Nominated films 2025

IN THE OCEAN OF TIMES

Korinna Krauss

Germany

After the climate catastrophe survivors must live in caves. The only hope left is to travel back in time and prevent the disaster from happening. Only few have memories from before, which seem to be a gateway to the past. After various experiments a woman is able to traverse the ocean of times and arrive at the scene of her childhood memory: on a ferry she saw a man being pushed overboard.

IF I HAD BALLS

Karolina Belka

Poland

A girl named Anka is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, however she thinks she’s perfectly fine. Anka becomes a leader of the therapy group and creates new rules, which cause problems. Although she thinks that there wouldn’t have been any problems, if she’d had balls.

MOUNTAIN OF DISBELIEF

Grosjean Gregory

Belgium

Through a dreamlike journey through miniature landscapes, Mountain of Disbelief gives birth to a mysterious world where the transformation of evanescent matter takes the place of words. This experimental film depicts a space where we lose our bearings and provoke a sort of hypnosis of the unknown, a sensitive visual and sound experience, a sensual and poetic cosmogony. The film has been made only with natural product, without any digital effect , the speed has not been modified.

PAANI SUAR - DUGONG

Akanksha Sood Singh

India

The deep aquamarine waters and volcanic islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, off the eastern coast of mainland India, are home to an animal that looks like it belongs in a pre-historic era: the dugong. For locals and researchers alike, it remains an elusive mystery. Its modern ancestors have been hunted into extinction by colonialism. And though once plentiful in its sightings, this last representative of its species, is threatened by human and climate impact. Dr. Swapnali Gole arrives on the islands to work with locals in building community awareness, a trust that builds over 8 years builds one of the best citizen science monitoring networks around the islands. However, her own faith is beginning to teeter - Where even is the dugong?

BOUNDLESS MOMENT

Cai Lijuan

China

The Buddha said that with a single thought, one can be in the clouds and exist in the great world, overlooking all things.

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