COMPETITION PROGRAMME 5 - Weight of Silence
ARTIS LARGE HALL
Friday, 22 August 2025
6:00 PM – 7:25 PM
85 minutes
How do we tell someone we will miss them? How do we learn to appreciate our bodies as they change? Why can’t we stop fearing connection? Abandon yourself to the sea of the unspoken, and learn to appreciate all the silent moments— because sometimes, more is said in the quiet than in words.
Tickets available HERE!
Films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.
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MORE ABOUT THE FILMS:
Adiós
Director: José Prats
Year: 2024
Length: 8 min 31 sec
Country: United Kingdom
Production: National Film and Television School
During a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
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Cold Soup
Director: Marta Monteiro
Year: 2023
Length: 9 min 50 sec
Country: Portugal, France
Production: ANIMAIS AVPL, La Clairière Ouest
A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
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Darling This Was Hard
Director: Harper Hou
Year: 2024
Length: 8 min 9 sec
Country: Taiwan
Production: Taipei National University of Arts
A lonely photographer, laboriously develops the same photo of his ex-lover everyday. He works day and night to hold on to the images of a past, and suddenly everything comes tumbling down with flood.
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Detlev
Director: Ferdinand Ehrhardt
Year: 2024
Length: 12 min 50 sec
Country: Germany
Production: Film Academy Baden-Württemberg GmbH
A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it's the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.
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Immature
Director: Eddy Wu
Year: 2025
Length: 5 min 58 sec
Country: Netherlands, Taiwan
Production: St.Joost School of Art & Design
Immature is an animated documentary that explores gender identity through the lens of body imagery. The film delve into the evolving perceptions of a transgender gay man, highlighting the fluidity and complexity of gender identity.
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Nothing We Say Can Change What We’ve Been Through
Director: Francesca de Bassa
Year: 2024
Length: 3 min 22 sec
Country: United Kingdom, Italy
Production: Avec Ou Sans Vous
Nothing We Say Can Change What We’Ve Been Through is a journey through a character's mind as she navigates personal anxieties, struggling to express her thoughts and feelings. How easy is it to communicate emotions?
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Sweet Like Lemons
Director: Jenny Jokela
Year: 2023
Length: 5 min 28 sec
Country: United Kingdom, Finland
Production: Jenny Jokela
Sweet Like Lemons is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on. The title is a play on the saying “when life gives you lemons make lemonade”, only in this case there is no lemonade to be made but the lemons still taste sweeter than what you left behind.
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The One Who Knows
Director: Eglė Davidavičė
Year: 2024
Length: 12 min 4 sec
Country: Lithuania, France
Production: Art Short, Tripode Productions
Anxious teenager Ūla is taken on an unexpected adventure during her swimming practise, through which she grows-up and learns to see her body anew.
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Thoughts During Meditation
Director: Thomas Costa Freté
Year: 2024
Length: 4 min 25 sec
Country: Sweden
Production: Vurpa
A man is trying to meditate but keep getting interrupted by his own thoughts.
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Wish You Were Ear
Director: Mirjana Balogh
Year: 2024
Length: 10 min 14 sec
Country: Hungary
Production: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
In a world where, after each break-up, ex-partners must exchange a chosen body part, Wish You Were Ear explores the lasting impact of relationships. People not only lose a literal piece of themselves with each split, but also carry visible reminders of every past love.