I WOULD RATHER BE A STONE — Croatia 2024 — Directed by: Ana Hušman — 24 min — Spoken language: Croatian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Ana Hušman
In Croatia’s remote region of Lika, where war, poverty, and emigration have long shaped the land and its people, a massive reservoir project transforms the landscape once more—told through the voice of Little Jela, echoing a generation’s memories, struggles, and hopes.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Sophie Lahusen — 15 min — Spoken languages: German, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Nora Kilroy & Jonas Windgassen — Co-Production: HFF Munich — Production Company: headroom film — Script: Sophie Lahusen & Beatrix Rinke — Photography: Sophie Lahusen — Editing: Leila Fatima Keita — Sound: Xavier Fleming — Music: Jiro Yoshioka
"The silence of 600 million results" follows a young woman as she clicks, scrolls and chats her way from a positive pregnancy test to a decision.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Matthäus Wörle — 82 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: German, English — Producer: Fidelis Mager, Oliver Gernstl — Production Company: megaherz GmbH — Script: Matthäus Wörle — Photography: Moritz Dehler, Max Kölbl — Editing: Mätthäus Wörle, Felicitas Sonvilla — Sound: Matthäus Wörle — Music: Giuliano Loli — Co-production: University of Television and Film Munich
Long ago, Geamăna was a Romanian village in the Apuseni Mountains, home to about 1000 people. Today, only the church spire rises from the poisonous mud of a neighbouring copper mine. Almost all the houses have sunk and their inhabitants fled. On the edge of the past, Valeria Praţa strives for her present - and is threatened by the future.
THE GROUND WHERE WE STAND — Croatia 2024 — Directed by: Karla Crnčević — 64 min — Spoken language: Croatian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Zagreb film — Producer: Vinko Brešan
On the Croatian island of Brač, a group of women from across former Yugoslavia build a self-sustaining, egalitarian community—dismissed by locals as “witches”—as they struggle with the challenges of coexistence, nature, and the fragile dream of a shared future.
Austria 2023 — Directed by: Matteo Sanders — 16 min — Spoken languages: German, Italian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Matteo Sanders — Production Company: Filmakademie Wien — Script: Matteo Sanders — Photography: Konrad Milan — Editing: Lisa Isabella Grabner — Sound: Andreas Moser — Music: Ornella Vanoni, Lucio Dalla, Niklas Paschburg
A 33-year-old filmmaker turns the lens on his 66-year-old father, uncovering generational divides—until a shared experience reshapes their bond.
WHO I COULD POSSIBLY BE — Hungary 2023 — Directed by: Lia Lőrinczy — 29 min — Subtitles: English — Production Company: University of Theatre and Film Arts — Producer: Attila Csáky — Script: Lia Lőrinczy — Photography: Lola Bedécs — Editing: Krisztián Fábián — Sound: Péter Terner — Music: Péter Fancsikai
At first sight, Viki is an ordinary woman, a single mother, who does everything for her four children, but the apparent family harmony, the recordings of the playful moments in the Mothers’ Home (shelter) are covering a dramatic past. The actual setting of the family is the result of more than 10 years of Viki’s hard work. Viki was constantly abused as a child but her life changed forever when she was sold at 18 years old to a human trafficking business, She could only escape after long years of prostitution. She started a new life, got married, got four kids but that is when real struggles just started in her life. Two of her children stayed with their father, Viki’s youngest could stay with her, and her middle child was raised by foster parents until the age of seven. Viki never gave up on her children to be with them. This short documentary is a statement of hers, a story of facing difficulties when an exceptional survivor decised not to be in silence anymore.
Germany, Serbia 2023 — Directed by: Dragana Jovanovic — 61 min — Production Company: DOK 33 — Producer: Dragana Jovanovic
In a world in crisis, Aurora’s Dream weaves personal dreams with the myth of Sleeping Beauty, revealing our deepest fears and desires.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Dhanraj Barkote — 30 min — Spoken language: Nepali — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production Company: ESCAC FILMS — Producer: Alberto Godoy
Dhanraj, a Nepalese filmmaker, decides to return to his hometown twenty years after the loss of his biological parents, with the desire to bring them back to life through film, and to reconnect with the people that are part of his roots.
CAPTURES — Romania 2023 — Directed by: Ana Gurdiș — 22 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Larisa Crunțeanu
An incomplete family album and a series of street-found photographs lead the author on an introspective journey, unveiling the way her passion for cinematography is passed down from father to daughter.
Switzerland 2023 — Directed by: Nathalie Berger — 62 min — Spoken language: English — Subtitles: English — Production: ZHDK Zürich — Producer: Filippo Bonacci
The sun shines every day in Chagrin Valley, USA. Frozen in a 1950s-inspired artificial decor, this assisted living facility for people who suffer from dementia is home to fragile and ageing residents. Here, everyday life drags on slowly. Florence and her companions dream of an elusive elsewhere during their days punctuated by confusion, fleeting conflicts and overdue family visits. The caregivers – as kind as they are exhausted – run the show in this pastel-coloured, sanitised social theatre. Between two shifts, they confess their desire for a better future; one that is not so different from that of the residents, after all.
ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND — Germany 2023 — Directed by: Lara Milena Brose — 70 min — Spoken language: English — Subtitles: English — Script: Lara Milena Brose — Producer: Lara Milena Brose — Production Company: University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich) — Photography: Natalia Mamaj, Lilly Rose Pongratz — Editing: Aora Helmzadeh, Lara Milena Brose, Boris Gavrilović — Sound: Hanna Hocker — Music: Ludovico Failla
Ferida, a Bosnian, lives within sight of the EU’s external border. Every day she witnesses refugees’ desperate attempts to reach the EU and her memories of violence and war come flooding back. Nahid is 15 years old and is stranded here after fleeing the Taliban. In this hypnotic narrative, the fading echoes of Ferida’s stories and Nahid’s voicemails intertwine.
Hungary 2023 — Directed by: Gergö Somogyvári — 83 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Script: Zsolt Pocsai, Gergö Somogyvári — Editing: Judit Feszt — Sound: Marius Leftãrache, Florin Tabacaru — Music: Viktor Bátki — Production: New Retina Productions — Producer: Nora Somogyvari
At first glance, Fanni and Laci’s life really doesn’t seem like much of a fairytale: Fanni, 19, is trans and totally consumed by her transition; Laci, 60, ekes out a living through seasonal work. They live together as outcasts from Hungarian society in a self-built forest cabin. A close up look at two lives – full of hardness, cantankerous honesty and an unequal bond.
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