International Section

Short Films Selected in the International Official Section

Below, you can find the International Official Section of the Skyline Benidorm Film Festival 2025.

A summer's end poem

2024 Lam Canzhao

China-Switzerland-Malaysia Co-Production

Just before the end of summer vacation, a rural boy spends all his savings to make his dream of an urban hairstyle come true, with surprising results.

Ana Kann Alles

2024 Loida García

Germany

Ana Canales is a young Christian working for an NGO in Berlin. After meeting Bibi, a young Iranian woman with whom she feels an instant connection, she decides to help her avoid deportation—even if it means confronting her own faith.

Playing god

2024 Matteo Burani

Italy-France Co-Production

A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of a workshop, surrounded by strange creatures…

Punter

2024 Jason Adam Maselle

South Africa-United States Co-Production

Young Brett must venture into the underworld of Johannesburg’s betting scene when what seemed like a harmless wager on a horse race jeopardizes the surprise he had planned for his father’s birthday.

The wedding veil of the proud princess

2024 Anna-Ester Volozh

United Kingdom

The most beautiful princess in the world demands the impossible: to marry a king who conquers all other kings. As the world plunges into war, monarchs from every land compete for her hand. Amid the bloodshed, a mysterious suitor emerges, claiming to be the one she had asked for.

Tingfinder

2024 Mads Koudal

Denmark

Arthur is a man in his forties with the mind of a six-year-old. He lives with his mother, Birthe, who is on her deathbed. Birthe is everything to him, and now that she is so ill, Arthur faces an uncertainty he doesn’t know how to handle. He spends his days collecting trash or watching old movies on repeat. One day, his sister Petra takes him shopping, and he comes up with an idea on how to save his mother.