Egypt, Fiji, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu 2024 — Directed by: Felix Golenko — 90 min — Subtitles: English — Production Company: MSZ Production & Consulting — Producer: Mark Szilagyi
The South Pacific faces rising sea levels. Three students and an ace up their sleeves.
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.
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.
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
In the pastel stillness of a dementia care home in Chagrin Valley, residents and caregivers drift through days of routine, memory loss, and quiet longing — a tender portrait of lives suspended between nostalgia and the search for something more.
France, Lebanon 2023 — Directed by: Diala Al Hindaoui — 15 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: La cinéfabrique — Producer: Timothé Perrier — Script: Diala Al Hindaoui — Photography: Maïssa Elydja Olivier, Cléo Miquel Delhon — Editing: Hugo Pichon-Martin, Lili Cazals — Sound: Plume Languille And Margot Delaunay — Music: Plume Languille
In a roadside tent in Lebanon, 11-year-old Fatmé defies gender norms and expectations, determined to become the strongest—no matter what others say.
Serbia 2023 — Directed by: Eluned Zoë Aiano, Alesandra Tatić — 77 min — Production Companies: Servia Film, Wild Pear Arts — Producers: Greta Rauleac, Miloš Ljubomirović
In Eastern Serbia, in a town with a dual identity divided between magic and industry, a family whose destiny is intrinsically linked with both does their best to ensure the survival of their traditions and their future generations. Desa is the widow of the union leader who is trying to continue his legacy by ensuring the rights of fellow mine-worker families. Meanwhile, her brother Dragan Markovic is the last in a line of dragon hunters, but it’s hard to continue now even the dragons are being driven away.
LIGHT OF LIGHT — Greece 2023 — Directed by: Neritan Zinxhiria — 13 min — Production Company: Reconstructing Memories — Producer: Efijeni Kokedhima
Before his death in 1932, a monk created his own camera in one of the most isolated places in the world. Nearly a century later, a filmmaker discovers and reconstructs the 3000 preserved photographic plates, blending them with his own evocative Super 8, crafting a cinematic pilgrimage, where the past interlaces seamlessly with the present, in a spellbinding visual narrative that defies the constraints of time itself.
THE LAST KO — France 2023 — Directed by: Timothée Catherine — 70 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Tripode Productions — Producer: Guillaume Dreyfus — Script: Timothée Catherine — Photography: Mathieu Kauffmann — Editing: Lucas Marchina — Sound: Adriano Cerone, Clément Lemariey — Music: Balthazar Naturel
Carl Strugnell, the world chessboxing champion, is just a few months away from his final showdown in the ring. It's a challenge that promises to be decisive for the fight he's waged all his life, to break free from his condition, but also for all those left behind, to whom he dreams of offering the opportunity to become heroes. Because Karl is himself an imperfect character, champion of an imaginary discipline invented in the drawings of Enki Bilal.
THE HUNTER'S SON — Switzerland 2023 — Directed by: Juliette Riccaboni — 54 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Akka Films — Producer: Juliana Fanjul — Script: Juliette Riccaboni — Photography: Gabriel Lobos — Editing: Orsola Valenti, Karine Sudan — Sound: Carlos Ibanez-Diaz — Music: Adrien Heiniger
Samir hardly knows his father. Hoping to become closer with him, he decides to accompany a hunter on a expedition in the mountains. Director Juliette Riccaboni decides to film the complexity of a relationship rife with disagreement. The picturesque Valais scenery provides the backdrop for this difficult reunion, shot through with humour and tenderness.
ANTON'S JOURNEY — France 2023 — Directed by: Mariana Loupan — 73 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English, French — Production company: Schuch Productions — Producer: Anne Schuchman-Kune — Script: Mariana Loupan — Photography: Sarah Blum / Emmanuelle Collinot / Pukyo Ruiz de Somocurcio — Editing: Santi Minasi — Sound: Lilian Matigot / Graciela Barrault
Nothing and nobody could have predicted that Anton Hirschfeld, a young man with special needs, would one day become a recognized painter. Anton’s Journey retraces his journey, filmed by his mother since his birth. A journey made possible by the determination and love of his family and the pivotal encounters that marked his path.
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