If Thalia Were Blind

Echo

December 2019 •Icelandic

Through 56 independent scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both biting and tender, of modern day Iceland during the often turbulent but also exciting time of the Christmas holidays.

Mystery Train

September 1989 •English

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.

Hawaii, Oslo

September 2004 •Norwegian

Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?

The Darkest Side

January 2021 •Persian

Five psychological thrilling tales about the emotions that can destroy our souls: despair, temptation, guilt, doubt and anger. Which one has the worst consequence?

5 Bed Bunnies on the Loose

September 1972 •German

Guests at a clubhouse talk about their erotic experiences.

Notes of Berlin

September 2021 •German

A film inspired by one of Germany's most visited blogs. The author of the site www.notesofberlin.com, Joab Nist, posts pictures of real announcements, notes, information that people leave in the streets of Berlin. The film follows 15 genuine notes and protagonists. The result is 15 funny, tragic, fascinating episodes about people and the city they live in. Twenty-four hours from the life of the city. The story begins with a note attached to a street lamp, with the message “For one minute please just stand here in silence, look at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is”. Is it possible that only a very drunk young man notices the text and looks upwards? An extraordinary mood picture of present-day Berlin and a declaration of love for the city.

Vor dem Anfang

Invalid date •German

While handing out food at a charity organization, Laura, Evîn and Julia unexpectedly cross paths. Laura, a released prisoner, defends Evîn, a Kurdish woman, when she is racially insulted by a man waiting in line. Eventually the situation gets out of hand.

Atlantic Rhapsody

August 1990 •Faroese

Presents a day in the life of a few inhabitants of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands: A father and his daughter are having breakfast when the fire-brigade drive by. A woman and her child are looking at the fire and meet a married couple. The couple say hello to a man who is going out with his boat... and so on.

Diversamente

May 2021 •English

Italian movie by Max Nardari starring Mohamed Zouaoui, Michela Andreozzi

Virality

June 2017 •Finnish

Set in modern day Helsinki, Finland, Virality portrays the lives of several main characters confronted with viral themes. The film links emerging viral aspects in our modern day societies, such as the spreading of news on the internet, with the viral nature of life itself, as in the storyline of a cancer patient being treated with virotherapy. Being primarily a crime film, the main storyline centers around a bitcoin heist that connects the lives of the main characters. Character storylines involve a young rapper searching for a breakthrough, a policeman who falls for an aspiring musician with a promising international career, a hacker choosing his own path and a cancer patient and a banker who reconcile ten years after the end of their marriage.

K is for Killing

March 1974 •English

A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows.

The Kids Turned Out Fine

August 2022 •German

This anti-coming-of-age film follows Generation Y characters as they chase the desire for radical self-realisation.

Midsummer Madness

October 2007 •English

St. John’s Night is a traditional midsummer Latvian celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Extraordinary Stories

October 2008 •Spanish

X arrives in a small town and witnesses a violent act; Z takes the job of a dead manager and discovers that he had a notebook written in code and a map; H is hired to go down a river and investigate a series of mysterious monoliths built on the shore.

The Longest Day

January 2020 •Swedish

Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets.

Histeria de España

January 2018 •Spanish

A collective effort about the recent history of Spain. A distorting mirror, a radiography, a rotten but exquisite corpse: the blood, the sweat, the dandruff of a country in the shape of a large and extended bull skin. A parade of freaks. The ridiculous independence of the upstairs neighbor, the sovereignty demanded by an insane parrot prisoner in its open cage. Football, potato omelette, kings and safaris. Things not to do again. Guerrilla cinema. Hysteria of Spain.

Stuart

March 2023 •English

An episodic short that details the heartbreak of nine individuals

Wunderschöner

February 2025 •German

Five women who no longer want to base their lives and their self-worth on being desirable.

El armario del tiempo

November 1971 •Spanish

Mortadelo (Mort) and Filemón (Phil) are visited by Professor Chiflágoras, Filemón's crazy cousin, who has invented a time travel machine in the shape of a closet. (Seven animated shorts with a common narrative: The Time Closet; In Waterloo; The Yeti; Incredible Mission; The Impostors; Count Macula; Maxi-adventure at Sea.)

Men Under the Sun

January 1970 •Arabic