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The Serpent's Song

February 2017 •Thai

At a secret monastery located in a rural area of Thailand, a music teacher is trying to help a young nun to be able to speak again. The nun's passion and sexuality clashing with her religious convictions have caused her to shut down.

Early One Summer

December 2013 •English

A short film about a first crush. Dave gets to go on a camping trip with his former teacher, he believes something will happen. It does, but changes their lives forever.

Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau

November 1913 •German

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January 2013 •

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.

Sunnyside

January 2021 •English

Lola's dream of escaping her father's Sunnyside motel seems closer to reality when a young stranger checks in.

Sharp Candy

April 2012 •English

Lelaina was mellow, eating marshmallow.

Awena’s Dressing Room

August 2012 •English

Awena was left alone when war took him away from home.

The Saddest Toast

September 2012 •English

Sofia's brains went missing, when mixing toasting with ironing.

A Buried Man

June 2018 •Norwegian

Gustav finds it challenging running the family's funeral home in a little town where no one dies. One day a mysterious man occurs.

A Little Ways Down The Road

January 2014 •English

A young man comes to terms with the fact that the one true love he has been after all his life would come to him in ways least expected... "A little ways down the road"

Potted Palm Trees

September 2020 •German

The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood is alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: the groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her step-father’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?

My Pretty Pony

December 2017 •English

The story follows an elderly man on his deathbed who gives his young grandson a pocket watch and warns the boy against the dangers of letting time slip away.

Daughters of the Fatherland

December 2023 •Portuguese

During the student crisis of 1968, Ines, an 18-year-old homosexual, is prevented from attending law school by her family, who believe that this is not the right course for a woman. This awakens in Inês a feeling of injustice, which leads her to accept Julio's invitation to join the high school students' association. The next day, we find out that the student association has been closed since they found a copy of the clandestine newspaper "Avante!" on the premises. The rectory then decides to expel suspicious students, starting a revolt in the high school and an ideological confrontation between the couple of Inês and Adelaide.

Dream Girl

November 2016 •English

Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exist, to replace real interactions. When we devise a second version of ourselves on social media, do we lose a piece of our true selves in the process? Do our digital connections threaten our real life relationships? What happens if the filtered characters we’ve imagined take on a life of their own?

Pelageya

October 2022 •Russian

Like the Ones I Used to Know

January 2021 •French

December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.; Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, and Santa Claus is late. Denis, alone in his car, is anxious about setting foot in his former in-laws’ house to pick up his children.

The Longest Dream I Remember

January 2021 •Spanish

As Tania leaves her hometown, she must confront what her absence will mean in the search for her disappeared father.

Nyosha

June 2012 •Hebrew

Nyosha is a ten year old girl. She dreams of buying a pair of shoes during the reality of a pitiless war. She believes that because of her shoes, she will stay alive.A range of animation techniques brings together the dream and the reality and tells Nyosha's story.

Yardbird

May 2012 •English

A young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father.

Red

September 2013 •Spanish

Jesse is a chat-addict teen. One day, an unknown gay friend proposes him a blind date on a public spot, but Jesse, unaware of how his friend physically looks, demands the use of a ‘red’ t-shirt in order to recognize him. What Jesse never thought was that, that day, one of his biggest fears would come true.