Coming of Age, 11m, United Kingdom

Theo has a secret he's never shared with his laddish football mates. On his way to their party, he steps into a lift wearing a dress and heels.

Dir/Writ: Joshua Black, Prod: Katie Callander, Esmeralda Maloufi, Isaac Money

Absurd, 20m, Spain

Candela accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog and decides not to confess. She invents a legend about a pilgrimage of dogs and invites the boy to join the search.

Dir/Writ: Júlia Coldwell Serra, Writ: Bertran Esteve Garcia, Prod: Gerard Guilló i Bort

Puppetry, 18m, United States

A beloved puppet on a long-running children’s show faces an existential crisis just before the series’ milestone 300th episode.

Dir/Writ: Gregory JM Kasunich, Prod: Derek Tramont, Lee Sacks

Action, 13m, NZ

Elle and Winson are brought together by a dating app - or is it fate? After their date they must settle the bill...and an ancient blood feud.

Dir/Writ: Jack Woon, Prod: Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa, Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa

Music Video, 6m, NZ

Music video for the song Ed's Sun by Aidan Fine. Ed has spent years hiding from the sharp sting of the sun. Now he must escape and reconcile with his past.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Tom Grut, Writ: Aidan Fine, Ryan Gray-McCoy

Dystopian Romance, 20m, Spain, United States

In a world where sexual intimacy replaces words, a man must choose between a loveless marriage and a kindred stranger.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Joecar Hanna, Prod: María Belén Poncio, Patricia Picazo, Mai Batalla, Lina Badenes, Ana Camacho

Comedy, 17m, Australia

A quiet artist prone to outbursts finds himself caught in the orbit of two thrift store flipping twins.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Henry Stone, Prod: Georgia Noe

Coming of Age, 13m, NZ

Kurī hasn’t been back to Te Urewera since she was bitten by a dog as a child. After her father’s passing, Kurī must face her grief and go home – whether she’s ready to or not.

Dir/Writ: Ana Chaya Scotney, Prod: Julie Zhu

Coming of Age, 13m, NZ

Eighteen-year-old Luke’s morning sleep-in is disrupted by his solo mum, with the news that their domestic set-up is transitioning from mother and son, to flatmates.

Dir/Writ: Jesse Griffin, Prod: Rachel Jean

Animation, 10m, NZ

Based on a true story, a mother must find the courage to soar to the moon and battle the creature of death, or lose her daughter forever.

Dir: Jo Luping, Writ: Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Prod: Antony Gusscott

Psychological Drama, 15m, NZ

When Lupesina answers her ancestors’ call, she must find acceptance of herself, or risk being stuck in the inbetween.

Dir/Writ: Marina Alofagia McCartney, Prod: Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth

Coming of Age, 13m, NZ

When teenagers reunite to memorialise their friend’s passing, Jed is forced to confront his unresolved grief before his erratic behaviour severs his remaining relationships.

Dir/Writ: Freya Silas Finch, Prod: Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth

Fantasy, 10m, NZ

A brother and sister overdose on entitlement when a sample drug swaps their bodies.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Sinead Lau

Comedy, 3m, NZ

Matt's got everything squared away, including the ground rules for a new flatmate. So everything should be good as gold, no drama.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Samantha Jukes, Prod: Dan Buckingham

Documentary, 15m, NZ

With an age gap going on 40 years, good friends Bob and Connor share a love of skateboarding, music and double entendres.

Dir/Prod: Anna Frances Pearson

Science Fiction, 11m, United States

When an AI apocalypse begins, a virtual assistant risks everything to save her well-meaning user for one simple reason: he’s polite to technology.

Dir/Writ: Hal Kirkland, Prod: Taylor Björn Bro, Tony Cavalero

Post Apocalyptic, 17m, Australia

A young girl navigates life post apocalypse, dealing with the loss of her parents and two strangers hell bent on re-populating.

Dir/Writ: Harrison Pearse, Prod: Raj Labade

Animation, 8m, France

In a world where breaking the silence will get you killed, Ethan will discover the healing power of music.

Dir: Marie Cornemillot, Manon Finet, Alexia Garde, Maïlys Girouard, Manon Laporte, Salomé Pereira, Milo-Clément Philipp, Margaux Plassard, Emma Stassi & Flavie Vericel.

Mockumentary, 12m, Spain

An 86-year-old woman, refuses to be uploaded to a digital afterlife, facing the consequences of defying the authoritarian regime.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Marc Martínez Jordán, Prod: Tuixén Benet Cosculluela

AI, 5m, Japan

A robot dog sets out on a journey to Ise Jingu Shrine, relying on strangers to recharge its battery along the way. Note: This is an AI film presented in the context of a dystopian sci-fi collection.

Dir/Writ/Prod: Daiz Keikaku