Fiction
This 2025 Fiction strand provides audiences with the chance to discover the next generation of fiction filmmakers. Through gripping love stories, clever narratives, and experimentation with film form, our Fiction strand challenges the very notion of the student fiction film.
WATCH THE FULL 2025 FICTION PROGRAMME FROM 28TH MARCH – 4TH APRIL






Film | Director | Country | Film School/University |
|---|---|---|---|
Cherry On Top | Nandi Nastasja | Germany | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
Count My Lov3 | Ewa Japola | Poland | The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz |
Growing Up Is Killing Your Mother | Nika Ardito | Argentina | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Now and Then | Iván Melguizo | Spain | Séptima Ars |
Salaad Paapad Pickle Sweet | Saksham Sharma | India | National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
We Have Homeland | Mikel Garrido | Venezuela | ESCAC Barcelona-Spain |

