Selected films

9 Million Colors

Director : Bára Anna

Animation

The ocean is paradise for Fran the shrimp. Her deadly claws take whatever they desire. For the blind fish Milva, it’s a daily fight to survive. Fran sees her as beautiful and wants her to see the ocean in the same way. Can they overcome their differences?

Almost Forgotten

Director : Dimitri Mihajlovic & Miguel Lima

Animation

A woman wanders through the impermanence of her childhood memories, trying to rebuild the story of the house where her grandfather lived.

As if Swallowed by Earth

Director : Natalia León

Animation

Olivia, a young woman living abroad, returns to her hometown in Mexico in the hope of reconnecting with her past. But the violence she witnessed as a child has not abated, and the journey rekindles memories that are impossible to reconcile with.

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy

Director : Khozy Rizal

Narrative

A husband and wife married for five years own an Odong-Odong at the carnival together, spending their days entertaining and taking care of other people’s children without any of their own. Between meddling relatives, self-doubt and an explosive confrontation, they uncover why they have not been blessed with a child.

Blue Heart

Director : Samuel Suffren

Narrative

Their loving son is away. Marianne and Petion are living in Haiti with a telephone, waiting for a call from the USA, where their son has left for the American dream.

Boa

Director : Alexandre Dostie

Narrative

Zosimus the patriarch is about to die and Leonidas, the youngest monk in his community, sees in it an omen of their grim faith. Deeply shaken and forced to venture into the city, Leonidas discovers a brotherhood of an entirely different order than his own: the bodybuilders of the Boa Gym. Convinced that he is […]

Conscience

Director : Mariya Lukavska

Narrative

München, 1991. Two brothers meet in the apartment of their father who just passed away. It is the first time they start an open discussion about their father’s troubling past as an SS dentist. They discover that the father showed no remorse for Nazi crimes and clash due to conflicting opinions about this.

Crease

Director : Demitri Zujew

Narrative

In a neat classroom, a distinguished principal dazzles the local TV crew with achievements that make her school the best in the entire district. Meanwhile, outside the camera’s frame, her students are executing their own take on “proper socialization”. In a society permeated by a cult of strength and neglect towards the weak, such school […]

Dammen

Director : Grégoire Graesslin

Narrative

Two young women are enjoying the wild surroundings of an isolated lake. It’s a sunny day.

The Death of a Hero

Director : Karin Franz Körlof

Narrative

In a small village where people don’t seem to get enough entertainment, a young man is hired to balance on his head at the top of the church tower and then fall to his death — in exchange for a great deal of money. The villagers gather enthusiastically to watch. It’s over in seconds. To […]

Die My Love

Director : Lynne Ramsay

Films

Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion, Jackson, increasingly worried and helpless.

Disc

Director : Blake Rice

Narrative

The story of a hookup gone too far up.

Dreams like paper boats

Director : Samuel Suffren

Narrative

Edouard has been living in Port-au-Prince with just his daughter Zara for five years. Since his wife left, his daughter and him have only received a cassette from her, and that was a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?

Frank

Director : David Gauvey Herbert

Documentary

Follows 99-year-old attorney Frank Lucianna, the oldest practicing lawyer in America, as he readies for his last criminal trial.

Hypersensitive

Director : Martine Frossard

Animation

Hypersensitive recounts the turbulent, surrealistic journey of a young woman struggling to understand her unique take on the world. Drawing on her own childhood memories as well as her fertile imagination, filmmaker Martine Frossard paints a compassionate portrait of a woman on a quest for healing in a society with little tolerance for difference. Rich […]

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now

Director : Tawfeek Barhom

Narrative

Two brothers return to the island of their childhood, where buried secrets and heavy tensions force them to confront a dark past that connects them.

I’m not a robot

Director : Victoria Warmerdam

Narrative

After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?

Impivaara – A New World

Director : Patrik Söderlund

Experimental

Brothers escape to the virgin forests of Impivaara to create a new world. An experimental imagining of Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi’s novel Seven Brothers (1870) for the 21st Century, focusing on the energetic basis of a Northern welfare state and a possible future emerging from the climate crisis.

The Last Ranger

Director : Cindy Lee

Narrative

The Last Ranger tells the story of a young South African girl who is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger when they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.

Lion Rock

Director : Nick Mayow & Prisca Bouchet

Narrative

On a beach road, a teenage boy and his mother hit something with their car — she insists it was nothing, but as the night unfolds, he begins to doubt her story.

Mango

Director : Joan Iyiola

Narrative

Zadie, an independent florist in London, suffers from painful fibroids while striving to advance her career. When a dream job arrives, she seeks help to control her morphing body; the unwanted growths threaten to take over.

Micheline

Director : Maude Demers-RIvard

Student

Micheline, a lonely woman, seeks to inject a touch of whimsy into her monotonous life. Her journey leads her to a joke shop, where she meets Richard, a salesman as charming as he is manipulative. Between a magic ball and whoopee cushions, Micheline gets carried away by her dreams of adventure and romance. But behind […]

Miserable Miracle

Director : Ryo Orikasa

Experimental

Inspired by the poems and drawings of Henri Michaux about his experience with Mescaline, Miserable Miracle explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.

My Brother, My Brother

Director : Abdelrahman Dnewar & Saad Dnewar

Animation

The complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them.

Nervous Energy

Director : Eve Liu

Student

On the cusp of success and failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends and, for once, make a bold decision with their lives.

Other Cats to nip

Director : Ovidie

Narrative

At a high-school carnival, English teacher Paula turns up dressed as Catwoman after being locked out during a role-playing game. In costume, she plays with domination and uses masks to overturn everyday hierarchies.

Pirateland

Director : Stavros Petropoulos

Narrative

As the winter season begins in Creta, an overly touristic Greek island, a family of locals, owners of a small struggling bed & breakfast, get an unexpected visit from a Norwegian family of tourists looking for a tour into the piratic past of the area. The relationship between Manos, the Greek father and Tassos, his […]

The Puppet and the Whale

Director : Roberto Catani

Animation

Story of a puppet who doesn’t become a child.

Shanti Rides Shotgun

Director : Charles Frank

Documentary

On Manhattan’s jam-packed streets, NYC’s most iconic driving instructor prepares students for the road ahead.

Sheep

Director : Hadi Babaeifar

Narrative

Rose, a young girl in Tehran, lives with her mother and dog. When neighbours slaughter sheep as part of a traditional ritual, Rose decides the practice is outdated and vows to save the remaining animals.

Shoes and Hooves

Director : Viktória Traub

Animation

A pedicurist in a small-town, Paula the centaur-girl longs to have human feet. When she meets Arnold the crocodile-man, it is love at first sight. Can Paula take the first steps in her search for identity? What will be the price of her attempts to fit in and deny her true self?

The Spectacle

Director : Bálint Kenyeres

Narrative

A young Roma boy is lifted into the light, only to find it fades in an unexpected way.

Susana

Director : Gerardo Coello and Amandine Thomas

Narrative

Susan, a middle-aged American tourist, finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a group of young Americans, she jumps at the opportunity for a little adventure, discovering just how powerful her dollars can make her.

Transylvania

Director : Rodrigue Huart

Narrative

Ewa is a 10-year-old girl living in a high building in a quiet town. She’s an odd, lonely child and for good reason: she’s convinced of being a vampire. Fascinated by Hugo, 15, she dreams of turning him into a vampire too, so that she can overcome her loneliness. When Ewa opens up to him, […]

Voiceless

Director : Samuel Patthey

Animation

Dan is a young man who spends a lot of time in his flat. His routine is always accompanied by electronic music pumping through his headphones. But when he steps outside, he feels disconnected from the world around him and only finds solace in nightclubs. Techno music and drugs transport him to a world where […]

Vox Humana

Director : Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan

Narrative

In the aftermath of an earthquake, the police find a man in the woods. A zoologist, a sound recorder, and a news team grapple with the truth that he may be the cause of all the natural disasters that devastated this small mountain town.

Vultures

Director : Dian Weys

Narrative

In the volatile moments after a car crash, yet before the authorities arrive, a hot-headed yet desperate tow truck driver fiercely protects his tow. But the situation quickly spirals out of his control.

What We Leave Behind

Director : Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte

Animation

Dan has a gaping hole in his neck that won’t heal. Why? He can’t remember, nor talk about it. Back in the sinister arena of his childhood, he must find the part of himself he once left behind that prevents him, now an adult, from being whole.

Wonderwall

Director : Róisín Burns

Narrative

Liverpool, 1995. The dockers are on strike. But Siobhan (9) and her big brother Rory have other things on their mind : will their heroes Oasis beat Blur in tonight’s Battle of Britpop. When a fight breaks out, Siobhan runs off into the night. She drifts around, tired and alone, and the streets seem strange […]

Yo Yo

Director : Mohammadreza Mayghani

Narrative

In a desert at the southernmost point of Iran, a young man’s mind is taken over by the whispers in his head, while his friend tries to rescue him from a darkness only he can hear.

[S]

Director : Mario Radev

Animation

[S] is an artwork that exposes the lifespan of infinity. The film delves into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entangled nature of life and art.

A son and a father

Director : Andrés Ramírez Pulido

Narrative

Kevin is seen as a troubled boy. To be true, he tends to lose his temper when made fun of. After another incident, he is forced to participate in an all-male behavioral therapy session. Kevin should be going with his father who refuses to come. It’s Kevin’s stepfather, who looks more like his little brother, […]