NEXT STOP, PLANET X (INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PROGRAMME 1)
🗓️ Sunday 11th October, 12.30pm (Exit Time: 2.15pm)
📍 The Black Box Belfast
From secret classrooms to personal quests, these poignant tales beautifully capture the resilience, heart, and quiet triumphs of growing up.
In-Competition!
Vote for your favourite short film at the end of the screening.
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NEXT STOP, PLANET X
Dir: Efraín Ortiz, Mexico, 2025, 15 mins
During the search for her lost cat, Emilia will fight to return to where she belongs.
THEO
Dir: Monica Palazzo & Jo Galvv, Brazil, 2025, 15 mins
Theo, often excluded from games, moves through a world that refuses to see them as they are.
38 – THE LAST SWING
Dir: Fajar Boby Saputra, Indonesia, 2026, 15 mins
To fund a school picnic, eleven-year-old Arum secretly braves golf courses to collect lost balls.
AVNI
Dir: Tej Sisodia, India, 2025, 20 mins
Avni, banned from school, secretly listens outside the classroom window.
SUMMER DELIVERY
Dir: Lam Can-Zhao, China, 2026, 15 mins
Aileen sets out to deliver a red egg to her mum, only to confront the quiet heartbreak of growing up.
CHICA
Dir: Matheus Malburg & Joao Victor Silva, Brazil, 2026, 14 mins
Sent to deliver a chicken, Dadá reconsiders the task after seeing her brother’s unexpected bond.
Ages: 12+ / Event Duration: 105 mins (Including Voting Time)
BBFC: N/A
All shorts in their original languages with English subtitles.
