Block 1. In the trap


Set of films
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
duration: 20 min
country/year: Sweden, Ireland/2024
director: Dennis Harvey
cinematography: Dennis Harvey
editor: Dennis Harvey
production: Elin Eriksson, Elisabeth Marjanovic' Cronvall, Marta Dauliute / MDEMC Production
selected festivals and awards: 2024 – IDFA Amsterdam
A group of asylum seekers in Dublin pitch their tents on Sandwith Street, around the corner from the immigration office. This protest camp is a reaction to the decision of the Irish government to deny accommodation to 1400 asylum applicants.

A group of asylum seekers in Dublin pitch their tents on Sandwith Street, around the corner from the immigration office. This protest camp is a reaction to the decision of the Irish government to deny accommodation to 1400 asylum applicants. Camp residents Sami, Hasiballah and Simon show us around the little village they call home: this is where they eat, this is where they paint banners, and here are flowers planted in a pot. This peaceful scene is soon disrupted by the arrival of the Irish anti-immigration activist Philip Dwyer, who uses livestreams on social media to call for the tent dwellers to be chased away. A group of progressive activists come to the aid of the asylum seekers, but an outburst of violence looks inevitable. The violent incidents mount up, and finally things really explode.

Inside, the Valley Sings
duration: 15 min
country/year: Ireland/2024
director: Nathan Fagan, Natasza Cetner
production: Seamus Waters / Wonderbread Films
selected festivals and awards: 2024 – Sheffield IFF
Secluded in 6x9 cells year after year with little or no human contact, three individuals in prisons across the United States experience the tedium, loneliness, and psychological despair of long-term solitary confinement.

Trapped in the never-ending horror of prolonged solitary confinement, three prisoners seek comfort and escape in the boundless vistas of their own imaginations. Secluded in 6x9 cells year after year with little or no human contact, three individuals in prisons across the United States experience the tedium, loneliness, and psychological despair of long-term solitary confinement. Over time, they begin to construct elaborate fantasy worlds to escape their daily reality. Through vivid, hand-drawn animation, Inside, The Valley Sings tells their remarkable stories and paints an unforgettable portrait of the power of the human imagination.

Seeds from Kivu
duration: 29 min
country/year: Spain/2024
director: Néstor López, Carlos Valle
cinematography: Pablo Díaz Solas
editor: Cristina Otero
production: Néstor López, Carlos Valle, Iván Miñambres Urquijo, David Pérez Sañudo / Filmakers Monkeys, Auntie Films, Uniko, Amania Films
selected festivals and awards: 2025 – Goya Awards: Best Short Film (Documentary)
In Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo) a group of women arrives at Panzi Hospital after being gang-raped by the guerrillas in the area who control the mineral resources.

In Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), one of the most violent regions in the world, a group of women arrives at Panzi Hospital after being gang-raped by the guerrillas in the area who control the mineral resources. Their psychological treatment before reintegration confronts them with the dilemma of accepting the babies they have given birth to as a result of the rapes, finding in the question of motherhood a way to resist.

Sixty-seven Milliseconds
duration: 15 min
country/year: France/2025
director: Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury
cinematography: Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury
editor: Marie Loustalot
production: Eliott Baillon / Darjeeling
selected festivals and awards: 2025 – Visions du Réel, Nyon
In search of a projectile whose trail has been captured on surveillance camera footage bearing witness to a serious incident, the film follows its trajectory and those of its main protagonists.

In search of a projectile whose trail has been captured on surveillance camera footage bearing witness to a serious incident, the film follows its trajectory and those of its main protagonists.

Deadlock
duration: 10 min
country/year: France, Algeria/2024
director: Lucien Beucher, Mahdi Boucif
cinematography: Julien Artaud
editor: Antonin Bronès
production: Germain Robin / Ocurens
selected festivals and awards: 2024 – DOC NYC New York, 2025 – Sundance FF
Stuck in their Algiers neighborhood, Sifou and Mahrez gaze at the sea while thinking of their brothers who left for new lives.

Stuck in their Algiers neighborhood, Sifou and Mahrez gaze at the sea while thinking of their brothers who left for new lives. As uncertainty lingers on the horizon, they wonder if they can break the deadlock.

Nemo 1
duration: 12 min
country/year: Canada/2024
director: Albéric Aurtenèche
cinematography: Hervé Baillargeon, Albéric Aurtenèche
editor: Albéric Aurtenèche
production: Albéric Aurtenèche
selected festivals and awards: 2024 – Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, 2024 – Vancouver IFF
On the shores of Chittagong, Bangladesh, the cargo ship NEMO 1 is beached amongst hundreds of others. A journey towards steel giants being recycled by minuscule men.

Nemo is the name of the famous captain in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, named by Jules Verne after the latin word meaning "no one, nobody". On the shores of Chittagong, Bangladesh, the cargo ship NEMO 1 is beached amongst hundreds of others. A journey towards steel giants being recycled by minuscule men.

The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
dir. Dennis Harvey, Sweden, Ireland 2024, 20 min
Inside, the Valley Sings
Inside, the Valley Sings
dir. Nathan Fagan, Natasza Cetner, Ireland 2024, 15 min
Seeds from Kivu
Seeds from Kivu
dir. Néstor López, Carlos Valle, Spain 2024, 29 min
Sixty-seven Milliseconds
Sixty-seven Milliseconds
dir. Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury, France 2025, 15 min
Deadlock
Deadlock
dir. Lucien Beucher, Mahdi Boucif, France, Algeria 2024, 10 min
Nemo 1
Nemo 1
dir. Albéric Aurtenèche, Canada 2024, 12 min

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