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SUMMARY:Me and my dark I
DESCRIPTION:Me and my dark I
 Plagued\, Sanne Josephine Catharina Maria Dr
 enth\, Eline Suzanna Maria van der Lugt\, Anne-Fleur Stuurman\, Caitlin El
 isabeth Becker Hof\, Netherlands
 Treesa is an insecure 16-year-old girl 
 who feels unwanted by society. Because she struggles a lot with her insecu
 rities\, she is in treatment with a psychologist\, who is supposed to help
  her with her mental problems. During one of these sessions\, Treesa enter
 s a world of fear in her mind\, where her anxieties of being unwanted are 
 expressed through vermin and a plague monster that hunts her. When Treesa 
 has nowhere else to run and the monster almost exterminates her\, she wake
 s up again in the psychologist's room. The psychologist tells Treesa that 
 she did well but must go now. It is time for the next patient. However\, w
 hen Treesa leaves the treatment room\, the creature follows her out. Trees
 a's fears have not yet been resolved.
 
  Adigo\, Dóra Csóka\, Hungar
 y
 The story of a hunter who is haunted by the consequences of his action
  during his whole life.
 
  Good Girl\, Dóra Napsugár Kovács\, Hunga
 ry
 The short film \"Good Girl\" follows a little girl's visit to the psy
 chologist. Although our main character is quite fearful and withdrawn\, th
 e psychologist does everything to get the little girl to open up. To facil
 itate this\, during the session\, several therapeutic methods used for chi
 ldren will be presented.
 
  YaoJi\, 晓晴 于\, China
 The story i
 n Yao Ji is set in the northeastern town of 2000 in China. The heroine Xia
 oliang Master Mahjong\, good at playing cards for others at the card table
 \, the organization of card games\, coax other people happy at the card ta
 ble to win. This skill was also discovered by her own leader\, director Ji
 ang\, who used mahjong to get closer to other dealers. Mahjong has become 
 the ladder of the rise of Liang\, but also brought her a lot of trouble\, 
 she gradually numb in a game of cards\, also no longer recognize this bent
  to please others of their own. In the last game\, Liang because of the ph
 ysical and mental double impact into his fantasy space\, where she climbed
  the mahjong ladder\, into the Mahjong Maze\, produced a sense of defiance
 . She broke through the oppression and bondage of Mahjong to her\, and fin
 ally overthrew the card table in reality\, reconciled with her past self\,
  completed a woman's resistance and awakening in a difficult environment\,
  and decided to move towards a new life\, be a new person.
 
  Kabuki\,
  Tiago MINAMISAWA\, Brazil
 Kabuki is a stop motion animation short film 
 that poetically follows the transgender character Kabuki’s search for se
 lf-acceptance and identity. The film is dedicated to the transgender peopl
 e killed every day and revisits this ancestral form of theatre from Japan 
 to give full significance to the object of the mask.
 
 Half Moon\, Bruc
 e Xu\, United States
 Can light and shadow be friends?
 
  Alyssum\, A
 lex King\, United States\, United States
 Alyssum follows Alyson\, a youn
 g woman who’s struggling with perfectionism as she attempts to craft the
  perfect bouquet for her wife\, Lilith. Overwhelmed by anxiety and self-do
 ubt\, she battles her inner critic\, represented by corrupting vines. As s
 he spirals deeper into self-doubt\, she must decide: will she push forward
  and embrace imperfection\, or will her fears consume her?
  
 Expectat
 ion\, Corin Anderson\, United Kingdom
 A moment of intense introspective 
 crisis before the big match.
 
  Hi\, I'm Juanito\, Kai Sorolla\, Chile
 
 After finding himself in the limbo\, Juanito embarks on a journey to un
 derstand his situation and find peace with the idea that he is about to di
 e.
  
 Salamander's land\, Ekaterina Ulyanova\, Russian Federation
 A 
 man opens his eyes and discovers that he is a guest in the land of salaman
 ders. A story inspired by the \"Kappa\" by R. Akutagawa and K. Chapek's \"
 War with Newts\".
  
 Brain Space\, Laura Tofarides\, United Kingdom
 
 Propelled into her own mind\, Rhi explores the thoughts\, fears and impuls
 es that shape our internal world. When her inner child is threatened by th
 e shadows of her own trauma her fear turns to anger &amp\; she must fight 
 back to regain control. From desperation to acceptance\, she learns to cho
 ose life.
  
 My Shadow and Me\, yali herbet
 During a family trip to 
 the beach\, 5-year-old Ido\, feeling overlooked and restless\, discovers a
 n enchanting friend when his shadow unexpectedly springs to life.
 
  

 
 It Will Be Fine\, Karolína Pravdová\, Czech Republic
 The short anima
 ted film To bude dobrý is a record of the internal struggle of the teenag
 e daughter Karin with her mother's illness. The autobiographical story bri
 ngs to the viewer two main themes that intertwine in the film: the existen
 tial anxiety of a young person resulting from the threat to his mother's l
 ife and the need to grow up prematurely and accept responsibility for taki
 ng care of his mother and running the household. It's gonna be fine has se
 veral meanings. It's a cliché used by people in communication with a pers
 on who has found himself on the edge of life and death. It is a mantra tha
 t is repeated over and over by the main actors of the story. It's a hope K
 arin clings to. The film is processed in a combined technique using acryli
 c painting\, gouache and digital cartoon animation and traditional animati
 on on paper.
  
 And don’t call me crazy\, Dorota Skupniewicz\, Polan
 d
 The Protagonist is a psychiatric survivor. Facing to hospital ins????t
 u????on recalling a Ka????a’s ‘The Trial’\, situa????on with no exit
 . Just the decision to break through thorny bushes of reality appears as a
  rescue. The Protagonist meets alterna????ve views of persons-birds focuse
 d on changes. The choice is a path divided for two. She can agree with act
 ual situa????on or further batle\, based on the causes for fight\, includi
 ng redefini????on of mental disease.
  
 The voice of my father\, Tsere
 ndorj Myagmarjav\, Adriana Maria Duello\, Korea\, Republic of\, Mongolia

  A young Mongolian boy embarks on a spiritual journey to prove his maturit
 y by catching a sacred white reindeer\, but instead discovers an ancestral
  connection that helps him reconcile with the loss of his father.
 
  

 
 The Miser\, Denis Belishky\, Bulgaria
 A child finds a golden coin in t
 he school hallway that blinds him when it first catches sunlight. Compelle
 d\, he puts it in a pig-shaped piggy bank in his room. Years pass. The chi
 ld\, now a young man\, puts the now-enlarged piggy bank on his shoulders\,
  leaves his room and enters a dark\, surreal subway. As he walks\, he pass
 es whispering shadows\; with each step\, the piggy bank grows heavier\, an
 d he ages. Now an old man\, he reaches the subway’s glowing exit—an es
 calator flooded with blinding light—but he can no longer pull the piggy 
 bank. With effort\, he pulls out his final coin and climbs on top of the e
 normous piggy bank. He drops the coin in\, and the piggy bank starts to gr
 ow rapidly\, pushing him in. The old man falls to the bottom with a maniac
 al laugh.
  
 Banjo Girl\, Kater Becker\, Netherlands
 A cozy adventur
 e about a girl who boards a train in search of belonging.
  
 Absorta\,
  Luiza Pugliesi Villaça\, Brazil
 Nara\, an exhausted young adult\, deci
 des to take a shower after a long day. But when she lies down in the bath
 tub to relax\, her moment of introspection is interrupted by a fish stuck 
 in the drain. Deep and unknown waters will be explored as she is invaded b
 y different phases of her life.
  
 The thing I was afraid of\, Jhonata
 n Luiz\, Brazil
 In a place where masks hide smiles and fears\, Luana dis
 covers that the true magic is being who we really are.
  
 Sleep Tight\
 , Aliénor Ghys\, Aline Hu\, Clara Onteiral-Diaz\, Guillemette Cahuzac\, M
 arie-Lou Lejeune\, France
 In her room\, Sasha\, a little girl who only a
 spires to live a happy childhood\, is playing with her cuddly toys to forg
 et 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 chil
 d becomes overwhelmed by her anxieties\, giving free rein to her repressed
  emotions.
  
 Courage\, Margot Jacquet\, Nathan Baudry\, Marion Choudi
 n\, Jeanne Desplanques\, Lise Delcroix\, Salomé Cognon\, France
 When An
 na\, 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 th
 en has to face the wave of judgment that comes with dropping out.
  
 S
 hhh!\, Liang-Liang Liu\, United Kingdom
 A comings of age story following
  three teenagers: Aiko\, Bonnie and Cai\, and their different struggles wi
 th sexuality and self-discovery. A journey illustrates how these individua
 ls deal with their issues and attempt to find themselves.
  
 Over the 
 clouds\, Mahdi Barqzadegan\, Iran\, Islamic Republic of
 A kite does not 
 fly at high altitudes so as not to be damaged by strong winds. He is lonel
 y and has a monotonous life. The storm tears his thread and takes him deep
  into the sky. There\, the kite realizes that even though it may get hurt\
 , life as a kite is worth it.
  
 The Race\, Sofia Gutman\, France
 Wh
 at if our thoughts had taken the form of a wild horse race? Our fears repr
 esented by animals? At night\, the race begins. This is the story of Tara 
 and her subconscious.
  
 Tinnitus#3\, michele bernardi\, Italy
 TINNI
 TUS#3 is an introspective journey into troubled thoughts. A sleep always i
 nterrupted in search of a word of peace\, a whisper to life that has the e
 yes of death in front of a mirror.
  
 Natah\, Islam Ahmad\, Egypt\, Un
 ited Arab Emirates
 A man running from his destiny leaving his love and f
 acing death.
 
  
 Straight and in a Circle\, Palina Ramashka\, Belaru
 s
 It is a touching story of a refugee forced to leave his home in search
  of safety\, healing\, and a new sense of belonging.
 
LOCATION:Karnagio\, 8\, Πλατεία Γεωργίου Κατεχάκη\, 
 Kastelli\, Chania\, Municipality of Chania\, Chania Regional Unit\, Region
  of Crete\, 731 32\, Greece
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