Wake

A chance encounter between two women on the Mersey ferry leads to an exploration of the loss they both carry and how they navigate life and memories in its wake.

2023-09-21 | en

Erection

Can Dean get an erection in time to save his relationship?

2013-06-14 | en

City of God

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

2002-08-30 | pt

Popular Music

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

2004-10-01 | sv

Burger

It's late night in a burger bar in Wales...

2013-02-28 | en

She Bought It in Zarautz

Often, when Miren goes to order her coffee, so­meone jumps the queue. But the day she reali­ses that a blouse has been stolen from her shop she decides to put her foot down.

2014-01-01 | eu

Biology!

A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party comrades live in the lap of luxury. When Ulla meets Winfried after a summer bathing trip, the two fall in love. Winfried is the son of an influential general director and owns things from West Germany that others only dream of: a computer, a games console, a walkman. On an excursion with her biology class, the high school student discovers that a dacha is being built in the middle of the nature reserve and the creek has been dammed. Winfried's father turns out to be the culprit, but the mayor is on his side. Ulla rebels against this environmental destruction connected to political corruption and organizes a protest. Her activism not only endangers her own future, but also her first great love.

1990-10-12 | de

One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand

Nearly one in ten Czechs over the age of 15 face some form of distraint, under which their property is seized because of money they owe. Every day, more and more people fall into the debt trap, but Karel is on the other side of the barricade – it is his job to collect their debts.

2019-05-22 | cs

Jeremiah

An Asian-American high school football player is forced to confront his deepest fears after a strange encounter with a mysterious figure.

2019-05-22 | en

Adam

Tired of his turbulent family life, Adam seeks out an alternative arrangement in hopes of finding his place.

2019-05-23 | en

Rift

2019-05-23 | he

Rosso: A True Lie About a Fisherman

Clemente is an old Sicilian fisherman who goes on working in spite of his late age. His life is disrupted the day he finds a young refugee’s dead body stuck in the fishing nets.

2018-11-29 | it

Alien

Reonghee and I are illegal aliens. Yesterday, Reonghee died while running away from the Immigrant Office Agents. The company we worked for is only concerned about covering up the mess. I'm going to find Reonghee, whose body the company has hidden somewhere, and give her a funeral that she deserves.

2019-05-21 | ko

Over/Under

Violet and Stella spend idyllic summers at camp and the beach. As time passes, personalities and bodies evolve in this thoughtful and elegiac indie drama about the everlasting bond of female friendship. Following the girls’ formative years from ages 9 through 13, we observe intimate details of their lives together and apart on vacations in New England and at home in California. At times, they struggle with body image, peer pressure, social awkwardness, and parental bonds. Yet at the end of the day, the girls have each other to lean on.

2022-04-30 | en

After Mother

A son struggles with his father’s violent tendencies while his late mother attempts to help him.

2019-09-27 | en

The Distance Between Us and the Sky

Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22 euros he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

2019-05-24 | el

All Inclusive

Kalervo, a bullied, downtrodden white-collar man whom nobody takes seriously, receives an unexpected gift from Annukka. A gift which Kalervo soon realizes has the power to change his life. The bill is due, and payback never tasted sweeter.

2019-05-24 | fi

Who Talks

Caught on opposing sides of a debate about a proposed centre for refugee children, two parents try to navigate the turbulent tides of public opinion.

2019-01-27 | sv

Monster God

God is now a Power Plant. On a misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, and a girl tries to find freedom.

2019-05-24 | es

Coming Back

Great Britain voted to leave the EU. While euphoria and disappointment are mixed among the population, William decides to go to visit his parent discovering that love could be hidden in unexpected choices.

2019-10-18 | en