The Stage

Once Upon a Star

October 2023 •Thai

Join the crew of a traveling pharma-cinema troupe as they go on the road to spread the joy of live-dubbed movies, all while overcoming difficulties, deceits, and reaching for their dreams.

Siapa Dia

August 2025 •Indonesian

Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career wants to make a musical theater set in a family history that is always linked to Indonesian film history.

Feed Your Head

January 2024 •German

Torn between the desire to protect his little brother in a violent world and the longing for the utopia of a queer community, Hector (23) embarks on a journey between reality and fantasy to reflect on his own experience of violence and to find closeness to his brother again.

Crimson Unveiled

Invalid date •English

In a dimly lit jazz club, a widower cinephile battles his buried desires. That's until he stumbles upon a mysterious cinema that unveils his suppressed longings and leads him on a journey of self-discovery through his enigmatic reflection.

Seventh Art is Unique

February 2025 •Portuguese

Seventh art is unique addresses people's relationship with a movie theater or film. What feelings do they feel? What changes in you when you go to the movies? It also addresses Jair Bolsonaro's harsh criticism of culture and cinema in Brazil.

The Actor The Liar The Murderer

April 2024 •German

In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.

Ergui as Mãos aos Céus e Não Havia Mais Luz

July 2024 •Portuguese

Los Colores Pardos

February 2018 •Spanish

The Wizard of Speed and Time

September 1989 •English

A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. Luckily, our film creator gets the help of his friends.

Febre

Invalid date •Portuguese

Recce

September 2024 •Turkish

When a renowned film director, clashes with the young son of a house she's using as a filming location, a power struggle ensues, forcing the director to confront her own arrogance.

Rio Vermelho

December 2024 •Portuguese

In Paraíba in the 70s, love took place on the banks of the Paraíba River. Two teenagers, Josué and Alex fall in love and run away from their aristocratic families in the countryside of Paraíba state. Threatened by their families, the only place they know to escape their parents' evil is river, the place where they grew up and played together. Through the geographical beauty of the river, they will face hate, love and the strength of nature like never before.

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

November 2004 •Turkish

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

Elza

June 2021 •Portuguese

The First Film

December 2023 •Hindi

In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.

De Wind

November 2014 •Dutch

Furias

December 2023 •Spanish

BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

March 2025 •Japanese

Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epic family saga that follows the protagonists and their descendants through wars and technological developments.

Monólogos Sociais

November 2024 •Portuguese

Pedro, 30 years old, a young worker, is awarded a trip that will make two of his big dreams come true. When he tells his friends Dite, Rafa, and André, he realizes his dreams are being diluted by the lack of listening from his friends and conversations that lead nowhere.

GORDIE

August 2024 •French

Jordy, a 12 years old dreamer, has locked himself into the imaginary universe of his favorite movie, “Stand by me”. His elder brother Chris never leaves his bedroom. One day, Jordy adventurously uses vouchers he’s been given to explore the haunt of the local adolescents, “Fun Panini”, convinced it will bring him closer to his brother. The magical sauce he discovers there will transform his world...