INTERNATIONAL SHORTS SHOWCASE: We undertake a journey across the planet to explore what bold, new speculative visions are emerging (Session running time: 104 mins)

MUSHROOM CUT (Dir: Kuba Szutkowski; The Netherlands, 8 mins) A hairdresser is shocked when her client, a long-haired welder, turns into a girl.

SAYS PRISONER 8903 (Dir: Heewon Lee; Korea/China, 11.35 mins) On death row, an inmate watches images from his past, but discovers that the memories aren’t his.

AN OLD FRIEND (Dir: Nuk Suwanchote; U.S.A., 14 mins) An imaginary friend’s sole purpose is to bring happiness to his child, even if his ‘child’ is a 90 year old man.

LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC CORN CAKE (Dir: Javier Badillo; Canada, 4.23 mins) Aliens. Punk Rock. Corn Cakes. In space, only Grandma's Latin cooking will save you.

THE LAST FOOL (Dir: Cong Le; China, 17 mins) Society’s last below-average child fights to expose the cruel world that judges him.

ECHOES (Dir: Sean Nam; France, 14.20 mins) A revolutionary company that predicts and secures the destinies of its clients becomes unravelled when romance forges a new path.

DISTANT BLUESHIFT (Dir: Aloysius Ong; Singapore, 10.35 mins) An AI-generated father-son relationship takes unexpected turns.

EXIMO (Dir: Mayed Al Qasimi; U.K., 20 mins) Two lovers from different class structures must survive a moon landing and family ill-will.