Sugar Glass Bottle

Firebrands

October 2012 •Japanese

Barely scraping by making an honest living as a rural yakuza, Hachiya (Yasukaze Motomiya) dreams of the City of Flowers. Unable to conceal their growing frustration at their everyday lives, he and his partner, Sagane (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), choose to pursue their own paths as yakuza, hiding a new major source of income from the family. But when the family captain (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) shows up for the first time in ten years...

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.

A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar

July 2022 •Portuguese

Iara, a girl who is about to come of age, dreams of seeing the ocean, but lives in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside with her mother, a woman who's dreams were swallowed by the waves and who fears of losing her daughter.

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

Pê

July 2022 •Portuguese

Pê, a man with terminal cancer, wanders through his city, Lisbon. Throughout the day, he is confronted with a reality unaware of his suffering while he prepares his imminent death by writing a farewell letter to his daughter. When emptying her father’s house, the daughter discovers the letter. It is the beginning of a new encounter.

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.

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.

Shadows

June 2024 •English

An isolated man, suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, finds himself trapped inside his home, when a shadowy creature materializes at his doorstep.

From Here to There

December 2013 •

After ten years, Jae and Him reconnect at a wedding, rekindling old feelings during a long drive home. But is the distance between them enough to heal their past?

Good Night Day

May 2016 •Spanish

The way in which every moment lives a security guard who works at night, discovers his steps.

Hello, Thanks

January 2006 •English

Filmmaker Andy Blubaugh documents a year spent looking for love in the personal ads.

Lalo

December 2015 •Spanish

Lalo is a little boy who lives in an orphanage and dreams of singing in the choir of the church. His companions make fun of him and beat him, so he is unjustly punished afterwards. Very soon, everyone will discover in him an extraordinary change of direction in his life.

Arcángel

December 2018 •Spanish

Archangel is a fifty year old peasant facing accelerating vision loss. Before total darkness overtakes him, he needs to find a nursing home for Patrocinia, an elderly woman from his community that is totally dependant on him.

B-167-980-098

October 2018 •Spanish

The bodies of two young men are found in a small town in Northern Mexico, along with a AR15 weapon, which as we will follow back in time will see where it came from, the USA.

Simon

March 2019 •French

Final Curtain Call

December 2022 •English

A gifted young organist struggles to endure the violent world around him.

Sleep

September 2023 •Bengali

A short film made by three students who are trying to escape the reality.

Glue

September 2016 •Italian

Procida, a little Island in the gulf of Naples. Last days of summer. The adolescence of Domenico is coming to an end, just like his tormented relationship with Marcello. Domenico looks for hospitality at Antonio's house, his best friend, but soon he finds himself alone with the thirteen-years-old Antonio's brother, Lallo. A journey of discovery starts, between adolescence and maturity. The meeting with Sara, a transsexual woman, will bring to light the desires of the two young boys.

Spring

October 2018 •Spanish

Fernando is attracted to his best friend. They skip class together and go camping in the woods.