Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films

The programme brings together tense and sombre stories in which the characters find themselves in situations that test their sense of reality, morals and survival instincts. The sci-fi-influenced worlds of “Kill Ada” collide with deeply personal tragedies in “Tiny Coffin”, while “Breathwork” and “God Is Shy” explore the invisible and inexplicable intrusion into everyday reality. Several stories, such as “Stretcher” and “Like Father, Like Son?”, depict rising tension in confined spaces and intense human relationships where control slips away and the truth becomes inevitable. A common theme is the atmosphere of anxiety and psychological pressure that the characters experience as they face something far greater than themselves, whether it’s technology, grief, fear or the past.