Short Fusion: Transfigurations

Synopsis

88 mins
Modern fables of uncanny metamorphosis and altered states, questioning what it means to be human.

ASH VALLEY: JANYL
CANADA & KYRGYZSTAN 2024 17 MINS
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
DIRECTOR Shu Zhu

When animals near a state-run oil field exhibit peculiar symptoms, a determined veterinarian seeks to uncover an unsettling secret.

INSATIABLE
USA 2023 15 MINS
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
DIRECTOR Rhea Li

A grieving woman consumes her late partner’s ashes to see visions of their memories, leaving her with an all‑consuming craving.

MOTI
INDIA 2025 16 MINS
DIRECTOR Yash Saraf
UK PREMIERE

A family dog named Moti awakens as a boy. As he navigates humanity, Moti mourns the sensory world he’s lost.

RADIKALS
PHILIPPINES 2024 20 MINS
DIRECTOR Arvin Belarmino
UK PREMIERE

A rookie from a bizarre chicken-dance troupe makes a chilling discovery about what they do to the group’s weakest link.

SHALLOW GROUND
CROATIA 2025 20 MINS
DIRECTOR Jozo Schmuch
UK PREMIERE

Presumed dead in the Croatian War of Independence, Luka reunites with his elderly mother, untouched by the passage of time.