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Animal Kingdom

April 2012 •Croatian

A short film set in the 1990s about a boy who collects Animal Kingdom stickers.

William Wilson

January 1999 •Spanish

Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.

Panda

June 2014 •French

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too young to drive and the road is a bit strange.

En moi

May 2016 •French

A movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks for ways out of his solitude and fear of failure. With each step forward, his imagination reveals itself to him, and mysterious characters lead him towards his desire to create and love.

The Emissary

December 2017 •English

A mysterious interplanetary diplomat arrives at a post-apocalyptic planet earth in order to facilitate the adoption of a member of an ancient royal family.

Spoiled Milk

July 2019 •English

When an emotionally abusive father reneges on a lifelong promise, a determined millennial is forced to choose between fighting for her relationship with her father or her freedom. 'Spoiled Milk' is about what it means to have an expiration date as a daughter and the invisible scars of emotional abuse.

Enjoy the Silence

June 2023 •Spanish

Haunted by the weight of an unfinished project, an architect battles insomnia by silencing distractions within his home. In the depths of silence, he confronts inner demons, leading to a haunting journey with a destructive outcome.

Son of Kali

April 2016 •Bengali

An evening of intense religious euphoria in the festive streets of Kolkata, India as experienced by a Hindu illegal migrant from Bangladesh, which has seen a genocide against Hindus. He is accompanied by his Muslim friend as they spend a surreal evening together. Has he found redemption at last?

Tom Clay Jesus

June 2001 •English

Clay meets Tom. Tom ignores Clay. Tom meets Jesus.

Tótem Loba

December 2020 •Spanish

Estíbaliz accepts her high-school friend Raquel's invitation to attend the town festival. What seemed to be a fun and exciting weekend turns into a nightmare.

Mutual Interests

May 2019 •English

An engaged couple discover the lies that their relationship has been built on may compromise International Security Services.

Suicide

January 1973 •Polish

A black-humored short story of a suicide attempt that ends abruptly (ain’t that always the way!). Short black and white animation on 8mm.

A World for Raúl

July 2012 •English

When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner's son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.

Maxine

July 2023 •English

Allie is a newly out teen who is keeping her girlfriend a secret from her Chinese American family. During her family’s celebration of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Allie meets the ghost of a long lost relative named Maxine, who was queer when she was alive several decades ago. Though they come from different times, they find that they share many feelings about struggling to belong, especially within their own family’s legacy.

The Perrot Case

December 2019 •French

'Le cas Perrot' depicts a dreamlike world in a realist manner. It was shot with amateur teenagers in the style of a documentary in order to make fantastical contents seem naturalist. It was hence written and directed adhering to the logic that the brain adopts during sleep.

Slippers

July 2023 •English

Erratic messages from her dad sends Jo deep into the California desert to sort through the remains of a frenzied, paranoid manic episode. However, along the way she makes two discoveries: her family can no longer support him, and the trunk of his car is filled with hundreds of slippers.

Yalla

November 2020 •Spanish

Mufid, a 14-year-old boy plays football with his friends in an area guarded by a military drone. He misses a shot and makes the ball disappear behind a hill. He doesn't want to go looking for her, but there's no choice.

Summer 96

May 2023 •French

The eternal August 15 picnic on Callot Island. But this year, Paul, his family and their friends find themselves trapped by the tide. Paul, upset, stuck between the world of adults and that of children, becomes aware of his individuality.

Lobos

April 2012 •Spanish

Split Second

July 2020 •English

When a young woman is shoved out of a cafe moments before a grenade is detonated by the very man who commits the attack, she struggles with the guilt of survival as she attempts to uncover the reason why her life was spared when so many others were taken.