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.
HOW DID I GET THERE — Hungary 2023 — Directed by: Dorottya Márton — 30 min — Production: University of Theater and Film Arts — Producers: Atilla Csáky
After her grandmother gifts her a lifetime of Olympus photographs, a filmmaker returns to Eger to reconstruct a childhood she barely remembers and to reconnect with the two women who raised her while her parents built a life in the United States.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Núria Ubach, Marta Codesido, Dubi Cano, Ulrika Andersson — 20 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) — Producers: Marta Codesido, Núria Ubach
The daily walk of three grandmothers in Cabrianes is disrupted by the sudden death of one of them. But life goes on. In the meantime, party preparations are taking place for the oldest person in the village. A portrait that makes us reflect on the passage of time, our society’s aging population, and feeling closer to death.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Aina Palomer — 24 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Producer: Jane Claudine
L'art de l'antídot tells the story of Agus and his photography practice as a therapeutic art form after suffering an accident that changed his life and his relationship with his body. A short film that transports us through the streets of Barcelona and shows us a new perspective, reminding us of the importance of creation as a way to overcome obstacles.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Asier García — 4 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan — Producer: Asier García
Monstruo explores the possibilities of trans identity, in a context in which Asier (director) questions how to live in today's society and system. They do so through film, with its power of representation and identification, and with the etymological questioning of the words "identity" and "monster".
I WON´T DIE — Hungary 2023 — Directed by: Asia Dér — 92 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Match Frame Productions — Producers: Noémi Szakonyi Veronika, Máté Vincze, Krisztina Meggyes
When Budapest gallery owner and art collector Gábor Einspach is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he refuses comfort and redemption narratives, turning survival into a brutal test of control, where vulnerability may be the real threat.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Lucija Stojević — 80 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan — Producer: Andrés Bartos Amory — Producer: Lucija Stojević — Producer: Deirdre Towers — Pruduction Company: Noon Films
Holocaust survivor Pepi Perez sets out on a musical road trip across Europe to reclaim a haunting melody from his childhood in a concentration camp — a journey of memory, loss, and the healing power of song.
Germany 2023 — Directed by: Gudrun Gruber — 72 min — Spoken language: English — Subtitles: English — Production Company: NeoSolaris Film - Gudrun Gruber Filmproduktion — Producer: Gudrun Gruber — Script: Gudrun Gruber and Sabrina Banks — Photography: Bernd Effenberger — Editing: Sophie Oldenbourg — Sound: Andrew Mottl — Music: Dominik Giesriegl — Co-production: University of Television and Film Munich
Years after a traumatic assault, Sabrina battles daily seizures and haunting memories, supported by her father and husband — until a return to the place of pain becomes a path toward reclaiming her voice and healing.
Croatia, Italy 2023 — Directed by: Tea Vidović Dalipi — 75 min — Spoken languages: Croatian, Albanian, English — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Restart — Producer: Oliver Sertić
Just married Croatian-Roma couple, Tea and Mirsad, are trying to live together, suspended between expectations from families and communities in culturally irreconcilable backgrounds that do not accept diversities.
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.
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