Spain 2022 — Directed by: Clara Teper, Paul Pirritano — 72 min — Production Company: NOVANIMA — Producer: Marc Faye
Lens, northern France. Chaylla, 23, is trying to free herself from an abusive marriage. She is ready to fight - to obtain custody of her children, to prove what she has suffered. But on the inside, she still hopes to form a family again with her ex-partner. Both a legal battle and an intimate struggle, Chaylla is the story of four years in the life of a young woman whose attempts at emancipation and desire for justice collide with the clutch of dependence.
The Unicorn in Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off — Germany 2022 — Directed by: Philipp Schaeffer — 19 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Production: Filmakademie B-W — Producer: Fabian Leonhardt
"The Unicorn in Snowpants suddenly ran off" explores the clash between blind children ́s fantasy worlds and the reality they live in. The film draws us into the worlds of three confident children, for whom blindness is not a disability but rather a different kind of normal. Larks, telephones and short stories each play a role.
THREE WOMEN — Germany 2022 — Directed by: Maksym Melnik — 85 min — Spoken languages: Ukrainian, German — Subtitles: English, German — Production: Film University Babelsberg
A priest who blesses cars; a post office without stamps; a piglet as a gift: everyday scenes in Stuzhytsia in Ukraine. It is a village with a tough climate and tough people – or so it seems at first. As the film crew follows three women, a farmer, postal worker and a biologist, they are taken in by their joie de vivre and humour and soon feel more and more at home.
This cannot be atoned for — Hungary 2022 — Directed by: László Halász — 42 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Producers: Anita Bozóki, László Halász
Vilmos was released from prison in 2005 after serving 20 years for manslaughter. He still can't recall what led to the murder, but everyday, he carries the weight of his crime. After his release, he initially lived homeless but over the years he managed to find housing on the outskirts of Budapest. Here, he lives with his animals, whom he considers family. His daily life is complicated by various physical maladies. The film follows Vilmos after he is diagnosed with gastric cancer. It is then that he decides to try to come to terms with the events of his past, with the help of a team of social workers.
MAY THE EARTH BECOME THE SKY — Portugal, Romania, Belgium, Hungary 2022 — Directed by: Ana Vîjdea — 15 min — Production Company: Remora Films — Producer: Ana Vîjdea
Maria, a 50-something member of an Orthodox parish in Lisbon, divides her time between prayer and daily tasks such as olive picking. She faces a dilemma: become an ascetic, or reconnect with her two sons. Ana Vijdea paints a sensitive portrait of a woman in the midst of existential doubt, in a film where images are mightier than words.
Austria 2022 — Directed by: Samira Ghahremani — 73 min — Spoken languages: German, English — Subtitles: English, German, Spanish — Producer: Gwendolyn Meisinger
Gerhard is physically handicapped and dependent on care. Nevertheless, he wants to leave and chooses Thailand. He wants to build a future with Amy, his new Thai girlfriend. Their relationship is accompanied by an unspoken agreement: financial support in exchange for a family idyll. But Amy cheats him out of most of his financial assets. With the help of two friends, he tries to rearrange his life because Amy has gone into hiding and with her the dream of a good life.
Hungary 2022 — Directed by: Erika Kapronczai — 86 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English, French — Production Company: kArton Productions — Producer: Péter Kozma
Kim Corbisier was an enigmatic figure in Budapest. Ten years ago the director Erika Kapronczai approached her to make a short film but gave up on this idea when she had spent some time with Kim to instead document her battle against methadone addiction. When Kim committed suicide at the age of 27, she left behind a small but exquisite body of work.
France 2022 — Directed by: Noah Cohen — 26 min — Spoken language: English — Subtitles: English — Production Company: CINEFABRIQUE — Producer: Noah Cohen
Late 2000 in New York. My father, Michel Cohen, had been charged with 24 counts of fraud and was facing 30 years in prison. He went on the run with my mother, my sister and me. Twenty years later, I tell our story.
Germany 2022 — Directed by: Anahita Safarnejad — 22 min — Spoken language: Arabic — Subtitles: English — Production: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF — Producer: Anahita Safarnejad
A poetic exploration of a father-daughter relationship. Anahita grows up in front of her father's camera. A dreamy life fulfilled with love and poetry evolves into a nightmare in which she witnesses her identity get lost as her father dies of cancer. In her quest to understand death, she dives into a rollercoaster ride of unknown emotions and embarks on a voyage of acceptance. From death into an immortal world.
Until Death — Hungary 2022 — Directed by: Gergely Mózes — 46 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: KREA-TV — Producer: Judit Ordódy
An animated historical documentary about the daring acts of a true hero, Catholic seminarian Tibor Baranski, and the atrocities caused by a bloodthirsty antihero, the Nazi monk, Father Kun. Their intertwining stories play out in the shadow of the 1944 siege of Budapest – the seminarian who saved lives and the monk who was a war criminal. Their stories offer many lessons for a modern local and global context heavily burdened with real problems and prejudices.
France 2022 — Directed by: Ondine Novarese — 20 min — Spoken languages: Hebrew, French — Subtitles: English — Production: La Fémis — Producer: Justine Riou
A Jewish family tries to keep her traditions alive in the modern world, despite of the succession of generations. From film to Zoom, we live a Pesach holiday with this family, through time.
Spain, Germany 2022 — Directed by: Anna Giralt — 79 min — Spoken languages: Catalan, Spanish, English — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production Companies: GUSANOFILMS!, INDI FILM — Producers: Jorge Caballero, Arek Gielnik, Sonia Otto
An intimate thriller about Enric Duran, the Robin Hood of the 21st century. During the 2008 crisis, the Catalan activist stole half a million from the banks, gave it to social projects and announced it in the media to report the malpractices of the banking system. He was sentenced to prison but managed to escape and vanish. Where are the limits between legality and legitimacy?
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