National Short and Medium-Length Competition
Combining archival footage and contemporary recordings, the director paints a complex portrait of mother-daughter relationships across three generations of her Iranian family.
Panorama - Against the Grain
This film revisits stories of anxiety and burnout through an aesthetic exploration that embodies them in a sensory way to invite us to transform our toxic cultures and societies.
Uxdoc RIDM
A melancholic journey based on the testimony of a woman who refused to evacuate her hometown village after a terrible disaster.
ALL UNSAVED PROGRESS WILL BE LOST
- Mélanie Courtinat
- 2022
- France
- s.t. English
- 10 min
National Feature Competition
Both poetic and sensory, this documentary essay exposes the magnetism and the dark side of cities that attract and embrace us as much as they confine us.
CHRONIQUE D'UNE VILLE
- Nadine Gomez
- 2025
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 76 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
In the form of a digital stroll, this short uses images taken from the web to map Kinmen, the Taiwanese island and childhood home of artist Erica Sheu.
DON'T BE AFRAID LET IT SHOW
- Erica Sheu
- 2021
- Taiwan, United States
- s.t. English
- 7 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Nurtured by the mythology of Zora, the Slavic goddess of dawn, and inspired by the filmmaker's grandmothers, this short film pays tribute to women warriors throughout history.
DRAGICA, DANICA, DUšKA / OR / WHEN ZORA, THE GODDESS OF DAWN, OPENS THE GATES OF HEAVEN FOR SUN TO EMERGE
- Iva Radivojevic
- 2025
- United States, Kosovo
- s.t. English
- 10 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
Composed of archives of all kinds, this short film articulates a speculative narrative in which embryos hold the collective memory of multiple life forms.
THE EMBRYO'S DREAM, UPON THE MOON
- Tzuan WU
- 2022
- Taiwan
- 11 min
Uxdoc RIDM
It is the story of a man who’s lost his ability to speak, and his daughter who seeks to communicate with him, exploring aphasia as if it were a distant land.
EMPEREUR
- Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen
- 2023
- France, Germany
- 40 min
Uxdoc RIDM
An immersive journey through France's nuclear fission and fusion plants, featuring interviews with experts on the future of energy.
ENERGEIA
- Ugo Arsac
- 2023
- France
- 25 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
After being forced to return to Taiwan from Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Johan Chang documents with humour and delicacy the challenges of creating on film.
FLIGHT AND FRAME
- Johan Chang
- 2022
- Taiwan
- s.t. English
- 10 min
Focus Taiwan: Beyond the Frame
The first work in a collaboration between Erica Sheu and Tzuan Wu, this short film attempts to reconcile the emotions evoked by various images shot in Taiwan and the United States.
FUR FILM VOL.1: I DON'T OWN A CAT
- Tzuan WU, Erica Sheu
- 2021
- Taiwan, United States
- s.t. English
- 8 min
