Festival Screenings & Events 2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Director: Sarah Goher

 Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party.

Manas

Director: Mariana Brennand

A 13-year-old girl from a riverside community on Marajó Island knows her future is limited. She decides to confront the violent machinery that governs her family and community women.

You Can Call Me Lou by Georgia Zeta Gkoka 

Super Afghan Gym by Shahrbanoo Sadat 

Scope by Emma Moffat 

The Removed by Rebecca Rose 

This first block features five short films exploring identity, memory, transition and the worlds we build to make sense of ourselves. 

Beauty Sleep by Jasmine De Silva 

In the Clouds by Alexandra Bahíyyih Wain  

Beyond Silence by Marnie Blok 

Swim Sistas by Catherine Joy White 

This second block brings together four short films united by their extraordinary visual language and emotional depth — stories of girlhood, grief, sisterhood and the strength found in water.

 Last Shadow at First Light

Director:  Nicole Midori Woodford  

A young girl with an uncanny ability to communicate with the spirit world goes on a road trip from Singapore to Japan to uncover the mystery of her strange dreams and her mother’s disappearance years ago. 

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