Nostalgia for the Future: Non-competition Films, Selection #2

MAYBE ELEPHANTS // 17 min., Torill Kove, Canada, Norway, 2024

In the ’70s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same. Created by Oscar®-winning animator Torill Kove (The Danish Poet), Maybe Elephants is a playful and loving autobiographical homage to family, adolescence and the therapeutic power of memories, however unreliable.

PLACE UNDER THE SUN // 20 min., Vlad Bolgarin, Moldova, 2024

A talented pianist and his 8-year-old son struggle to find a place to sell vegetables at the biggest market in Moldova’s 2000′. When the father seems to give up under the burden of his precarious existence, a gesture from his son brings new hope.

ABEL // 15 min., Dekel Berenson, Paul Wesley, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States, 2024

Shaken by a recent breakup, 17-year-old Abel retreats to the mountains to hunt deer. Finding grace in the solitude of nature, but no solace to his pain, he returns home to unexpectedly find comfort in the arms of his aging father, as the two reconnect over their shared sense of loss.

FROM MADRID TO HEAVEN // 19 min., Pablo Pérez, Spain, 2025

Jesus Christ has returned to Earth, arriving in Madrid, and he’s offering anyone who wants the chance to go to Heaven. Susana tries to persuade her grandmother Marisa to stay behind, while a group of disillusioned young people consider the journey.