Spain, United Kingdom 2023 — Directed by: Priya Woods — 8 min — Production: OTOXO Productions
A daughter's Christmas memories unravel into quiet grief as she revisits home videos and questions her father about the past — a tender portrait of loss, love, and the silence left behind.
ONLY THE DEVIL REMEMBERS — Spain 2023 — Directed by: Dani Iglesias — 5 min — Production: Universidad de Vigo
In a nearly forgotten village of 20 houses, a filmmaker returns to trace fading memories of childhood, family, and place — piecing together the past through stories, images, and the quiet question of what still remains.
AIR — Spain 2022 — Directed by: Ricardo Íscar — 93 min — Production Company: El Refugio Producciones
Two freedivers chase breathless glory — one fights for records, the other for survival. Aire is a gripping dive into ambition, sacrifice, and resilience.
Germany 2022 — Directed by: Afraa Batous — 80 min — Spoken language: Arabic — Subtitles: German, English — Production Company: Tondowski Films — Producers: Alex Tondowski, Ira Tondowski
To cope with the daily trauma of a lost home, Syrian filmmaker Afraa Batous and her friends embark on their first road trip ever. It’s been eight years since their homes in Syria were blown to pieces. To fight back against how life has unfolded for them, Afraa makes a film about their dreams and fears and her friends being happy.
AFTER THE RED — France 2022 — Directed by: Marie Sizorn — 14 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production: GREC / IUT de Corse — Producer: Anne Luthaud
In Corsica, the inhabitants of a village witnessed a gigantic fire. A memory leads the filmmaker to this event that changed the course of their lives and left its mark.
Hungary 2022 — Directed by: Zsófia Paczolay — 24 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production: DocNomads — Producer: Zsófia Paczolay, Bálint Bíró
József works at the largest still-operational grain silo in Budapest. He’s been doing this work for more than 30 years, and lives in a container home next to the structure, where trucks and trains rumble past his window. When he is lowered into the ten-story-deep silos to clean them, he looks like a scuba diver at work. It’s dangerous work for József, not least because he has been exposed to crop dust for many years now. The growing threat to his health could even lead to his death. But he can’t escape it. In fact he seems to have become an integral part of his environment.
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.
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.
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