Animation, 14m, China

Set in a small town in the future, a military robot is transformed into a human service robot, Tom. But the war is still coming, and the robot, Tom, must make a choice.

Dir: Jiahang Yang, Writ: Bo Wang, Philip Gelatt, Prod: Baoling Chang, Xiaoguang Chen, Lili Shen, Hanxia

Comedy, 15m, China

During a sleepless night, a man attempts to get help from an automated customer service phone system.

Dir/Writ: Hanlin Liu, Prod: Xiaochen Liu

Drama, 5m, China

Two elementary school students become friends by chance after school, only to see their beautiful bond vanish as quickly as it formed.

Dir/Writ: Zihao Yu, Zihao YU, Prod: Xiaofan CUI

Science Fiction, 20m, China

In a wasteland world shrouded in volcanic ash, Ji Simin watches over those sleeping in hibernation chambers, including her mother.

Dir: Yuan Zhang, Writ: Ziran Hou, Zhongqi Huang

Fantasy, 4m, China

On a snowy winter night, a girl is searching for traces of her lost brother when she comes across an old wolf on the verge of death.

Dir/Writ: Xinyuan Zhang, Prod: Sun Lijun, Qiao Di

Animation, 9m, China

A lone grasshopper plays out its monotonous and repetitive daily routine alone in the apocalypse.

Dir: Chunjing Zhang, Beilu Fan, Prod: Chen Bo, Li Liang, Zhang Ze, Liu Jun

Fantasy, 19m, China, United Kingdom

Since his death, Fu Ci has been wandering the mortal world, reluctant to move on to the next life.

Dir/Writ: Yue Shi, Prod: Xia Fan

Animation, 7m, China

Two Chinese deities who guard the doorway get into a farce due to their competition for superiority, which results in both sides suffering defeat.

Dir: Sun Lijun, Prod: Zhang Zhe, Li Liang, Peng Jianfeng

Horror, 12m, New Zealand

Desperate for his big break, an aspiring musician discovers a forgotten country singer at a nightclub who may hold the key to his dreams—but the answers come with a dark price.

Dir/Writ: Taniora Heketanga Ormsby, Prod: Te Kohe Tuhaka

Fantasy, 8m, New Zealand

Motmot lives a monotonous life until one day he meets an unknown creature, a human boy.

Dir/Writ: Tom Field, Writ/Prod: Elora Battah

Documentary, 13m, New Zealand

Gabi wants to take a dance class, but is too haunted by her excessively sweaty hands, so she sets out to find a clammy dance partner who shares in her glistening plight.

Dir/Writ: Gabi Maffey, Prod: Matilda Boese-Wong

Drama, 12m, New Zealand

A quiet visit forces Maysa and her stoic Iraqi mother to confront what’s long been left unspoken.

Dir/Writ: Roxie Mohebbi, Prod: Betty Scott Molloy

Documentary, 13m, New Zealand

Single and approaching a mid-thirties birthday, Shamin, a first generation New Zealander, confronts the question she's long been avoiding: should she freeze her eggs?

Dir/Writ/Prod: Shamin Yazdani, Prod: Sam Wilton

Documentary, 10m, New Zealand

After her gender identity was denied in her homeland, Lee Li, a transgender asylum seeker, embarks on a journey toward belonging, freedom, and self-empowerment.

Dir/Writ: Lee Li, Prod: Tyler Redmond

Drama, 14m, New Zealand

Amid the nightlife of a new city, a young Māori trans woman reckons with safety, isolation, and the fragile bonds of old friendships outgrown — as the promise of belonging rises just beyond the horizon.

Dir/Writ: Allie Howell, Writ: Pūmanawa Rawiri, Prod: Angel Kameta

Romance, 9m, New Zealand

Manaia, a young woman caught between expectation and self-acceptance, finds herself confronting her repressed sexuality when a chance reunion with her first love stirs old feelings.

Dir/Writ: Giselle Ilaoa, Prod: Carrisse Uta'i