YOUTH Competition

4.12.2025, 11:30
Kino Forum, 5 Legionowa St
ticket: 10 PLN

NA ZAWSZE Z TOBĄ
WITH YOU FOREVER
director: Jakub Dolny
music: Wojciech Chałupka
Poland 2025, 7’20”

A lonely sailor finds a mysterious envelope on board a ship. The letter, full of regret and resentment, brings back memories of his overprotective mother, who refuses to let her beloved son go at any cost. The man must confront his desires with a deeply hidden sense of guilt.

A DEMAIN
SLEEP TIGHT
directors: Aliénor Ghys, Aline Hu, Clara Onteiral-Diaz, Guillemette Cahuzac, Marie-Lou Lejeune
music: Esteban Fernandez
France 2024, 2’14”

In her room, Sasha, a little girl who only aspires to live a happy childhood, is playing with her cuddly toys to forget that her parents are about to separate. But the noise of their argument intrudes on her innocent games, forcing her to confront the consequences of these increasingly unsustainable adult conflicts. Gradually, the child becomes overwhelmed by her anxieties, giving free rein to her repressed emotions.

PLIMOVANJE
EBB AND FLOW
director: Živa Divjak
director of cinematography: Živa Divjak
music: Mikhail Kručkov
Czech Republic 2025, 3’

A young couple’s relationship is tested by their struggle to communicate. Set against imagery of shifting waters, the film explores their journey through conflict, emotional barriers, and moments of reconciliation, culminating in a narrative that begins and ends on tranquil blue waters.

FÜR IMMER SIEBEN
FOREVER SEVEN
directors: Antje Heyn, Alexander Isert
director of cinematography: Antje Heyn
music: Peer Kleinschmidt
Germany 2024, 9’26”

A box is a box is a box. Sometimes though it’s just a matter of perspective to discover something completely different behind it.

OSTRICH
director: Marie Kenov
director of cinematography: Marie Kenov
music: Marcello Studer
Switzerland 2025, 8’33”

Day in and day out, a sparrow sees images of ostriches everywhere: on posters, in ads, and on its smartphone. In awe of the ostriches, with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs, the little bird wants to be just like them.

LUDMILLA
THEIR EYES
director: Vini Moreira
director of cinematography: Elisa Souza
music: Tássio Caetano
Brasil 2025, 15’

Ludmilla is an unmotivated Physical Education teacher who tries to maintain a routine that is distant from her students at a public school. But when her fourth grade students ask to participate in the Interschool Dodgeball Games, she is confronted by her past.

DOBRÉ RÁNO
GOOD MORNING
director: Živa Divjak
director of cinematography: Živa Divjak
Czech Republic 2024, 1’

After wandering in an unfamiliar forest, a little creature climbs one of the odd-looking trees and finally enjoys a moment of peace. But suddenly, panic arises as a looming mass emerges on the horizon, swiftly engulfing the creature and disrupting the fragile harmony of its world.

COURAGE
directors: Margot Jacquet, Nathan Baudry, Marion Choudin, Jeanne Desplanques, Lise Delcroix, Salomé Cognon
music: Esteban Fernandez
France 2024, 5’21”

When Anna, an Olympic athlete, finds herself behind in the race, she redoubles her efforts with the aim of winning the competition and never disappoint again. But as she pushes herself beyond her limits, she burns out. She then has to face the wave of judgment that comes with dropping out.

VIAJEROS
TRAVELERS
director: Daniela Rodríguez García
director of cinematography: Isabela Ripoll
music: Bernardo González Castro
México 2024, 16’47”

Miguel, a 12-year-old boy raised in a circus family, dreams of becoming an acrobat like his grandfather, who was highly successful. However, his family insists on keeping him in the role of the “star clown,” the lovable character who makes the audience laugh, without recognizing his true talent.

KOLOROWY FILM O MŁODYCH LUDZIACH
ALL THE COLORS OF YOUTH
director: Agnieszka Kalińska
director of cinematography: Michał Szaranowicz
music: Krzysztof Sadecki
Poland 2025, 18’

An intimate documentary woven from conversations with today’s teenagers. It explores growing up in the age of social media — the fears, the pressure, the quiet rebellion against adults. While the times keep changing, the emotions stay the same: loneliness, the need for acceptance, feeling lost. A raw, uncensored voice of youth, revealing what coming of age really looks like today.