MMC/CP Friday 23 January, 2026 19:00 | Puffling (UK-Iceland, 2023, Dir. Jessica Bishopp, 20mi...

MMC/CP Friday 23 January, 2026 19:00 | Puffling (UK-Iceland, 2023, Dir. Jessica Bishopp, 20min, NR G) Every summer 18-year-old Birta and 16-year-old Selma rescue pufflings (young puffins) at night on a remote island off the coast of Iceland. The pufflings leave their nests for the first time, following the light of the moon to make their journey out to sea and transition into adulthood. Unfortunately, the pufflings get lost in town, mistaking the harbour lights for the moon. Over one night Birta and Selma take it upon themselves to counteract the human impact on nature, exchanging night-time parties for puffin patrol, in a coming-of-age story of young adults and pufflings alike. A documentary about growing up and making choices, worrying about the future and dealing with encroaching environmental pressures. Puffling demonstrates the direct interplay between nature, the environment and human life, exploring the importance of younger generations taking action in global environmental issues. Screened at 11 festivals. Awarded at 4 festivals, among which the Aspen Shortsfest, the British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin and the Manchester International Film Festival in England. Producers: Alice Hughes, Gannesh Rajah Director: Jessica Bishopp Co-Producer: Ada Benjamínsdóttir Cinematographer: Anna MacDonald Editor: Xanna Ward Dixon Original Music: Jófríður Ákadóttir Executive Producer: Caitlin Mae Burke, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 19:20 | Dear Daughter (2023, 13min, NR R) A young Burmese woman who was trafficked to China and sold into marriage tells her story. Based on the real-life protagonist’s own words and beautifully rendered in pen-and-ink, this animation portrays a woman torn between her love for the child she was forced to bear and her longing for the country to which she may never be able to return. • 19:33 | How Would One Know If One Forgets Something (India, 2025, Dir. Karthik Sreenivasan w/ Sai Krishna, Stanzin Angdu, 9min, NR G) Traces memory, change, and the passage of time in the fragile landscape of Ladakh as it drifts between its history and its accelerating transformation. Producer: Auroville Film Institute Directors/Script/Editor/Camera: Kartik Sreenivasan, Sai Krishna L V, Stanzin Angdu Vocals: Tsering Sonam 19:42 | Kooli Koduthu Sooniyam (India, 2023, Dir. Yatra Srinivassan, 9min, NR PG-15) A family torn apart by the protagonist's alcohol addiction. His wife and daughter work tirelessly in a cloth shop to bear the brunt of his actions. Producer: S. Adhilakshmi Director/Script/Editor: Yatra Srinivassan Camera: R. Rajaram Sound: Gajadhanu Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, S. Kamala, S. Yuvasri, K. Mohanraj • 19:51 | You Lift on a Stroke, There Is A Dog Shelter (India, 2025, Dir. Donny Lee Duke, 17min, NR G) (India, 2025, Dir. Donny Lee Duke, 17min, NR G) A video-photo-poem documentary about the Auroville Dog Shelter and the relationship between a human and the Supreme through yoga and sadhana. Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Donny Lee Duke 20:08 | Hausnummer Null (Germany, 2025, Dir. Lilith Kugler, 95min, NR R) Chris lives with his buddy Alex at a suburban train station, cared for by his neighbors. A heroin addiction determines his everyday life and it seems impossible for him to free himself from this vicious circle. When he becomes increasingly worse and only just escapes death, he decides that he has to get off the streets and off heroin. The film explores how a young man can find his place in society when he hasn't fitted in - or wanted to fit in – anywhere, since childhood. Premiered at the 2024 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken. Awarded at the 2024 Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, at the 2024 DOK.fest Munich and at the 2024 Filmkunstfest MV in Schwerin, Germany. Producers: Jonatan Geller-Hartung, Bettina Morlock Director/Writer: Lilith Kugler Cinematography: Stephan M. Vogt