
Genre: Science Fiction
Best of CineYouth 2025
The award-winning shorts of CineYouth 2025 showcase the talent and vision of eight young filmmakers from around the world.
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Earworm (Öronmask)
New Group
If Invasion of the Body Snatchers traded pods for human pyramids and took place in a Japanese high school, it would be New Group.
Resurrection
In a future society that has lost the desire to dream, a curious creature catalogues the fantasies of rebel “Fantasmers,” creating a wild cinematic tapestry.
Shorts 1: After Dark
Unfulfilled dreams, dark obsessions, and illicit desires take center stage in this program that transports viewers into the bold and blood-curdling world of genre film. From ventriloquist dummies to unrequited love, these shorts expose our darkest fears… and create new ones.
The Mechanization of Man
Diagnosed with terminal insomnia, Cillian clings to his past, obsessively building a time machine in his final days only for it to fail.