| A Fly On The Wall | |
| Year, Duration | 2024, 82min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature |
| Country, Language | Switzerland / India, English |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:59 |
Synopsis
A friendship walks the distance between life and death in Nilesh Maniyar and Shonali Bose’s film. Loved ones pour in from different parts of the world to raise one last toast with Chika Kapadia, who has an appointment at Dignitas for physician assisted suicide in the coming week, having chosen not to be tied to tubes and wires in his last moments. A filmmaker friend tasked with shooting Chika’s countdown to death records her own feelings, weaving a tale of dignity in death through the lens of friendship. Ironically, the locale is beautiful Switzerland – the backdrop of many a blockbuster Indian film.
Festival Highlights
Screened at 7 festivals, among which the Busan International Film Festival 2024 (premiere) and the Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival 2025. Awarded at the New York Indian Film Festival 2025.
Crew
- Producers/Directors: Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar
- Editor: Tushar Ghogale
- Sound Designer: Resul Pookutty
- Composer: Tuomas Kantelinen
| A Game Of Destiny | |
| Year, Duration | 2024, 8min |
| Genre | Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | India / United Kingdom, English |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 20:17 |
Synopsis
At just 6 years of age, Tibetan Kunsang found himself in a foreign country, living in an orphanage as both an orphan and a refugee. 30 years later, Kunsang shares his story of life living in exile. Set amongst the backdrop of the Himalayas in Northern India, this inspiring story captures the heart and spirit of Tibetan culture, sharing wisdom for overcoming the past, living for others, and creating a brighter future.
Crew
- Producer/Director/Writer: Zorba
| Afrotōpia | |
| Year, Duration | 2025, 128min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | Gabon, French with English subtitles |
| Screening | Monday, 19 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:50 |
Synopsis
Set in Equatorial Africa, in the heart of the Congo Basin, Afrotopia follows Ezekiel, a 25-year-old aspiring filmmaker who lives under the authority of his father, Maurice, a powerful businessman who opposes his artistic ambitions. Facing financial hardship, Ezekiel is forced to join the family logging business. Sent on a mission, he discovers that Maurice plans to exploit a sacred forest, the last refuge of an indigenous community. As he uncovers a buried colonial-era family tragedy, Ezekiel must choose between loyalty, personal freedom, and the fate of his people.
Crew & Cast
- Producer: David Mboussou
- Director: David Mboussou
- Writers: Olivier Messa, Nick Hella, David Mboussou
- Cast: Tiss Warren Mombo, Marcel Sandja, Jean-Claude M’Paka
Links
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo6yW7OPBbE
- Website: https://www.mavikanaproductions.com/en
Agent of Happiness
| Year, Duration | 2024, 94min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature |
| Country, Language | Bhutan, Dzongkha/Nepali with English subtitles |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:43 |
Synopsis
Amber is one of the many agents working for the Bhutanese government to measure people’s happiness levels among the remote Himalayan mountains. The film offers a unique take on the notoriously exoticized Bhutan and its unusual happiness policy. We follow Amber as he investigates various expressions of contentment, while navigating his own struggle as a Nepali minority. The holistic philosophy at the heart of the survey he conducts challenges conventional metrics of fulfillment. The film is a heartfelt exploration of happiness in the face of adversity as Amber grapples with societal disparities and personal roadblocks, while searching for love.
Festival Highlights
Screened at Sundance
Crew & Links
- Producers: Arun Bhattarai, Máté Artur Vincze, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi
- Directors: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
- Distributor: Cinephil
- Website: https://www.cinephil.com/film/agent-of-happiness
Aloha Aina
| Year, Duration | 2024, 47min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | United States, English |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30 |
Synopsis
When Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio was a teenager, slam poetry gave her an outlet and a platform to educate audiences about the history of Hawaii’s colonization. Today, her poetry is focused on protecting sacred sites and working to create a future for the next generations of Native Hawaiians rooted in an embodied understanding of Aloha Aina – ‘love for and of the land.’ Challenging linear and reductive conceptions of history, this film dismantles fantasies of Hawaii as a tourist’s playground, calling us instead toward a recognition of what’s possible when we live in loving relationship with the land, and with each other.
Crew
- Producers: Adam Loften, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Devin Tellatin
- Directors: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam Loften
- Director of Photography: Jeremy Seifert
- Editor: Adam Loften
And, Towards Happy Alleys
| Year, Duration | 2023, 75min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature |
| Country, Language | Islamic Republic of Iran / India, English / Persian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:15 |
Synopsis
A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.
Festival Highlights
Screened at 6 festivals, including the 2023 Berlinale International Film Festival (premiere) and the 2023 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Awarded at the 2023 Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente.
Crew & Cast
- Producer: Sreemoyee Singh, Hussain Currimbhoy
- Director/Writer: Sreemoyee Singh
- Distributor: AFF Distribution, Worldwide, Theatrical
- Cast: Jafar Panahi, Aida, Mohammad Shirvani, Jinous Nazokhar
Links
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLJy6bOTsKQ
- Website: https://happyalleyfilms.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/towardshappyalleys/
Ballad Of The Mountain
| Year, Duration | 2024, 17min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | India, Hindi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:02 |
Synopsis
An outcast girl must fight the bullies and overcome her fears to pursue her ambition to fly to the other side of the mountain.
Festival Highlights (Selected Awards)
Screened and awarded at 6 festivals, including the Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth in New Delhi, the Chicago Southland International Short Film Festival and the Eichsfelder Film Festival in Germany.
Crew & Cast
- Producers: Tarun Jain, Nasira Khan, Sudha Jain, Naresh Jain
- Director: Tarun Jain
- Writers: Tarun Jain, Nasira Khan, Abhijeet Phartiyal
- Cast: Diya Bisht, Kavyanjali Bisht
Links
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tar.jain/
Breaking Language (Romper El Español)
| Year, Duration | 2025, 17min |
| Genre | Documentary, Experimental |
| Country, Language | Argentina, Argentinian Sign Language with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:57 |
Synopsis
Merging Argentinian Sign Language, dance, and documentary, Breaking Language presents the perspectives of four Deaf artists as they examine ideas of identity and resistance within a cultural and linguistic minority, the need for poetic and artistic creation in one’s own language, and the importance of feminism within the Deaf community.
Crew & Cast
- Producers: Gonzalo Castro, Sofía Castro
- Director: Sofia Castro
- Cinematography: Nacho Aveillé
- Original Music: Mariano Moreira, Tomás Aiello
- Editor: Eric Bernardo
- Cast: Maruvic Babino, Rosa Trueno, Lucía Fauve, Milagros Cardoso
Links
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scastrosofia/
Connection (Bailanysh)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 30min |
| Genre | Feature, Short, Experimental |
| Country, Language | Kyrgyzstan, Kirghiz with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:54 |
Synopsis
The funeral of old man Meken is taking place in a distant mountain village. His brother and his nephew invite the grandson of the deceased Kelechek to his funeral, since Meken’s son is in America. With the arrival of the grandson, everyone understands that this was not a very good idea.
Crew & Cast
- Producer/Director/Writer: Zhandos Dzholdoshov
- Cast: Ulanbek Sultangaziyev, Asan Amanov, Kurmanbek Mamyrov
Cricket Dreams
| Year, Duration | 2025, 77min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | India / Netherlands, English / Hindi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Cricket Dreams is the inspiring story of nine former street-connected children from Delhi, who seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in the Street Child Cricket World Cup in Chennai, India. They experience things they never thought possible, discover parts of India they’ve never seen, and forge friendships with children from around the globe. Through the cricket tournament, an arts program, and a conference on child rights, they gain a platform to raise their voices and advocate for other street-connected children worldwide.
Festival Highlights
Screened and received mentions at the Delhi International Film Festival and the Beausoleil Côte d’Azur International FICTS Festival in France.
Crew & Links
- Producers: Conrad Alleblas, Jamillah van der Hulst
- Director: Jamillah van der Hulst
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1029960312
- Website: https://jajafilmproductions.com/portfolio-item/cricket-dreams/
Dear Beautiful Beloved
| Year, Duration | 2024, 100min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature |
| Country, Language | Austria, English / Ukrainian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 20:16 |
Synopsis
There is a war going on in Europe. Our neighbors are fleeing from death and destruction. Dear Beautiful Beloved will give a face to some of their stories. The film asks: What is it like to escape a war? What will be lost forever? What cannot be taken from a person?
Crew & Links
- Producers: Thomas Herberth, Florian Brüning
- Director/Writer: Juri Rechinsky
- Cinematographer: Serhiy Stetsenko
- Editing: Andrea Wagner
- Website: https://www.horseandfruits.com/portfolio/dear-beautiful-beloved/
Dear Daughter
| Year, Duration | 2023, 13min |
| Genre | Animation, Documentary |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:20 |
Synopsis
A young Burmese woman who was trafficked to China and sold into marriage tells her story. Based on the real-life protagonist’s own words and beautifully rendered in pen-and-ink, this animation portrays a woman torn between her love for the child she was forced to bear and her longing for the country to which she may never be able to return.
Don Benjamín
| Year, Duration | 2024, 29min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:53 |
Synopsis
For Don Benjamín, the jungle has always been God, life, food, health, beauty and tradition. Now, the world in which he built a home for his family turns to smoke and ashes. This film is a journey both raw and poetic through a magical region in danger: the Bolivian Amazon.
Crew
- Producers: Iván Zahinos, Francesc Álvarez
- Director/Writer: Iván Zahinos
Farming The Revolution
| Year, Duration | 2024, 105min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature |
| Country, Language | India, Hindi / Punjabi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Sunday, 18 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30 |
Synopsis
In 2020 Gurbaz Sangha, a young Punjabi farmer led thousands to Delhi protesting new Farm Laws. Joined by over half a million from diverse backgrounds they remained at borders despite COVID lockdown vowing to stay until laws were repealed.
Festival Highlights
Screened at three festivals among which the Sheffield Docfest 2024 in England. Awarded at Hot Docs 2024 in Toronto and at the IDSFF in Thiruvanthapuram.
Crew
- Producer/Director/Writer: Nishtha Jain
- Sales Agent: Cinephil (Worldwide)
Free Words: A Poet From Ghaza
| Year, Duration | 2024, 23min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Egypt / Netherlands / Falasteen / Turkey, English |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:30 |
Synopsis
Free Words follows Pulitzer-winner Mosab Abu Toha, a detained poet from Ghaza whose art becomes a powerful voice of resistance and hope amid oppression.
Crew & Cast
- Producer/Director/Writer: Abdullah Harun Ilhan
- Executive Producer: Aslıhan Eker Çakmak
- Cast: Mosab Abu Toha
Gingerbread For Her Dad
| Year, Duration | 2024, 76min |
| Genre | Documentary, Feature, Drama |
| Country, Language | Kazakhstan / Poland / Russian Federation, English / Kazakh / Polish / Russian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:33 |
Synopsis
85-year-old Lyabiba doesn’t remember her father, who died in World War II. Her daughter and granddaughter decide to find the mass grave in Poland where he was buried. The journey confronts post-colonial Soviet traumas and a search for lost identity.
Festival Highlights
Screened at Busan and Torino. Awarded at Iranian Documentary Film Festival and Bastau International Film Festival.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Alina Mustafina
- Cast: Alissa Mustafina, Lyabiba Sermukhamedova
Links
- Website: http://uvent.kz/gingerbread
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gingerbread_for_her_dad/
Go My Way (Yo Voy Conmigo)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 7min |
| Genre | Animation, Short |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:26 |
Synopsis
Elisa likes Martin, but Martin doesn’t seem to realise it. All the advice Elisa receives to make Martin fall in love with her is to change not only her appearance, but also who she really is. Will she give up being herself to get what she wants?
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Chelo Loureiro
- Cast: Ana Portela, Uxía Castro
Goodbye Julia
| Year, Duration | 2023, 120min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | Sudan, Arabic with English subtitles |
| Screening | Sunday, 18 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona – a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage – tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, into her home. Unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
Festival Highlights
Awarded at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Crew
- Producer: Amjad Abu Alala
- Director/Writer: Mohamed Kordofani
Green SuperHeroes 2030
| Year, Duration | 2024, 79min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | United States, English |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:10 |
Synopsis
A group of 10 young environmentalists changing the world for the better. Their powers make the planet greener.
Crew & Links
- Producers/Director/Writer: Los Angeles Barea
- Website: https://www.greensuperheroesfilm.org
- Instagram: @green_superheroes_2030
Ground Zero: Self-portrait Of An Ocean Abuser
| Year, Duration | 2024, 28min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:29 |
Synopsis
Ground Zero invites us to become aware of the problem of pollution in the oceans and the conflict it generates within us. It tries to make us reflect on our responsibility with the aim of helping us improve our commitment with small gestures.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: David Gaspar
- Cast: David Gaspar, Elsa Punset, Manu San Félix
H2O My Love
| Year, Duration | 2023, 13min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | France, French with English subtitles |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Is it reasonable to fall in love during the end of the world? Alice and Simon meet as the water war rages.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Laëtitia Martinoni
- Cast: Chryssa Florou, Mehdi Djaadi
Hausnummer Null
| Year, Duration | 2024, 95min |
| Genre | Documentary, Drama |
| Country, Language | Germany, German with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:08 |
Synopsis
Chris lives with his buddy Alex at a suburban train station. A heroin addiction determines his everyday life. The film explores how a young man can find his place in society when he hasn’t fitted in anywhere since childhood.
Festival Highlights
Awarded at DOK.fest Munich and Achtung Berlin.
Crew & Links
- Director/Writer: Lilith Kugler
- Website: https://www.hausnummernull.de/
I Stole Your Ashes (He Robado Tus Cenizas)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 20min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 20:39 |
Synopsis
Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life, her wife, while remembering their story and reflecting on loss. Based on the presumption of heterosexuality, this story is a mirror of love and loss.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Felipe Olaya
- Cast: Isabel Ordaz, Clara Sans
If (Jodi)
| Year, Duration | 2023, 25min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | India, Bengali with English subtitles |
| Screening | Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:19 |
Synopsis
An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.
Festival Highlights
Premiered at BFI Flare. Awarded at 8 festivals including Toulouse Indian Film Festival.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Tathagata Ghosh
- Cast: Adrija Majumdar, Shivamrita Chakraborty
In The Name Of
| Year, Duration | 2024, 5min |
| Genre | Short, Drama, Silent Film |
| Country, Language | India, English |
| Screening | Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00 |
Synopsis
In a village town, two elderly men find themselves at a bus stop, their routine interrupted by a sudden event nearby. Their unexpected response leaves a profound impact that transcends the ordinary.
Crew & Cast
- Producer/Director/Writer: Rizwan Hussain
- Cast: Chinnaiya PV, Sundar, Ganesh K
In Ultimo
| Year, Duration | 2023, 66min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Italy, Italian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:27 |
Synopsis
Claudio Ritossa is a palliative care physician with a passion for plant care. His devotion to gardening parallels his work caring for the terminally ill, restoring the naturalness of our journey on Earth.
Crew & Links
- Director/Writer: Mario Balsamo
- Website: https://lasarraz.com/
Invisible Windows (Adrishya Jalakangal)
| Year, Duration | 2023, 130min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | India, Malayalam with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:10 |
Synopsis
A young man released from a mental asylum returns to an abandoned goods station. He starts experiencing strange things: in the night, the dead bodies in the morgue come alive and talk to him about their hopes and death.
Festival Highlights
Screened at Tallinn Blacknights. Awarded at Fantasporto.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Dr Bijukumar Damodaran
- Cast: Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan
Junks and Dolls
| Year, Duration | 2023, 75min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | Islamic Republic of Iran, Farsi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:24 |
Synopsis
A couple is destined to build up their life in the heart of a waste depot in the Iranian north forests. They begin to make things with junk but must face the consequences of fighting their nature.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Manijeh Hekmat
- Cast: Behdokht Valian, Mohammad Valizadegan
Last Resort (Chareh)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 15min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | Islamic Republic of Iran, Persian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:09 |
Synopsis
An Iranian mother must find the will to change her destiny to be able to obtain custody of her daughter.
Crew & Cast
- Producer/Director/Writer: Samiramis Kia
- Cast: Leyla Shoghi, Hamid Sadri
My Comrade (Amar Comrade)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 24min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | India, Bengali / Santali with English subtitles |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:35 |
Synopsis
When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both men’s lives spiral into a tense interplay of politics and forbidden love.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Tathagata Ghosh
- Cast: Sounak Kundu, Aratrick Bhadra
No Other Land
| Year, Duration | 2024, 95min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Falasteen/ Norway, Arabic / Hebrew / English with English subtitles |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Recorded between 2019 and 2023, the film shows the destruction of a Falasteen community in the occupied West Bank resisting forced displacement. This movie won more than 40 international awards.
Crew & Cast
- Directors: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
- Cast: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra
Orain
| Year, Duration | 2024, 15min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:48 |
Synopsis
Sara makes a documentary about a special education school. Through crazy situations and the help of the kids, she learns the importance of living in the present.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Ainara Oto Barberena
- Cast: Clara Galle, Tomy Aguilera
Patrol
| Year, Duration | 2023, 80min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Nicaragua, English |
| Screening | Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:07 |
Synopsis
Indigenous rangers join forces with conservationists to expose illegal cattle ranchers decimating rainforests in Central America.
Links
- Website: http://patrolmovie.com/
- Instagram: @patrolthemovie
Puffling
| Year, Duration | 2023, 20min |
| Genre | Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | United Kingdom/Iceland, English/Icelandic with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Birta and Selma rescue young puffins that get lost following city lights instead of the moon. A coming-of-age story of young adults and nature.
Crew
- Director: Jessica Bishopp
- Cinematographer: Anna MacDonald
Purga
| Year, Duration | 2024, 13min |
| Genre | Animation, Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | Lithuania, English / Lithuanian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30 and Cinema Paradiso at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Winter, 1942. Deported people struggle to survive on a remote island in the Laptev Sea. Based on memories of those who survived Soviet cruelty.
Links
- Website: http://www.purga.it
Pushpa Ka Rickshaw
| Year, Duration | 2023, 15min |
| Genre | Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | India, Nimadi / Malvi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Monday, 19 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00 |
Synopsis
Pushpa Didi breaks stereotypes by driving an e-rickshaw in central India, gaining a new identity and providing essential transport for her village.
Crew
- Director: Aajad Singh Khichi
Sunday
| Year, Duration | 2023, 96min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | Uzbekistan, Uzbek with English subtitles |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:18 |
Synopsis
An elderly couple resists their sons’ plans to demolish their old home for a new one, creating a conflict between tradition and progress.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Shokir Kholikov
- Cast: Abdurakhmon Yusufaliyev
The Companions (La Compañía)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 12min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:24 |
Synopsis
A young couple walks down the street for dinner. A crowd gathers around something unexpected.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: José María Flores
- Cast: Alberto Amarilla, Elisabeth Larena
The First Film
| Year, Duration | 2024, 24min |
| Genre | Short, Drama |
| Country, Language | India, Hindi with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:52 |
Synopsis
In 1960s India, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film in a town where cinema is forbidden for women.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Editor/Writer: Piyush Thakur
- Cast: Priyanka Beriya, Vasudev Nishad
The Nightingale’s Song
| Year, Duration | 2024, 39min |
| Genre | Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | United Kingdom / United States, English |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:19 |
Synopsis
Folk singer Sam Lee joins the elusive nightingale in mutual song, exploring a relationship of stewardship and love with the living world.
Crew
- Directors: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam Loften
The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonball
| Year, Duration | 2024, 10min |
| Genre | Animation, Short |
| Country, Language | Ecuador, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Sunday, 25 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:50 |
Synopsis
A mysterious stranger is found in a village of only six residents. They must decide what to do before he awakens.
Links
- Website: inquietofilms.com
The Voice Of Others (La Voix Des Autres)
| Year, Duration | 2023, 30min |
| Genre | Short, Drama |
| Country, Language | France, Arabic / French with English subtitles |
| Screening | Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:29 and Cinema Paradiso at 20:59 |
Synopsis
Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working on asylum procedures in France. Translating the stories of exiled people raises questions about her own history.
Festival Highlights
Awarded at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Fatima Kaci
- Cast: Amira Chebli, Siham Eldawos
The Wait
| Year, Duration | 2023, 14min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | South Africa, Afrikaans / English / Xhosa with English subtitles |
| Screening | Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:11 |
Synopsis
Mzu tries to help an elderly man waiting at a police station, facing resistance from a stifling bureaucratic system. An allegory of powerlessness and hope in South Africa.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Imran Hamdulay
- Cast: Siya Mayola, Cedwyn Joel
Village Rockstars 2
| Year, Duration | 2024, 108min |
| Genre | Feature |
| Country, Language | India, Assamese with English subtitles |
| Screening | Friday, 23 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30 |
Synopsis
A teenage girl in Assam passionate about music embarks on a journey to rediscover the connection between music and life amidst harsh realities.
Festival Highlights
Screened at Berlinale. Awarded at Busan.
Crew & Cast
- Director/Writer: Rima Das
- Cast: Bhanita Das, Basanti Das
Where Trees Weep (Donde Se Quejan Los Pinos)
| Year, Duration | 2024, 10min |
| Genre | Short |
| Country, Language | Spain, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Screening | Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:32 |
Synopsis
A rural community wakes up to a crime scene. A series of events reveals the conflicts that preceded the event in the forest.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Ed Antoja
- Cast: Ramón Barea, Almudena Amor
Why (Чому)
| Year, Duration | 2023, 22min |
| Genre | Documentary, Short |
| Country, Language | Ukraine / Spain, Russian with English subtitles |
| Screening | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30 |
Synopsis
Consists of a series of questions: Why this war? Why are they shooting at us? Why humiliate us? Why erase everything?
Crew
- Director/Writer: Natxo Leuza Fernandez
Wisdom Of Happiness
| Year, Duration | 2024, 90min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country, Language | Switzerland, English |
| Screening | Monday, 19 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:15 |
Synopsis
A cinematic exploration of the Dalai Lama’s innermost world, inviting the audience to the source of happiness and compassion.
Crew & Cast
- Director: Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
- Cast: Dalai Lama
Links
- Website: autlookfilms.com/wisdom-of-happiness