This year’s edition, World on Its Head, unfolds as a cinematic countdown — nine episodes moving backward toward reflection. In a world that feels fractured and unpredictable, these screenings bring together bold contemporary short films that reinterpret the spirit of classic Hollywood through stories of transformation, rebellion, fear, hope, and resilience.
EPISODE 9 — A RAISIN IN THE SUN
• To Dance Again – M.G. Evangelista (United States)
• Path – Ian Eastwood (United States)
• When Memory Turns Into Sound – Lemia Bodden (United States)
• Mx. – Wwenen Lusa (United Kingdom)
• Flower_Gan – Mati Granica (United Kingdom)
• Cheeky Neons – Eaven Harrington (United States)
• Tides of Life – Tatiana McCabe (United Kingdom)
• Borrowed from the Earth – Zach Johaneson (United States)
• The Last Observers – Maja K. Mikkelsen (Sweden, United States)
• I Wanted to Hear Your Voice – James Pellerito (United States)
• A Letter of Last Resort – Timmy Hanlon, Justice Love (United States)
• The Perfect Palm – Ayşe Altınok (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 8 — REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
• Bimo – Oumnia Hanader (Algeria)
• Inundation – Ilia ten Böhmer (Netherlands)
• C.Y.A – Guy Lifshitz (Israel)
• Weighted – Martin Eaton (United States)
• Bloodlines – Othniel Horvath (United States)
• Stick Bug – Wylie Anderson, Talia Frank-Stempel (United States)
• Lottie – Bella Rieth (United States)
• The Mixtape for the End of the World – Fernanda Neu (United States)
• Fifteen Minutes of Fame – Angelina Gabuzda (United States)
• Goodbye – Candy Truck – Kody Morris (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 7 — IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
• The Silk Scarf – Jean-Charles Fritz (France)
• Nostaljia – Pierre Audouin (France)
• Good for Her – Steven William Collins (United States)
• Show Home – Jane Marjorie Shearer (New Zealand)
• A Night In – Eduardo Olmos (United States)
• Debt – David Sipka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Always Night – Luis Ortega (Argentina)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 6 — IMITATION OF LIFE
• Forevergreen – Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears (United States)
• Snow Bear – Aaron Blaise (United States)
• Gibbous – Ang Yi Benet (United States)
• Cavern – Norman Wei (United States)
• Slime On! – Long Huy Dao, Ana Scheele, Sophie Litvinenko (Germany)
• 113 Words for You Today – Bo Qing Tang, Lan Zeng (China, Taiwan, United States)
• The Other Space – Blake Derksen (United States)
• Wednesdays with Gramps – Chris Copeland, Justin Copeland (United States)
• No Vacancy – Carolyn Gair (Canada)
• Under Cover – Darian Bakliža (Croatia)
• Potlems – Alberto Allegri Rodríguez (Denmark)
• Playing God – Matteo Burani (Italy)
• TED-Ed Animation: Hoichi the Earless – Masayoshi Nakamura (United States)
• Black Man, Black Man – Frank Elliott Abney (United States)
• Christine Shine On – Shana Nielsen (United States)
• Paris, Grassland – Gerhan Ge (China)
• Winter Soldier – Seung Su Han (South Korea)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 5 — STAND BY ME
• John T – Elias Schaffalitzky (Denmark)
• Not for a Few Miles – Sahvannah Rae (Ireland, United States)
• Rinse & Repeat – Sean Martin Koffman (United States)
• Make Yourself at Home – Dean Kay-Barry, Three Shades (United Kingdom)
• Cherubs – Anna Pieri Zuercher, Pietro Zuercher (Switzerland)
• The Second Oldest Man Alive – Jeremy Max (United States)
• Unconventional – Stu Gamble (United Kingdom)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 4 — VERTIGO
• Long Journey Till Dawn – Luis J. Arellano (Mexico)
• Checker – Bev Shroot, Charlton Schneider (Australia)
• No One Can Hear You for Miles – Allie Cincera (United States)
• Desert Inn – Yuanhao Zhang (United States)
• The Lone Piper – Matthew Kravchuk (United States)
• Flesh & Blood – Nathan Presley (United States)
• The King in Yellow – Sam Shapson (United States)
• Self-Portrait – Samuel DeFrank (United States)
• Daddy Is a Hunter – Marcus Fahey (United States)
• Menace – Theo Kaufman (United States)
• Stay in the Car – Calvin Ghaznavi (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 3 — IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
• The Funeral Rehearsal – Ronald Zuidinga (Netherlands)
• Trasna na Líne – Niamh Bryson (Ireland)
• Baggage – Jeni Emery, Ramsay Palmer (United States)
• Morning, Beautiful – Jamie Neumann (United States)
• Yoga Girl – Kaitlyn Furey (United States)
• Audition – Scott McCullough (United States)
• Lemons – Max Retik (United States)
• Fenced – Richey Beckett (United Kingdom, United States)
• Mary and Gus – Dmitriy Usov (United States)
• When the Doorbell Is Ringing – Raphaël Charlier (Belgium)
• Audio Description – Luke J. Salewski (United States)
• L’Anniversaire – Thibault Mombellet (France)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 2 — THE WOMEN
• Éiru – Giovanna Ferrari (Ireland)
• Beyond Silence – Marnie Blok (Netherlands)
• Buscando Alma – Melissa Fisher (United States)
• The Last Word – Rory Hanrahan (Ireland)
• Sob Story – Cooper Jesse Silverman (United States)
• Milk Baby – Kristen Gerweck Diaz (United States)
• The Victoria Kruger Show! – Alec Klusza (United States)
• The Pratt in the Hat – Susan Hillary (United States)
• Her War – Charles Curtice (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
EPISODE 1 — BREATHLESS
• Chocolate – Yarden Lior (United States)
• Bartogay Lake – Katya Mokolo (France)
• Walter – Danik Gollain Bartolini (Canada)
• F Minor – Josh Litman (United States)
• Rancid – Hudson Williams, Alex Vance (Canada)
• Lottie Baby – Bella Ray Rosales (United States)
• Matinees – Jacob Strunk (United States)
• Self Custody – Garrett Patten (United States)
