Eighteen short films from across the world will be shown in three blocks of the international competition of the shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival.
Themes raised include environmental problems (Haulout, directors directors Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, Terra Mater, director Kantarama Gahigiri), domestic violence (It Turns Blue, director Shadi Karamroudi), and the legacy of dictatorial regimes (Bestia, director Hugo Covarrubias), and their form varies from stop motion animation (An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It, director Lachlan Pendragon) to an essay compiled from home movies (Majmouan, director Mohammadreza Farzad).