The Monsters

Antoine and Colette

June 1962 •French

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

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January 2013 •

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.

The Tree and the Cat

February 1983 •Ukrainian

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

Contradictions

November 2002 •French

A transvestite is bedridden in a colorful room. A customer arrives, then a game of hide-and-seek, of pretense and confusion of feelings begins.

Astro

July 2017 •French

If Then Else

December 2018 •Spanish

Edu is dancing in a bar when Alex comes looking for him. He has some news that will have a profound effect on Edu.

Blue-Eyed Blonde

September 2015 •French

A Canadian mother travels to Florida with her 4 year-old daughter to take part in a mini-miss contest. Getting ready to compete becomes a cat-and-mouse game for the duo... but no one knows for sure who the cat is!

Safe Place

August 2023 •Croatian

A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally, as if they've been pulled into a war invisible to everyone else. The plot is limited to the most acute, a short period of time and a situation that boils down to the most important thing – to save a loved one. The film was based on the personal experience of the director, who also plays the leading role.

Missed

September 2007 •English

Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking past the window of the café in which he's sitting the next day.

The Jealous Sea

June 2018 •English

The boyfriend of a handsome photographer tries to deal with his jealousy after finding nude photos he took of a gorgeous model.

Impatientes

January 2023 •French

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January 2018 •German

One month after it happened Alex and Anna meet again on the rooftop. Alex tries to help Anna let go of her grief but the memories of this place are too painful.

Caleb

July 2015 •English

A boy steps out of a 3D printer to meet his maker...

God is Good

May 2024 •English

A short film exploring queerness, blackness and religion.

Escape

August 2024 •English

Awakening on the floor of a destroyed suburban bedroom, we discover a global invasion has begun and we are not alone in the house.

Die Lizenz

January 2017 •German

After two years of waiting, Adam and Ellas first part of the application for a „licence to procreate“ has been successfully reviewed. To complete the process, the request is followed up with an obligatory and final interview in the intimacy of their home. Their fate is now in the hands of the government clerk Gudrun Paschke.

A Summer Place

December 2021 •Greek

Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus now transforming into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Within its asphyxiating environment, Tina, a depressed food stylist is ready to give up on everything on the day of her birthday, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.

Heist School

August 2019 •Tagalog

A ragtag group of students try to steal from the faculty room as they save both their grades and friendship.

Girly Is in Control of His Life

August 2019 •Tagalog

Gay teenager Girly looks for a job in a world he is unaware of.

The Room

April 2001 •English

A man explains how he was obsessed when he was younger by a mysterious room and an extraordinary rarefied piano music that drifted through its open window during the night. Forty years later, returning to his home town after having spent most of his life abroad, in "a bunch of different places", he asks one of his friends to rent a room for him. As chance would have it, it turns out to be the same room which attracted him when he was a young man. What drew him again to this room?