HOME IS 1117KM AWAY — Hungary, Ukraine, Portugal, Belgium 2024 — Directed by: Marta Smerechynska — 14 min — Spoken language: Ukrainian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Docnomads Joint Masters — Producer: Marta Smerechynska
A Ukrainian refugee’s search for a roommate becomes an unexpected encounter with loneliness, belonging, and the unspoken wounds of war.
BLACK FIELD — France 2024 — Directed by: Stéphane Kikena — 18 min — Spoken language: Ukrainian — Subtitles: English — Production: La Fémis, Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son — Producer: Nicolas Urban
On a night-time soccer field turned inner battleground, faces and bodies awaken, exposing wounds that remain unhealed.
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
Behind the laughter in a shelter for mothers, Viki’s story unfolds — a survivor of abuse and trafficking who fought for over a decade to rebuild her life and reunite with her children. A powerful portrait of resilience, love, and the courage to speak out.
Albania 2023 — Directed by: Eneos Carka — 82 min — Spoken languages: Albanian, Italian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: SCRB & NKNB — Producers: Joni Shanaj, Eneos Carka
Two migrant street artists watch their long-held friendship fracture as past traumas, art, and survival slowly pull their lives onto separate paths.
THE MELUSINA AT THE EDGE OF THE RIVER — Portugal, Luxembourg 2023 — Directed by: Melanie Pereira — 84 min — Spoken language: Portuguese — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Red Desert — Producer: Pedro Neves
In search of the legendary Melusina, a filmmaker journeys through Luxembourg, uncovering fragmented identities and the blurred lines between belonging and otherness.
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.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Guillem Cabra, Mar Clapés — 80 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English — Production Company: La Manchester — Producer: Guillem Cabra
A chamber play set in a kitchen: how Francesc and Francina have held their own at work and in private for 50 years.
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.
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.
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