The Lake in the Sky

Over the Edge

May 1979 •English

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

Colby

March 2022 •English

22-year-old Colby is rebelling against feeling stifled by everybody because she's pregnant, but an encounter with a young man at a diner allows her momentary reprieve to be herself.

To Kill a Bumblebee

June 2010 •Hebrew

Canaan kills a bee. It is not the last thing he will kill today. How far would you go to defend the world you build for yourself? A tragicomic reflection about life, friendship and the power of fear.

Filomena

May 2019 •Portuguese

Along the day, we accompany Filomena, who works as a cleaning lady, through six different places.

Heatstroke

May 2019 •English

“Heatstroke” reflects on this generation’s sexual and existential disorientation.

Bittersweet

April 2023 •English

Ukrainian refugee Sofiy living in Edinburgh with a host couple Martin and Emilly becomes homeless when the couple who are struggling with the cost of living crisis is forced to 'kick' her out after six months of sheltering her in their study. Homeless and jobless, Sofiy finds a diamond ring in a public washing machine and her decision to do with the diamond ring becomes a life-changing move for her.

It's Not Over

January 2023 •English

Scottish man Jimmy Anderson, released from jail in the middle east over unpaid debt disputes, reunites with his wife Lillian after over a year's struggle for freedom. His homecoming does not relieve him to get back to normal life until he makes an unexpected decision to embark on another journey.

Kwentong Barbero

May 2023 •Tagalog

Dado is loving and responsible husband. He also told stories to his loyal customers, Alas and Pablo the secret of his strong relationship with Isay and how to treat women correctly. Eventually, the origin of the saying "Kwentong Barbero" will unfold as Dado shares his love conquest tales.

Möte i mellanrummet

October 2009 •Swedish

"Mind the Gap!" says the voice on the subway. Vilhelmina thinks so much about the gap that she doesn't get off at the station, but into another dimension.

The Angel of Vengeance: The Female Hamlet

January 1976 •Turkish

Hamlet returns home from drama school in United States, after the cold-blooded assassination of her father by her uncle, who has married Hamlet’s mother. After seeing her father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to feign insanity, in order to get to the truth.

Krakatau

May 1986 •Polish

An portrait of madness and inner turmoil, conveyed through mesmeric images of dreamlike intensity.

Spoiled Milk

July 2019 •English

When an emotionally abusive father reneges on a lifelong promise, a determined millennial is forced to choose between fighting for her relationship with her father or her freedom. 'Spoiled Milk' is about what it means to have an expiration date as a daughter and the invisible scars of emotional abuse.

Zulen and I

August 2022 •Spanish

Today, after not seeing his beloved Zulen in years, Dora comes face to face with him.

L'immensità

September 2022 •Italian

Set in 1970s Rome, the fiction tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a deeply dissatisfied expatriate Spaniard) and Felice (an abusive businessman cheating on Clara with his secretary) and their children Adriana, Gino, and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana, experiences gender dysphoria; he rejects girlhood and instead goes by the name of Andrea (a primarily masculine name in Italian). Andrea develops a crush for Sara, a Roma girl who knows him as a boy. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara grow closer.

The Drum Tower

March 2019 •Chinese

In this short from acclaimed queer filmmaker Fan Popo, an introverted senior school student and a transgender vintage shop-owner, two lonely souls are swimming in the fast-changing-city pool. Can they break the wall of communication? Where are they heading to?

Misfocus

March 2022 •English

Set in the 1960s, a young photographer becomes obsessed photographing a grieving man - the man that holds the truth to her brother's murder. She pushes the man into a spiral, and when her obsession comes to a sour end, realizes the tragic mistake she has made.

Sun in My Mouth

June 2010 •English

A young man confesses his sexual past to an unseen phone sex operator. He reflects on his sexual identity as we follow him on a solitary excursion to a beach.

Fairytale of London Town

December 2010 •English

Coming Home

November 2009 •English

Hot

May 2015 •Hebrew

A rumor spreads through a small desert town that a girl has been raped. A respected veteran tries to stop the girl's cousin, a soldier in vacation, from taking the law into his own hands.