Best International Short Documentary

Film: The Olympian
Director: Jan Bujnowski
Country: Poland
Length: 0:11:34
Language: Polish (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +6

About: 22-year old Jakub lives in a stable, surrounded by horses which are his only companions. Every single day looks similar, as he performs his repetitive and mundane tasks. What gives meaning to his life is his secret dream.This is a story about a simple stableman who has a big dream and a plan to make it come true.

Film: JUMPING-OFF PLACE
Director: Svetlana Stasenko 
Country: Russia
Length: 0:30:00
Language: Russian (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +12

About: People believe in God. But some rulers try to replace God with themselves. For this purpose, press secretaries and PR managers come up with strange, absurd and very expensive projects. A huge icon «The Savior Not Made by Hands”, created “at the personal expense of the President of the Russian Federation” travels to all military units of Russia, and soldiers are forced to pray near it and to kiss it.

Film: My Home
Director: Azar Saiyar
Country: Finland
Length: 0:12:00
Language: Finnish (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +6

About: "A bee stung me on my finger. It happened yesterday in the yard of a kindergarten, even though I am not in kindergarten anymore.” Fragmented memories of childhood and adulthood blend together in a song that an unknown narrator is humming. In a sixties TV show children are learning a new game. Someone is waiting in the hallway for permission to re-enter the classroom. Everything is set. Everything is nailed.

Film: A home on the volcano
Director: Amil Amal
Country: Azerbaijan
Length: 0:25:55
Language: Azerbaijani (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +12
Special Guest: Amil Amal

About: Ms. Aqibat's home collapsed in 2014 due to a volcanic eruption, leaving her homeless for three years. During those three years, his wife also died. Three years later, the state built him a home. At present, Ms. Agibet lives alone in this home built by the state. But the home is still on the volcano. Even after the homee was built, small volcanoes began to erupt all around his home. He is in fear day and night. He thinks that one day these small volcanoes will grow and destroy his home again.