Escape Attempt

Marriage Unplugged

October 2024 •English

Unhappy in their marriage, Suzanna and Andrew buy a male sex robot called James, who consequently uncovers the deep fractures in their relationship.

Lifted

December 2006 •English

When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducting humans requires precision and a gentle touch, and within a few missteps it's painfully clear why more humans don't go missing every year.

Honeymoon

October 2023 •Greek

Sandra is travelling with Fay, helping her take the bus out of the country. A transphobic attack leaves them both stranded in the middle of nowhere. A sensitive and vibrant response to intolerance in the form of a gritty and realistic road movie.

Cocoon

March 2021 •English

A medium leads a lost soul to the after life. However, she doesn't seem to know that she's dead...

My Pretty Pony

December 2017 •English

The story follows an elderly man on his deathbed who gives his young grandson a pocket watch and warns the boy against the dangers of letting time slip away.

Hope

August 2015 •Spanish

Claudia Recher is a young woman who has lived a horrible situation. Her sense of reality becomes an illusion as she struggles to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked life. The last witness of innocence and her internal conflicts.

Lost in self awareness

October 2024 •Spanish

To Be or Not to Be: Klingons and Shakespeare

May 2009 •English

The story behind the translation and performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Klingon.

Smile

October 2019 •Spanish

Valentin is a shy and reserved guy, everyone things he is a loser with the girls, but now, he is preparing himself for a date.

Pria

May 2017 •Indonesian

Caught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.

Reckless

November 2013 •Norwegian

An uncompromising and controversial short set in the Scandinavian suburbia on the hottest day of the summer. A sister reluctantly babysits her little brother. Two young boys catch her attention, and she makes a crucial decision.

Live

July 2019 •English

An online 'livecaster' with a dangerous brand has a crisis of conscience over her volatile career choice in a future world where jobs are limited and conflict is currency.

커플

August 2024 •Korean

Second Encounters

October 2014 •Danish

In this tale of second chances, two ex-lovers run into each other in a restaurant. Both are with new partners. Both are unhappy. Both are still in love with the other. Dormant feelings rush to the surface and the opportunity to rekindle the past presents itself. Will the outcome be different?

Queen for a Day

September 2013 •Danish

In Sara's class, the popular kids, also known as the kings and queens, are subjected to daily humiliations, which include having their pants pulled down or water thrown on them, but this is only a sign of their elevated status. Sara is the only blond and blue-eyed girl in her class, and she is completely overlooked by the kings and queens who do not have blond hair and blue eyes. She has a secret crush on one of the kings, who is way out of her league, and she doesn't have any friends either, but would like to become friends with Karen, also an outsider who aspires to a better status. One day, Sara eyes an opportunity to boost her popularity by humiliating herself and thereby become queen. Karen instantly becomes her friend, she seems to catch the eye of her kingly crush and popularity appears within her reach. However, her happiness is short-lived, and in the end she learns a far more valuable lesson than how to be queen for a day.

Gulis

August 2019 •Tagalog

A story about a dysfunctional father and son who are still coping with a loss, the other with a highly-stigmatized illness who are compelled to talk to one another to make ends meet and heal the wounds of their relationship.

Jammed

June 2023 •Dutch

70-year-old Edith, who has fallen into social and mental isolation, comes into contact with an equally lonely young man. Although they have absolutely nothing in common, he rekindles the zest for life in her.

The Physics of Sorrow

September 2019 •French

Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.

In the Black

April 2014 •English

Stranded in space after a battle two space fighter pilots link up and deal with the aftermath.

My Baby Bright

May 2018 •Thai

Pla Thong's friend, Tod dies but his unfinished business means he can't move on. Pla Thong helps Tod figure out what that unfinished business is, and they realise how each other feels in the process.