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The Uninvited Guest

September 1991 •Czech

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

My Dad and the Volcano

August 2024 •English

Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that's now in his dad's shed. Gavin seeks his dad's understanding but he's uninterested in modern art and refuses to participate in the documentary.

Ceremoniál

January 1966 •Czech

Family visit turns wild.

Bitva na Červeném poli

January 1968 •Czech

Journalist learns about battle in a small village.

Unhinged Date

April 2025 •English

Milo, an awkward lesbian goes on a Hinge date with who seems to be the girl of her dreams. But when they meet face to face, Milo's plans to woo her do not go as planned

It’s 50 euros

December 2021 •Catalan

Two men meet for a coffee in a bar. As they talk, one explains to the other that he found 50 euros on the street that same morning. Then the other gives the most unwelcome answer: he has lost them.

The Anderson Family Breakfast

June 2023 •English

While a seemingly picture-perfect suburban family enjoys breakfast together, an omniscient narrator reveals their repressed inner thoughts and secrets…all just moments before a nuclear bomb is dropped on the family.

Sh_t Happens

October 2020 •Slovak

The caretaker exhausted by everything, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events, because... shit happens all the time.

Prêt-á-Poppy

August 2022 •English

Poppy is a greatly misunderstood fashion design student who is pushed to the limit by her professor and competitive classmates as she designs her ambitious fashion show costume.

Bad Timing

Invalid date •English

Caught in a compromising position, a young research assistant summons her closest friends, but quickly realizes she needs to learn to rely on herself.

Occurrences of Questionable Significance

April 2020 •German

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to it? Temperamental bunny Barbara only gives her stag sugar daddy Nestor his special massage, after he dines her and plays the big spender. This obscure short film pinpoints postmodern tropes of consumerism, eroticism, and art with an homage to the theater stage and references to literature. This work uses a fantasy language and needs no subtitles.

Living Your Life

November 2022 •German

Through a magical coincidence, the ambitious career woman Rebecca and the lively musical actress Maja switch bodies and have to find their way in each other's lives. What begins as a strange dilemma soon teaches them important life lessons.

Žaba

November 2001 •Slovak

Zlodeji

May 2000 •Slovak

A story of disillusionment on the threshold of adolescence. A story seemingly simple, and yet, for Martina, the heroine of the story, a turning point. Martina is in her last year of primary school. She is experiencing her first love, preparing for talent interviews and, together with her classmates, for a farewell party. The money collected for the party is with her until someone steals it. More than the loss, however, Martina is hurt by the knowledge that those she trusted most, even her great love, are able to suspect her as a thief...

Tomík

May 2000 •Czech

Monkey or Man

November 2022 •English

When a circus trio have a particularly disastrous show, Mandy the Acrobat must decide whether to run away from the circus, or to stay and help her friends.

Garden Party

January 2017 •French

In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.

Maid to Kill

November 2024 •English

Detective Decade Lieutenant and his partner, Officer Hughie Crusade IV, race against the clock to unravel the mysterious and unorthodox antics of The Maid-to-Kill, a methodical serial killer with a strange obsession with… cleaning.

The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man

April 2002 •Czech

A chance encounter between a young student looking for a summer job and a slightly desolate man, a generation older, unable to overcome his chronic, dirt-ridden loneliness.

A Week To Rosh Hashanah

April 2022 •English

During a period of self-reflection leading up to the New Year, David develops an unusual disorder and becomes determined to put an end to it.