As Long As It Takes

Die Lizenz

January 2017 •German

After two years of waiting, Adam and Ellas first part of the application for a „licence to procreate“ has been successfully reviewed. To complete the process, the request is followed up with an obligatory and final interview in the intimacy of their home. Their fate is now in the hands of the government clerk Gudrun Paschke.

The Best Bride

September 2008 •Greek

A man loses his wife. A woman finds her husband. A mother sees her children.

Ανατολικά της Εδέν

November 1985 •Greek

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.

Cherry Blossoms in March

May 2024 •English

In this mother-daughter story, a young woman explores her own mortality through art and poetry as her terminal illness holds her back from a normal life.

El pasito de onda

April 2013 •English

She works nights, when most people are asleep. As she listens to trendy music, she practices the words she means to say to jump out to the world that she senses, is vibrating outside.

The Car Thief

June 2015 •Russian

Two friends are engaged in theft of cars in order to extort money from their owners. The next stealing runs smoothly. The owner of the car agrees to pay, but puts forward an unexpected condition ...

Alien: Containment

March 2019 •English

Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.

Born Digital: First Cuts

March 2019 •English

Collection of tech-related short films marking the 30th anniversary in 2019 of the World Wide Web.

Laps

October 2018 •English

When a talented young swimmer who is being bullied by some older boys on his team, he learns the value of sharing his experience with trusted adults and understanding his bullies to stop the difficult situation.

The Jog

March 2019 •English

A phone call will change James's life in more ways than one.

Virgins4lyfe

November 2018 •Norwegian

It is the last night of 14-year-old Astrid's and Issi's holiday by the beach. The mission is clear, especially for Issi: to find a guy and hopefully lose her virginity before the holidays are over.

Something Like Loneliness

March 2019 •English

Upstairs-downstairs neighbors Dan and Mia have never met, but the thin floor between their apartments offers its own kind of intimacy. In an alternative reality where sounds – and the sensory memories that accompany them – can be captured in food storage containers, Dan approaches Mia with a proposal. He offers some of the sounds of his life in exchange for some of the sounds of hers.

Little Grey Bubbles

February 2019 •English

Devastated by her best friend Marlon's death, Kim travels from NYC to Canada to attend his funeral. There she meets his family and friends for the first time and awkwardness ensues as she tries to explain how she never met him in person because their friendship had been exclusively online.

Tiger

February 2019 •French

Sabine and Natacha are 22. They live ‘here’, in the sticks, next door to each other. One day, Natacha has an opportunity: leave ‘here’ to go ‘over there’, thus abandoning Sabine. This act of treason will prove fatal.

Fareed

April 2018 •English

Fareed, a young poet of Berber origin, has a sewing workshop in his apartment in Montreal. At first, Fareed doesn’t react at the accusing finger the news media point at all Muslims. But Fareed is forced to react when a client finds herself embarrassed by a message he has left in one of the dresses.

Soğuk, Uzak ve Kirli

Invalid date •Turkish

Untitled

September 2023 •English

From the music of UK composer Anne Dudley, Belgian filmmaker Stijn Coninx crafts a story of a hearing-impaired woman on various runs, determinedly straight ahead of herself, crossing deserted forests, meadows and swamps, in different get-ups. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

May 15th.

January 1969 •French

A couple wakes up one sunny morning on the 15th of May. Apparently, they had the same nightmare and the day unfolds strangely. The next day, we are still on the 15th of May. Graduation work from La Fémis.

Lost Dog

May 2012 •English

Faced with the loss of his friend and the urges of withdrawal, a heroin addict embarks on an unexpected journey with a young boy to find a lost dog.