Aban + Khorshid

Adult

March 2017 •Greek

Having enabled a loss that now torments her, a woman enters an adult store in search of redemption. Adapted from a short story by Christos Tsiolkas.

Cla'am

March 2017 •English

A dark, surreal comedy about a local man who becomes convinced that a vast conspiracy is behind the impossibly rapid gentrification in his London area. But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines? Cla'am is the debut short from Nathaniel Martello-White, one of the UK's leading young playwrights.

CUBS

October 2016 •English

A single father wants to fulfil his young daughter's wish to throw a slumber party for her friends, but it turns out to be more of a challenge than he thought due to the rules of modern society.

Fry Day

March 2017 •English

Set against the backdrop of the execution of Ted Bundy in 1989, the story centers around a 16-year-old girl named Lauryn who makes a little extra money by taking and selling Polaroids of the people who are camped out near the prison, celebrating the execution.

PITFALL

September 2017 •English

Amidst the horror and chaos of war, two enemies are forced into an unholy alliance in the battle for survival.

Hell

May 2011 •Portuguese

In the course of one afternoon, Raphael's paradise turns into a spiral of guilt and paranoia.

Madres de luna

November 2017 •Spanish

Sthorzina

May 2014 •Romanian

Viorel is 12 years old boy and he lives with his grandfather near the Danube river. He helps his grandfather to fix the figurines of an old merry-go-round. Mirko is the son of the local police officer on the Serbian shore of the Danube. The two kids have a remote controlled small boat which they use to send each other various objects. When Viorel finds a gun in his grandfather's attic their lives will change.

Lost for Words

Invalid date •English

Bardo

June 2016 •English

After a long night working the New York City streets as a taxi driver, Johnny finds himself frustrated, on edge and seeking an escape. While pulled over and getting ready to satisfy bad habits he is interrupted by Lily, an old lady insisting for a ride home. Reluctantly he agrees to drive her and what follows is an unexpected journey.

Pretty Boy

March 2015 •English

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.

The Unveiling

October 1911 •English

The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother, returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his boyhood sweetheart and her mother come to spend a few days. The too-indulgent mother, however, is blind to the fact that the boy is spending most of his evenings in full dress, which should have told her that Bohemian society was engaging his attention. A showgirl, who learns that he will soon come into great wealth, determines to win him. Unsophisticated as he is, he is an easy prey. A friend of the family warns the mother of her boy's danger,

Heart Disease

June 2014 •Russian

Another quarrel between the lovers leads to Leonid having a heart attack. The ambulance doctor who came to the call realizes that she is facing a pair of gays. She puts her hatred in a cold medical terms. But it is precisely this situation that allows the hero to take a different look at his life and his fear.

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.

Knight of Fortune

February 2024 •Danish

The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face. Then it's much easier to fix a broken lamp. Karl meets Torben, a destined brother. An absurd, humorous, and melodic meeting between two old men captured by grief.

Gu

January 2016 •Chinese

On a gloomy day, Gu takes a train back to his hometown for the first time in years to reunite with his wife and son, in court.

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).

Pathetic Woman

November 2020 •English

An awkward encounter at work carries two unassuming co-workers into a dreamy holiday weekend. A weekend that inevitably falls to pieces when Andy introduces Katherine to some friends. A surreal portrait of love and how pathetic it renders us.

Seven Years in May

April 2019 •Portuguese

One night seven years ago, Rafael came home after work and discovered that people he did not know had come looking for him. He immediately fled, without looking back. From that moment on, his life changed, as if that night had never ended. One evening, around an improvised fire near a factory, he decides to confide his journey to a stranger. Rafael’s intimate account meets the collective testimony of an entire nation oppressed by poverty, police repression and institutional corruption.

Shower

September 2013 •French

On the very same day of her second abortion, Marie Sophie’s attending the shower of her younger sister Maude, who’s seven months pregnant. As Maude gets all the attention deserved to a future mom, and makes sure everything’s perfect for the celebration, Marie Sophie, after the casual humiliating roundup, is tagged as the self-centered and insensitive woman.