ITU NINU (Dir: Itandehui Jansen; Mexico, 75 mins)

In the year 2084, Ángel, a climate migrant in an unspecified smart city under constant surveillance, makes a living by cultivating plants, preserving the fading wisdom of seeds. Within this desolate landscape he meets Sofia, another climate migrant who works at a recycling facility. Fueling Ángel's longing for human connection and a glimmer of hope, he reaches out to Sofia through the timeless medium of pen and paper, fostering an intimate, clandestine bond. As their secret correspondence unfolds, a friendship and shared desire for liberation from excessive control takes shape.

Screens with short film NUUYII (Dir: Itandehui Jansen; Mexico, 11) AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE.

A young man, born and raised in the vastness of the galaxy, lands on an unknown planet. As he surveys the landscape, he recognises fragments from ancient stories. Driven by a quiet urgency, he contacts his ship’s command to retrieve archival recordings of the last humans to abandon earth. Slowly, it dawns on him that he has returned to his ancestral home.