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.
WATERS OF PASTAZA — Portugal 2022 — Directed by: Inês T. Alves — 61 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Oublaum Filmes — Producer: Ico Costa
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a community of children grows up in close communion with nature, shaping their own world through autonomy and cooperation.
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.
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.
THE GAMER — Finland 2022 — Directed by: Petri Lukkainen, Jesse Jokinen — 80 min — Spoken language: Finnish — Subtitles: English — Production Company: napafilms — Producers: Liisa Karpo, Marianne Mäkelä
Bona’s shot at becoming a professional esports player takes an unexpected turn when sports psychologist Mia guides him through the pressures on and off the server.
Spain 2022 — Directed by: Lucía Silvestre — 17 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Producer: Marina González
On a bus to Navarra, a chance encounter with María unfolds into a quiet reflection on memory, origin, and loss — a metaphorical journey where one woman’s story becomes a mirror for the filmmaker’s own.
LAST CALL — France 2021 — Directed by: Inés Fabry Garcia — 21 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production: Université de Paris (ex Paris-Diderot)
Every day telephone operators of a legal advice service receive calls from prisoners. Soon, conversations escape from their primary function.
Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia 2021 — Directed by: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi — 72 min — Spoken languages: Serbian, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Kumjana Novakova
Archival footage from Srebrenica’s 1995 genocide is confronted with the present-day landscape, revealing how a place carries the weight of atrocity.
IT HAS PASSED, AND IT’S FINE — Hungary 2021 — Directed by: Debre Zsuzsa — 28 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Ethnic Talents — Producer: Zsuzsa Debre
Through thoughtful formal solutions, the use of archival footage, and the recording of intimate situations, the film displays the nostalgic relationship women who once worked in the Ózd Metallurgical Plants have with the past. Conversations in the hair salon reveal the everyday and community life of working families before the change of the regime, and a femininity rarely seen on film.
HERITAGE — Belgium, Hungary, Portugal 2021 — Directed by: Anna Gyimesi — 11 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production: DocNomads, Luca School of Arts, Brussels — Producers: Anna Gyimesi, Frederik Nicolai
For a long time, I knew that I wanted to do something with my grandfather's inherited family videos. When I faced the fact that I saw a happy family, a fundamental question appeared in my mind: how is it possible to continue to exist seemingly joyful as a Holocaust survivor? My Heritage is not just a bunch of travel videos, capturing family holidays. It is a deeply personal confession of mine as well, through which I can purely ask whether it is possible to choose life after a traumatic past, whether happiness is a choice, and whether, as a third-generation Holocaust survivor, I have the right to smile.
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