In a small place in the Highlands of Chiapas, a Tsotsil girl who will give birth for the first time, invokes the memories of the women who preceded her in order to face this moment. Amidst the fears and uncertainties of giving life, she discovers motherhood from the cosmovision of her world.
Nominee
AURA
During a spacewalk, astronaut Alex notices a stellar anomaly that signals an impending disaster. Or could it simply be a remnant of one that has already occurred?
Anotc ota ickwaparin akosiin
We see a mother doing household chores while her daughter is playing carefree. A voice-over talks to her own mother, sharing happy and painful memories and awakening deep wounds passed down from generation to generation.
Rule of Stone
If Jerusalem stone could speak, it would tell this story: from Imperial Britain to the Israeli occupation, buildings in Jerusalem have been clad in it. This is a story of how beauty and abuse go hand in hand.
Christopher & the Bug
Christopher and the Bug is a heartwarming short film about a reclusive owl whose peaceful solitude is disrupted when a tiny bug unknowingly moves into his home. As their paths intertwine, he discovers the transformative power of friendship.
Soft Leaves
Yuna's parents separated when she was young. Her mother returned to Japan to remarry and start a new familly, leaving her in Belgium with her father. Years later, a sudden accident leaves him in a coma, prompting her mothers return, this time with a half-sister Yuna barely knows. It's more than Yuna can handle at first, but as her father shows signs of recovery, she is forced to confront her own feelings and navigate the complex ties of her fractured family.