Selected films
About the Powers
Director : Alessandro Novelli
Animation
During a peaceful night, a group of fugitives tries to find its way to the center of the building, where the entire resistance is gathering. Evading the surveillance, they go through the rooms of the Giants and witness their macabre routines.
Almost Perfect
Director : Federico Frefel
Experimental
In 1969, Switzerland’s image of perfection was undermined by a clumsy television operator who mistakenly deleted the official commentary of the Apollo 11 Mission. Journalists Marco Blaser and Eugenio Bigatto will return to the studio of forty years earlier to correct the mistake. But it won’t be that simple.
Bad for a Moment
Director : Daniel Soares
Narrative
A team-building event goes wrong and brings the owner of an architect studio face-to-face with the lower-class neighborhood that his company is gentrifying.
Beyond the Sea
Director : Hippolyte Leibovici
Narrative
Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time, interrupts the festivities. He has sad news to tell her.
Bogotá Story
Director : Esteban Pedraza
Narrative
In 1992, as Colombia faces an era of drug violence, car bombs, and daily power outages, a young mother in Bogotá receives an internship opportunity in the US and eventually must decide between her dreams and her family.
A Brave New World
Director : Arnold Jing Wah Tam
Experimental
A Brave New World reimagines scenes of everyday life with a twist of absurdity, building a slow and deliberate cinematic vignette of the socio-cultural landscape of the artist’s homeland, Hong Kong, in the form of 15 provocative portraits. Interweaving fictional scenarios with real life elements such as unscripted podcasts, family dinner conversations and textbook contents, […]
Bubblebath
Director : Adriana Racasan
Films
Ali’s 5th birthday party transforms into a shocking and chaotic ritual improvised by his grandparents. Moments of humor, intimacy, and turmoil, offering a poignant examination of identity, tradition, and the intricate dynamics within modern families.
The Car that came back from the Sea
Director : Jadwiga Kowalska
Animation
Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is interfused with memories and snapshots from the past.
The Cascade
Director : Pablo Delgado Sanchez
Narrative
A man discovers he’s been crying for several months without even noticing. Strangely, his tear ducts have decided to work in an inverse manner, transforming his interiors into a waterfall. The man will have to find a way to stop a cry that he can’t even feel.
Confessions
Director : Stephanie Kaznocha
Narrative
After the death of a friend, two nuns in their golden years contemplate what their future holds. One confession leads to another and before they know it, they’re embarking on an adventure.
Dancing in the Corner
Director : Jan Bujnowski
Narrative
After the fall of communism in 1989, color TVs were no longer a luxury good in Poland. The screens in many Polish homes are beginning to look more like the reality outside the window. But is reality truly colorful?
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
Director : Christian Avilés
Student
Driven by their desire for light and warmth, British teenagers take a trip to the Balearic Islands. They must absorb the sun and store it in their bodies to take it back to their cloud-covered kingdom. A surreal film about the real phenomenon of “balconing” which, in recent summers, has led to tragic, self-inflicted accidents […]
Dead Cat
Director : Danick Audet & Annie-Claude Caron
Narrative
What were Catherine and Louis thinking when they chose a cat with distinctive white spots? It would have been much easier to replace if they had picked the all-back one! Now, they will have to tell their daughter Sophie that Nugget’s dead. Unless….
Document 56
Director : Christopher Landry
Films
Based on true events. In Cold War-era Romania, two Securitate officers intercept a letter from former US president Richard Nixon to Nicolae Ceausescu proposing a joint covert arrangement to finance Saddam Hussein and the army of Iraq. With 48 hours to prepare for the arrival of CIA operatives, the two agents race to determine the […]
Eco-Hack!
Director : Josh Izenberg & Brett Marty
Documentary
An unconventional field biologist wages a high-tech war against ravens in the Mojave — think laser cannons, exploding tortoises, and autonomous drones — in a last-ditch effort to save the last of the desert tortoise from extinction.
Estonia on the Seine
Director : Roger Gariépy
Narrative
A Parisian bus. Its passengers. Evasive glances, polite silence: the well-regulated codes of cohabitation between travelers, confined together for the duration of a journey. Then an incident, a tiny grain of sand, will disrupt this fragile ecosystem. The tension rises and the thin veneer of civility cracks.
Fake It Till You Make It
Director : Laura Petrone & Guillaume Kerbusch
Narrative
Elza gets constantly harassed non stop in and outside of school, in big part because of her social class. Claire and her friends could keep on going like this forever… But one day, if the opportunity presents itself to make them pay for their actions, how far will she go?
Flower Show
Director : Elli Vuorinen
Animation
Girls have been cultivated like flowers for generations. We need more growing seasons to breed new ways into the system.
Good Boy
Director : Tom Stuart
Narrative
Danny’s (played by BAFTA-winner Ben Whishaw) attempt to rob a bank with his overbearing mum (played by SAG-awardee Marion Bailey) is scuppered by the appearance of their family doctor. With his mum in the back of his van, and a dead pigeon on the passenger seat, Danny has a growing sense of desperation. But as […]
Hurikán
Director : Jan Saska
Animation
Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
Director : Wissam Charaf
Narrative
Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters — mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Director : Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi
Animation
A former captain, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, lives with his daughter in a humble house located by the sea. Together, they live an isolated life and have to confront the challenges of a harsh life. Despite the captain’s deep desire to be a devoted and caring father, he finds himself unable to fulfill his […]
Madeleine
Director : Raquel Sancinetti
Uncategorized
Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home’s living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old lady to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea.
Making Babies
Director : Éric K. Boulianne
Narrative
After many years together, a couple decides to have a baby. Throughout their relentless efforts, the partners try to maintain their love and unity. Making Babies is a minimalist comedy drama that takes a bittersweet look at a couple’s life, with its doubts, its challenges and its resilience.
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Director : Nebojša Slijepčević
Narrative
February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain […]
The Masterpiece
Director : Àlex Lora
Narrative
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.
Misaligned
Director : Marta Magnuska
Animation
The woman and the man are in a room, a gecko sits in a terrarium, several flies are circling a lamp. Gradually we find more and more dependencies and analogies between their activities and observed elements as the rhythm of their universes accelerates. The microcosms shown seem to interact rhythmically and belong to some cosmic […]
Money and Happiness
Director : Ana Nedeljković & Nikola Majdak Jr
Animation
The hamsters live and work in Hamsterland, a perfect state with a perfect economy. The GDP grows steadily, there is no unemployment, and 100% of the population declare themselves to be happy.
A National Odyssey
Director : Simona Borcea
Student
Adrian is the film director assigned by the Communist Party to make the film of a false Moon landing of the Romanian space mission.
Olga’s Eyes
Director : Sarah Carlot Jaber
Narrative
Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? For her daughter Simone, she’s just being picky! Olga is placed in a care home where she can deal with those “who have one foot in the grave”…
The One Note Man
Director : George Sioukas
Narrative
A lonely bassoonist lives his life meticulously, mired in routine. Each day, he plays a single note in an orchestra and leaves the stage while the rest continue. One day, his exit is accidentally delayed and he hears a breathtaking violin solo, which changes his life forever. A Christmas love story.
The Phone Booth
Director : Lukas März & Kilian Bohnensack
Student
Tom wants to throw a surprise party for his best friend Anna, since he’s a bit in love with her. Unfortunately, the bar has messed up his reservation – and the only room available at short notice is the phone booth in the backyard. Tom tries everything to throw the „best party of the year” […]
Queen of Pain
Director : Cyril Carbonne
Narrative
A telephone operator in a suicide prevention center, Charlotte recognizes the voice of an ex-girlfriend, Lucile, whose determination to end her life is confronted with feelings that are soon rekindled by their reunion.
Shapes! Or How I Learned to Stop Fearing a Painting
Director : Matei Preda
Films
At her nonfigurative painting’s opening gallery, the presence of the artist observes the audience’s reactions regarding her work. Despite being of varying ages, backgrounds, and social status, the common denominator is the unproductive discourse between them, which starts being more about defending one’s egos rather than talking about art. Gathering from these discussions, the painter […]
Sisters of the Rotation
Director : Michel Zarazir & Gaby Zarazir
Narrative
At Sisters of the Rotation’s convent, the Earth doesn’t spin by itself.
Small Timer
Director : Simon Hubert
Narrative
Didier has dark thoughts and wants to end his life. He needs all the courage he can get to carry out his plan. Just not as he planned it…
Tennis, Oranges
Director : Sean Pecknold
Animation
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
Tria
Director : Giulia Grandinetti
Narrative
In a dystopian Rome, a law is enforced which doesn’t allow immigrant families to have more than three children. If a fourth is to be expected, he or she must be born, however, one of them must then be killed, giving the females priority for sacrifice. Zoe, Iris and Clio are three sisters, but one […]
Truth or Dare
Director : Simona Borcea
Films
Alexandra and Denisa, two adolescent sisters, spend the summer holiday in the countryside. Alexandra tries to gain the attention of the older boys and show her older sister that she’s no longer just a kid.
Via Dolorosa
Director : Rachel Gutgarts
Experimental
Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality and a permanent state of war, the filmmaker searches for her lost youth by wandering the streets of Jerusalem.
Volcelest
Director : Éric Briche
Animation
Winter is here. To survive, Fuseline, the little ermine, forced by the lack of food, flees her wild environment and settles near an isolated farm and its chickens. Her arrival threatens the precarious existence of the man who lives there.
Wander to Wonder
Director : Nina Gantz
Animation
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Who Loves the Sun
Director : Arshia Shakiba
Documentary
In war-torn northern Syria, Who Loves the Sun delves into the world of makeshift oil refineries and the stark realities of life within this post-apocalyptic landscape. Mohammad is a prominent figure in these operations, navigating harsh working conditions and complex local dynamics.
Yellow
Director : Elham Ehsas
Narrative
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.