Data Centers: The Problems of a Growing Digital World
Director: Ananya Madaan, Audrey Miracle, Violet Wiley
Country: United States
Duration: 3 min
Award: Best Video Essay
An investigative documentary exploring how the rapid expansion of AI data centers threatens the environment through excessive energy and water consumption.
The Sixth Element
Director: Sudipta Sarker
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 5 min
Award: Eco Message Award
A psychological eco-thriller revealing how microplastics infiltrate daily life and urging awareness of sustainability.
Chinese Tatted-Wall
Director: Nianyu Zhong
Country: China
Duration: 3 min
Award: Best Youth Short
A poetic journey through Suzhou where a father and daughter discover cultural memory in the quiet “tatted walls” of the old city.
In Another Life
Director: Renee Shi
Country: United States
Duration: 3 min
Award: Young Talent Award
A 15-year-old filmmaker explores love across multiple lifetimes, where acceptance of death finally brings peace.
Qui est l’ordure ?
Director: Soren Montginoul, Marc Soldevila
Country: France
Duration: 4 min
Award: Best Animation
A short animation that follows a discarded can through the city to reveal the environmental consequences of littering and human negligence.