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As every year, the short film selections of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival invite audiences on a journey through the many facets of the fantastic and the speculative, weaving together present and future, body and technology, identity and otherness. Visions that question our time, opening glimpses into possible and impossible worlds where humanity reflects, loses itself, and sometimes finds itself again.<\/p>\n

European Fantastic Shorts<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Silicon Baby<\/em>
\n[Il Criaturo Sintetico]
\nSarah Narducci, Italy 2024, 15′
\n\u2014
\nAmira<\/em>
\nJavier Ya\u00f1ez Sanz, Spain 2025, 15′
\n\u2014
\nAnimalia<\/em>
\nMarius Rolfsv\u00e5g, Norway 2025, 25′
\n\u2014
\nDon’t be afraid<\/em>
\nMats Udd, Sweden 2024, 15′
\n\u2014
\nForeign Body<\/em>
\nMathieu Mortelmans, C\u00e9cile Delberghe, Belgium 2025, 17′
\n\u2014
\nIURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen<\/em>
\n[IURIMA – taru kolmesta kalastajasta]
\nPV Lehtinen, Finland 2025, 23′
\n\u2014
\nMarriage Unplugged<\/em>
\nFlorine & Kim N\u00fcesch, Switzerland, United Kingdom 2024, 15′
\n\u2014
\nThe Rat<\/em>
\n[Die Ratte]
\nJan Mocka, Germany 2025, 20′
\n\u2014
\nSave Me From Heaven<\/em>
\nSe\u00e1n Treacy, Ireland 2025, 15′
\n\u2014
\nWe Regret to Inform You<\/em>
\nMichelle Bossy, Greece, United States 2025, 13′<\/p>\n

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Fantastic Shorts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting<\/em>
\nAlexander Thompson, USA 2024, 15′
\n\u2014
\nEternal Mother<\/em>
\nEmily Qiu, USA 2025, 27′
\n\u2014
\nThe Hum<\/em>
\nR\u00e9mi Fr\u00e9chette,\u00c9milie Sigouin, Canada 2024, 11′
\n\u2014
\nIsolation<\/em>
\n[\u95a9\u6c5f\u8239\u4e8b\u4ef6]
\nChih-Chieh Yu, Taiwan 2025, 18′
\n\u2014
\nSays Prisoner 8903<\/em>
\n[\u6b7b\u5211\u8005\u7684\u53d9\u4e8b]
\nHeewon Lee, South Korea, China 2025, 12′
\n\u2014
\nThe Wanderer<\/em>
\n[La errante]
\nGwai Lou, Malaysia 2025, 18′<\/p>\n

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Spazio Corto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deus Vult<\/em>
\nTommaso Diaceri, Italy 2024, 16′
\n\u2014
\nLUNA<\/em>
\nAurora Ovan, Italy 2025, 15′
\n\u2014
\nThe Nightmare of Moonfish Island<\/em>
\n[L’Incubo di Moonfish Island]
\nMirko Fois, Italy 2025, 10′
\n\u2014
\nThe Other Lives<\/em>
\n[Le altre vite]
\nNicol\u00f2 Folin, Italy 2024, 17′
\n\u2014
\nUndecidable<\/em>
\nEmanuele Bosco, Italy, Belgium 2025, 19′
\n\u2014
\nUpdate<\/em>
\nLuca Violante, Italy 2025, 15′<\/p>\n

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\nFantastic Animated Shorts<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c5ters\u00e5dd<\/em>
\nEmanu Garnheim, Sweden 2025, 15′
\n\u2014
\nAtomik Tour<\/em>
\nBruno Collet, Czech Republic, France 2025, 13′
\n\u2014
\nBioshorts \u2013 Regeneration Tricks<\/em>
\n[Bio\u0161ortky \u2013 Regenera\u010dn\u00ed tr\u00ed\u010dky]
\nDaniela H\u00fdbnerov\u00e1, Czech Republic 2024, 3′
\n\u2014
\nDistance To The Moon<\/em>
\nVictoria Watson, Sacha Kyle, UK 2024, 11′
\n\u2014
\nGizaki<\/em>
\nXanti Rodriguez, Spain 2024, 8′
\n\u2014
\nHell Troops<\/em>
\nEmilio Gallego, Jes\u00fas Gallego, Spain 2024, 9′
\n\u2014
\nMother Clay<\/em>
\nArmin Rangani, Raha Amirfazli, USA 2025, 6′
\n\u2014
\nPROLOGUE: SPACETIME CHRONICLES<\/em>
\ndi Stefano Bertelli, Italy, 2025, 24′
\n\u2014
\nSignal<\/em>
\nEmma Carr\u00e9, Mathilde Parquet, Belgium, France 2025, 17′
\n\u2014
\nSoap Box<\/em>
\nJimmy G. Pettigrew, Canada 2024, 16′
\n\u2014
\nThe Synthetic Age<\/em>
\nDimitris Armenakis, Greece 2025, 8′
\n\u2014
\nTV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road<\/em>
\n[TV oder Die Ruhest\u00f6rung an der Waldbergstrasse]
\nFrederic Siegel, Switzerland 2025, 14′<\/p>\n

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\nArtificial Universe<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2609\u2694\ud83d\udf02<\/em>
\nMitchell Louis Flautt
\nUK 2024, 2′
\n\u2014
\nThe Dimensionaires: Prelude to Abraxas<\/em>
\nPat Tremblay
\nCanada 2025, 11′
\n\u2014
\nThe Final Drop Of Water<\/em>
\nFrancesca Fini
\nItaly 2025, 2′
\n\u2014
\nGenesis Installed<\/em>
\nAl Machina
\nCanada 2025, 5′
\n\u2014
\nGRANDMALEVIT<\/em>
\ndi Hiroki Yamaguchi
\nJapan 2025, 12\u2032
\n\u2014
\nLast Dream<\/em>
\nTakeshi Kushida
\nJapan 2025, 10′
\n\u2014
\nNo Gods Left In The West<\/em>
\nDaryl Mechanica
\nTurkey 2025, 7′
\n\u2014
\nRatvertising<\/em>
\nBlanca De Frutos
\nSpain 2025, 3′
\n\u2014
\nRobot Cats Never Cry<\/em>
\ndi JeongMu Lee
\nRepublic of Korea 2025, 12′
\n\u2014
\nThe Taming of Soft Machines<\/em>
\nChristian Luoma
\nFinland 2025, 3′<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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