Proxemics

The Wet Season

September 2002 •English

Jocelyn works at her Uncle's 'Crying Booths' in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.

Contestant #4

October 2016 •Tagalog

A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, keeping him always in good company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated clip of himself as a cross-dressing boy. This sparks within the young boy an interest to find out more about the old man's past. What he ultimately discovers aids both him and the old man towards a richer understanding of how the weight of life and identity should be carried.

Univitellin

October 2016 •French

Marseille, today. Aminata works as a hairdresser in an Afro hairdressing salon, Badara works as mechanic. When they meet, their love story will change their lives.

True

February 2004 •English

While he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a really strange way. A segment of “Paris, je t'aime” (2006).

Rocky

November 2018 •English

A boy looks for all sorts of jobs in a small town in order to pay for his sick brother’s medicine. He eventually decides to enter his rooster in fights.

PENSÁNDOTE

April 2022 •Spanish

El horrible ser nunca visto

January 1966 •Spanish

A young woman who lives with her uncle begins to dream about a monster that lurks in the shadows of the night.

Ditirambo vela por nosotros

January 1967 •Spanish

In a desolate world, in a city of madness, José Ditirambo is a wolf among wolves, a fury among furies, an intrepid journalist whose favorite weapons are humor and logic, until he embarks on a mission to find a woman he has heard asking for help through the pipes in his bathroom.

A Girl, She Is 100%

January 1983 •Japanese

A man ran into a woman on a street. She was not attractive, but was a perfect girl for him. After missing the chance to talk to her, he contemplates on how he should have approached her.

Run(a)way Arab

March 2018 •English

A queer Arab boy, Nazeem, looks up to his Muslim mother with awe. Later in life, it is only through being a drag queen that he holds on to their lost and fraught connection.

El barril de amontillado

December 1950 •Spanish

An Italian city, 1860. During the carnival, Fortunato de Bettini mocks his friend Montresor who, humiliated, plans an elaborate and cruel revenge.

35 Meters Below Sea Level

April 2006 •Persian

A film about a muslim guy and his sex drive.

Flirts

October 2008 •French

New Year's Eve. A group of friends, all around 18 years old, get together for a party. Ties of love and friendship are formed and broken off. At the frontier between carelessness and seriousness, their true natures come to light.

I Am Yet to Make You a Love Song

November 2015 •Portuguese

Greg and Alessandro are in the bedroom, looking at one another. The feeling of guilt and nostalgia of that moment may forever mark their lives, but it's only a gateway to allow love to walk freely amongst them. They look at one another. They feel one another. They love one another. Regardless of the unrevealed pictures or the unwritten songs.

Himmeltelefonen

Invalid date •Danish

Carlito Leaves Forever

August 2018 •Spanish

In the Amazonian jungle, the village of Palma Real resists the modern world. Carlito, a silent young man, decides to leave. On the muddy bed of the immense river, an encounter reveals the secret that Carlito has hidden from his community.

The Businessman

February 2014 •English

The story is about a businessman who is on his way to see the woman he is having an affair with when he gets stuck in an elevator with a little girl. Through their interaction the man realizes he is still in love with his wife and comes out with a new perspective on life.

My New Year

November 2018 •Armenian

Based on author's childhood memories of the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake. The father and his two young kids are left without a home and above all, the disaster had claimed the life of their beloved mother and wife. After painful quest to find her body and give her a proper burial, by the new year's eve the family is settled in a makeshift home near the wreckage of their home. While his daughter and son are still playing and merging the disaster into their games, the father for the sake of his children struggles to find strength and heart to live on.

Dotty

October 2013 •English

A lonely 9-year-old boy stumbles across a modest caravan in the American Midwest. Inside the caravan lives Dotty, an eccentric but kind women; old enough to be his grandmother. Dotty invites the boy into her rainbow decorated caravan that is littered with exotic memorabilia from her past, and in particular an incredible collection of brightly colored shoes. The boy, who has a hidden sadness he wont discuss and a suspicious bruise on one arm is able to forget about his troubles momentarily as Dotty and the boy embark on a journey that spans her colorful life.

Shallow

December 2012 •English

When newly elected MP Richard Dove runs over a young girl on a deserted forest road, he must decide to what lengths he will go to save his blossoming career.