
Total Duration: 02:06:59
Open Air Cinema is a truly special program! Who says you have to sit still inside a dark room to enjoy a great film? Welcome to MFW12’s Open Air Cinema! It’s all about relaxing, unwinding, and immersing yourself and your friends in captivating stories under the open sky.
Open Air Cinema is open for public
| DATE | TIME | VENUE |
|---|---|---|
| RAB/WED 16 | 18:00 | POOL CINEMA at THE ROOMS |
| RAB/WED 16 | 18:30 | Living World Amphitheatre |

EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE! (En, ten, týky!)
[d] Andrea Szelesová
Czech, Slovak / 2026 / Animation / 12:56
Yios, a lonely mythical boy, struggles to make friends in the clouds. After he falls down to Earth, everything changes.
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Awards/Screenings: Premiere at Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
[ig] @pureshorefilms

MONSTER & ME
[d] Tom Field / [w] Tom Field and Elora Battah
New Zealand / 2025 / Fiction / 07:42
Motmot lives a monotonous and mundane life until one day he meets an unknown creature, a human boy.
[ig] @tomfieldd @elorabattah

ACCELERATION
[d] Stepan Crani
Moldova / 2026 / Animation / 03:03
On a snowy winter day, a boy receives a new bicycle. As he pedals, his imagination takes him far beyond the courtyard.
[ig] @stepancrani

TUTTI (你吹Do,我吹Si)
[d][w] Zhuang Rong-Zuo
Taiwan / 2026 / Fiction / 18:36
A struggling recorder player meets a boy who wants to quit. Practicing together, they discover growth beyond music.
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Awards/Screenings: 2026 Berlinale Generation Kplus | Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg – Mo&Friese – Children Jury’s Special Mention
[ig] @zhuangrongzuo @me_is_pork

CARCASSONNE-ACAPULCO
[d] Marjorie CAUP & Olivier HÉRAUD
France / 2025 / Animation / 13:49
As flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the crew are startled by an unexpected knock at the door.
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Awards/Screenings: Premiere at Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy
[ig] @carcassonne.acapulco

LINIE 12 (Line 12)
[d][w] Sarah Schulz
Germany / 2025 / Animation / 08:33
Will a pedantic train conductor and a chaotic musician be able to save the train from disaster?

THE APPLICANT (El aspirante)
[d] Sam Orti / [w] Flora Cuevas
Spain / 2025 / Animation / 14:58
A civil servant, who lives and works in a tiny, gray, and depressing room, whose mission in life is to reject applications
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[ig] @conflictivos_productions

AN ELEVATOR (Um Elevador)
[d][w] Paulinho Caruso
Brasil / 2025 / Experimental / 07:13
Stuck inside a malfunctioning elevator, a woman decides to dance with her own reflection to overcome boredom.
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Awards/Screenings: SADLER’S WELLS 2026 / Cyprus Dance Film Fest 2026

BRUTE
[d][w] Jérémy Comte
Canada / 2026 / Fiction / 16:29
Overwhelmed by crippling anxiety, a young sculptor finds himself trapped in his studio.
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Awards/Screenings: Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay | In the Palace
[ig] @jaycomte

YES! (JAH!)
[d] Madli Lääne
Estonia / 2024 / Experimental / 03:15
In a world that rewards perfection, failure might be the most radical act.
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Awards/Screenings: Aspen Shortsfest I Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg

THE SENTRY
[d][w] Jake Wachtel
Cambodia/ USA/ Norway / 2025 / Fiction / 17:35
A suave Western agent’s mission goes off the rails when a cheeky Cambodian security guard refuses to be another routine kill.
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Awards/Screenings: SXSW 2025 | Show Me Shorts New Zealand, Best International Short
[ig] @thesentryfilm

CUT ! (Coupez !)
[d] Louis Bujeau,Geoffroy Virgery / [w] Louis Bujeau
France / 2025 / Fiction / 02:50
A stuntman on set.
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Awards/Screenings: Winner of the 1minute2court Fesrtival
[ig] @droledeprod