Odyssey 2026: In Competition Screenings at Mills Fabrica Pass

Odyssey 2026 In Competition 

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.

Our Jury Panel is now judging them for different award categories.

10:00-12:00 Section 1: "Fashion as Social Commentary" (5 films)

1. Girls Gone Guilty (2025)
Dir. Polina Kulbachevskaia | 6:14' | Mockumentary, Comedy | UK

2. Gwangju Dialogue (2026) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Baro Bolun Dai | 27' | Documentary | South Korea

3. Papa Shoes (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Ivana Lam | 23' | Drama | Hong Kong SAR

4. Bob Wanna Kill (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Yingying Yang | 19' | Romance/Sci-Fi | Norway

5. Bersærk: a Modern Saga about an Ancient Conflict (2023)
Dir. Amanda Renai Curdt-Christiansen | 29:53' | Mockumentary | Denmark

13:00-15:00 Section 2: "Fashion as Performativity" (6 films)

1 . When the Wind Blows (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Gigi Yang | 8' | Sci-Fi / Experimental / Fashion / Drama | UK / Hong Kong SAR

2 . Gone People (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Circle Kong | 24' | Drama | China

3 . Praying Mantis (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Joe Hsieh | 18' | Animation / Horror | Taiwan

4 . Sit Down Comedy (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Iverson Ronghao Wang | 23' | Dark Comedy | China

5 . Boiling Point (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Ying Ze | 13' | Drama / Fantasy | France

6 . ❌ (2025) - UK PREMIERE
Dir. Yuhan Teng | 21’ | Animation | China

15:00-17:00 Section 3: “Fashion and Journey” (6 films)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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