Ángeles FC | Roberto Ortiz | Mexico | 1:41:51

 

Synopsis:

After leaving organized crime, Cristian dedicates his life to football, determined to give back to the community he once harmed. He founds Ángeles Soccer, a team that trains girls and women of all ages on a vacant lot once known for drug dealing and crime in Ángeles de Puebla, one of Mexicali's most dangerous neighborhoods. Through Cristian's journey and the players' struggles on and off the field, the film explores how redemption, sport, and community can create safe spaces and inspire hope.

 

Chasing Barnaland | Ellen Morgenstierne, Nils Petter Devold Midtun | Norway | 0:20:00

 

Synopsis:

Arne lives in his own imaginary world. Now he is about to become a youth and lose it.

Arne has grown up with his imaginary world BARNALAND. Now he turns 14 and is starting to forget. With illustrator Svein Nyhus he tries to find his imagination, and realize that it grows with you. You need it to live.

 

My Grandmother is a Skydiver | Polina Piddubna | Ukraine | 0:10:00

 

Synopsis:

Alfyia, a joyful young woman in 1960s Central Asia, is actively parachuting and studying to become a midwife, when she receives an extraordinary phone call from her granddaughter in 2022. She is worried about her grandmother's safety amid the invasion of Ukraine. In this intergenerational conversation across time and space, the granddaughter tries to restore and rethink family memory and her own ethnic identity, break the endless cycle of collective trauma and reflect on the meaning of human life.

 

Our Village | Dastan Borkosh | Kyrgyzstan | 0:14:36

 

Synopsis:

Alihan lives in a small village where he knows everyone and all his peers’ nicknames. He helps his father with the household chores and then goes off to play alchiki with his friends.

 

Resonancia | Ted Nash, Cathy Barbash | United States of America | 0:37:56

 

Synopsis:

In the heart of Havana, Grammy-winning composer Ted Nash invites young Cuban musicians to find inspiration in the colors and forms of a museum’s paintings. What begins as a search for melody becomes an awakening, as students uncover hidden voices within themselves—discovering passion, courage, and untapped creativity. Their week of exploration blooms into a radiant concert before more than a thousand people, where art and music merge into a testament of self-discovery and the boundless power of expression.

 

Rocket Girl | Agnes Swiercz | Poland, Sweden, United States of America | 1:10:02

 

Synopsis:

Rocket Girl is an intimate portrait of a young girl, Eleni, as she navigates adolescence while pursuing her passion of building rockets. The film weaves together an honest depiction of the awkward and timeless coming of age story, with a peek into the competitive, male dominated and intense community of Rocketry. It’s the story of a girl who marches to the beat of her own drum, against the grain of societies expectations about what she should be or do—a girl who believes that even the sky isn’t the limit.

 

Submitting Tigers | Luke Kellerhouse | Germany, Ireland, United States of America | 0:25:41

 

Synopsis:

After surviving horrific childhood trauma and rising as a professional MMA fighter, Julija Pajic faces an unexpected crossroads when instability threatens her career - only to find unexpected healing, connection, and purpose among the street fighters and orphanages of Tanzania.