelphia, finding new ways to support themselves and their families one pie at a time.

Dir: Victoria Trow
6 min
Oregon

The world record for loudest female burp is 107.3 decibels. Kaylee wants to beat it.

Dir: Kabir Mehta
20 min
India

A 70-year-old ex-playboy aristocrat stumbles through memories and misfires in Goa, fantasising a grand comeback amid the crumbling ruins of his ego. What begins as a comical portrait of vanity morphs into something darker and more poignant, an elegy for a life lived in denial, and a hybrid excavation of performance, delusion, and the ache of aging disgracefully.

Dir: Sarah Lasley
15 min
United States (local)

In this metafictional comedy about the climate crisis and generative AI, a director making a documentary about fossil fuel extraction is consistently subverted by an AI agent that wants to tell a generic love story.

Dir: James Pellerito
12 min
United States

After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails serve to show the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.