A SHOT AT ART
Every summer, seasoned volunteers and friends Helen (67) and Peggy (64) give their all for the prestigious festival ART AT SEA. This year promises to be special, as they have been assigned to scan tickets at the Hangar. From their post, they hear ominous shooting noises from an award-winning and highly controversial piece of performance art.
Netherlands 2025 / 16:23 / Director: Ilke Paddenburg
DAWN OF THE ICK
She catches a mysterious disease afflicting local women after seeing her fiancé’s new haircut.
Ireland 2025 / 15:26 / Director: Nell Mercier
TRIO
A man tries to find his place among friends. What begins as a simple social gathering turns into a physical struggle for belonging.
Norway 2026 / 3:51 / Director: Fridtjof Josefsen, Morten Borgestad
RED (RESCUE GANG)
In Barcelona, a group of women create a Rescue Squad to protect themselves from assaults and dangerous situations, finding a way to feel less alone and more secure. When a distress call reaches the group, several women drop what they’re doing to come to the rescue.
Spain 2026 /11:46 / Director: Cintia Ballbé
A MOUNTAIN OF CONTENT
A filmmaker in the Austrian alps relentlessly films a mountain of content, until they themselves are content. A content creator? Or a creator, far from content?
United Kingdom 2025 / 3:36 / Director: Duncan Cowles
HURLE! ÇA POUSSE! (SCREAM! IT'S GROWING!)
Corentin, a slender and reserved young man, comes across a video of a muscular, charismatic guy encouraging him to go to the gym. Intrigued, he decides to check it out but discovers a place with a strange atmosphere, where the members have a strikingly unusual appearance.
France 2026 / 3:28 / Director: Anna Murie
REMEMBER ME
A woman whose social skills have grown rusty due to an extended period spent alone caring for her ailing father rehearses for an upcoming date, her first in a long while.
United States 2025 / 9:20 / Director: Claire Titelman
SEKASAUNA (MIXED SAUNA)
Introvert Mikko is anxious that he won’t be able to come out of his shell during the weekend at his relatively new spouse Hanna’s cottage. She is certain that Mikko will make a great first impression on her chosen family, the three friends that they are hosting. When it’s time for the sauna Mikko has not, despite all his attempts, figured out the sauna dress code of this new social bubble. As he steps into the sauna, Mikko realizes he’s the only one wearing swimwear—everybody else is naked. This traumatising event causes mixed emotions which Mikko is unable to shake away. Mikko tries to come out of his shell in his own way but everything ends up even worse.
Finland 2026 / 15:47 / Director: Juuso Timonen
