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Opening Night

October 2023 •English

A teenage boy navigates the final minutes before his first theater stage performance, which includes experiencing his first kiss. Despite his rising anxiety, he shares a romantic moment with a classmate.

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).

Crossed Wires

November 2013 •English

A misunderstanding leads to sombre consequences as two flatmates recall very different turns of event from the previous night.

Pobres Diabos No Paraíso

January 2005 •Portuguese

One Good Pitch

June 2016 •English

After some time apart, Andrew hopes a game of catch will help him reconnect with his father.

Party Central

February 2014 •English

Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.

Soft

September 2018 •English

A teenager struggles with his identity after an unresolved family relationship.

Sonic Drone Home

May 2022 •English

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles encounter an abandoned Badnik drone which upgraded itself using parts from a junkyard, with the intention of conquering the world.

Carne

May 1991 •French

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

The Great Escape

July 1963 •English

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Pilots

February 2021 •English

Two Pilots present software at a convention after the tragic death of their friend.

Lez Chat

July 2010 •English

A fake commercial for a lesbian telephone hot line. A short by Kyle Dunnigan and Tig Notaro.

The Ghost

September 2023 •English

12-year-old Clarice Cheung feels like she’s invisible — especially next to her older sister Naomi. But when a fight breaks out at the dinner table, it awakens a ghost that begins taking the family, one by one. Now Clarice and Naomi must work together to stop this powerful spirit, before their family is torn apart forever.

Symbiosis

August 2019 •Hungarian

A betrayed wife begins to investigate her husband’s mistresses. Her jealousy is gradually replaced by curiosity.

Daughter

June 2019 •Czech

A young girl buries in her soul a memory of a painful moment, when as a child she brought home an injured bird and her father burdened by his own weight of worries didn’t notice her feelings and longing for understanding. The girl took her father’s reaction as indifference and closed herself in her inner world longing for her father’s love and its manifestations. Since that moment she and her dad continued to grow apart, and as an adult she is no longer able to accept his endearments. The father suffers from guilt and searches for a way back to his daughter, trying to revive their lost relationship.

After-School Special

June 2011 •English

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

Gabriela

October 2023 •English

It's the summer after high school graduation and Gabriela, a young undocumented Guatemalan woman, pursues her dream of swimming for an illustrious Country Club swim team. Despite her single-minded determination, Gabriela is continually confronted with her overprotective mother’s ears, limitations on her economic and legal status, and self-judgment. As she questions her self-worth against the structures of contemporary American Southern life, Gabriela embarks on a quest towards personal freedom and self-acceptance.

A Woman Reported

January 2004 •English

In the brief moments before a hate crime occurs, a young woman imagines her escape.

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

December 2008 •German

A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.

Dinner for One

June 1963 •English

A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.