Spain 2024 — Directed by: Paula Vélez — 12 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English — Production: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
After the sudden loss of her child, Isabelle navigates a haunting solitude where motherhood lingers as both love and wound — a grief that can’t be shared, only endured.
HIS PARENTS — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec — 81 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Producer: Isabelle Bertolone, David Armati Lechner, Trini Götze — Production Company: Trimafilm — Co-Production: ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel — Script: Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec — Photography: Tobias Tempel — Editing: Miriam Märk — Sound: Björn Rothe — Music: Cico Beck
When their son is convicted as a serial killer, Ulla and Didi Högel must confront the unthinkable and find a way to keep living—with love, grief, and guilt.
HATCHERY - DARE TO GROW WINGS — Hungary 2024 — Directed by: Máté Fuchs — 94 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: Hungarian, English — Production Company: Little Bus Company — Producers: Krisztina Meggyes, Mátis Inez
In Budapest’s factory outskirts, Mariann an autistic woman dreaming of independence, builds an unlikely future by breeding insects for sustainable protein. A five-year journey of setbacks, tenderness, and hard-won autonomy.
THE DAUGHTER OF BOTH WOMEN — Spain 2024 — Directed by: Malena Montiel, Iona E. Quesada, Alejandra López Puebla, Nhoa Carmona Aguilar — 14 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: Spanish, English — Production: UAB - Master Creative Documentary
Iona, raised by two mother friends, narrates her adolescence through her life diaries.
THE WATCHMAN — France, Belgium 2024 — Directed by: Lou du Pontavice, Victoire Bonin — 77 min — Spoken language: Chinese (Mandarin) — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Hutong Productions — Producers: Lucie Rego, Pauline Tran Van Lieu
A security guard and a concierge in a luxury hotel, project a dream life onto their only son, a music student in China. When he moves to Estonia to attend a prestigious conservatory, his parents must find ways to deal with his absence.
SIRENS OF DIEPPE — France 2024 — Directed by: Nicolas Birkenstock, Nicolas Engel — 52 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English, French — Production Company: Dryades Films — Producer: Claire Babany, Eléonore Boissinot — Co-production: Pictanovo
In the gritty charm of Dieppe, a defiant drag cabaret called La Sirène à Barbe fights to survive, powered by glitter, grit, and unshakable solidarity.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Denis Pavlovic — 90 min — Spoken languages: German, English, Spanish — Subtitles: German, English — Producers: Denis Pavlovic & Julia Meyer-Pavlovic — Production Companies: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg & Glass Frog Films — Photography: Michael 'Midge' Throne — Editing: Julia Meyer-Pavlovic — Sound: Max Hartstang, Marieke Czogalla — Music: Christian Bluthardt, Yvy Pop, Marvin Gerstmeier
In the fading paradise of the Canary Islands, a retired couple—now living apart but still bound by history—navigates loneliness, illness, and lost love in a tender, unvarnished search for meaning after the end of work.
MANHOOD — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Tobit Kochanek — 71 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Producers: Tobit Kochanek, Britt Abrecht — Production Company: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg — Photography: Dennis Banemann — Editing: Tim Kraushaar — Sound: Rachel Oker — Music: Philipp Lust
Every Monday in Berlin’s Görlitzer Park, a group of men come together to play football—and reflect on masculinity, heartbreak, and midlife crisis, forming a brotherhood as raw and endearing as the game itself.
NEUROTYPES — Finland 2024 — Directed by: Maija Hirvonen — 76 min — Spoken language: Finnish — Subtitles: English — Production Compnany: Mouka Filmi Oy — Producer: Juha Löppönen
Aida, a gifted autistic girl overwhelmed by the school system, becomes an unlikely young activist demanding real change for neurodiverse children.
PERLA AND THE HUMANS — France 2024 — Directed by: Tara Lepleux — 15 min — Production Company: DEMC (documentaire : écriture du monde contemporain) — Producer: Caroline Zeau
A day in the life of Sylvie, a french groomer.
SIMPLY DIVINE — France 2024 — Directed by: Melody Boulissere, Bogdan Stamatin — 15 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Novanima Productions — Producer: Marc Faye
91-year-old Nușa recalls a lost wartime love in this tenderly animated reflection on memory and longing.
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.
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