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Kpaima

October 2020 •Spanish

Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.

Oh butterfly, what dou you dream of when you flap your wings?

October 2020 •Spanish

The work of taxonomists hides more secrets than can be perceived.

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.

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.

Excess Will Save Us

January 2019 •French

In a small village of the North of France, an attack alert has been set off due to the combination of two events: the beginning of the hunting season and an argument between drunk Polish workers.

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?

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

Leonard's Neighbours

December 2016 •English

An elderly reclusive man dwells on traumatic childhood events which occurred in a downstairs room now occupied by noisy tenants.