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Title: Hatred
Runtime: 3 min
Country: Greece
Director: Nikolaos Aletras
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: December, 2025
Synopsis: “Hatred” explores the destructive power of human conflict through pure visual storytelling. Set on a fog-shrouded mountain cliff, two men engage in a wordless, brutal confrontation that leads to an inevitable conclusion – a stark reminder that hatred ultimately consumes not just its object, but also those who harbor it.