Mother

Chikon Nindo and the Hunters

October 2020 •Spanish

A strange disappearance in the Sierra Mazateca.

Sergeant

February 2012 •Serbian

One night in Belgrade, a young guy meets a man for casual sex. By morning, different expectations can bring a new light on this chance meeting.

Half-Light

April 2023 •English

A couple debates having unprotected car sex late at night.

Sunday Dinner

January 1991 •Norwegian

Early dialogue free short by Bent Hamer.

Famous Boners

October 1942 •English

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

Cannibals

November 2009 •Spanish

Just 10 minutes from the center of Madrid (but also from Rome, Paris, London ...), hundreds of hungry men meet in a fortuitous and secret way. Some are looking for quick and easy sex, others are trying to escape loneliness, most are looking for themselves ...

Words in Your Hair

April 2019 •French

Two bored extras from the ‘Tristan and Isolde’ opera roam the underground of the Garnier Palace.

The Christmas Gift

November 2018 •Romanian

A son's letter to Santa for Christmas turns his father's evening into a thriller he did not ask for.

Long Distance Call

July 2011 •German

Henry is alone in a silent and darkened apartment, anxious and waiting by the phone, as his small child sleeps. Finally, a call. His wife Claire is on the other side of the world on a beach at a luxury resort, drunk, also in the dark, but apparently with another man. An adulterous affair, or a life in danger? In the harrowing wait and frantic calls that follow, is it his marriage, his wife or his sanity that is most under threat? The telephone line is the single fragile thread that connects them. All Henry can do is to hang onto that phone.

US

May 2016 •English

A mother and daughter reunite after having not been in touch for ten years.

Background

April 2018 •English

Ruben is an anodyne guy attracted by the unusual beauty of Alba, an enigmatic woman. Both live in a peculiar silent universe, with established and surrealistic rules. Ruben must break some of these rules to get Alba's attention.

Never Die Alone

March 2004 •English

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Cry of the City

September 1948 •English

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Chandni Bar

September 2001 •Hindi

The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.

Sound of Silence

March 2019 •Swedish

We meet two girls in the middle ground between childhood and adolescence, a time where it is easy to misjudge the difference between right and wrong.

Concern for Welfare

March 2018 •English

Ali is a gay Lebanese probationary constable and kicking against her Muslim brother's controlling behaviour. When she attends a 'concern for welfare' and discovers the body of an elderly man who died alone and unnoticed, she realises the value of a loving family, even if they can be misguided.

Top départ

January 2022 •French

Emile, 77 years old, feels his time is near. He presses his emergency button. His daughter, Léa, receives the message while she is in the middle of a meeting. Will she get there in time?

Dandilicious

July 2021 •English

A stylized neo-western about a day in the life of a Teddy Boy in 1959. Marty is living the life of a public menace within his own town. Getting into fights and causing disruption on the streets, Marty is the 'King of the Teds' - or is he?

Beautiful Bunkers

April 2019 •English

Artemis has lived 15 years in a Cold War Bunker living on food pills and working on paper work that is delivered through a pneumatic tube. Her only communication with the outside world is through a CB radio. Her daily routine is interrupted by her fear of what may have happened to her childhood friend Linda, who has ceased communication for the last several days.

Frau ohne Liebe

February 2015 •German