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.