Screens for Teens Wiz-Art 2026

STRANGERS WITH HATS // 7′, Petra Stipetić, Karolin Twiddy, Germany, 2026

In ‘Strangers With Hats’, Noe, a fungal spore, embarks on a magical journey of self-discovery, guided by helpful mushrooms. Along the way, they confront self-doubt, discover inner strength, and learn the transformative power of a supportive network.

HOMECOMING // 19′, Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026

A few years after fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion, a boy returns home via a robotic dog, his mechanical avatar, which he controls from his room in Poland. Through this remote presence, he relives memories and reconnects with his past — a connection that now depends on a fragile video stream that could be cut off at any moment.

SEE YOU TOMORROW // 10′, Keiya Ando, Japan, 2025

A five-year-old boy wakes to find his beloved dog has died in the early morning. As he drifts through the moment in a quiet daze, memories of their time together begin to surface—joyful moments, missed chances, things left unsaid—leading him to feel the quiet ache of regret for the very first time.

MISUNDERSHOOD // 7′, Iryna Sosimovych, Ukraine, 2025

“Misundershood” is an author’s story about war seen through the eyes of a vulnerable person. Oleksa lives in claim and at his own pace until war destroys his fragile inner balance. Left alone with fear and isolation, he must find whether trust in people is still possible.

OUT OF PLAY // 13′, Vincenzo Bertillo, Canada, 2025

After a career-ending injury, 20-year-old soccer prodigy Francesco has lost his sense of purpose. A chance encounter with a group of younger teens quietly forces him to confront the emotions he’s been running from.

TERRITORY // 6′, Barbara Synak, Poland, 2025

Girl is kidnapped by her own body. In the labyrinth of her inner self, the girl must face the obsessions and desires of a person who is doomed to food- ever-present and painfully tempting. The film explores a toxic relationship with one’s body.

I THINK YOU SHOULD BE HERE // 12′, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe, France, Switzerland, 2026

Near Geneva, seven girls on the verge of adulthood recall in their rooms the words and dances of TikTok that shaped their youth. Between intimate and collective memory, they drift from room to room, dancing through a final suspended night as they search for connection and identity, pushing their gestures to the edge.

FISH IN MY STOMACH // 7′, Yehor Holovkov, Ukraine, 2026

A lonely man wakes up to discover a live fish inside his stomach. Desperate for answers, he follows a mysterious group of men who seem to share his condition, only to find himself pulled into a strange and unsettling world.

ICARUS // 20′, Christos Kardana, Belgium, France, Greece, United Kingdom, 2025

A freediving boy, desperate to connect with his grieving father, pushes himself to the limit underwater.

DOG EAR // 20′, Péter Vácz, Hungary, 2025

Eleven-year-old Berci spends an afternoon alone with his dog, struggling with the emotions left behind after witnessing his parents’ violent fight the day before. As his suppressed feelings surface, he releases his anger and aggression in tense and emotional interactions with his dog. These raw expressions eventually help Berci find relief and discover the quiet, transformative strength of forgiveness.

ON SAINT NICHOLAS’ EVE // 11′, Emy-Mirel Ivașcă, Romania, 2025

After seeing a man lying in the snow, a boy recalls a Saint Nicholas night spent with his father years before. Playing with his father takes an unexpected turn, while his dream toy leaves a bitter aftertaste.

BORDERLINE // 2′, Veronika Aiuvdzhy, Ukraine, 2025

In 2025, many Ukrainian cities continue to suffer from the war started by russia. Although countless people face danger and trauma every day, this experience is no longer felt as intense as it was at the start of the invasion. Despite the war, people strive to live ordinary lives, witness construction and destruction happening side by side, switch instantly between opposite emotions, and find joy in circumstances where it might seem impossible. The animated film “The Borderline” explores how frontline cities adapt to extraordinary conditions, rethinking this unique, complex, and contradictory psychological state.

OSTRICH // 8′, Marie Kenov, Switzerland, 2025

Day in and day out, a sparrow sees images of ostriches everywhere: on posters, in ads, and on its smartphone. In awe of the ostriches, with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs, the little bird wants to be just like them. By hitting the gym to work on its leg muscles, following make-up tutorials, and paying several visits to the neck stretching studio, the sparrow comes very close to achieving its goal. But one day when a real ostrich comes to town and the sparrow meets its idol in person, one thing becomes crystal clear: try as it might, a sparrow can never truly be an ostrich.

THE FIRST DAY // 20′, Hossein Moein, Iran, 2026

An anxious young boy finds himself wandering through a twisted, fantastical world on his first day of school.

A NORMAL LIFE // 26′, Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026

After escaping the russia’s occupation, a mother of many children struggles to keep her family together, trying to build a “normal life” on the ruins of a destroyed world — and gradually discovers that normality no longer means peace, but only the ability to go on living, to love, and not to lose herself.

THE LAND KEEPS WATCH // 8′, Iryna Tanasiichuk, Estonia, Ukraine, 2025

The living Mountain makes friends with the Hiker following his act of kindness towards it, but not before long, a war breaks out and tears them apart. We see the war through the eyes of a living landscape as it suffers like humans do, and rises up to defend itself.

CONCRETE KIDS // 20′, Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2026

Concrete Kids – is a short film about kids who grew up in the courtyards of the Soviet apartment district of Lithuania, who lacked the attention and love of their parents, who tried to survive and free themselves from the violence in the streets every single day.

THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES // 8′, André Carrilho, Portugal, 2024

A girl wanders through the city, countryside, beach, always clutching a phone from which she never takes her eyes off. Along the way, she comes across a group of characters that include a bear, dolphins, pirates, an alien. Everyone tries to captivate her and draw her attention, but she is indifferent to everything around her. After a series of adventures that include a brief space trip, the girl lands in a circus and climbs up a roller coaster. What no one expected was that, during the dizzying journey, the phone would slip out of her hands, only to fall apart on the ground.

THE LITTLE ANCESTOR // 12′, Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, Canada, 2024

An ancestral house comes to life, builds itself and unveils its long life of one hundred and fifty years. Over the years, it leads us to feel the passage of time in the heart of a growing and buzzing city that will eventually bring its end.