Odyssey 2026: In Competition 3 "Fashion as Journey"

Odyssey 2026 In Competition (3/3)

As some of you know, each year, Odyssey chooses a specific theme for both our competition and curation.

This year the topic is #Fashion. We are not a festival tries to define a regional cinema or what cinema is, but as a vehicle to open new imagination and dialogue that would not been there otherwise.

There are 17 shorts in total selected as part of the In Competition. They are curated into 3 sub-strands.

You will have a chance to vote for The Audience Award.

“Fashion and Journey” (6 films)

1hr 41 mins

1 . Jumah (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Liuqing Lin & Hanling Ye | 16’ | Drama | China

A young girl rebels against her Muslim upbringing by getting a tattoo.

2 . 2024: A Swiss Odyssey (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Florian Rudolph/Yueqi Wu/Kyrylo Alferiev | 15’ | Documentary | Germany/Switzerland/China/Ukraine

In the second installment of the “Researcher” trilogy, a Chinese researcher and her crew investigate a Swiss village’s carnival traditions and their bizarre connection to aliens.

3 . Happy Birthday (2026) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Vince Li | 9’ | Drama | China

A young schoolgirl struggles to meet the overwhelming expectations of her family following her parents’ divorce.

4 . Souvenir Shop (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Wu Yé | 13’ | Drama | France

Two strangers meet on an empty highway and embark on a journey to nowhere together.

5 . Solos (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Yuang Zhong | 24’ | Drama | China

In a high-stakes choral competition, a fifth-grade boy named Sun Yue must decide whether to cross traditional gender lines by dressing as a girl to secure the choir’s harmonic victory.

6 . Chasing the Screen: Escape (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Jeffrey Cheung | 23’ | Sci-Fi | Hong Kong SAR

A ruthless film school teacher is dragged into his student’s chaotic cinematic world after pushing him to a breakdown, where he must survive monsters and locate a bizarre exit: a sitting toilet.

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🎬 Odyssey 2026 | #Fashion: cinema as fashion
📅 28 September - 10 October 2026
🇬🇧 Online & in cinemas across the UK
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