"A theft in a park, a mysterious safe in an old apartment, objects falling from the sky and healing mushrooms in envelopes on the backs of pigeons - these are just a few of the fragments that, spread across densely-populated cities, are gathered into stories told aloud or in whispers. They won't be found on news portals, but the filmmakers invite us to take a peek at experiences, real or imagined, which are not so important, but which make up the variegated maps of cities." - Mantė Valiūnaitė, competition programme organiser. FILMS: Montsouris Park Directed by. Guil Sela / fiction / France / 2024 / 14 min. On a sunny autumn day, Jacques and Nathan are looking for interesting people in Monsouri Park for their documentary. Two friends catch their attention and are caught up in an unexpected moment. She Stays / She Stays Dir. Marinthia Gutiérrez / fiction / Mexico / 2024 / 10 min. In the heart of nighttime Tijuana, Laura faces her destiny. The Eucalyptus Director. Ignacio Ragone & Nicolás Suárez / documentary / Argentina / 2023 / 19 min. A home movie in the ruins of modernity. From modernist architecture to tarot cards, from film history to sound pollution, from treasure hunting to home furnishings. A cinematic stream of consciousness, where the mere mention of a place, an event, an object or a small adventure is enough to open up a whole world. And not just one... Bad For a Moment Dir. Daniel Soares / fiction / Portugal / 2024 / 15 min. When a company event takes a turn for the worse, the owner of an architectural studio finds himself confronted with a lower-class neighbourhood that his company is gentrifying. Kawauso / Kawauso Director. Akihito Izuhara / animation / Japan / 2023 / 15 min. "Kawauso refers to the Japanese river otter. One day, a girl meets a Japanese river otter. They try to get along, but they don't get along very well. This is because the Japanese river otter is now extinct and can no longer communicate with the girl. Fungi / Shrooms Dir. Jorge Jácome / fiction, documentary, experimental / Portugal / 2023 / 18 min. Scientists experiment with the benefits of the "magic mushroom" psilocybin in treating depression. In Lisbon, Dan, a young Venezuelan man, collects mushrooms in the woods and, like a latter-day Robin Hood, sends them in carrier pigeons all over the city to those in need of help.